On the Nose: BlogBloghttps://onthenose.com.au/Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:28:05 GMTurn:store:1:blog:post:3https://onthenose.com.au/policy-on-modern-slaveryPolicy on Modern Slavery<h1>Introduction</h1> <p>This Modern Slavery Statement is made on behalf of On the Nose pursuant to the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth). This Statement sets out the actions taken by On the Nose to address modern slavery risks across our business operations and supply chains.</p> <h1>Our Business, Structure &amp; Operations</h1> <p>On the Nose was established in 2000 as a supplier of ready made optical products for sale in pharmacy and giftware stores throughout Australasia;&nbsp; manufactured to specification by selected manufacturers in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.</p> <h1>Our Position on Modern Slavery</h1> <p>We reject any form of modern slavery such as servitude, human trafficking, forced labour and marriage, child labour and debt bondage. We strive to implement controls to attempt to ensure it does not occur within our business operations and supply chains.</p> <p>We respect the human rights of our employees, clients and those of our suppliers and business partners. We aim to identify and manage risks related to human rights across our business and through our supply chain management. Our position is set out in our Modern Slavery Policy.</p> <p>On the Nose is committed to strong corporate governance so that our decisions and actions are based on transparency, integrity and honesty, which promote the long-term sustainability and ongoing success of our business. We strive to maintain high ethical standards in our business practices. Our employment contract sets out the standards of behaviour we expect of our businesses and employees. On the Nose expressly commits to human rights by rejecting any form of modern slavery or human trafficking.</p> <h1>Ethics &amp; Conduct</h1> <p>Building a culture that supports and enables us to achieve our purpose, vision and strategy in an ethical and responsible manner is a strategic priority for On the Nose. Our expectations on modern slavery apply to everyone who represents On the Nose, as outlined in our employment contract.</p> <h1>Our Workplace</h1> <p>On the Nose strives to ensure compliance with relevant laws, community expectations and high ethical standards relating to our commitment to human rights and risks of modern slavery practices. We aim to respect differences in beliefs and ideas to foster an inclusive workforce where people are treated with courtesy and dignity. On the Nose is committed to supporting a safe and healthy workforce for everyone, where discrimination, bullying, harassment and vilification are not tolerated.</p> <h1>Corporate &amp; Social Responsibility</h1> <p>We have considered how we can help make a difference to some of the world’s most pressing social challenges within our sphere of influence. We seek to promote reduction of poverty and promotion of health and wellbeing through continuous donations of reading glasses to some of the worlds most disadvantaged communities where clear vision is the gateway to improved education and better living standards.</p> <h1>Training &amp; Awareness</h1> <p>On the Nose is committed to upholding our strong legal, ethical and responsible culture. Our commitment to human rights is part of this culture and is expressly set out in our Modern Slavery Policy. Compliance with this is critical to enable us to deliver our strategy and create long-term value. Our employees must comply with all relevant laws and regulations as well as the technical and ethical requirements of relevant regulatory and professional bodies. Employees are encouraged to report any genuine concerns about modern slavery within our business operations or supply chains. All On the Nose employees and businesses are responsible for adherence to ethical, legal, and policy requirements that apply to their employment and for reporting any suspected breaches of law or employment contract. We have provided our Modern Slavery Policy to all staff and to those businesses in which we hold an equity interest and provided some training to assist our staff and equity-owned businesses to understand what modern slavery is, what circumstances may be a risk and how to report any potential issues.</p> <h1>Our Supply Chain</h1> <p>Our supply chain includes sales agencies, manufacturers, IT service providers, other service providers and professional services firms, located in China, Taiwan and in Australia. Based on sector and supply chain profile, the risk of modern slavery practices is real. On the Nose acknowledges the potential for exposure to the risk of modern slavery in our business operations and supply chains, such as in procurement of merchandise and has attempted to identify these and engage with the relevant parties to communicate On the Nose’s position and address any risk of modern slavery. On the Nose aims to build supportive, transparent and collaborative relationships with suppliers. We expect our suppliers and strategic partners to take appropriate steps to attempt to ensure that their organisation does not engage in, or inadvertently condone, modern slavery, including that their employees and contractors work in decent and safe conditions, and that no human trafficking, forced labour, child labour or other forms of modern slavery is employed in the delivery of products or services to On the Nose. We encourage our suppliers and strategic partners to manage their business and supply chain in a manner that upholds human rights and rejects modern slavery.</p> <p>The following steps have been taken to address modern slavery risks within our supply chains:</p> <ol> <li>In new arrangements, we endeavour to specifically refer to modern slavery and require both parties to use reasonable endeavours to avoid modern slavery practices.</li> <li>Identified the broad operations and overall supply chain structure where modern slavery risks are likely to be most significant.</li> <li>We strive to act legally, ethically and responsibly in all our dealings.</li> <li>On the Nose generally deals with other businesses that have an established reputation in the marketplace for high ethical standards, compliance with legal requirements, and good corporate culture.</li> </ol> <h1>Remediation Process</h1> <p>Our approach to remediation is to address each issue as it arises, on a case-by-case basis and apply principles of fairness, and respect for human rights. No remediation has been required as of the date of this Statement, although the processes and procedures have been put in place, which are designed to reduce the risk of modern slavery practices within our business operations and supply chains.</p> <h1>Continuous Improvement</h1> <p>We aim to create an enhanced understanding of modern slavery risks within our business operations and supply chains by:</p> <ul> <li>continuing to review and improve relevant policies and commercial arrangements to reference modern slavery</li> <li>continually improving staff awareness of modern slavery risks enhancing due diligence and risk management processes for selection and screening of potential partners to include consideration of modern slavery risks</li> <li>assessing our practices and procedures against the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)</li> </ul>urn:store:1:blog:post:1https://onthenose.com.au/uv400-v-polarisedUV400 v Polarised<h1 style="font-weight: 400;">All about sunglasses lenses from On the Nose</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Eye Protection</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The most dangerous components of sunlight entering our eyes are the spectra in the Ultra Violet range. Ultra-Violet light is broken down into four parts, referred to as UV-A, UV-B, UV-C and UV-D. They each represent a range of wavelengths of light within Ultra-Violet light. The ability to block 100% of all four parts of Ultra-Violet light is referred to as UV400.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">All Sunglasses in Australia are required by Australian Standards to be UV400.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Sunglasses which block 100% of all UV radiation provide maximum eye protection.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Darkness or Tint of Lenses</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The darkness of a lens does not correlate with eye protection. The level of tint simply determines the amount of (harmless*) light passing through the lens to your eyes [*as all dangerous UV light has been blocked if the lens is UV400]. Your choice of tint might be determined by the amount of time you spend in very bright light, personal comfort, or the degree to which you wish your eyes to be hidden behind your lenses.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The amount of tint is described by the sunglasses lens category.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Category 0 - Fashion glasses. No glare protection. Limited UV protection. Less than 20% of brightness blocked. NOT SUNGLASSES</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Category 1 - Fashion glasses. Limited glare protection. Some UV protection. 20% - 54% of brightness blocked. NOT SUNGLASSES</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Category 2 - SUNGLASSES. Medium glare protection. 54% - 82% of brightness blocked. Good UV protection.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Category 3 - SUNGLASSES. High level of glare protection. 83% - 92% of brightness blocked. Good UV protection.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Category 4 - SUNGLASSES. Very high level of glare protection. 92% - 97% of brightness blocked. Good UV protection. May not be worn while driving.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Mirror coatings&nbsp;on lenses will always decrease the amount of light passing through a lens and thus increase the category of the lens.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><img src="/images/uploaded/Blog-2017-11-25-UV400.jpeg" alt="" width="737" height="340" /></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Gradient Lenses</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Gradient lenses are tinted darker at the top of the lens and lighter at the bottom. The degree of tint or category of the lens is measured in the middle of the lens, directly in front of the pupil. At the top of the lens they may be a higher category and at the bottom they may be a lower category.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Gradient lenses still offer 100% UV protection (UV400).</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Polarisation</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Polarisation reduces the amount of reflected light or glare which can pass through the lens.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Polarised sunglasses will reduce glare when driving or from water. They reduction in glare gives an apparent increase in detail, colour and sharpness of the view. Many people find the reduction in glare more comfortable in all circumstances.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Polarised sunglasses do NOT increase protection from dangerous UV light. All Sunglasses in Australia whether polarised or not provide full protection from dangerous UV light.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Polarised lenses may cause problems when trying to view LCD displays (fish finders, depth sounders, bike computers, some mobile phones).</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:2https://onthenose.com.au/polarised-lensesPolarised Lenses<h1 style="font-weight: 400;">All about polarised sunglasses</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve all experienced glare in our daily lives… perhaps spending the day at the beach, driving in a car with the sun reflecting off the dashboard, roadway or bonnet or on a boat with the sun illuminating the surface of the water. Usually, this glare is annoying and uncomfortable on the eyes, but when the angle of reflection is just right, the glare can become blinding and often downright dangerous, as in the case of driving a vehicle. Ordinary tinted sunglass lenses only cut down on ambient light that reaches the eye, or, light transmittance. By their very nature, they cannot block glare. Only polarised lenses can block out this dangerous, blinding glare. To understand how, you will need to understand how glare works and how polarised lenses work.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><img src="/images/uploaded/Blog-Polarised_1000.jpeg" alt="" width="1000" height="466" /></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What is Glare?</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">When light is generated from a light source (eg the sun) the light waves are oriented randomly in different planes - vertical, horizontal and everything in between. When these waves hit a reflective object (water, snow, glass, car bonnet, etc), waves moving in the horizontal plane are reflected. Most of the other light is either absorbed (think of a black tarmac road) or transmitted (creating a reflection). At one particular angle (Brewster's Angle) the reflected light is completely horizontally polarised. The reflected horizontally polarised light is only a particular problem when it is coming from a bright light source, typically the sun. The reflection of the light from this intense light source directly into your eye is what we call glare, and it can dangerously interfere with your vision due to it's intensity. Fortunately, a polarised lens has the ability to stop specifically these reflected horizontally polarised waves.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What is a Polarised Lens?</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Polarised lenses are laminated with tiny vertical stripes that only allow vertically angled light to enter the wearer's eyes. Glare is eliminated because the horizontally polarised light waves cannot bypass the vertical filter.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Polarised lenses contain millions of parallel rows of tiny iodine crystals or dichroic dyes (so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye).</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Like venetian blinds, the horizontal rows of iodine crystals contained within the polarised lens block out horizontal polarized light waves, letting only (non-polarised) vertical light waves reach the eye. Polarisation blocks as much as 50% of the light passing through a lens. The person looking through the lens can still see clearly in most cases, but it reduces the brightness and glare of light.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">This results in comfortable vision with no glare, and is the reason why only a polarised lens can block glare.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Different Types Of Polarised Glasses &amp; Lenses:</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Lenses can be polarised to different degrees and in different ways. Most inexpensive polarised sunglasses have a thin film applied on one side of the lens. Many higher quality lenses have film laminated between two layers of lens material, preventing it from being scratched or rubbed off. In addition, the more dense the film is, the more polarisation it provides.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In most cases, polarised sunglasses don't look any different from regular sunglasses. While denser films tend to be darker, the colour of a lens does not determine how much polarization it provides. A very dark pair of sunglasses with a light film will not block more glare than a lighter shade of glasses with a denser film. The colour of the lens is also variable; although they cannot be made clear, polarised lenses can be made in gray, brown, green, or other colours.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Polarised Lens Benefits:</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Drivers, fisherman, and photographers were some of the first to use polarised lenses.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Reducing glare can ease the eye strain drivers feel from long hours on the road. Fishermen can often see under the surface of water using the lenses, which helps them to see fish or other objects. Photographers use polarising filters on camera lenses to enrich the images they capture by giving them more contrast, and to increase the range of effects they can produce. In addition to blocking blinding glare, polarised lenses can also help you to see better by improving contrast and visual comfort and acuity.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Polarised Lens Limitations:</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Because the polarising stripes reduce the amount of light entering the eye, these lenses should not be used at night or in other situations where clear lenses are required.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Polarised lenses can cause distortions in the way wearers see liquid crystal displays (LCDs), rendering some cell phone screens, clocks, and other displays unreadable.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Pilots should not use polarised glasses because they can make flight instruments difficult to read and other objects in the sky — including other airplanes — less visible.</p>