Sustainability: Summit helps SEE way forward

In October last year, the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ADBO) launched the inaugural Social Environmental and Ethical (SEE) Summit, just ahead of the United Nations climate change conference (COP 26) held in Glasgow. The aim of the SEE summit was to encourage collaboration from across the optical sector and to identify best practice for the implementation of effective change. The summit was well received; one participant reported that it ‘felt good to be involved in something they cared about’, having previously felt unable to wield influence on the matter.

So on to this year’s event, supported by a full set of professional bodies and organisations: ABDO, Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers (ACLM), Association of Optometrists (AOP), Association for Independent Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians (AIO), British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), College of Optometrists (COO), European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO), Federation of (Ophthalmic and Dispensing) Opticians (FODO), General Optical Council (GOC), Optical Suppliers Association (OSA), and Sightcare (figure 1).