{"id":35163,"date":"2016-06-01T07:23:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T05:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=35163"},"modified":"2016-05-31T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T10:37:11","slug":"mitsui-chemicals-develops-plant-derived-do-greentm-sunglasses-for-itu-world-triathlon-yokohama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/mitsui-chemicals-develops-plant-derived-do-greentm-sunglasses-for-itu-world-triathlon-yokohama\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsui Chemicals Develops Plant-derived Do Green<sup>TM<\/sup> Sunglasses for ITU World Triathlon Yokohama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-35165 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wImage.png\" alt=\"wImage\" width=\"240\" height=\"127\" \/>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo: 4183; President &amp; CEO: Tsutomu Tannowa) announced the successful development of Do Green<sup>TM<\/sup> sunglasses which use plant-derived frames and plant-derived bio-based ophthalmic lens materials. The new sunglasses will appear at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on May 14th and 15th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of Mitsui Chemicals\u2019 efforts to realize a cohesive society in harmony with the<br \/>\nenvironment, in addition to offering a wide selection of plant-derived products under the name Do Green<sup>TM<\/sup>, the Group also conducts activities for a sustainable society and provides solutions to issues in areas that supply the natural ingredients for these products.<br \/>\nLast October, as one initiative of Do Green<sup>TM<\/sup>, the Group conducted eye examinations and<br \/>\nsurveyed 153 castor farmers and rural residents of Gujarat, India in an effort to help improve their quality of vision and solve social issues facing farmers producing raw materials used in the Group\u2019s plant-derived products.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsui Chemicals, which aims to contribute to a better society and environment, collaborated with the SWANS program of Yamamoto Kogaku Co., Ltd., which has a good track record in designing products for more comfortable sports performance, and Itoh Optical Industrial Co., Ltd., which has expertise in the manufacture of high-performance lenses, to develop Do Green<sup>TM<\/sup> sunglasses. The sunglasses use Mitsui Chemicals\u2019 bio-based lens and frame material and have acquired biomass product certification in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsui Chemicals is a YOKOHAMA SUPPORTER and provides its support to the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama. Do Green<sup>TM<\/sup> sunglasses will be presented to participants, judges, and staff members of the event.<\/p>\n<p>At the event\u2019s Expo, Mitsui Chemicals will display its Do Green<sup>TM<\/sup> sunglasses, its stamp\u2028loupe for persons with low-vision and age-related vision problems and which has the world\u2019s highest magnification power, its performance-driven prosthetics materials, and its braille tiles (silica) which are being used by Yokohama City, in addition to its other barrier-free solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo: 4183; President &amp; CEO: Tsutomu Tannowa) announced the successful development of Do GreenTM sunglasses which use plant-derived frames and plant-derived bio-based ophthalmic lens materials. The new sunglasses will appear at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on May 14th and 15th. 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