All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 13
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The market has apparently rewarded Modo's ecological shift, both for...
The market has apparently rewarded Modo's ecological shift, both for its funding of environmental initiatives and its production processes for eyewear. In India the company helped the Seva Foundation provide eye exams and, if necessary, surgery or therapy for a million children. Modo contributed part of its profits from the ...
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Toms Shoes, the American brand famous for donating a pair of...
Toms Shoes, the American brand famous for donating a pair of shoes or prescription eyeglasses for every pair of shoes or eyeglasses sold, is now one of 2,700 B-Corp companies in 150 industries and 60 countries. So-called B-Corp companies are explicitly committed to sustainability and the common good. Toms Shoes manufactures ...
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Zeiss and the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) have opened a new...
Zeiss and the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) have opened a new training center in Pune, India. Recently inaugurated with The Poona Blind Men Association, a local partner, the training center focuses on the operative treatment of cataracts. More than 36 million people worldwide are blind. About one-third of them are blinded by ...
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The OneDollarGlasses association's total revenues increased from €1.7 million in...
The OneDollarGlasses association's total revenues increased from €1.7 million in 2016 to €2.4 million in 2017. Revenues include donations, designated donations, fines and other items. The goal of the association is to provide glasses to 150 million people around the world who live on a dollar or less a day ...
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On its second anniversary, a Bausch+Lomb program has managed to...
On its second anniversary, a Bausch+Lomb program has managed to recycle more than five million units of contact lens materials, preventing some 31,000 pounds of waste from entering landfills. The so-called One by One program collects used contact lenses, blister packs and top foils and converts them into post-consumer products, ...
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Essilor will be collaborating with the Royal Government of Bhutan...
Essilor will be collaborating with the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Central Monastic Body to help eradicate uncorrected poor vision in Bhutan. The company will train men and women to become primary vision care providers and micro-entrepreneurs, and will support qualified students to open up optical stores in their ...
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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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Lunor, the stylish German eyewear brand, has taken many measures...
Lunor, the stylish German eyewear brand, has taken many measures in recent years to reduce its CO² emissions. Since this summer, the company compensates for all of them, cooperating with a German non-governmental organization, Fokus-Zukunft. In order to compensate for the values determined of the so-called CO² footprint, Lunor supports ...
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Discarded used lenses may be contributing to environmental pollution. Researchers...
Discarded used lenses may be contributing to environmental pollution. Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) examined the destiny of 13 contact lens brands made from nine different types of plastic polymers. Lenses that end down the drain are usually conveyed to wastewater treatment facilities. ASU researchers found that wastewater plants ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
