All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 11
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Luxottica has been included in the FTSE4Good, the global index...
Luxottica has been included in the FTSE4Good, the global index created by FTSE Russell to measure the performance of companies showing strong environmental, social and governance practices. The index currently includes 953 stocks, 22 of which are Italian companies.
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Toms Shoes, the American brand famous for its policy of...
Toms Shoes, the American brand famous for its policy of giving away a free pair of shoes or helping someone in need of a prescription for his eyesight, for each pair of shoes or glasses sold, presented new figures at this month's Premium trade show in Berlin to highlight the ...
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Haiti has seen the opening of the first school of...
Haiti has seen the opening of the first school of optometry and vision sciences on the island. The school opened on April 12 at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of I'Université d'État d'Haiti (UEH). The announcement was made by Optometry Giving Sight, the global fundraising initiative that targets the ...
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The Lions Club has set a new world record in...
The Lions Club has set a new world record in France by putting together 45,000 pairs of glasses to form a chain of 2,508 meters, crossing into Luxembourg. Working through an association based in the French port city of Le Havre, Medico Lions Clubs, the Lions Club collected more than ...
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Alcon, a division of Novartis, has announced that it will...
Alcon, a division of Novartis, has announced that it will continue to support Think About Your Eyes for the fourth year with an additional $2 million donation in 2018. Think About Your Eyes is a nation-wide awareness initiative in the U.S. that aims to educate the public on the benefits ...
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Essilor has announced that it will invest a further €19...
Essilor has announced that it will invest a further €19 million as part of its efforts to eradicate poor vision in one generation, in line with Essilor's core mission of improving lives by improving sight. The investment follows on from a one-off dividend tax refund from the French tax authorities, ...
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Zeiss has announced the release of its first group-wide sustainability...
Zeiss has announced the release of its first group-wide sustainability report. The document, which is certified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), illustrates the principles guiding the company's operations, its key objectives, and the measures it is taking in five areas of action: integrity and compliance, products and the value ...
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Nidek's support has helped the reopening of a secondary school...
Nidek's support has helped the reopening of a secondary school in Nepal that was destroyed by an earthquake in 2015. The new school, which has an earthproof structure, serves about 550 students between the ages of 5 and 15.
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Employees of CooperVision were able to collect a record amount...
Employees of CooperVision were able to collect a record amount of $200,500 through multiple events around the world as part of the company's annual World Sight Day Challenge. Cooper Companies matched the sum and donated the proceeds to Optometry Giving Sight, the international vision care charity of which it is ...
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OneSight, the global foundation created and sponsored by Luxottica, is...
OneSight, the global foundation created and sponsored by Luxottica, is teaming up with everydayhero to launch the “Ready Set See” challenge, a global fitness and fundraising challenge. Supporters from all over the world can participate in the challenge by running, biking, walking or swimming to raise funds for the opening ...
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Vision Direct partnered with Fight for Sight, a British charity...
Vision Direct partnered with Fight for Sight, a British charity funding research into sight loss and eye diseases, for the second consecutive year on the #ThinkUV campaign. The social media campaign urged British people to protect their eyes from ultraviolet (UV) rays, especially during the summer. As part of the ...
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Essilor has announced that it has been recognized by the...
Essilor has announced that it has been recognized by the Sustainable Business Awards in the category “UN Sustainable Development Goals: Understanding the company's roles and initiatives in working to deliver the UN SDGs,” a new category which was added this year. The award honored the company's commitment to responsibly fight ...
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Invu, the young Swiss brand based in Zurich, partnered with...
Invu, the young Swiss brand based in Zurich, partnered with Sightsavers last month for a new line of polarized sunglasses, I Wear Red, which retail for €60 per pair. It has pledged to donate €1.50 from the sale of each pair to the non-profit association to help a child in ...
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Walter & Herbert has partnered with Momentum, a children's cancer...
Walter Herbert has partnered with Momentum, a children's cancer charity based in West London, to make a donation from every pair of ophthalmic and sun frames sold over the coming year. Optoplast Actman Eyewear, the company behind the brand, will donate 50p for every frame it sells. Optoplast ...
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PFO Global has announced an agreement with GB Pharma Holdings...
PFO Global has announced an agreement with GB Pharma Holdings to bring high quality prescription lenses to Africa. The continent is a grossly underserved market, said PFO, and has nearly 153 million people with visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive errors, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). ...
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Bausch + Lomb has made a donation of $50,000 to...
Bausch + Lomb has made a donation of $50,000 to Optometry Giving Sight. The funds will support sustainable training and education programs that improve eye health for people in developing and under-served communities.
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Adlens has announced a new partnership with Fight for Sight,...
Adlens has announced a new partnership with Fight for Sight, the British eye research charity, to raise funds for research into the detection, treatment and prevention of sight loss and eye diseases. The partnership is part of Adlens' wider social mission program, a series of initiative to help transform vision ...
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Johnson & Johnson is one of 36 global businesses that...
Johnson Johnson is one of 36 global businesses that have pledged to use 100 percent renewable energies by 2025, as part of the RE100 initiative of the non-profit Climate Group. Goldman Sachs, Nike, Procter Gamble, Starbucks and Walmart are among the others.
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Optic 2000's foundation has signed a new partnership agreement with...
Optic 2000's foundation has signed a new partnership agreement with Antropia, a France-based catalyst of social enterprises, to accompany innovative start-ups in the fields of vision and hearing. The most interesting projects aiming to improve the daily lives of the visually and hearing impaired will receive €5,000. The winning start-ups ...
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Nearly 95 percent of Americans spend two or more hours...
Nearly 95 percent of Americans spend two or more hours per day on digital devices and this often results in digital eye strain. This emerges in The Vision Council's recent report on the impact of digital media on vision health, which was released at the International Consumer Electronic Show in ...
