All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 12
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Safilo to renew car fleet sustainably
In its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint (see the article about the company’s use of regenerated nylon in our previous issue), Safilo will renew its car fleet with Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicles. In 2020, the group plans to include about 100 new cars equipped with the Japanese car ...
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EssilorLuxottica starts to cope with Covid-19
On March 27, EssilorLuxottica said it had stopped a share buyback program that it had announced only 10 days earlier, due to the growing uncertainty being created by the rapidly expanding Covid-19 pandemic. It’s one of the measures that the group is implementing to improve its liquidity in view of ...
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Germany faces up to the disease differently
Governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movement of their citizens to reduce the spread of Covid-19, which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), has infected over 780,000 and killed more than 37,000 people globally. As of March 31, more than 67,000 cases were confirmed ...
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Essilor is recognized as a Diversity Leader
Essilor has been awarded the title of “Diversity Leader 2020” by the Financial Times (FT). The French eyewear group ranked 62nd out of a total of 10,000 companies in the FT’s new annual ranking of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The assessment covered the companies’ achievements in multiple types ...
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The Marcolin Group is sponsoring the first edition of the...
The Marcolin Group is sponsoring the first edition of the Positive Luxury Awards, endorsing the Innovation of the Year Award, which recognizes a service, product, technology or business model that prompts large-scale internal and external social or environmental improvements. The 12-person jury will consist of executives, consultants, writers, actors, activists ...
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Eyecity, the Japanese chain of contact lens stores owned by...
Eyecity, the Japanese chain of contact lens stores owned by Hoya Corporation, says it has collected a total of 3.3 million tons of empty cases made of recyclable polypropylene, contributing to a reduction in C02 emissions of 9.1 million tons. The entire proceeds of 7.9 million yen (€65k-$73k) have been ...
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EssilorLuxottica entered Fortune magazine's 2019 Change the World List, which...
EssilorLuxottica entered Fortune magazine's 2019 Change the World List, which includes 52 companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business. The Franco-Italian company ranked 17th on the list. Essilor International, part of EssilorLuxottica, has released a new report quantifying the global ...
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BD8 Ecoplastics of Hong Kong has introduced a new material...
BD8 Ecoplastics of Hong Kong has introduced a new material for eyewear, an eponymous bioplastic that, according to the company, biodegrades entirely into carbon, water and biomass, which are then absorbed by organisms. They can enrich the soil while leaving behind no plastic residue or particles. The stated objective is ...
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L'Amy America, a part of International Luxury Group (ILG), has...
L'Amy America, a part of International Luxury Group (ILG), has announced a multiyear license agreement with Marquee Brands to design, market and distribute an eco-green eyewear collection for the Ben Sherman brand. The range is scheduled to preview at Vision Expo East in 2020. The new Ben Sherman collection will ...
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Peek Vision, a British social enterprise that develops technology and...
Peek Vision, a British social enterprise that develops technology and partnerships to provide sustainable access to eye care, has joined forces with the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM), the international non-profit organization for the blind. Being cost-effective and portable, Peek Vision's solutions can reach people in remote areas. Peek is a hybrid ...
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Safilo has announced that starting with the autumn 2019 selling...
Safilo has announced that starting with the autumn 2019 selling season, all globally produced marketing materials at points of purchase, namely counter cards or show cards, will be FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified. Any new printed point of purchase materials produced globally or locally in individual countries will follow the ...
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Dragon has announced the release of its first eco-friendly eyewear,...
Dragon has announced the release of its first eco-friendly eyewear, based on plant resin. Beginning this autumn, all the new and key carryover injected sunglasses and ophthalmic frames of the performance eyewear brand will be made using the bio-based material. Plant-based resin is derived from castor-bean oil, a renewable alternative ...
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Afflelou and Cofidis, a French consumer-credit company that provided tablets...
Afflelou and Cofidis, a French consumer-credit company that provided tablets to the optical group's stores, have partnered with the NGO WeTechCare for the recycling of the no-longer used devices. Afflelou is aiming to collect 700 tablets throughout its stores network, which will then be checked and reinitialized by Cofidis before ...
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The Etnia Barcelona Foundation has established a partnership with the Von's...
The Etnia Barcelona Foundation has established a partnership with the Von's Vision Foundation to make Etnia the exclusive supplier of fashion frames for Von's Vision Centers. Founded by Von Miller, a linebacker for the Denver Broncos American-football team, Von's Vision Foundation brings vision care and frames to where needy students already ...
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De Rigo Vision, the eyewear firm based in Longarone, in...
De Rigo Vision, the eyewear firm based in Longarone, in Italy's northeast, is introducing a new company program for its staff, called Welfare and Work-Life Balance. The program, which has been designed in consultation with the unions, features a series of initiatives to provide an improved quality of life for ...
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Okia, the eyewear company based in Hong Kong best known...
Okia, the eyewear company based in Hong Kong best known for its patented HDA Technology, has announced the launch of sustainability.okia.com, a website dedicated to its eco-friendly solutions. The website presents in detail the properties and advantages of each sustainable product of the company, alongside facts and figures about worldwide ...
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Waterhaul, a start-up based in Cornwall, England, is introducing a...
Waterhaul, a start-up based in Cornwall, England, is introducing a range of sunglasses that are made from 100 percent recycled ghost fishing nets and gear, taken out of the ocean. Intercepted nets, which may exceed 100 meters in length, are washed, shredded and transformed into pellets, which are then molded ...
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Desìo, the brand of color contact lenses produced by the...
Desìo, the brand of color contact lenses produced by the Italian manufacturer Qualimed, is helping to fund Sightsavers, an international NGO founded in 1950 in the U.K. Sightsavers currently operates in more than 30 low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia. The charity conducts eye exams and provides treatment ...
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Eschenbach Optik has recently supported Vision for the World, a...
Eschenbach Optik has recently supported Vision for the World, a non-profit association, by supplying more than 20,000 optical frames. The frames will be donated to children and adults in Nepal. Vision for the World started to donate sunglasses to children and adults in Nepal in 2012. The first corrective frames ...
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Waterhaul is launching a range of sunglasses made from 100...
Waterhaul is launching a range of sunglasses made from 100 percent recycled fishing nets. Waterhaul is a social enterprise based in Cornwall, England, that collects plastic from the oceans and transforms it into functional products, and is part of a collaborative scheme to intercept nets from European seas. Intercepted nets, ...
