News Release

Entries Now Open for the Eleventh Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children

Kao Selected as a Health and Productivity Management Brand for the Sixth Consecutive Year

Kao Is Promoting the Elimination of the Use of Eye-Catching Plastic Stickers on Products

Kao Is Working to Accelerate the Shift Away from Rigid Plastic Bottle Use The Full-Scale Launch of In-Store Smart Holder Sales Starts This Spring in Japan

Kao Receives Highest Award, the Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau Director-General's Award, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, at the 16th LCA Japan Forum Awards in FY2019

Kao Supports The Valuable 500, an International Initiative to Help Empower People with Disabilities

Kao Receives a Gold Award in the Ministry of the Environment's ESG Finance Awards, Environmentally Sustainable Corporations Section

Kao Launches Curél Deep Moisture Spray for Entire Body, A New Moisturizing Spray for Dry, Sensitive Skin

Kao Makes the World's Most Ethical Companies® List for 14 Straight Years

The Japan Tennis Association Adopts Bioré UV as Its Official Sunscreen

Basic Idea and Policy Concerning Reduction of an Investment Unit

Kao Recognized as Supplier Engagement Leader by CDP for the Third Consecutive Year

Change of Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2019 [IFRS] (Jan. 1, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2019)

Kao Receives the Highest Evaluation from CDP for Climate Change and Water Security

Kao Receives Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency Commendation in Selection of Consumer-Oriented Companies for Best Practice―Second Consecutive Year of Being Honored Following Last Fiscal Year's Minister of State Commendation―

Kao Is Selected for Inclusion in the 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Which Identifies Companies That Are Committed to Transparency in Gender Reporting and to Advancing Women’s Equality

Kao Wins a Place in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World List

Kao Receives Prime Minister's Award for Leading Companies Where Women Shine

Kao Conducts Menstrual Hygiene Management Project in Indonesia