Menicon's environmental commitment: Ensuring your infinite vision.

The heightening global concern for the enviroment in recent years means that we must all take enviromental issues seriously.

From the beginning we have been providing sophisticated, high-quality products and services, thereby continuing to uphold our corporate philosophy of contributing to society by providing superior visual correction.

Menicon aims to be a people-friendly and environmentally friendly company while continuing to ensure customers' infinite vision. We announced our environmental commitment in 2009, and aim to fulfill our global responsibilities by developing ecological technology and expertise.

MIT chaired professorship: Supporting the world's leading researchs.

Menicon set up a foundation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and established a chaired professorship at the MIT Center for Learning and Memory in 1996. As most of our research focuses on the eyes, it was decided that we could make the best contribution to society by supporting top researchers in related fields.

The first professorship was awarded in 2001 to Dr. Morgan Sheng, a researcher in the field of molecular neuroscience. Dr. Sheng has received much acclaim for his research on synapses, which has contributed to our understanding of the human brain and human development.

We believe supporting such important research is a significant achievement in itself.

Protecting the Earth's future: Planting trees and alleviating environmental burden..

Menicon aims to reduce CO2 emissions to 90% or less of 2007 levels by 2011.

We are also implementing electricity and water saving schemes and introducing innovations to control energy consumption, including repeatedly streamlining operations.

Even when developing new products and services, we are continually working to alleviate environmental burden, in ways such as reducing production waste. Menicon's Eco-green campaign began in 2009, when 500 seedlings were planted as a contribution to reforestation.

That's one square meter of woodland for every member of the Menicon lixed-charge plan in Japan.