Alcon Advances Company’s Social Impact Through Global Volunteerism
22 Mai 2023 - 7:01AM
Business Wire
- Alcon in Action, a company-wide community volunteerism
initiative, reinforces the company’s year-round commitment to
community engagement and bolsters Alcon’s aspiration to improve
lives and strengthen communities
- Thousands of company associates across 30 countries
participate in the initiative that inspires associates to make
direct, positive impacts in their local communities
- Follow the activities on Alcon Facebook, Instagram and
LinkedIn channels with #AiA2023
Regulatory News:
Working together to make a brilliant impact in the communities
where they live and work, thousands of Alcon associates from 57
locations around the world are participating in Alcon in Alcon
(AiA), a company-wide volunteering initiative. AiA expands Alcon’s
year-round focus on increasing access to quality eye care and is an
element of Alcon’s overall social impact and sustainability
strategy which focuses on three pillars: Brilliant Lives, Brilliant
Innovation and Brilliant Planet.
This is the 11th consecutive year that Alcon, the global leader
in eye care dedicated to helping people see brilliantly, is
engaging in AiA to help address health, hunger, education, and
housing needs, and the fifth consecutive year as a standalone
company.
Through a wide range of activities across 30 countries,
including Switzerland, India and the United States,* Alcon
associates are serving and strengthening their communities by
collectively dedicating thousands of volunteer hours. Partnering
with over 100 organizations such as schools, shelters, nursing
homes, soup kitchens, and other community partners, Alcon
associates are helping to make a personal difference and meet
essential needs through both in-person and virtual activities.
“We believe Alcon can best serve our community by focusing every
day on helping people see brilliantly, so they can live
brilliantly,” said David Endicott, Chief Executive Officer of
Alcon. “All year long Alcon is dedicated to helping build stronger,
healthier communities. Alcon in Action brings this commitment to
life by inspiring associates from all over the world to come
together and make a brilliant impact in their own communities
through their volunteer efforts.”
After recently announcing Alcon’s expanding partnership with
Plastic Bank, which stopped the equivalent of over 30 million water
bottles from entering the ocean last year, Alcon associates around
the world have been inspired to engage in plastic-collecting
activities during AiA. In Geneva, Switzerland, where Alcon is
proudly headquartered, teams held a waterfront clean-up challenge.
Other campuses across Canada and Singapore are celebrating AiA with
activities inspired by Alcon and Plastic Bank’s partnership. During
AiA 2023, Alcon also continues its longstanding partnership with
Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth, Texas, with over 200 associates
helping build a home that will provide affordable housing for a
local family in need.
“I am proud to see our associates come together for AiA with
such an intense focus on making an impact on their communities,”
said Charles Herget, Global Head of Social Impact and
Sustainability at Alcon. “We see strong needs for health, hunger,
housing and education throughout the world. At Alcon, we are
committed to addressing those needs with initiatives like AiA, and
ongoing partnerships and programs that help people see and live
brilliantly.”
Alcon also makes a difference with year-round initiatives led by
the Alcon Foundation, such as medical missions that help treat
patients and train Eye Care Professionals. Alcon has a culture
deeply rooted in working together to make a brilliant impact. Alcon
associates are dedicated to serving their communities on an ongoing
basis and helping bring people around the world better access to
quality eye care.
About the Alcon
Foundation
Alcon provides charitable monetary donations (often referred to
as grants) to eligible 501(c)3 organizations that offer
high-quality programs and services to increase access to quality
eye care, promote eye health education, and strengthen the
communities in which we live and work. These donations are offered
through the Alcon Foundation. To learn more visit:
https://www.alcon.com/about-us/corporate-social-responsibility.
About Alcon
Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye
care with a heritage spanning over 75 years, we offer the broadest
portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives.
Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than
260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with
conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and
refractive errors. Our more than 25,000 associates are enhancing
the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with
Eye Care Professionals and programs that advance access to quality
eye care. Learn more at www.alcon.com.
* In addition to Switzerland and the United States, Alcon
volunteers are participating in AiA activities in Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan,
Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United
Kingdom.
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