All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 9
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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 ...
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l.a.Eyeworks donates to Art for Justice Fund
l.a.Eyeworks is donating $65,000 to the Art For Justice Fund, drawing on proceeds from its Wells frame. Released in August 2020, the frame is named after the journalist and civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells. The Art For Justice Fund was founded by the philanthropist Agnes Gund as a five-year ...
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Safilo to use new sustainable sun lens material
Safilo has announced that it would start using a new and sustainable material from Evonik, a global leader in specialty chemicals and a 20-year partner of the Italian group, in its premium sun lenses starting next year. Called TROGAMID myCX eCOn, the new material is presented as a high-quality sustainable ...
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National Vision to distribute free glasses in the U.S.
With the support of Americares and RestoringVision, each of which is donating $250,000, National Vision Holdings will be conducting a two-year campaign to provide eyeglasses free of charge – through its charity, 20/20 Quest – to poor, uninsured or underinsured people in the U.S. Motivating the initiative is a report, ...
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ABDO launches sustainability summit
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) announced on April 22, the Earth Day, that the association will be organizing its first digital Social Ethical and Environmental (SEE) summit on Oct. 4, 2021. The aim of the association, which formed a working group earlier this year on SEE issues, is ...
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The Vision Council releases diversity report
The Vision Council just released the results of its first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) report, based on a survey among its members at the end of last year, for which the organization received a total of 1,527 responses. All survey participants were based in the U.S., with retailers and ...
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INSPECS wins green award with O’Neill frame
INSPECS announced on April 15 that it has won an International Green Product Award 2021 in the sports category for one of its O’Neill products. The WOVE frame and its packaging are made from recycled, recyclable or biodegradable materials such as fishing nets, rubber tires, plastic bottles, stainless steel, mineral ...
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Eschenbach makes a new donation to Vision for the World
For every sale of a frame produced by its brand Brendel Eyewear, Eschenbach Optik is donating a frame to the non-profit organization Vision for the World. The initiative began with the first pandemic lockdown and is set to run through the summer, for a total donation of 32,000 frames. In ...
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SABIC and POLYRAY partner on renewable PC lens
SABIC, a global supplier of chemicals based in Saudi Arabia, and Xiamen Hongtai Optical, the Chinese lens manufacturer better known under its POLYRAY brand name, announced last week their collaboration for the launch of a new sustainable material. Under the agreement, POLYRAY is launching its new BioPC lens range for ...
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CooperVision announces CSR partnerships in myopia management and sustainability
CooperVision has been busy on the CSR front in the last week with the announcement of three partnerships, related to myopia and sustainability. As for the first, the company first communicated its agreement with the World Council of Optometry, an international non-profit organization promoting access to eye health and vision ...
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Indo has signed the UN Global Compact
Indo Optical has signed on to the UN Global Compact and will be abiding by its Ten Principles on human rights, labor, the environment and corruption as well as its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Enric Florensa, the company’s CEO, sees this as following up on Indo’s earlier investments into its ...
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Optic 2000 extends support to eyecare research
Optic 2000, one of the leading optical retail chains in France, has just extended its sponsoring partnership with the Institut de la Vision (Vision Institute) for another three years. Founded in 2008, the Institut de la Vision regroups 300 eye specialists that are researching ocular diseases and looking for innovative ...
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ArticleSafilo to use Eastman sustainable materials from 2022
Safilo has announced that it would start using Eastman’s sustainable materials for its eyewear collections starting from 2022. The Italian maker selected the Eastman Tritan Renew, a copolyester made of 50 percent recycled content, for use in both sunglasses and eyeglasses of its proprietary brand Polaroid Eyewear, ...
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ArticleThélios, Mazzucchelli, Eastman to work on sustainable innovation
Thélios, the Italian eyewear manufacturer resulting from a joint venture between LVMH and Marcolin, the Italian acetate-sheet manufacturer Mazzucchelli 1849 and the American specialty chemical group Eastman have joined forces to develop sustainable innovation in the eyewear industry. “Sustainability has become a business imperative. We have chosen to team up ...
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Giorgio Armani to include sustainable eyewear
The Italian fashion company Giorgio Armani will include ecologically sustainable eyewear models for its brands Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and A|X Armani Exchange. During 2021, about 20 new sunglasses and prescription frames, for men and women, will be introduced using recycled and recyclable materials. The lenses will be partially made ...
