The 4th Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children

Kao Corporation (President and CEO: Michitaka Sawada) accepts entries for the 4th Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children, beginning March 21, 2013. Prize-winning works will be on display at the Eco-Products 2013 exhibition held in Tokyo in December. In addition, winners, whether in Japan or from overseas, of the "eco together" - Planet Earth Grand Prix and the "eco together" - Kao Prize will be invited to attend the award ceremony at the venue. The contest is being widely publicized all over the world, both via the Kao website and through other media. Kao Group has promoted the "eco together" initiatives together with consumers and business partners. The Group will strive to establish stronger alliances with environment conservation activities in wider social arenas, by proposing ecological approaches through the whole product life-cycle from raw material procurement to final disposal.

Theme: "eco together" To protect our precious world, please think of what we should do, and make a painting showing what we can do in our daily life: such as to use water and electricity without wasting it; to use limited resources carefully for long period of time through reuse and recycle; to choose and use ecology-oriented products; to protect nature by taking care of the woods and animals; and others.  Eligibility Children around the world between the ages of 6 and 15 years old Entry deadline Paintings must be received by midnight Thursday, September 12, 2013 Japan Standard Time (JST) For entry details, please refer to the Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children website as follows. http://www.kao.com/jp/en/corp_csr/eco_activities_04_00.html

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