see change

50 Pages·2015·2.27 MB·English

S E E
C H A N G E
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Essilor see change
OUR AC TIONS TO
SEE CH A NGE A RE
2.5
PA RT OF OUR MIS SION
TO IMPROV E LI V E S
BY IMPROV ING SIGHT
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ITS CONSEQUENCE S
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CONTENTS
Overview 01
Awareness 14
Empowerment 22
Outreach 30
Strong foundations 36
W E
SEE
Impaired vision is the most common
disability in the world, yet its impact
on society is largely unrecognized.
One-third of the global population
is prevented from accessing vision care
because of where they live, what they
N E E D believe or what they can afford. Many
do not even realize they are
disadvantaged.
CHANGE
Seeing well improves everything – from
being able to read and doing well in
school to employability and personal
T O
well-being. Bridging the gap requires
different thinking and fresh approaches.
As a world leader and pioneer in the
vision care industry, Essilor is creating
new pathways to shared value through
partnership, inclusive business and
strategic giving.
S E E
Join the conversation around
visual health for all at
www.essilorseechange.com
Find out how Essilor’s corporate
sustainability strategy drives and
supports the Group’s mission to
improve lives by improving sight at
C H A N G E www.essilor.com
01
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1 6 5 Y E A R S O F P U T T I N G
V I S I O N O N T H E M A P
THROUGHOUT FROM 19TH CENTURY TO 1972: 1970s-2010: TRANSFORMATION
ITS HISTORY, THE ROOTS OF A WORLD LEADER Following listing on the Paris Stock
IN OPTICS Exchange in 1975, the next four decades
ESSILOR HAS BEEN
Essilor was created from the 1972 see Essilor expand its production and
DRIVEN BY A merger between cooperative-inspired distribution networks across five
Essel and the entrepreneurial Silor, with continents and accelerate its
SINGLE MISSION:
two landmark innovations to exploit: the technological innovations to benefit
IMPROVING LIVES BY introduction of the plastic lens – a safer, consumers and facilitate the work
IMPROVING SIGHT. lighter and stronger material – and the of eye care professionals.
invention of the progressive lens.
2010-2020: NEW CHANNELS 2013: CREATION OF THE
FOR NEW CONSUMERS CORPORATE MISSION DIVISION
Essilor continues to invest in product Essilor creates a global division
and service innovation – building tasked with addressing the growing
expertise in sunwear, harnessing challenge of uncorrected poor vision
the Internet to educate consumers and creating new consumers.
on eye health, and forming strategic
partnerships in fast-growing markets 2015: CREATION OF
to give the Group the local knowledge VISION FOR LIFE™
and global strength to reach the
Essilor commits €30 million to create
4.5 billion people across the world
the largest corporate strategic giving
in need of visual correction.
program dedicated to eliminating
poor vision by accelerating the
development of sustainable primary
care infrastructure. The Vision
For Life™ program is administered
by two nonprofit entities in the
USA and in France.
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S E R V I N G
I N D I V I D U A L
N E E D S O N A
M A S S S C A L E
1MILLION+ 350,000+
LENSES DELIVERED DAILY EYE CARE
Processing and guaranteeing PROFESSIONALS IN
traceability of almost 500 million 100+
lenses each year
COUNTRIES
1BILLION Distributing unique lenses
through a global network
of eye care customers
PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD
WEARING OUR VISION
CARE PRODUCTS
33 500+
PLANTS PRESCRIPTION
Manufacturing of finished LABORATORIES AND
and semi-finished lenses, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS
in addition to photochromic Custom finishing of each pair
and sun lenses of lenses: up to 60 different
steps including value-added
coating treatments (anti-glare,
anti-scratch, anti-UV, etc.)
Essilor is recognized for the shared value it creates.
The Group is a long-term signatory of the UN Global
Compact, and has been listed for four consecutive years in
the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World.
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03
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Hubert Sagnières shares his view on the state of visual health essilorseechange.com
HUBERT SAGNIÈRES
SHARES HIS VIEW ON THE
STATE OF VISUAL HEALTH
TODAY, A NUMBER OF
BARRIERS PREVENT
ONE-THIRD OF PEOPLE
ON EARTH FROM THE
BENEFITS OF THE BASIC
VISUAL CORRECTION
THEY NEED.
HUBERT SAGNIÈRES
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF
0044 EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SEE
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All our actions in Essilor are guided opticians we serve each day or impacts developing countries, will
by a single truth: vision matters. It the 1 billion individuals wearing only get bigger as populations grow.
matters for everyone, everywhere a pair of Essilor lenses at any
It is by inventing and offering
because good vision benefits people given moment.
innovative solutions – from
throughout their lives. This belief
We are proud of what we have products and equipment to training
drives our sense of responsibility
achieved so far, but there is so and distribution in new business
to bring better sight to people in
much more to do. Today, a number models – that we will help reverse
all corners of the world.
of barriers prevent one-third the global trend of poor vision and,
Our mission is at the heart of a of people on earth from the as a company, continue to create
unique and sustainable business benefits of the basic visual shared value. That’s how we put
model that over the years has correction they need. Accessibility sustainability at the heart of our
clearly demonstrated its capacity and affordability are key development and action – to meet
to create shared value for all our challenges, but so too is making the vision needs of people today
stakeholders, whether they are people aware that they need vision and the social and economic
the 58,000 Essilor employees – correction or that there are simple prosperity of the world tomorrow.
of whom one in five is an Essilor solutions that can help them. And
shareholder – or the 350,000 local this problem, which particularly
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Addressing a global issue essilorseechange.com
A D D R E S S I N G A
G LO BA L I S S U E …
SEEING IS SUCH A BIG PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE
THAT IT REQUIRES ABOUT HALF OF THE BRAIN
TO GET INVOLVED. 80% OF THE INFORMATION
WE RECEIVE IS PROCESSED THROUGH THE
TWO MILLION WORKING PARTS IN OUR EYES.
THE CHALLENGE
7.2BN
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
4.5BN*
PEOPLE NEED VISION CORRECTION
2.5BN*
PEOPLE HAVE UNCORRECTED VISION
2.2BN*
OF THOSE LIVE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
06 *Essilor estimation 2015
Essilor see change
on the private sector to help build sector has a key role to play in bringing
capacity and scale up affordable health goods, services and job opportunities to
THOMAS PELLERIN
services for their citizens. individuals at the ‘base of the pyramid’
IFC, A MEMBER OF
in emerging economies.
THE WORLD BANK We value Essilor’s commitment to
delivering development impact for local Thomas Pellerin is Senior Investment
Health impacts the ability of people to populations and promoting sustainable Officer with IFC, a member of the
study, work, care for their families, and practices in business operations. IFC’s World Bank, and the largest global
ultimately contribute to the economy. partnership with Essilor is a clear development institution working
Access to quality healthcare promotes example of how the private sector can with private enterprises to help
development and poverty reduction, so be leveraged to effectively develop eliminate extreme poverty and boost
governments in developing countries, inclusive business models. Our shared prosperity.
where demand for healthcare is experience in emerging markets, dating
growing rapidly, are increasingly relying back to 1956, testifies that the private
See the full interview at
www.essilorseechange.com
THE CONSEQUENCES
$272BN**
LOSS OF GLOBAL PRODUCTIVITY
ASIA-PACIFIC $158BN
AMERICAS $57BN
EUROPE $50BN
AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST $7BN
THE OPPORTUNITY
80%†
OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IS
PREVENTABLE AND TREATABLE
SEE
** Smith et al: Potential lost
productivity resulting from the
global burden of uncorrected how we are addressing this global
refractive error – Bulletin of
challenge and realising the opportunity
World Health Organization
2009, 87: 431-437 (adjusted
to 2015 population data).
*†World Health Organization 07
Jayanth Bhuvaraghan talks about changing the future essilorseechange.com
C H A N G E
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JAYANTH
BHUVARAGHAN
TALKS ABOUT
CHANGING
THE FUTURE
Over the past 40 years, Essilor has
focused on building a sustainable
business worldwide. The foundations
of our success lie in sound economic
THROUGH OUR CORPORATE
health that has helped us finance the
MISSION DIVISION, development of new markets and a
creative approach to new products
WE ARE LEVERAGING and services. Furthermore, we are
recognized for the ways in which we
OUR EXPERTISE, responsibly use resources to
manufacture products with a low
GEOGRAPHIC REACH AND
environmental impact. This ensures
the same quality of products and
INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO
services to individuals across the
world, whether someone is buying
TACKLE THE GROWING
personalized progressive lenses in
GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF the US or a simple pair of reading
glasses in the Philippines.
UNCORRECTED VISION.
Now, through our corporate mission
division, we are leveraging our
expertise, geographic reach and
innovative ideas to tackle the growing
worldwide challenge of uncorrected
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