Sustainability Topics

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 Releases the Kao Integrated Report 2021

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 Receives JCIA's "JIPS Award" for the Fifth Consecutive Year for Its Chemical-Related Initiatives

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's Ongoing Activities to Establish Clean, Hygienic Practices through the Hygiene Development Program in Vietnam

Molton Brown Launches New Signature Dispenser Reducing Waste and Excess Spending

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

Highly Durable Asphalt Modifier Made from Waste PET Developed at Kao Corporation

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

Winning works of the 11th Kao International Environmental Painting Contest for Children (2020)

Kao Rated Triple A by CDP for Global Environmental Leadership

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

Kao Focuses on Sustainable Packaging and Innovative Products with its Iconic Haircare Brand Guhl in Europe

Kao and Lion Begin Collaboration on Recycling Field Testing

Kao Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Seventh Consecutive Year

Molton Brown New Partnership with Loop in London

Kao and Wakayama City Conclude Cooperation Agreement for Promotion of the SDGs

Kao, Apical and Asian Agri Launch 'SMILE' Program to Help Oil Palm Smallholders Improve Yields, Acquire Certifications, and Secure Premiums

Innovative Packaging Using 50% Less Plastic Launched by John Frieda Hair Care

Kao Group's Pink Ribbon Campaign Raises Awareness for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

Working Toward Resource Circulation for Plastic Packaging Kao and Lion Begin Collaboration on RecyCreation Activities

Kao's "Nationwide Cleanliness and Water-saving Initiatives" in Collaboration with China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment Enters Ninth Year

Kao Starts Demonstration of Resource Circulation Model Project for Material Recycling of Single-Use Plastic

Launch of the Raku-raku Switch for Dispensing a Fixed Amount from Film Packaging with One Light Push

Molton Brown Starts Refillable Program

2020, 6, 26, 10th Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children movie now available

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

Kao Sustainability Data Book 2020

Kao Offers "Multiunit Packages of Kao Products" for Healthcare to Medical Professionals on the Frontline of the Battle Against the Novel Coronavirus Infection

The Refill Revolution: Kao's efforts and innovations on plastic reduction featured in film series by Cosmetics Europe and BBC StoryWorks

Kao's participation in the "ESG Disclosure Study Group"

Kao's Odawara Office Is Awarded Business Location in Harmony with Nature Third-party Certification from ABINC for Its Biodiversity-friendly Initiatives

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

Kao Had Succeeded in Having 50% of All Electricity that the Company Purchases in Japan Generated from Renewable Energy Sources as of the End of 2019

Kao USA, Inc announces the launch of MyKirei

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

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 Wins a Place in the Carbon Clean 200 for the Second Year in a Row

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

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

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

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

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 Conducts Menstrual Hygiene Management Project in Indonesia

The 10th Kao International Environmental Painting Contest for Children (2019), including the report of the award ceremony held on December 7

Kao Received the EcoPro 2019 Executive Committee Chairman's Award at the 2nd EcoPro Awards

Kao Receives 2019 Environment Minister's Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity in the Implementation and Dissemination of Countermeasures Category

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

Kao's RecyCreation Project Gives Back in Kitami, Hokkaido

Kao Begins Phase Two of FURUSATO Environment Conservation Project in North Thailand

Kao Receives Highest Award, the Prime Minister's Prize, in the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (3Rs) Promotion Merit Awards

Kao Implements Activities to Establish Cleanliness and Hygiene Practices as Part of the Hygiene Development Program in Vietnam

Kao Holds Dialogue with Small Oil Palm Farmers as Part of Efforts to Establish a Sustainable Palm Oil Supply Chain

Kao included in stock indices for ESG investing: MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index and MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)

Kao Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Sixth Consecutive Year

Kao Group's Pink Ribbon Campaign Raises Awareness for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

The Social Entrepreneurship in Uganda Supported by Kao Presents at Side Event of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7)

Kao included in stock indices for ESG investing: FTSE4Good Index Series and FTSE Blossom Japan Index

Kao's GHG reduction target approved by Science Based Targets initiative

Kao Named to Euronext Vigeo World 120 Index for the Third Year in a Row and Fifth Time Total

Washing Systems, LLC receives the 2019 Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the US EPA

Corporate Citizenship Activities Report--Fiscal 2018

Kao Sustainability Data Book 2019

Kao's Raku-raku Eco Pack Refill and Smart Holder wins the Minister of the Environment Award of UMIGOMI Zero Award

Participation in Japan Sustainable Palm Oil Network (JaSPON)

Kao's RecyCreation Project Gives Back in Kamakura, Japan

Kao launches new ESG Strategy “Kirei Lifestyle Plan” to support consumer lifestyle changes

Tochigi Plant and Toyohashi Plant have started Photovoltaic power generation

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

Kao Promotes "Nationwide Cleanliness and Water-saving Initiatives" in Collaboration with China's Ministry of Environmental Protection for the Eighth Year

Kao's contribution to SDGs - short film posted on Reuters online

Kao launches sustainable packaging with its traditional haircare brand Guhl in Europe

Kao Makes World's Most Ethical Companies List for Thirteen Straight Years

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

Kao Begins Support for Menstrual Hygiene Improvement Project in Uganda

Kao's RecyCreation Project Gives Back in Kamikatsu, Japan

Kao recognized for sustainability excellence: CDP A List for Water, Corporate Knights 2019 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, and 2019 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

The 9th Kao International Environmental Painting Contest for Children (2018), including the report of the award ceremony held on December 8

Kao's action to the reported suspension of RSPO certification for FGV palm oil mill

Kao USA Inc. has started Photovoltaic power generation

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

Publicize Launch of the Japan Sustainable Palm Oil Network (JaSPON)

Kao resumes purchasing RSPO-certified palm oil from the IOI Group

Kao Supports the Water and Sanitation Project for Schools to Improve Environmental Hygiene in Vietnam

Kao Begins the Hygiene Development Program Aimed at Making Cleanliness and Hygiene Practices Common in Vietnam

Kao Included in the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index, a Stock Index for ESG Investing, Newly Selected by the GPIF

Kao Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Fifth Consecutive Year

The Kao Group Starts Support for the Project of Cancer Education by Pink Ribbon Advisors

Kao Holds Dialogue with Small Oil Palm Farmers as Part of Efforts to Establish a Sustainable Palm Oil Supply Chain

Kao Announces the Forest Stewardship Council Certified Procurement Declaration in Collaboration with Six Japanese Companies

Kao Corporation Shanghai has started Photovoltaic power generation

Kao Industrial (Thailand) has started Photovoltaic power generation

Kao included in stock indices for ESG investing: FTSE4Good Index Series, FTSE Blossom Japan Index, MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index and MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)

Corporate Citizenship Activities Report--Fiscal 2017

Kao Sustainability Data Book 2018

Kao Named to Euronext Vigeo Eiris World 120 Index for the Second Year in a Row and Fourth Time Total

Kao Penang Group* of Malaysia has started Photovoltaic power generation

Ehime Plant (Kao Sanitary Products Ehime) has started Photovoltaic power generation

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

Kao's RecyCreation Initiatives Are Underway: Kao's Contribution in Revitalizing Onagawacho (Miyagi Prefecture) Using Used Refill Packs

Kao Promotes "Nationwide Cleanliness and Water-saving Initiatives" in Collaboration with China's Ministry of Environmental Protection for the Seventh Year

Kao Receives the JLCA Award Incentive award

Kao Awarded Bronze Class in RobecoSAM's Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA)

Kao Received Award of Merit at the 21st Environmental Communication Awards

Twelfth Year Kao Named World's Most Ethical Companies

Kao recognized as Supplier Engagement leader by CDP

The 8th Kao International Environmental Painting Contest for Children (2017), including the report of the award ceremony held on December 9

Introducing FSC Certification on Attack Laundry Detergent Boxes

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

Kao Revises its Guidelines for Supplier's Assessment to Further Promote Use of Sedex

Kao Corporation Has Become a Bluenumber Partner

Kao Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Fourth Consecutive Year

Kao Group Pink Ribbon Campaign Raises Awareness of Early Detection of Breast Cancer

INFORMATION Kao selected for the new ESG indices "FTSE Blossom Japan Index" and "MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index" selected by GPIF

Kao Sustainability Data Book 2017

Corporate Citizenship Activities Report fiscal 2016

The Kao Group Presented in Asia's Environmental Tradeshows Eco-Products International Fair 2017

Kao Named to Euronext Vigeo Eiris World 120 Index

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

INFORMATION Kao Promotes the Sixth Consecutive Year of 'Nationwide Cleanliness and Water-saving Initiatives' with China's Ministry of Environmental Protection

Kao Named One of the 'World's Most Ethical Companies' for Eleven Consecutive Years

Kao Received Award of Merit at the 20th Environmental Communication Awards

Kao Awarded Bronze Class in RobecoSAM's Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA)