Seven Eleven Hosts the 31st Online Children's Environmental Art Contest

Convenience store Seven Eleven announced on the 5th that it will hold an online environmental art contest to support children's creative activities and encourage overcoming the climate crisis.

Models are promoting the 'Online Environmental Art Contest' in front of a 7-Eleven convenience store.
[Photo by 7-Eleven]

Under the theme of "The Appearance of People Around the World Overcoming the Climate Crisis," Seven Eleven will hold the '31st Seven Eleven Online Environmental Art Contest' for elementary school students nationwide for one month from the 6th of this month to the 5th of next month. This is to fulfill the company's social responsibility by encouraging children to realize the importance of practicing environmental protection themselves and find ways to overcome the climate crisis, which has recently emerged as a serious survival issue.

The Seven Eleven Online Children's Environmental Art Contest, first held in 1993, is now in its 31st edition and is the longest-running ESG activity in the convenience store industry. This contest is open to students from 1st to 6th grade in elementary schools nationwide, and applications can be submitted by uploading image files on the Seven Eleven website on a first-come, first-served basis for up to 2,000 participants.

The grand prize (1 winner) will receive the Minister of Environment Award and a prize of 1,000,000 KRW, and PB snacks will be gifted to all students of the winner's elementary school. The Excellence Award (2 winners) and the Merit Award (5 winners) will receive the Seven Eleven CEO Award and prizes of 500,000 KRW and 300,000 KRW, respectively. Lastly, all participants will receive a Seven Eleven mobile gift certificate worth 3,000 KRW.

Meaningful follow-up activities are also planned after the awards. Seven Eleven plans to release three special packaged products featuring images of the winning artworks, and a portion of the sales proceeds from these products will be donated to the Korea Childhood Cancer Foundation. Additionally, the coin collection boxes used for the eco-friendly coin fundraising activity, which Seven Eleven has been conducting for five years, will be produced with eco-friendly packaging and decorated with the winning artworks, then placed in stores nationwide.

Jang Cheol-won, head of the Seven Eleven Win-Win Cooperation Team, said, "As the alarm for the climate crisis rings on Earth, this will be a time for children to devise and draw their own solutions to overcome it and deepen their awareness of environmental protection." He added, "Seven Eleven has also fully introduced paper ice cups developed using the 'Sol Coat' technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in response to the climate crisis this year, and we will continue to expand ESG management activities to reduce greenhouse gases."

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