All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 10
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ArticleItochu and Aquafil join forces to sell recycled nylon
The Japanese trading company Itochu and the Italian chemical firm Aquafil have entered a partnership to promote and expand the businesses of circular nylon production. In 2011, Aquafil created the Econyl Regeneration System that turns recovered nylon waste such as fishing nets, carpets and post-industrial waste back to caprolactam (CPL), ...
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44% of EssilorLuxottica’s employees are shareholders
EssilorLuxottica announced that a record 44 percent of its employees are shareholders at the end of its 2020 international employee share ownership campaign called Boost 2020. The subscription rate reached over 62 percent of eligible employees. Following the campaign, about 63,000 EssilorLuxottica employees in 81 countries hold a stake in ...
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Apollo to let staff help fight Covid-19
Apollo-Optik, the German eyewear retailer which belongs to GrandVision, is allowing staff take time off with pay to do voluntary work. The program aims to alleviate the strain on the healthcare system with the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jörg Ehmer, the CEO of Apollo, said that he was deeply ...
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EU to cut greenhouse emission by 55% by 2030
The 27 members of the European Union agreed on Dec. 11, after a night of negotiations, to reduce by at least 55 percent their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, increasing the target from a previous objective of 40 percent. “Europe will reduce emissions by at least ...
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EssilorLuxottica highest ranking optical firm for diversity in Europe
EssilorLuxottica ranked highest among optical firms in the Financial Times’s second annual Diversity Leaders classification. The survey conducted by Statista involved 850 European companies and assessed employees’ perception of companies’ inclusiveness or efforts to promote various aspects of diversity. These include gender balance, openness to all forms of sexual orientation, ...
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News briefsZeal Optics plants trees for every eyewear product sold
U.S. eyewear brand Zeal Optics celebrates its fifth annual “Buy A Zeal, Plant A Tree” campaign, applicable site-wide on zealoptics.com and throughout more than 1,000 retailers globally. In partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and 1% For The Planet, the brand will plant a tree for every sunglass, goggle ...
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News briefsSafilo produces recycled sunglasses for The Ocean Cleanup
Safilo announced the release of the first sunglasses made for The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit environmental organization that develops advanced technologies to extract plastic pollution from the oceans. The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses are made of injected plastic deriving from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). They are available in ...
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ArticleMarchon to use Eastman’s sustainable acetate
Marchon announced that it will be the first eyewear company to produce frames using Acetate Renew, a sustainable material produced by the American specialty chemical company Eastman. Unlike other sustainable alternatives, Acetate Renew is indistinguishable from classic acetate, according to Marchon. It plans to start producing acetate sunglasses and ophthalmic ...
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ArticleEleven companies launch the Renewable Carbon Initiative
Eleven companies from six countries have joined forces to launch the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI). The initiative, under the leadership of German research institute nova-Institute, aims to phase out the use of fossil fuels for all organic chemicals and materials by 2050 to enable chemicals, plastics and other organic materials ...
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ArticleLuxottica shares Covid-19 screening program with Versace
Luxottica, the Italian frame making unit of the EssilorLuxottica group, has decided to share with Versace its Covid-19 prevention, detection and research program currently being used in Italy. Luxottica has held the eyewear license of the Italian fashion house for the past 17 years. Luxottica developed the prevention and screening ...
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Guess, Marcolin support The Get In Touch Foundation
For the fifth year in a row, Guess and Marcolin are supporting a breast cancer awareness campaign organized by The Get in Touch Foundation with the creation of a capsule collection. The collection will comprise an ophthalmic and a sunglass frame, both embellished with a rose gold ribbon, the symbol ...
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Oakley factory to produce face shields
EssilorLuxottica’s frame unit Luxottica has converted part of Oakley’s Foothill Ranch factory in Orange County, California, to supply face shields to meet growing demand for protective equipment against the Covid-19 virus. The 550,000 square foot facility produces Oakley eyewear and goggles and the face shields will be manufactured alongside existing ...
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ArticleLGBTQ collections become mainstream for the fashion, sportswear industry
The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer) fashion market has been growing over the last decade. In recent years, an unprecedented number of mainstream brands have begun to release LGBTQ collections.
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ArticleLuxottica produces anti-Covid masks for Italian government
Luxottica, the Italian unit of the Franco-Italian eyewear company EssilorLuxottica, said that it has started the large scale production of face masks to help prevent the propagation of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company has already delivered a first batch of 3.5 million items as part of a government-sponsored initiative. The ...
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ArticleSelfridges launches Project Earth
Selfridges has launched Project Earth, an initiative which explores “more sustainable ways to shop” by setting new sourcing standards and creating repair, resale and rental businesses. Under the scheme, the British department store pledges that by 2025 it will only stock products that respect its new sourcing standards on cotton, ...
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Clearly, IAPB to merge in 2021
On Jan.4, 2021, Clearly, a charity founded in 2016 by the Hong Kong-based philanthropist James Chen, will merge into the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), an alliance of civil society organizations, private sector, and professional bodies promoting eye health through advocacy, knowledge and partnerships. The move ...
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Essilor partners with Tencent to publicize eyecare
Essilor has established a three-year partnership with Tencent of Shenzhen, China, to publicize corrective vision. According to Essilor’s press release, somewhat less than half of the people in China’s vast population have impaired vision and are largely unaware of both the problem and the solutions. In addition, says Essilor, the ...
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ArticleEssilorLuxottica sees first signs of recovery
EssilorLuxottica is seeing the “first signs of recovery” as lockdowns introduced worldwide to slow down the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic are lifted. In a prepared message delivered to shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting, the executive chairman Leonardo Del Vecchio and executive vice-chairman Hubert Sagnières indicate that the ...
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Essilor Italia donates extra 3,000 protective goggles to hospitals in Lombardy
Essilor’s Italian unit has donated an additional 3,000 protective goggles to about 10 hospitals in the Italian region of Lombardy as part of the effort to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. In March, the lens manufacturer had already distributed more than 700 goggles it had in stock to health facilities in ...
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News briefsFielmann active in Covid-19 combat
Fielmann, the German optical retailer, and the Fielmann family, which owns it, have been active in taking part in the combat against the Covid-19 pandemic. The family donated 1 million surgical masks to each of the states of Brandenburg, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. The 3 million masks were bought through the ...
