All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 8
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VSP signs multi-year partnership with eyecare non-profit
VSP Global has established a multi-year partnership with Black EyeCare Perspective, a non-profit organization whose stated goals are to “increase the number of Black leaders addressing the biases in the eyecare industry,” “help eyecare professionals and companies stay effective and relevant in a forever changing landscape by aligning their values ...
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New recycling initiative in France for optical wastes
Optic For Good, a French sustainability label and consultancy focusing on the eyewear industry, is launching Recycloptics, a non-profit organization that will collect and recycle wastes from the sector, in particular from optical shops, Opticien Presse reports. The association estimates that 78 tons of demo lenses are going to landfill ...
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B+L has recycled more than 41 million contact lenses
Bausch + Lomb (B+L) says that its “One by One” and “Biotrue Eye Care Recycling” programs have processed 41,358,603 units, or 248,516 pounds, of used contact lenses and other eye- and lens-care materials. One by One deals with contact lenses, which are typically too small for standard recyclers to handle ...
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Articlebbase launches sustainable materials’ index
The bbase Design Group, an eyewear designer and manufacturer based in Hong Kong, has released a comparative tool measuring the sustainability performance of a number of materials used for the production of frames and lenses with the announced objective of providing the industry with a comparative analysis of existing sustainable ...
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Serengeti moves all its production to Italy
Serengeti, the high-end sunglasses’ brand of the Bollé group, has announced that it would move all its manufacturing base to Italy. While the company was already producing some of its collections in the country, it said it would transfer all of its lens and frame production to Italy from Spring ...
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HOYA partners with Orbis in vision care education
HOYA Vision Care has announced a new partnership with Orbis International, a global non-governmental organization that has been involved in the prevention of avoidable blindness for over forty years, through the strengthening of eye health systems and training programs for eye care professionals but not only. Among other initiatives, the ...
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ABDO launches a sustainability self-assessment tool
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has launched a sustainability self-assessment tool, in conjunction with its digital SEE Summit on last Oct. 4. Targeted at employees, business owners and manufacturers in the eyewear sector, the new tool consists in an 80-question survey at the end of which respondents are ...
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ArticleSustainability: the demo lens challenge (part 2)
While the eyewear industry’s sustainability efforts have mostly focused on the use of eco-friendly or recycled material for the frames so far, the disposal of demo lenses, which end up in landfills for the most part, remains one of the sector’s main issues and still largely untackled because of its ...
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Safilo to use a sustainable alternative to precious metals
Safilo has announced that it will be the first company in the eyewear sector to use Metal X, a new product developed by the specialty chemicals’ group Coventya. The new material will be used for the surface finishing treatments of Safilo eyeglasses and sunglasses in place of precious metals, notably ...
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Bollé Safety to begin U.S. production with disabled staff
The Bollé Brands Group brand Bollé Safety has established a partnership with SourceAmerica, a group that seeks to get disabled people into government and corporate jobs, and the nonprofit agency New Hope, which operates in Texas. In the summation of Corey Heritage, SourceAmerica’s vice president of business development: “Together we ...
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Marcolin partners with Treedom
Marcolin announced that it would support the planting of 10,000 trees by Treedom, an Italian company specializing in reforestation projects, through Timberland Eyewear, the licensed brand which has been part of its portfolio since 2003. The project is part of a larger partnership between Timberland and Treedom that calls for ...
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ArticleSustainability: the demo lenses’ challenge (part 1)
While the eyewear industry’s sustainability efforts have mostly focused on the use of eco-friendly or recycled material for the frames so far, the disposal of demo lenses, which end up in landfills for the most part, remains one of the sector’s main issues and still largely untackled because of its ...
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Ocuco’s HQ to offset its carbon emissions
For its new sustainability program, Ocuco has pledged to offset the carbon emissions of its headquarters, in the Irish city of Dublin, from now to 2022. The software producer joined the GoCarbonNeutral.ie initiative in March 2020, making a three-year commitment. Specifically, the company will be offsetting 2,320 tons of CO2 ...
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Coral Eyewear and Castore partner on Econyl-based sunglasses
Castore, a British sports apparel brand, and Coral Eyewear have formed a new partnership and product collaboration, designed to enable both brands to expand their use of recycled materials. Through the collaboration, the companies have unveiled the Castore x Coral sunglasses, which are created with regenerated ocean waste. The sunglasses ...
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Andy Wolf to transition to Acetate Renew
Andy Wolf, the Austrian-based designer eyewear brand, has announced that it would start converting its acetate collections to sustainable acetate following its ISCC Plus certification and its qualification for the Acetate Renew program jointly run by Mazzucchelli and Eastman. The ISCC Plus label is delivered by the International Sustainability and ...
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Kering Eyewear to integrate Zeiss Sunlens’ new eco-friendly lenses
Kering Eyewear and ZEISS Sunlens have announced the reinforcement of their longtime collaboration, focusing on sustainability and reducing the carbon footprint of sunglass manufacturing. This year, ZEISS Sunlens has developed new eco-friendly lenses with a 39 percent share of bio-based material produced from organic waste. That, combined with improvement in ...
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ArticleDemo lenses find new life in eyewear frames
A few months ago, Yair Neuman, a London-based eyewear designer, and Cubbitts, an eyewear maker and retailer also based in the British capital, launched FUSED, a collection of eyewear made from DELEREX. The new material, developed and patented by Neuman, is entirely recycled from demo lenses collected at optical stores ...
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ZEISS donates €5 million to Deutsches Museum
ZEISS, which is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, has donated €5 million to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany. The donation is part of a larger €50 million founding program aimed at modernizing the museum, with which ZEISS has been partnering for more than 100 years. Karl Lamprecht, president ...
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Warby Parker renews optometry scholarship for Black students
Warby Parker, the U.S. omnichannel optical retailer, is extending its partnership with the New England College of Optometry (NECO), to increase Black representation in the sector. The company already financed the scholarship of two Black scholars for NECO’s four-year optometry program and will expand its contribution by covering the tuition ...
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Eyemart Express partners with the U.S. Army
U.S. optical retailer Eyemart Express is partnering with Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS), the U.S. Army’s program helping veterans to find jobs,Vision Monday reports. As part of the joint initiative, Eyemart Express will guarantee veterans a job interview at one of its 230 stores in the country. Selected candidates will ...
