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VANNI wins the 2024 Responsible Company award at Silmo Paris, the International Optical Fair

“Being a responsible company in the eyewear industry means not only helping people to see better, but help them, and us, see a better world” said Alessandra Girardi, VANNI sustainability manager.

Aimed at rewarding the most valuable company for its exemplary approach in reducing its environmental impact and optimising its social contribution, the prize was handed to VANNI at the Silmo Gala on September 21, with this motivation:

“As the first Italian company in the eyewear industry to become a “Società Benefit” (the Italian equivalent of a “benefit corporation”) in 2021, VANNI has demonstrated that it monitors its social, environmental and community performance in terms of figures and best practices”.

VANNI became a “Società Benefit” in 2021, introducing formally in its Statute goals of common benefit, alongside those of profit, and committing to achieving systemic results, that engage with the environment and society, assets that are often intangible, and that numbers alone will never fully account for, but nevertheless contribute the value created by the company.

In this past year VANNI has in concrete particularly committed to sustainability in respect of the Planet, and conducted a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA - life cycle analysis, calculating the amount of Carbon Dioxide released through the life of the product) on an acetate frame, to find out that each of the eyewear model is 2.35 kg of carbon dioxide, a number below the average reference values of the sector, thanks to the use of Italian raw materials and to the choice to manufacture everything on the national territory. Made in Italy, for sure” is VANNI signature. VANNI has always maintained that producing in Italy is a choice that makes the difference, and proved - in numerical and analytic terms as well - that it is the right choice for the environment.

“We’re very excited and grateful to receive this prize, it is an acknowledgement that comes after years of commitment, invisible, behind the scenes, very concrete. It tells about our way of doing business, always, always prioritising choices that can have a beneficial impact on the Planet and the Society. It’s not an easy, fast track, it takes will and patience. And it takes an incredible teamwork, in our headquarters and with VANNI network in the world. We all share and put in practice every day, a responsible approach. It’s a prize for all of us, large as a worldwide embrace” said Giovanni Vitaloni Founder and President of VANNI.