Caring For Sight
A Story of Vision
At L'OCCITANE, we create "sensorial" products that delight the senses, but there's one sense that's particularly important for us: SIGHT. From putting Braille on our packaging to selling fund-raising products and working with NGOs and UNICEF, we're dedicated to helping the blind and visually impaired, preventing avoidable blindness, and making eye care available to more people around the world.
Did You Know?
Vitamin A deficiency
is one of the leading causes of childhood blindness, of children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years.
90%
of blindness is preventable. or treatable. By 2050, vision loss is expected to affect 4.8 billion people.
Every 5 seconds
someone in the world loses their sight, underscoring the urgent need for global eye care and prevention.
Our Mission as a Brand
OUR AIM:
By 2025, mission accomplished! So far, 22,110,272 beneficiaries have received eye care support from our partners.
TWO WAYS TO DO THIS:
- Raise funds together
- Make a difference together
Vision for All
Central Australia Regional Eye Health Project
In partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation, the Central Australia Regional Eye Health Project provides comprehensive, culturally safe eye care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. By addressing barriers at both systemic and service delivery levels, the project aims to close the gap in eye health outcomes. Originally designed to support 990 people, the project has now delivered care to more than 9,000 beneficiaries. For the third year of the project (2023–2025), we have helped provide high-quality eye care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Central Australia.
LET’S DREAM OF A FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE
Without significant investment, vision loss is expected to affect 4.8 billion people by 2050, which amounts to half the global population. Since 2006, the L’Occitane en Provence Fund has been a member of the IAPB which enables us to benefit from a network of experts and involved actors as well as international recommendations and examples of good practices.
Fighting Avoidable Blindness
Through our Foundation and partnerships with NGOs and UNICEF, we help expand access to eye tests, Vitamin A supplements and eye care for children and adults who need it most. This work brings clearer, brighter futures to communities around the world.
What we’ve achieved as of 2025
22 million beneficiaries have had access to eye care.
Getting Employees Involved
RACE FOR VISION
Our subsidiaries around the world get involved in local, sight-related projects and initiatives. Every year, L'OCCITANE employees can take part in the "Race for Vision" – a connected race that raises funds to fight visual impairment. In France, we also have a "payroll giving" scheme, enabling employees to make regular donations to sight-saving charities.
SUBSIDIARIES WITH A VISION & AMBITION
Our Malaysian subsidiary got customers involved in the Race for Vision and invited them to post photos of their feet – with the words "Fight Avoidable Blindness" – on Instagram, along with the official Race for Vision hashtags. For each photo posted, L'OCCITANE Malaysia made a donation. An idea worth developing!
