Kao Announces Winners of the Fifteenth Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children

Kao Corporation is pleased to announce the winners and winning artworks of the 15th Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children, which was held for children around the world. This year, in the 15th contest, we received 16,639 entries from all over the world.
This year’s contest, the 15th, we received a record 16,639 entries from 33 countries and regions under the theme “Let’s make our environment sustainable, together!”. Many artworks full of diversity, powerful expressing children’s thoughts and messages for the future gathered from children abroad.

Kao has been holding this contest to encourage children around the world to express their thoughts on the global environment and the future through their paintings since 2010. We have also been actively involved in exhibition activities in the hope that the children’s works will inspire people over the world to think about a sustainable environment and lifestyle.

This year, we have started a donation program for children’s entries to give shape to their thoughts and wishes. Kao will donate 50 Japanese yen per entry to an environmental activity organization, and the children themselves can choose one from three themes (Wildlife protection/Forest preservation/Countermeasures against Marine litter) when they submit their entries. Kao donated a total of 831,950 Japanese yen to environmental organizations this year. (Donate to: World Wide Fund for Nature / OISCA International / PIRIKA)