Sustainability is one of the central themes of opti and will also be addressed and discussed in various forms in 2024. The SUSTAINABILITY HUB, which was launched by IG Nachhaltigkeit in 2022, will offer presentations - this time in German and English. In addition to the impulses on current topics relating to sustainability, the SUSTAINABILITY AWARD will also be presented at the hub.

Opticians can apply for the SUSTAINABILITY AWARD with their large or small sustainable project. The top 3 applicants will be selected from all submissions and pitched on the SUSTAINABILITY HUB.

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In 2022, the sustainability webinars at opti FORUM XT gave rise to the idea of communicating and bundling sustainable actions and processes of every individual in the industry in order to encourage as many imitators as possible. The sustainability community of interest was born and has been meeting regularly online and in person at opti ever since. 

Saving plastic in ophthalmic optics or at least making it recyclable - that is currently the focus of the community of interest. This is a very ambitious project, which can be vividly illustrated by the topics of "support discs" and "contact lens blisters". This requires the commitment of the entire industry.