Society and Culture
Safilo Group is always the first in line to support important charitable and cultural initiatives. With the belief that a company operates in different social contents, Safilo promotes and actively takes part in numerous solidarity and social responsibility projects both in Italy and abroad. The Guglielmo Tabacchi Gallery is also at the forefront of many cultural events throughout the world.
Internal initiatives
Philanthropy
Cultural initiatives
Internal initiatives
The Safilo "Senators' Club"
The
Safilo ‘Senators’ Club ’ was formed for employees with
over 25 years of service to the company. The club was created in 1974 by a small group of enterprising staff who had witnessed the birth and growth of Safilo under the guidance of Guglielmo Tabacchi.
In 2009 the club has 188 members including current employees and pensioners. Vittorio Tabacchi is chairman of the club, which by statute has an executive committee and an annual general meeting.
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Philanthropy
Safilo has backed social responsibility projects for many years.
Supports the Special Olympics Lions Club International Opening Eyes project, the largest worldwide programme for eye screening dedicated to the athletes of the Special Olympics. In 2003 Safilo renewed its support for the project, providing optical frames and sunglasses to participants in the Special Olympics. In different countries, from the United States to France, from France to China, from South Africa to Australia, the Special Olympics involved a number of athletes in sports events aimed at uniting a passion for sport with individual dignity and success.
Has collaborated for years with organis ations and associations involved in research and medical care: it has an uninterrupted commitment with the Fondazione Città della Speranza , dedicated to research and diagnosis of childhood leukaemia.
Safilo supports CBM Italia Onlus, whose main objective is to fight preventable forms of blindness and physical and mental disability in the poorest countries in the world. Recently the Group has contributed to build the Padhar Hospital Eye Services, in the North of India.
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Cultural initiatives
Safilo participates in exhibitions and events including:- “The colours of the Forte Piano – Bartolomeo Cristofori”, concerts of classical music for piano to celebrate Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano, Padua, June and July 2011.
- “Galileo Literary Prize for the popular scientific culture – Padua 2011” – Safilo supports the promotion of science and education among young people thanks to this prestigious national prize.
- “Il Falso non ha senso” – exhibition organised by Ministry of Economic Development and Unioncamere, in order to sensitive public awareness of the counterfeiting problem, Rome from January 13 to February 6.
- “Drawing and Design - Italian patents and creativity” an exhibition dedicated to Made in Italy throughout one century of Italian creativity, held in Shanghai from April 28 to August 31, 2010.
- “Safilo: a world beyond eyewear”, an exhibition in cooperation with the Municipality of Padua, from January to March 2010.
- “The future of Galileo”, an exhibition in Padua from February to June 2009
- “Logos of Italy – histories in the art of excelling”, an exhibition dedicated to creativity, held in Rome between November 2008 and January 2009
- “Letting the object speak for itself”, a meeting on design in Turin in May 2008
- “The Art of Italian Expertise” exhibition, promoted on the occasion of G8 meeting in L’Aquila in July 2009.
Safilo also supports the Venice International Foundation, which seeks to safeguard Venice through study and research.
"Guglielmo Tabacchi" Gallery
The Guglielmo Tabacchi Gallery, the largest and most prestigious private eyewear collection in the world, provides an impressive showcase for the history of eyewear, from its origins to the present day. The collection is enriched every year with new and precious eyewear masterpieces.
The unique collection represents the labour of love of Vittorio Tabacchi, Honorary Chairman of Safilo Group, who has cultivated a lifelong passion for eyewear. It is divided into several different sections that cover seven centuries of eyewear history, exploring historical, social, artistic, geographical, cultural and fashion dimensions. Samantha Tabacchi, Director of the Guglielmo Tabacchi Gallery and Safilo Historic Archives, supports her father Vittorio in this venture.
Together they take care of finding and buying new pieces to add to the collection while she manages the historical archive of the Group. Samantha Tabacchi is active in national and international events, where the gallery’s temporary exhibitions are of great importance.
Recently renewed, the gallery was inaugurated in February 2009 by Italian Minister for Art & Culture Sandro Bondi.
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