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Social Impact and Sustainability

 

Alcon aspires to improve lives, strengthen communities and create long-term value by innovating products that improve sight. Our strategy leads with our commitment to enable communities to access critical eye care services so that everyone can See Brilliantly. It is focused on three areas — Brilliant Lives, Brilliant Innovation and Brilliant Planet — and includes social and environmental impact goals to hold ourselves accountable and measure progress.

A smiling father carries his young daughter on his shoulders as they hold hands and lift their arms in the air. The sun shines brightly behind them, creating a warm glow.
A smiling father carries his young daughter on his shoulders as they hold hands and lift their arms in the air. The sun shines brightly behind them, creating a warm glow.

Brilliant Lives

 

Alcon is working toward a world where treatable, preventable conditions affecting eye health receive the attention they need. More than 1.1 billion people are living with uncorrected vision impairment — 90% of whom live in low- and middle-income countries.1 Alcon helps our partners enable communities to access critical eye care services so that everyone can See Brilliantly regardless of geography, gender, age or socioeconomic status.

A female scientist wearing a white lab coat, safety glasses, and purple gloves smiles while working in a laboratory. She is handling small vials under a robotic machine, surrounded by lab equipment in a high-tech setting
A female scientist wearing a white lab coat, safety glasses, and purple gloves smiles while working in a laboratory. She is handling small vials under a robotic machine, surrounded by lab equipment in a high-tech setting

Brilliant Innovation

 

Our diverse talent and culture of continuous improvement drive Alcon’s innovation, resulting in best-in-class products that change lives and are more sustainable, increase efficiencies and enhance patient safety. Through innovation, strong economic value propositions and engagement with healthcare decision-makers, we strive to provide all patients and consumers with the quality eye care they deserve.

A technician wearing an Alcon-branded blue polo shirt and a brown cap smiles while writing on a clipboard. He is crouched outdoors under a solar panel installation, surrounded by greenery
A technician wearing an Alcon-branded blue polo shirt and a brown cap smiles while writing on a clipboard. He is crouched outdoors under a solar panel installation, surrounded by greenery

Brilliant Planet

 

Alcon cares for our planet and helps create a more sustainable world so everyone can Live Brilliantly. Because we manufacture about 90% of our products internally, we are able to manage our environmental footprint through efficiency and optimization to reduce emissions, water, waste and chemicals of concern. Our global environmental sustainability strategy focuses on four priority topics: sustainable products and services, energy efficiency and GHG reduction, operational waste reduction and water stewardship.

Social Impact and Sustainability Goals

SOCIAL IMPACT GOALS


By 2025, Alcon’s philanthropic support and training programs will help improve vision for 5 million people afflicted with untreated cataracts in low- and middle-income countries, including 1 million considered cataract-blind
 

By 2025, Alcon associates will help improve vision and enhance academic success by conducting 150,000 vision screenings to children and ensuring comprehensive care for those in need

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GOALS


By 2030, Alcon will become carbon neutral across global operations (Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions)
 

By 2030, Alcon will divert 100% of non-hazardous waste generated at manufacturing sites and distribution centers from landfill

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY


Learn more about our Corporate Responsibility efforts.

Social Impact and Sustainability Report

 

Read about our progress and performance:

2024 Social Impact and Sustainability Report
Social Impact and Sustainability 2024 Report Cover, showing a mountain climber standing on top of a snowy ridge

Past Reports

 

2023 Report 2022 Report 2021 Report 2020 Report 2019 Report

Recognition

 

  • Certified Great Place to Work - Great Place to Work Institute (U.S., Ireland, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand)
  • Top Employer - Top Employers Institute (Brazil, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, Spain and Switzerland)
  • Best Workplace in Texas - Fortune
  • Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality - Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index
  • Top Company for Sponsorship - DiversityInc

Learn more about our recognitions on Alcon Careers.

References

  1. IAPB, Vision Atlas - The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (iapb.org)