Optometrist and AOP chairman, Dr Julie-Anne Little, on what the profession can do to support sustainability

Dr Julie-Anne Little BSc (Hons), PhD, MCOptom, FHEA

As consumers, over the last few years many of us have become increasingly more sustainability conscious. We have been recycling a lot more and embedding sustainability practices into our home lives as we more frequently consider how we buy, use and reuse the products we consume. As a result, it is only natural that this way of thinking has transferred into our professional workplace. I believe it is really important and timely that as a profession we are trying to create more sustainable processes across optics, and for employers there is much more recognition towards that. It has also become clear that customers really appreciate efforts being made in this area. But of course, we are not just doing it for show, it is about making changes for the collective good and doing our bit to promote sustainability because we want to be part of that solution and not part of the problem.

Dr Julie-Anne Little is an optometrist, chairman of the AOP Board and a senior lecturer in optometry and vision science at Ulster University.

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