The award addressed to the MIDO 2025 exhibitors that respect sustainability principles making glasses and cases.
For the third edition of CSE AWARD - Certified Sustainable Eyewear, an international jury of experts will evaluate, using specific criteria you can find in the regulation, if the candidate products from the exhibitors are made with recycling materials, reducing consumption during production and distribution processes, valuing the supply chain, cutting waste, using renewable energy etc.
CSE Award Sunglasses Europe, CSE Award Sunglasses Rest of the World, CSE Award Frames Europe, CSE Award Frames Rest of the World, CSE Award Cases Europe, CSE Award Cases Rest of the World.
The 2024 winners
Sunglasses
ROLF / Austria
Europe
ROLF with his plant-based sunglasses, 100% bio-based, 3D-printed frame made of castor powder and coloured threads made of biobased material.
LONGCHAMP by Marchon / United States
Rest of the world
LONGCHAMP by Marchon, with the bio based Sunglasses that contain raw materials of vegetal origin, from castor oil.
Frames
TOMMY HILFIGER by Safilo / Italia
Europe
TOMMY HILFIGER by Safilo, for the frame made with Acetate Renew and recycled demo lenses. More than 95% of Acetate waste is recycled.
NATURA by NEWAY / Macao
Rest of the world
NATURA di NEWAY, frame that convinced the jury because of its acetate, intended for sustainable eyewear: it is made of bio-content and it is fully biodegradable.
Cases
LLEXAN ITALIA / Italia
Europe
LLEXAN ITALIA with Babe 24, a horizontal case with three different materials: vegan leather derived from wine marc, PS Recycled for the plastic hard internal part and “Riessere Unici”, a recycled acetate patented by Llexan Italy.
EXPLORIS ASIA LIMITED / China
Rest of the world
Europe Exploris Asia Limited with AQUA, a 100% recycled monomaterial case, such as rPET. This material enables the most efficient recycling circuit and allows great savings in the event of repeated recycling generations.
