Kao Corporation : Entries Now Accepted for the 3rd Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children
04/12/2012| 01:59am US/Eastern
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Kao Corporation (President and CEO: Motoki Ozaki) accepts
entries for the 3rd Kao International Environment Painting
Contest for Children, beginning April 12, 2012.
In 2009, Kao announced its "Kao Environmental
Statement," and positioned ecology at the core of
management under the theme of "eco together."
Through "eco together" in action, Kao aims to build
a strong collaboration with consumers and business partners
for promoting wide-ranging initiatives for environmental
conservation, while proposing ecological methods through the
whole product life-cycle - from the procurement of raw
materials to manufacturing, distribution, use, and final
disposal.
Taking this to heart, since 2010 the Kao Group has been
holding the Kao International Environment Painting Contest
for Children. Our intention is to encourage children - on
whose shoulders the responsibility for caring for the Earth
will fall - to think seriously about protecting the
environment by depicting things that can be done in everyday
life. At the same time, we hope that their involvement will
encourage their friends, and even adults, to also take
action.
Prize-winning works will be on display at the Eco-Products
2012 exhibition held in Tokyo in December. In addition,
winners of the 'eco together' - Planet Earth Grand
Prix and the 'eco together' - Kao Prize will also be
invited, from wherever they live, 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.
• Entry deadline
Paintings must be received by September 14, 2012 (Japan
time)
• Please send pictures to:
Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children
Office
5F Twin Hills Myogadani, 4-5-16 Kohinata, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
112-0006 JAPAN
• To find out more, please contact
Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children
Office
e-mail: kao.contest@c-gp.com
Fax: +81-3-6902-2138
Tel: +81-3-6902-2008 (weekdays from 10:00-17:00 Japan
time)
The preferred method of contact in English is e-mail. E-mail
and fax messages can be received any time; telephone is
unavailable on weekends and Japanese national holidays.
The award ceremony for Kao International Environment
Painting Contest for Children
(at the Kao booth for Eco-Products 2011)
Outline of the 3rd Kao International Environment Painting
Contest for Children
Theme: 'eco together'
To protect our precious world, it is important not to
waste water and electricity. It is also better to be
careful about how we use things, and to reuse and
recycle. Some people also actively plant trees, protect
nature, and try get along well with animals, birds, fish,
and other living things. These are just a few of the
things that entrants might want to include in a picture
showing how to live while looking after the Earth.
Eligibility
Children aged 6 through 15 years old from anywhere in the
world.
Entry deadline
Paintings must be received by midnight September 14, 2012
JST
Results announcement and award ceremony
By late November 2012, winners and their schools will be
notified. The results will also be posted on the Kao
website.
On Saturday December 15, 2012, at Tokyo Big Sight, the
prizes will be awarded in a ceremony at the Eco-Products
2012 trade show.
* From anywhere in the world, accompanied by
a guardian, winners of the 'eco together' -
Planet Earth Grand Prix and the 'eco together' -
Kao Prize, will be invited to attend the award ceremony
held at the venue of Eco-Products 2012 on Saturday
December 15, 2012.
* The winning works will be on show in the
Kao Booth at Eco-Products 2012.
Judges
Chair Fumikazu Masuda: Tokyo Zokei University
Professor
Sumiko Okubo: Printmaker
Yoko Oyamada: Illustrator
Taku Satoh: Graphic Designer
Mitsutoshi Yoshida: Director, Kao Creative House
Corporation
To be announced: Director of Kao Corporation
* To find out more, please follow the link
below to download information about the Kao International
Environment Painting Contest for Children.
* The other link below is to a contest entry
form. Please fill out the required information and paste
the completed entry form to the back of the painting.
About Kao
Kao creates high-value-added products to help consumers
around the world enrich their everyday lives. Over 20
leading brands such as Asience, Attack, Bioré, Goldwell,
Jergens, John Frieda, Kanebo, Laurier, Merries and Molton
Brown are part of the lives of people in Asia, Oceania,
North America and Europe and help generate about 1,200
billion yen (about $US13 billion) in annual sales. Kao
employs about 35,000 people worldwide and has more than
120 years of history in innovation. Please visit the Kao
group web site for updated information. http://www.kao.com/group/en/group/
Media inquiries should be directed to:
General inquiries should be directed to:
Corporate Communications Department
Kao Corporation
Kao International Environment Painting Contest for
Children Office
Tel: +81-3-3660-7043
Fax: +81-3-3660-7044
Tel: +81-3-6902-2008
(weekdays from 10:00-17:00 Japan time)
Fax: +81-3-6902-2138
e-mail: kao.contest@c-gp.com
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