Green, safe, responsible

Climate change, plastic polluting the oceans, environmental and species conservation, responsible consumption... Whether as consumers, companies or organisations, we are increasingly being asked to carefully consider our resource consumption and ecological footprint. What does this look like in the eye care industry? How do we respond when patients and eyeglass wearers ask where and how lenses and frames are manufactured?

It goes without saying that legal provisions and compliance rules are observed. Issues widely discussed in public discourse like child labour, particulates and carcinogenic substances play no role in lens production. Nevertheless, eye care companies must be ready to address the overall ecobalance and assume responsibility for our shared future.