News Release 2021

Consolidated Financial Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 [IFRS] (Jan. 1, 2021 - Jun. 30, 2021)

Kao Group Revamps its Corporate Philosophy—the Kao Way

Kao Releases the Kao Integrated Report 2021

Retirement of Treasury Shares

Consolidated Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 [IFRS] (Jan. 1, 2021 - Mar. 31, 2021)

Status of Repurchase of the Company's Stock and its Completion (Stock Repurchase in accordance with Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law)

Status of Repurchase of the Company's Stock (Stock Repurchase in accordance with Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law)

Kao Qualifies for the Highest Rating in the "DBJ Employees' Health Management Rated Loan Program" by Development Bank of Japan Inc. for the 3rd Time

Kao Receives "Semi-Nadeshiko Brand" Designation as an Enterprise that Encourages Women's Success in Workplace

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

Status of Repurchase of the Company's Stock (Stock Repurchase in accordance with Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law)

Basic Idea and Policy Concerning Reduction of an Investment Unit

Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2020 [IFRS] (Jan. 1, 2020 - Dec. 31, 2020)

Changes of Representative Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Continuation and Partial Revision of Performance Share Plan for Members of the Board of Directors, etc.

Resolution to Repurchase of the Company's Stock (Stock Repurchase in accordance with Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law)

Kao Merges its Kanebo and Sofina Beauty Consulting Companies to Strengthen Brand Communications and Expand its Customer Base

Kao Announces Its Participation in the Meguru Box Project, a Pilot Project for Recycling Used Plastics, in Kitakyushu City, Japan

The Kao Group's Largest Photovoltaic Power Generating Facility, with a Power Generation Capacity of 2.8 MW, Begins Operation at Sakata Plant in Japan

Kao Continues to be Included in All of the ESG Indices Selected by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

Kao Releases Progress Reports on its ESG Strategy—the Kirei Lifestyle Plan

Kao is Participating in a Project to Efficiently Recycle Plastics through Integrated Arterial and Venous Physical Distribution in Tokyo's Dai-Maru-Yu Area

Kao Aims for Material Recycling of Plastic Bottles for Cosmetics, Begins Using Chemically Recycled PET Material

Kao Is Aiming to Reduce Its CO2 Emissions to Zero by 2040, and to Be Carbon Negative by 2050

Unilever Japan and Kao Launch a Collaborative Plastic Recycling Program

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

Kao Moves Up Its Target Year for Seeing 100% of Electricity the Company Purchases in Japan and Globally Sourced from Renewable Energy

Kao to Start Using 100% Recycled Plastic for its Bottles in Japan

Kao Included in the World's Most Ethical Companies® List for a Record 15th Consecutive Year

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

Kao Is Selected for Inclusion in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Which Identifies Companies That Are Committed to Transparency in Gender Reporting and to Advancing Women's Equality

Kao and Lion Begin Collaboration on Smart Logistics Initiative

Kao and Kyoto University Begin Verification Testing of a Used Disposable Diaper Carbonization Recycling System in Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Kao Discontinues Provision of Hair Bundle Color Samples for Hair Color Sections to Reduce Plastic Use and Is Now Utilizing AR Hair Color Simulation

Launch of Hair Salon Brand "ORIBE" in Japan Aiming to Strengthen Global Strategies

SENSAI to Launch Official Online Store in Europe

Duty-Free Sales of Kao Prestige Brands on Hainan Island: First Step of a Full-Scale Entry into China's Duty-Free Market

SOFINA iP Releases INTERLINK SERUM Pore Refining Moisture: A Serum to Condition the Skin to a Clear, Moist Texture while Concealing Pores–for Modern Women with Busy Lives