Entries Now Open for the 16th Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children

The 16th Kao International Painting Contest for Children is now open for entries, as of April 22, 2025, according to Kao. This year, under the theme of "Let's make our environment sustainable, together!", we invite children to create works that express what they think about and what they can do to protect the global environment.

Kao has conducted the Kao International Painting Contest every year since its launch in 2010 in order to convey our aspiration "To realize a Kirei World in which all life lives in harmony", which is our Purpose, to as many people as possible through paintings by children around the world. We have received a cumulative total of over 160,000 entries from children in almost 100 countries and regions around the world. We also hold exhibitions of the winning works in Japan and overseas in the hope that the paintings expressed by the children with their thoughts on the environment and the future of the planet will inspire people around the world to take actions toward sustainable lifestyle.

Since last year, we have started an initiative to donate to the environmental activities at the time of children's entries, so that paintings by those who bear the future will lead to a step in changing the world. To 3 themes 1) Wildlife protection, 2) Green forest conservation, and 3) Reducing marine pollution, we donate 50 Japanese yen per work. In 2024, we donated a total of approximately 830,000 yen.

The 16th prizewinners will be announced on the Kao website in December 2025.