Warby Parker Publishes 2023 Impact Report
April 17 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Highlights impact and milestones, including
distribution of more than 15 million pairs of glasses globally
through its Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program
Warby Parker Inc. (NYSE: WRBY) (the “Company”), a
direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand focused on vision for all, today
published its 2023 Impact Report. Each year, Warby Parker tracks
and reports its impact on stakeholders following the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework. Using these guidelines, Warby
Parker is able to examine where it is as a company today and
envision where it wants to be in the future.
The GRI is one of the most widely recognized sets of global
sustainability reporting guidelines that helps organizations
understand, communicate, and compare their impact on key
sustainability topics. Warby Parker also releases a Sustainability
Accounting Standards Board (SASB) summary and aligns its key areas
of sustainability to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) within the Impact Report.
Learn more and read the 2023 Impact Report here.
Highlights from the 2023 Impact Report
include:
Surpassing 15 Million Pairs of Glasses Distributed Through
its Buy a Pair, Give a Pair Program: Warby Parker
believes in vision for all, which is why for every pair of glasses
or sunglasses sold, a pair of glasses is distributed to someone in
need through its Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program. According to the
World Health Organization, approximately one billion people around
the world need glasses but don’t have access to them.
In 2023, Warby Parker surpassed 15 million pairs of glasses
distributed globally through its Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program,
meaning 15 million more people now have the glasses they need to
learn, work, and achieve better economic outcomes. Since launching
in 2010, the program has served individuals in over 80
countries.
Learn more about the Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program at
warbyparker.com/buy-a-pair-give-a-pair.
Saving 27,000 Pounds of Single-Use Plastic from Landfill
through Continued Partnership with Eastman Chemical: In 2022,
Warby Parker launched a first-of-its-kind demo lens recycling
program in partnership with Eastman Chemical, which continued in
2023. Through this program, discarded demo lenses (the clear lenses
used to maintain the frame integrity and shape in transit and for
display) from Warby Parker’s two optical labs are broken down to
the molecular level and then used as feedstock in place of fossil
fuels to produce new materials that are indistinguishable from
their counterparts, preserving natural resources in the process. In
2023 alone, this program saved 27,000 pounds of single-use plastic
from landfill.
Helping More than 55,000 U.S. Schoolchildren See Clearly
through Pupils Project: In 2015, Warby Parker created Pupils
Project, a program that works with local organizations and
government agencies to provide free vision screenings, eye exams,
and glasses to schoolchildren in the U.S. In 2023, Pupils Project
expanded to serve New Jersey and Oregon–bringing the program to 40
cities in seven states. During the 2022–23 school year, the program
distributed over 55,000 pairs of glasses, the most distributed in
one school year to date and an 18% increase from the previous year.
In total, over 240,000 pairs of glasses have been distributed
through the program.
Launching a New Glasses Reuse Donation Program in Partnership
with Lions Club Recycle for Sight: As part of this new program,
all Warby Parker stores now accept donations of usable sunglasses
or eyeglasses (of any brand) that are collected and sent to the
Lions Club to be recycled or refitted for someone in need.
About Warby Parker
Warby Parker (NYSE: WRBY) was founded in 2010 with a mission to
inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose, and
style–without charging a premium for it. Headquartered in New York
City, the co-founder-led lifestyle brand pioneers ideas, designs
products, and develops technologies that help people see, from
designer-quality prescription glasses (starting at $95) and
contacts, to eye exams and vision tests available online and in
more than 230 retail stores across the U.S. and Canada.
Warby Parker aims to demonstrate that businesses can scale while
doing good in the world. Ultimately, the brand believes in vision
for all, which is why for every pair of glasses or sunglasses sold,
a pair is distributed to someone in need through their Buy a Pair,
Give a Pair program. To date, Warby Parker has worked alongside its
nonprofit partners to distribute more than 15 million glasses to
people in need.
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