Aired on Bloomberg: Essilor’s Ambition to Eliminate Poor Vision in One Generation

Monday, December 2 2019 | 15 h 25 min | News, Press Release

As a leading advocate for the importance of good vision and eye care, Essilor was featured on Bloomberg as part of the media company’s 50 Sustainability and Climate Leaders.

In this video, Hubert Sagnieres, Chairman, Essilor International; Jayanth Bhuvaraghan, Chief Mission Officer, Essilor and Björn Drobe, Senior Manager, Vision Sciences, Essilor, share how the Group champions good vision as a basic human right which helps to improve lives and collaborates to make innovative eye care more accessible, in order to combat poor vision, particularly the global myopia epidemic.

Click HERE for the full press release.

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