Many people don’t realise that our eyes are exposed to UV radiation all year round, even on cloudy days. And that 40% of all UV exposure occurs when we’re not in full sunlight. These are just a few of the important visual health messages that form part of Essilor’s ongoing work to raise awareness of how glasses can provide UV protection for the eyes 365 days a year.
The United Nations declared 2015 as the International Year of Light. The UN has stimulated events worldwide celebrating the role of light-based technologies in global sustainable development. The Nikon and Essilor International Joint Research Center (NEIJRC) was one of several academic and scientific research organizations that organized a special seminar on emerging materials for optics.
Essilor organized its first hackathon to explore new digital ideas for optics and visual health. The event, called ‘Hack & See’, held from 26-28 June in Paris, attracted 125 developers, designers and marketing professionals who were challenged to think up user-friendly applications that reinvent the daily experience of people who need glasses.
Essilor was official sponsor of the Cabourg Film Festival from 10-14 June. A partnership to highlight a visual art par excellence and a way to bring the importance of good vision more into focus.
Film lovers across Brazil enjoyed the latest French cinematic releases in a special film festival sponsored by Essilor from 11-17 June.
On 9 June Essilor launched its first Sight Center in the Philippines to provide optometry students in Manila access to state-of-the-art technology for their optical and vision studies.
In China, 340 million people unnecessarily suffer from poor vision. Remote villages have no local eye care services, and it can be too difficult and expensive to travel tens or hundreds of kilometres to the nearest town.
Essilor is proud to be a partner of the 29th Romantic Film Festival at Cabourg, France and help put the importance of good vision more into focus.
Essilor has published its latest Annual Report covering key events and achievements from 2014 and into 2015. With the theme ‘growing in a bigger playing field’, it explores the continued success of the Group and its new horizons of growth through the dimensions of innovation, a strong multi-local presence and an increasing focus on consumers.
A new vision health program targeting individuals at risk of social exclusion in Spain draws on the experience of two key partners - the Cione Ruta de la Luz Foundation and Essilor.
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