The challenge to provide eye care to the 1 in 3 people who cannot see the world clearly can sometimes seem insurmountable. 90% of people who still suffer from uncorrected poor vision live in developing communities where access to eye care professionals and awareness on the importance of vision in general, is limited.
From ensuring employees’ safety, to providing generous financial support and in-kind donations to support the Wuhan region as well as other areas in need, Essilor Group together with its partner entities have activated quickly to help address the outbreak.
Essilor’s R&D department launched three visual health ‘challenges’ for university students which lead to finalists participating in a major Europe-wide hackathon at the EIT Health summit in Paris - an opportunity to raise awareness and communicate on visual health to European stakeholders of healthcare and the general public.
As the world's leading ophthalmic optics company, Essilor supports the opening of the first access point to vision care in Cote d'Ivoire as part of project Agora. This was jointly inaugurated by the Vice President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Daniel Kablan Duncan, and President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, on December 21.
2019, a year of seeing our mission in action, collaboration, new visionary ideas and recognized excellence.
Essilor affirms its ambitions for growth and innovation in China with the opening of its new Center for Innovation & Technologies in Shanghai, the extension of its research partnership with the esteemed Wenzhou Medical University, and its recent success at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) - which drew strong interest from potential partners and stakeholders.
Essilor successfully concluded the first run of its EBoP Fellowship program.
As a leading advocate for the importance of good vision and eye care, Essilor was featured on Bloomberg today, as part of the media company’s 50 Sustainability and Climate Leaders series.
Essilor and the Vision Impact Institute firmly support #glasses4women, a movement to highlight the critical role good vision plays in creating a more balanced world for women.
Just like every year since 2012, World Sight Day, which fell on October 10 this year, was commemoratedwith great gusto at Essilor. Employees, partners and suppliers across continents gathered together to mark the most important awareness and advocacy event on the global eye health calendar and spread the word about the importance of good vision.
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