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2021.03.26
Partner of Secours Populaire since 2014, Essilor Vision For Life supported the French charity’s 70th anniversary event on 19 August, giving 70,000 children and their families from across France and abroad the chance to have a day’s holiday.
Some 3,000 delegates from over 60 countries explored the future of optometry at the first ever World Congress of Optometry, held in Colombia in mid-August. As Gold Sponsor of the Educators’ program, Essilor contributed actively throughout the congress at conference sessions, industry round-tables and sharing its latest innovations in lenses, instruments and technology solutions in the exhibition area.
Costa, a specialist in high-performance sunglasses for fishing and watersports, has been leading an initiative to educate its customers about the growing problem of ocean trash and encourage them to kick the plastic habit.
Essilor was named among 51 companies that are changing the world in Fortune’s inaugural "Change the World" list.
The Essilor Group has been ranked by American magazine Forbes among the ‘world’s most innovative companies’. Essilor is the third of four French companies distinguished by Forbes after Hermès (22nd), Iliad (49th) and before Dassault Systemes (76th).
At 2015’s largest sports and humanitarian event – the Special Olympics World Games - Essilor helped bring vision care to 3,000 athletes and raise awareness of the impact of healthy vision.
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.
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