HOYA’s mission is to contribute to improving the quality of life (QOL) of people around the world through its own products and services. We are working to contribute to the resolution of social issues regarding eye care, in which many of our businesses are engaged, from the perspective of supporting “seeing” around the world.
Aiming to improve ophthalmic medical access in developing countries and to avoid illness and ophthalmic diseases by conducting appropriate testing, diagnostics, and treatment, we have formed partnerships with international and local organizations to promote literacy in ophthalmic treatment and support activities in order to educate eye care professionals and improve their skills.
HOYA Vision Care Company (eyeglass lens business) has partnered with Orbis International, a global nonprofit and nongovernmental organization dedicated to saving eyesight worldwide. Together, HOYA and Orbis support work in communities to help bridge the vision care gap. Through their network, HOYA has supported Orbis in mentoring, training, and inspiring local vision care teams in underserved and rural areas, enabling the fight against preventable blindness in their own communities. Working together to develop the Cybersight digital education platform, which connects vision professionals to training materials from across the world, HOYA and Orbis have a shared vision to prevent avoidable blindness.
The rapid pace of myopia has become a global health issue, and it is said that by 2050 approximately five billion people, roughly half of the world’s population, may be affected by nearsightedness.*1
HOYA Vision Care Company entered into a partnership with the International Myopia Institute*2 in March 2022 to promote the prevention, treatment, and management of shortsightedness.
In addition, HOYA Surgical Optics (intraocular lens business) has entered into partnerships with the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO)*3, which supports the education of ophthalmologists around the world. HOYA Surgical Optics has donated surgical devices (equipment and intraocular lenses) to ESASO’s facilities in Lugano and Lublin and their clinical application specialists support ESASO’s training teams in wet labs with surgeons.
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HOYA Surgical Optics, headquartered in Singapore, has concluded a corporate giving partnership with the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH), a group that supports people with visual disabilities, and conducts support activities such as donations to this organization. Donations are used for rehabilitation and after-sales care programs for people with visual disabilities.
The “Eyecity Eco Project” executed by Eyecity—our chain of contact lens specialty stores—runs a campaign that involves collecting and recycling empty disposable contact lens cases and donating all proceeds from the sale of the empty cases to recycling contractors. We have been carrying out this industry-first initiative on an ongoing basis since 2011, with the aim of contributing to society in three ways: 1) Protecting the environment by recycling empty cases into resources, 2) Providing self-reliance/employment support to disabled persons, and 3) Making donations to the Japan Eye Bank Association.
Japan Eye Bank Association: A nonprofit, public interest corporation established for the purpose of awareness-raising and promotion of corneal transplants and the eye bank so that people in need of a corneal transplant can regain their sight.
We have collected 473 million empty cases.
We have contributed to the reduction of CO2 emissions equivalent to 78.5 times the volume of the Tokyo Dome.
The entire amount received in exchange for recycling has been donated to the Japan Eye Bank Association.
HOYA Corporation collected donations from employees around the world and delivered them to organizations to support relief efforts for people affected by the conflict in Ukraine. In addition, the Company made a donation to the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Japan Committee for UNICEF.
In addition, HOYA Surgical Optics donated ophthalmic products (including intraocular lenses and ophthalmic viscosurgical devices) through the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) to support surgeons in Ukraine.