We want to make
sustainability pervasive
across all our activities and
a reection of our culture.
We are reimagining how
we source, manufacture,
distribute and recycle, to
positively improve the carbon,
toxicity, circularity and social
impact of our operations.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
06 Statement from Bracken Darrell
08 FY20 Highlights
10 Company Structure
12 Logitech in Figures
14 Sustainability at Logitech
28 Stakeholder Engagement
32 Materiality Assessment
78 Ethics
82 Privacy and Security
84 Employee Safety,
Health and Wellbeing
86 Conict Minerals
89 Human Rights and Labor
95 Supplier Development
98 Statement from Kirsty Russell
100 Diversity and Inclusion
104 Talent Development
108 Giving Back
ABOUT THIS REPORT
116 About this Report
120 Data
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INTRODUCTION
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As a company, we believe
positive change is necessary.
Change for the environment.
Change for inclusion. And
an equal playing eld for all.
The world needs companies
to stand up for environmental
sustainability and diversity.
And Logitech is.
Bracken Darrell
President and Chief
Executive Ocer
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This is our twelfth sustainability
report. Logitech’s culture has
long reected our Swiss roots:
humble, hard-working and
growth-minded. In fact, it took
us over a decade of progress to
decide we were ready to speak
out beyond this report about
our sustainability progress and
ambitions. Before that, we
quietly worked inside our factory
walls and oces to reduce our
impact on the environment.
About a year ago, we decided
that quietly working hard on
sustainability wasn’t enough.
The world isn’t moving fast
enough to address the
environmental and societal
challenges that we all face. As
much as we’ve done and as
far we’ve come, we at Logitech
aren’t moving fast enough either.
So we decided to be more
vocal. We stepped (a little
timidly) into the public eye and
made promises. Last year, we
announced support of the Paris
Agreement, pledging to reduce
our corporate carbon footprint
to support the ambitious goal
of limiting global warming
to 1.5 °C. We announced we
will be powered exclusively
by renewable electricity by
2030. And we let the world
know we have neutralized the
carbon footprint of our entire
gaming product portfolio
and will neutralize more of our
business as we move ahead.
After being ranked fth out
of 145 tech companies for
sustainability performance by
Sustainalytics, we decided we
would take further steps toward
showing leadership in this area.
We announced our carbon
transparency commitment
and became the rst consumer
electronics company to commit
to providing carbon footprint
labels on product packaging
across our entire portfolio.
Our vision is a world where
everything is labeled with its
carbon impact (or neutrality),
like calories on food labels.
We believe transparency in
this area will drive competition
to reduce product carbon
footprints and will give
consumers the information
to make choices based on not
just features and price, but
also environmental impact.
We called on companies in
every industry to join with
us, for only together can
we realize the change that
is desperately needed.
We recognize that our business
growth does not come without
an environmental impact.
While we have made progress,
we have only just begun to
hit our stride in designing
our products and our
organization for sustainability.
Just as we are working toward
a better planet, we are also
working to do better for all
people. We foster diversity
within Logitech but have much
more to do to ensure we better
represent the communities
we serve. We are becoming
an outspoken champion for
inclusion outside our own
walls through corporate giving,
supplier diversity programs,
accessible products, and much
more to come. We commit
to being transparent in our
eorts and expect to be held
accountable for signicant
improvement in the years ahead.
We are a company of
committed believers that
constant change is necessary.
Change for the environment.
Change for inclusion and equal
playing eld for all. While
we want Logitech to be an
inspiring company making
a dierence, we will remain
a humble company always
learning and growing.
Bracken Darrell
President and Chief
Executive Ocer
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SUSTAINABILITY
FY20 Highlights
CARBON TRANSPARENCY
Corporate pledge to
0.00
kg C02e
Carbon
Neutral
share and communicate
the carbon impact of
our products
CLIMATE ACTION
• Science-based reduction
target for Scope 1 and 2
• 88% renewable electricity
REDUCE
• Scope 3 inventory disclosed
• 3rd-Party-certied
carbon calculator for
distribution activities
RENEW
• Carbon Neutral Production
Facility and Travel
DESIGN FOR
SUSTAINABILITY DfS
Design process updated
to include environmental
performance as a core
design goal
Sustainable Design
Principles established
as a framework for
product development
New calculator tools to rapidly
assess carbon and circularity
during concept development
• Logitech sustainable
packaging design guidelines
established and socialized.
• 3 additional product lines
launched with FSC-certied
packaging
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GLOBAL RECYCLING
tons nanced since CY10
30,992
electrical devices
2,797
batteries
16,993
packaging
CONFLICT MINERALS
98%
of smelters certied
conic t-free
100%
• Direct suppliers engaged
• Conict-free tantalum
• Conict-free tungsten
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AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• World Finance Leadership
Award for Sustainability
in the Technology Sector
• FTSE4Good index listed
• Ecovadis gold rated
• Sustainalytics 96th
Percentile Leader
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
12,000+
employees training
hours worldwide
SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT
RBA Code of Conduct
100%
100%
of our major suppliers
audited in CY19
GIVING BACK
23
Give back events with
400+ volunteers in 13
cities and 9 countries
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COMPANY STRUCTURE
Logitech is a world leader in designing, manufacturing and
marketing products that help connect people to digital and
cloud experiences.
Almost 40 years ago, Logitech
created products to improve
experiences around the personal
computer (PC) platform.
Today we are a multi-brand,
multi-category company. We
design products that enable
better experiences consuming,
sharing and creating any digital
content, including computing,
gaming, video and music,
whether it is on a computer,
mobile device or in the cloud.
Logitech was founded in
Switzerland in 1981. Our registered
oce and holding company
(Logitech International S.A.) is in
Apples, Switzerland. Logitech Inc.
is our principal, wholly-owned
subsidiary in the United States.
Our global footprint extends
across North and South America,
EMEA (Europe, Middle East
and Africa) and Asia Pacic.
We employ more than 6,600
people, including more than
3,000 at our production facility.
Our network of oces includes
24 Principal Oces (i.e. oces
with more than 20 occupants)
and a number of smaller (sales-
focused) oces worldwide.
Shares of Logitech International
S.A. are listed on the SIX Swiss
Exchange (trading symbol:
LOGN) and on the Nasdaq
Global Select Market (trading
symbol: LOGI).
As of 31 March 2020, our total
capitalization was $1,489 million
USD, funded 100% by equity,
with zero debt. Total net sales
for FY20 were $2.98 billion.
From our humble beginnings
as a Swiss hardware company,
we now create products
across the following ve
large market opportunities.
The Logitech family currently
comprises seven master
brands: Logitech, Logitech G,
ASTRO Gaming, Streamlabs,
Blue Microphones, Jaybird,
and Ultimate Ears.
Creativity and Productivity
With ever-increasing connectivity
and consistent growth in time
spent by people on computing
platforms, we continue to
innovate and grow market share
for pointing devices, keyboards/
combos, tablets and other
accessories and webcams.
We sell our products to a broad
network of domestic and
international customers,
including direct sales to retailers
and etailers, and indirect sales
via a network for third-party
distributors. Our worldwide
channel network includes
consumer electronics
distributors, retailers, mass
merchandisers, electronics
stores, computer and
telecommunications stores,
value-added resellers and
online merchants.
Gaming
Our Gaming category comprises
PC and console products
designed to enhance gamer
experiences, including virtual and
augmented reality. We design
and engineer industry-leading
keyboards, mice, headsets,
mouse pads, controllers and
simulation products such as
steering wheels and ight sticks.
Video Collaboration
Our Video Collaboration
category includes Conference
cams that combine
enterprise-quality audio,
high denition (HD), 1080p
video and aordability, to
enable video conferencing
by businesses of any size.
1981
LOGITECH FOUNDED
IN SWITZERLAND
6,600+
EMPLOYEES
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Music
Our Music category includes
two sub-categories:
•
Mobile Speakers; and
•
Audio & Wearables.
The Mobile Speakers sub-
category includes portable
(R)
wireless Bluetooth
and Wi-Fi
speakers that are waterproof
and provide bold, immersive
sound in every direction.
The Audio & Wearables
category comprises:
•
PC speakers and headsets;
•
in-ear headphones;
•
premium wireless
audio wearables;
•
wireless audio wearables for
sports and active lifestyles; and
•
a range of audio tools for
recording or broadcasting
applications, from YouTube
and podcast production
to music and gaming.
Smart Home
This category includes advanced
home entertainment controllers
and home cameras that
enable home monitoring via
mobile devices. It also includes
new products dedicated to
controlling emerging categories
of connected smart home
devices such as lighting,
thermostats and door locks.
Acquisitions
On August 21, 2018, we
acquired all equity interests
in Blue Microphones Holding
Corporation (Blue Microphones).
While we report nancial
information with full integration
of Blue Microphones from that
date, from an operational
standpoint (including
sustainability procedures) we
completed integration of Blue
Microphones on September
2, 2019. The scope of this
Sustainability Report includes
data and performance for
Blue Microphones from
September 2019 onwards.
On October 31 2019, we
acquired all equity interests
in General Workings, Inc.
(Streamlabs). Streamlabs is a
leading provider of software
and tools for professional
streamers. The Streamlabs
Acquisition is complementary
to our gaming portfolio.
The scope of this Sustainability
Report does not include data
and performance associated
with this acquisition, because
the Logitech-Streamlabs
integration process was ongoing
within the reporting period.
Joint Ventures
We do not operate
Joint Ventures.
Production Facility
Our high-volume production
facility was established in
Suzhou, China in 1994. On-site
activities primarily comprise
nal assembly and testing.
Components are manufactured
to our specication by suppliers
in Asia, the United States
and Europe.
We use Joint Design
Manufacturers and Contract
Manufacturers to supplement
internal capacity and to reduce
volatility in production volumes.
Our local and international
teams maintain oversight of all
in-house and supplier production
activities, manufacturing knowhow, quality process controls,
social and environmental
responsibilities and Intellectual
Property protection.
This hybrid model of in-house
manufacturing and thirdparty manufacturers enables
us to eectively respond to
rapidly changing demand,
leverage economies of scale,
maintain strong quality process
controls, reduce volatility
in production levels, and
optimize time to market.
An overview of our
company is shown in the
following infographic.
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LOGITECH IN FIGURES
FY20
27%
FEMALE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Vancouver, Canada
Camas, USA
San Francisco, USA
Westlake, USA
6,600+
EMPLOYEES
Park City, USA
Newark, USA
Irvine, USA
65%
MALE
Cork, Ireland
Windsor, UK
35%
FEMALE
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Munich, Germany
Lausanne, Switzerland
Mexico City, Mexico
LOCATIONS
HQ
Principal Oce
Sillicon Valley Campus (SVC)
Manufacturing
Sao Paolo, Brazil
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$2.98 BILLION
NET SALES FY20
% BY PRODUCT
CATEGORY
23%
GAMING
Hong Kong Kowloon, China
Chennai, India
Seoul, South Korea
Suzhou, China
Shenzhen, China
Singapore
Tokyo, Japan
Shanghai, China
Hsinchu, Taiwan
19%
POINTING DEVICES
18%
KEYBOARDS
& COMBOS
12%
AUDIO &
WEARABLES
9%
VIDEO
COLLABORATION
7%
MOBILE SPEAKERS
5%
TABLETS & OTHER
ACCESSORIES
Sydney, Australia
4%
PC WEBCAMS
3%
SMART HOME
& OTHER
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SUSTAINABILITY AT LOGITECH
As a company, we always strive to do the right thing, behave
ethically and act with integrity; we live and breathe our values.
That philosophy underpins our commitment to sustainability.
Our vision is to design new
possibilities that extend human
capability. As a company,
we’re fully conscious of the
connections we can make
between people, products,
society and the environment.
We want to design experiences,
which help people create,
achieve and enjoy life more.
As a company, we’re small and
exible enough for every person
to take the initiative and make
things happen. But we’re big
enough in our portfolio and
reach for those actions to have
a global impact. That’s a unique
position to be in and we will
always try to keep it that way.
We are acutely aware of the
impact our activities can have,
on our planet and society.
That awareness motivates us
to quantify, advocate, lead
and drive the changes that
are needed, to transition to a
more sustainable world. We are
working to make sustainability
pervasive across all our activities
and a reection of our culture.
Values and Culture
As a global company our
people bring a broad array
of diverse perspectives and
unique experiences needed to
innovate, understand dierent
markets and pull together
across the globe to make
things happen locally and build
competitive advantage.
Our values and culture were
articulated as an outcome of
interactive roadshows in 2016,
which were kicked o by our
Chief Executive Ocer and Head
of People and Culture. More
than 85% of our employee base
contributed their insights on four
key aspects of our company
culture: the most important
elements of Logitech's culture,
as identied by employees; the
words and sentiments employees
use when describing Logitech
culture to others; which elements
are aspirational and require
us to keep working on them;
and what we need to inject
more of, to keep us successful
in the future. The values were
articulated in English and
translated to local languages by
site leaders, where appropriate.
Our values are included in
onboarding and orientation
and underpin our employee
recognition and awards
program, our talent and
development programs and
other initiatives. Site leaders
regularly organize events,
teamwork and news based on
the value sets, to raise awareness
and socialize our values to
new and existing employees.
In short, we are the sweet spot
for people passionate about
products, making a mark and
having fun. We believe we
are at our best when we:
•
prioritize equality
and environment;
•
are open and ourselves;
•
are humble but hungry;
•
collaborate, but also
challenge; and
•
decide and do.
This year, we introduced a new
pair of values: Equality and
Environment. Our commitment
to equality and the environment
is something that has been
an integral part of our culture
and demonstrated through our
actions and commitments. We
are now explicitly recognizing
equality and environment as
core values of our company
for greater alignment and
accountability internally and to
demonstrate leadership and raise
stakeholder awareness externally.
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EQUALITY
AND
ENVIRONMENT
OPEN AND
OURSELVES
HUNGRY
BUT HUMBLE
We believe every individual should
have equal access to opportunity.
Within Logitech, we work to oer
equitable opportunities for each
individual, regardless of gender, race,
religion, sexual orientation, and more.
Externally we stand up for the
rights of under-represented groups
We want everyone to feel they can be
themselves in every way, no pretense,
no dress code, nor other limitations.
We treat each other fairly and
respectfully - and when mistakes
are made they can be openly
discussed. We’re also not interested
Humility is something we associate
with the quest to always learn.
We continuously learn, from all
experiences including those that
especially in the face of adversity
and will challenge systemic barriers.
By doing this, we hope to level
the playing eld for everyone.
Regarding the environment, we
strive to be responsible for our planet
and advocate for sustainability.
in politics, just in doing what’s right
ethically and acting with integrity.
That also means that if there’s
something wrong, speaking up in
the moment is something we feel
obliged to do. It’s just less stressful
when what you see is what you get.
could be characterized as wins and
losses, successes and failures. Our
hunger to do more, better, faster
makes us hard to compete with.
COLLABORATE,
BUT ALSO
CHALLENGE
DECIDE
AND DO
W
e achieve more when we work
together. It’s that simple. It’s always
nice when someone agrees but we
constantly seek challengers to our
ideas. Working collaboratively with
colleagues, customers and partners
surfaces possibilities that one person
alone might not see.
We are a company of people who
decide based on data/facts/good
thinking and communicate the
how and why to key stakeholders.
We turn decisions into action. We
don’t philosophize or ponticate. We
believe no-one in Logitech is a pure
We also need to collaborate
on something bigger than our
own interest - which means
that sometimes we might feel
like we’re losing something but
someone else is gaining. And that’s
just ne as long as the gain is a
gain for the wider Logitech.
‘boss’ or ‘executive’. We spurn jobs
that aren’t hands-on because they
are suggestive of those people who
tell other people to do things, rather
than engaging alongside them in
the sometimes messy and granular
work of getting things done.
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Sustainability at Logitech
We are often asked what we
mean by sustainability at
Logitech. Sustainability can mean
dierent things to dierent people
depending on your priorities,
experience and perspective. Within
Logitech, the terms SER (Social,
Environmental, Responsibility)
and ESG (Environment, Social and
Governance) are synonymous with
Sustainability. SER is the term used
by the RBA. ESG is the term used
by our investors. Our sustainability
programs, as described in this
report, address all material aspects
of sustainability, SER and ESG.
We explain our approach in the
following terms. We have footprint
activities and programs which
seek to reduce our environmental
impact on the planet:
We have footprint activities and
programs which seek to reduce
our environmental impact on the
planet:
Climate
action
Responsible
manufacturing
Carbon
transparency
•
Climate action
•
Carbon transparency
•Responsible manufacturing
•
Design for sustainability (DfS):
• Responsible products
• Responsible sourcing
• Responsible packaging
•End-of-life recycling
For these programs we
measure our impact in terms of
carbon, toxicity and circularity
improvements primarily, as well as
some other additional dimensions,
such as water, where appropriate
to do so.
Design for
Sustainability
(DfS)
• Responsible products
• Responsible sourcing
• Responsible packaging
End-of-life
recycling
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and programs which seek to
enhance our positive impact on
people and society:
• Human rights and labor
• Ethics
• Privacy and Security
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• Supplier development
• Talent development
• Diversity and inclusion
• Safety, health and wellbeing
• Giving back
Some of our management
programs are cross-cutting,
creating value in terms of
both reduced environmental
footprint and enhanced
positive handprint on people
and society e.g. our Supplier
Development program and
Sustainability Reporting
program. But our use of
the handprint and footprint
concept has helped us
simplify communication of our
approach and performance.
We like it. We hope you do too.
Diversity and
development
Privacy and
Security
Ethics
inclusion
Supplier
Talent development
Human rights
and labor
Giving
Back
Conict minerals
Safety, health
and wellbeing
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Sustainability Governance
Good governance is driven
by strong, eective and
committed leadership. Our
Group Management Team
and Board of Directors can be
viewed on our website here.
Our governance structure for
strategic decision-making is our
Sustainability Oce. Prakash
Arunkundrum (Head of Global
Operations and a member of
the Group Management Team),
leads the Sustainability Oce
and is responsible for driving
the strategy and execution of
Logitech's sustainability initiatives
and advancing Logitech's
sustainability commitments
across its worldwide
operations and products.
The Sustainability Oce is a
standing arrangement that
addresses and prioritizes
sustainability-related decisions
as they arise. The Sustainability
Oce formally meets monthly
to review progress on existing
commitments and assesses
sustainability risks and
proposals from across the
business in consideration of
our sustainability priorities. The
structure oers decision and
guidance at an operational and
management level, as well as
wider recommendations to the
Board of Directors and other
relevant executive committees
at a strategic level, on an annual
basis. The oce also oversees
the preparation of key reports
and data, including the annual
Sustainability Report, and
manages climate and carbonrelated risks and opportunities.
Governance Framework
Our framework for sustainability
management is the RBA Code
of Conduct (“the Code”)
and our 1.5 Degree Pledge.
As a small company playing in
a global market, we recognize
the value of collaboration. We
joined the Responsible Business
Alliance (RBA, formally known
as the Electronics Industry
Citizenship Coalition, EICC) in
2007 to collaborate with industry
peers and competitors alike,
to develop and implement
tools and programs that would
directly address the challenges
that people, communities and
the environment face around
our industry. RBA members
are held accountable to the
RBA Code of Conduct. We
implement the Code at our
own production facility and
in our supply chain, using a
range of RBA training and
assessment and support tools.
Our commitment to the
Code is dened in our RBA Commitment Statement. The
Code focuses on priority issues
for the RBA membership (as
As a company,
we want to leave
our mark. Our
commitment to
shaping a better
world is a core
value that we care
deeply about.
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programs, liaising with the Board, where relevant.
Sustainability Oce
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Sustainability Oce review, assess and shortlist
proposed programs for consideration within
framework of Logitech’s Sustainability Priorities.
All teams
SUSTAINABILITY PROPOSALS
Sustainability programs, projects and specic
opportunities are brought to the Sustainability
Oce to assess impact, priority and relevance.
Leadership
shown in the following gure),
including emerging issues that
are not well understood. It is
reective of international norms
and good practice, including the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, ILO International Labour
Standards, OECD Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises, OHSAS
18001, ISO 14001 and SA8000.
RBA engages stakeholders from
across business, governments,
civil society, investors and
academia to gather the
necessary range of perspectives
and expertise to review and
update the Code year-onyear. This forward-thinking
approach helps us apply the
precautionary principle, look
beyond our legal obligations,
deliver on our commitment
to continually improve our
performance, and ensure we
live and breathe our company
values. The Code is reected in
our internal policy framework,
standards, audit processes and
contractual agreements with
suppliers. It drives our business
and sustainability strategy and
informs decision-making.
At Logitech,
sustainability is not
a buzzword or an
afterthought. It’s
a mindful principle
that we infuse into
everything we do.
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• Freely Chosen Employment
• Young Workers
• Working Hours
• Wages and Benets
• Humane Treatment
• Non-Discrimination
• Freedom of Association
• Business Integrity
• No Improper Advantage
• Disclosure of Information
• Intellectual Property
• Fair Business, Advertising
and Competition
• Protection of Identity
and Non-Retaliation
• Responsible Sourcing
of Minerals
• Privacy
LABOR
RBA
CODE OF
CONDUCT
HEALTH
ETHICS
ENVIRONMENT
• Environmental Permits and Reporting
• Pollution Prevention and Resource Reduction
• Hazardous Substances
• Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gases
• Solid Waste
• Air Emission
• Materials Restrictions
• Water Management
SAFETY
AND
• Occupational Safety
• Emergency Preparedness
• Occupational Injury and Illness
• Industrial Hygiene
• Physically Demanding Work
• Machine Safeguarding
• Sanitation, Food, and Housing
• Health and Safety
Communication
Company Commitment
Management Accountability
and Responsibility
Legal and Customer Requirements
Risk Assessment and
Risk Management
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IntroductionProducts and
the environment
People
and society
About
this report
In December 2019, we joined the
Science-Based Targets Initiative
(SBTI) and committed to support
the Paris Agreement and
develop science-based carbon
reduction targets to deliver our
ambitious 1.5°C climate pledge.
Climate change caused by
human activity is one of
the biggest challenges of
our generation. With our
commitment to the 1.5°C
climate pledge, we stepped
beyond both legislative and
RBA Code requirements to
take on a leadership position
around this challenge. Our
1.5 degree pledge is driving us
to quantify our environmental
impact in terms of our corporate
carbon footprint and apply
a design-thinking approach
to reduce our footprint; use
renewable electricity and
materials; and restore climateimpacted communities.
Design thinking is at the center
of everything we do. We believe
the design-thinking approach
can be applied to everything,
including sustainability. As
an award-winning design
company, we are making a
pledge to future generations,
to use our leadership in design
to not only to create great
customer experiences, but
also to do so in a way that is
sustainable for the planet and
good for society. When we look
at our business, products and
activities through this lens, we
know we can design processes
and product experiences for
sustainability, and improve
every aspect of our operations.
When we couple this way of
thinking, with our engine for
innovation and commitment to
carbon transparency, we believe
we can make a meaningful
contribution to global eorts to
enable more sustainable lifestyles and catalyze our sector’s
transition to a more sustainable,
low carbon pathway. We are
working to map our handprint
and footprint to the Sustainable
Development Goals, to identify
the areas where we can make
the greatest contribution
to development issues.
External Initiatives
and Memberships
We believe collaboration across
our sector and multi-stakeholder
engagement is required, to
catalyze society’s transition
to a more sustainable future.
In recent years we have taken
a more overt approach to
demonstrating our commitment
to Sustainability. In doing so, we
decided to be more vocal. Since
then, we have strengthened our
existing involvement in external
initiatives and membership
associations and adopted a
number of new membership
initiatives and reporting
standards A full description of
the initiatives and associations
we currently participate in,
and some of our key reporting
standards, is provided overleaf.
Design at Logitech
is a 360-degree
process, beyond the
look and feel of a
product. From your
day in the oce, to
a run on the trail, to
how you enjoy your
favorite games and
music, great design is
much more than the
sum of a product’s
parts; it is about
how each experience
ts in our lives and
adds something
new and valuable.
Alastair Curtis, Chief
Design Ocer at Logitech
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REPORTING STANDARDS AND SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIPS
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is
an international organization providing a
global, standardized system for companies
to disclose and share carbon, energy and
environmental information
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a
nonprot organization that promotes one
of the world’s most prevalent standards for
sustainability reporting - the GRI Standards
The Information Technology Industry
(ITI) Council is an advocacy and policy
organization for the technology sector.
Through its regional and topic-specic
committees, ITI provides members
with information, insights and diverse
perspectives on developing policy
frameworks and regulatory changes around
the world.
WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP
MEANS FOR US
We leverage the CDP platform to report our energy and
climate performance publicly, via the Climate Change
questionnaire and to respond to customers via the CDP
Supply Chain questionnaire.
By sharing our performance in this best practice
way, we work to galvanize sector-wide transparency
and credibility.
We are committed to, and working towards, full
alignment with Core GRI standards to enable enhanced
transparency, credibility and accountability in reporting.
We participate in ITI’s regional committees as well
as topic-specic committees on Environmental
Policy, Environment and Sustainability, Privacy and
Cybersecurity, Energy Eciency, Procurement,
Product Stewardship and Regulatory Policy.
The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) matches
certied minority-owned business
enterprises (MBE) in the United States with
corporate member companies and builds
MBE capacity and capabilities through
programs and other educational oerings.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an
international economic body of 37 countries
dedicated to stimulating economic progress
and world trade.
The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for
Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals
from Conict-Aected and High-Risk
Areas sets out best practice guidance for
companies to respect human rights and
avoid contributing to conict through their
mineral purchasing decisions and practices.
The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA),
formerly EICC, is a non-prot coalition of
companies committed to improving social,
environmental and ethical conditions in their
global supply chain.
The RBA Code focuses on priority issues
for the RBA membership including labor,
environment, health and safety, ethics,
management systems and human rights.
Through our membership of the NMSDC, we are
working to develop our Supplier Diversity Program
and connect with MBEs across the US, to diversify
our supplier base.
We follow the OECD due diligence guidelines for supply
chain due diligence specically around minerals from
conict-aected and high risk-areas.
We joined the RBA in 2007 and our commitment
to the RBA Code drives our business, sustainability and
supply chain strategy. It informs decision-making and
is reected in our internal policy framework, standards,
audit processes, and contractual agreements
with suppliers.
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the environment
People
and society
About
this report
REPORTING STANDARDS AND SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIPS
The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) is
an industry initiative focused on responsible
mineral supply chain of conformant
smelters and reners for tin, tungsten,
tantalum and gold. The RMI developed the
Responsible Minerals Assurance Process
(RMAP) which includes tools for members to
use and leverages independent, third-party
audit processes to identify conict-free
smelters and reners.
The Responsible Labour Initiative (RLI) is
a multi-stakeholder initiative launched by
the RBA which is focused on ensuring that
the rights of workers vulnerable to forced
labor in global supply chains are consistently
respected and promoted.
RE100 is led by The Climate Group in
partnership with CDP. RE100’s mission is
to accelerate a global shift to clean energy
and zero carbon grids – delivering a cleaner,
healthier future for all. RE100 members work
together to advocate for 100% renewable
electricity worldwide, in the shortest
timeline possible, and work in partnership
with others to address policy and
market challenges
WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP
MEANS FOR US
Through our membership of the RMI, we gain access
to tools and resources for our Conict Minerals due
diligence program, including the Conict Minerals
Reporting Template, Reasonable Country of Origin
Inquiry data, and a range of guidance documents
supporting responsible minerals sourcing.
Through our membership of the RLI, we gain access
to tools and resources which support our Supplier
Development due diligence programs including the
Supplemental Validated Audit Process (SVAP) on
Forced Labor.
We joined the RE100 initiative in November 2019 to
collaborate with other industry leaders in pursuit of
the global movement to catalyze uptake of 100%
renewable electricity.
The mission of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
Foundation is to establish and improve
industry-specic disclosure standards
across nancially material environmental,
social and governance topics that facilitate
communication between companies and
investors about decision-useful information.
The Science Based Targets Initiative
(SBTI) is a partnership between CDP, the
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC),
World Resources Institute (WRI) and the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). SBTI
denes and promotes best practice in
science-based target setting with the
support of a Technical Advisory Group.
Signatories are required to set ambitious
and meaningful carbon reduction targets,
which are independently assessed
to verify alignment with the newest
science and recommendations from
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)
We are working towards full alignment with SASB
standards to enable transparency, credibility and
accountability in reporting - for our U.S. investors,
in particular
By joining SBTI, we commit to a science-based
approach to climate action and ambitious, bestpractice reduction targets for our Scope 1, 2 and 3
emissions. In our specic case, we have committed
to the ambitious 1.5 degree pathway.
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Sustainability at Logitech
continued
REPORTING STANDARDS AND SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIPS
The United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) are a call
to action for bold breakthroughs across
17 development areas, by the year 2030.
The aim of the SDGs is to push multistakeholder collaboration to improve quality
of life, protect the environment, and foster
equitable growth.
The aim of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is
to develop voluntary, consistent climaterelated nancial risk disclosures for use
by companies in providing information
to investors, lenders, insurers, and other
stakeholders.
The Task Force will consider the physical,
liability and transition risks associated
with climate change and what
constitutes eective nancial disclosures
across industries.
WeConnect International is a global
network that connects women-owned
businesses to qualied buyers around
the world.
WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP
MEANS FOR US
Following on from our commitment to the SDGs
last year we are working to map our handprint and
footprint programs to the SDGs to identify the areas
where we can make the greatest contribution to
development issues
We are working towards full alignment with TCFD
guidance, with the disclosure of relevant information
in our annual CDP Report and Sustainability Report.
Through our membership of WeConnect, we are
working to develop our Supplier Diversity Program and
connect with women-owned businesses across the
globe to diversify our supplier base.
The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the largest certier of
women-owned businesses in the U.S. and
a leading advocate for women business
owners and entrepreneurs.
Evaluation of the
management approach
We employ a number of
mechanisms to evaluate our
management approach.
•
Via the Sustainability
Oce, as described above,
we routinely review the
purpose, scope and value
Through our membership of WBENC, we are working
to develop our Supplier Diversity Program and connect
with women-owned businesses across the US to
diversify our supplier base.
of sustainability proposals
and how they align with our
overall commitments and
potential to deliver our vision
for a better future, as well
as the eectiveness of our
management approach and
our allocation of resources to
priority goals and targets.
•
With our External Factors
Review (EFR) process, we
review publicly available
sources of information - to
evaluate external perspectives
of our management approach
and sustainability performance
and identify new or emerging
expectations for our sector
or our own organization,
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the environment
People
and society
About
this report
as well as opportunities for
long-term reputational value
or reputational risks. Insights
from the EFR process inform
decision-making with respect
to our management approach,
including our stakeholder
engagement strategy,
sustainability reporting, and
sustainability strategy.
•
At our production facility, we
participate in third-party
audits, which evaluate our
management approach and
performance in relation to RBA
Code requirements, as well
as ISO14001 Audits, OHSAS
THIRDPARTY RATINGS
18001 and ISO9001 standards.
As part of these audits, thirdparty auditors evaluate our
management approach and
performance in relation to
RBA Code compliance topics,
environmental best practice
and health, safety and quality.
•
As part of annual
Sustainability Reporting,
we review the scope and
performance of our footprint
and handprint programs,
evaluate performance to
determine how best to
evolve each program for
the forthcoming year. We
also review and refresh our
policy framework to identify
opportunities for further
improvement and evaluate the
extent to which new policies
may be required or helpful, to
strengthen our management
approach. Following on from
annual sustainability reporting,
we submit our Sustainability
Report to a large number of
third-party rating platforms
who review and rate our
performance and provide
useful feedback, which
informs our planning for the
forthcoming year.
TOP 5%
LISTED ON INDEX
“AA R ATED*”
“GOLD” RATING
RATED: LEADER
5th out of 145 tech companies
for overall sustainability
LISTED ON INDEX
SXI Switzerland
Sustainability 25
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performance
*The use by Logitech of any MSCI ESG Research LLC or its Aliates (“MSCI”) data, and the use of MSCI logos, Trademarks, Service Marks or Index Names Herein, do
not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement, recommendation or promotion of Logitech by MSCI. MSCI Services and data are the property of MSCI or its information
provides, and are provided ‘As-Is’ and without warranty. MSCI names and logos are trademarks or service marks or MSCI.
2020 OVERALL WINNER
in Consumer Technology
category
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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Transparent stakeholder engagement helps us build and
maintain long-lasting relationships with the people who
care about our activities and business success.
We acknowledge and support
the continued demand for
the technology sector to be
transparent and disclose
pertinent information
Transparency and engagement
in all aspects of business align
with our company culture of
being open to new ideas and
collaborative by nature. We
look to foster an environment
where we receive and provide
candid and constructive
feedback and share insight, to
help us continually improve.
We subscribe to the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI)
denition of a “Stakeholder
Group”, and identify
stakeholders as entities or
individuals that can be
reasonably expected to be
signicantly aected by our
activities, products and services;
or take actions that aect our
ability to successfully implement
strategy and achieve objectives
As part of our most recent
Materiality Assessment process,
and in accordance with the
GRI Principle of Stakeholder
Inclusion, we have identied
six broad stakeholder groups
with views and perspectives
relevant to our activities:
•
Customers, consumers
and the public
•
Employees
•
Regulatory authorities
•
Shareholders/Investors
•
Special interest groups
•
Suppliers & Business Partners
Informal engagement with each
of the identied key stakeholder
groups occurs throughout the
year. Our engagement approach
for each Stakeholder Group is
outlined in the following table,
along with a summary of the
key “Topics of Discussion,”
which are typically raised by
each Stakeholder Group.
Our engagement activities
to date indicate no signicant
concerns with respect to
our sustainability approach
and performance. Broadly
speaking, stakeholders tend to
primarily focus on our product
performance and economic
performance. Queries in relation
to sustainability performance
tend to relate to requests for
evidence of product compliance
and queries or surveys by
investor advisory rms.
This report provides an overview
of our current approach
and performance in relation
to material aspects of our
sustainability management
and performance.
Additional information is
available upon request.
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the environment
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYTOPICS OF DISCUSSION
Customers, Consumers and The Public
We engage with customers, consumers and the public via social media platforms,
website and online community. We regularly communicate information to the public via
press releases, blogs, media events and direct outreach. We receive feedback, directly
from consumers and also via our network of business partners, including retailers and
distributors. We monitor satisfaction ratings, for any customers who engage with our
Customer Experience team, using industry-standard Net Promoter Score method. Our
FY19 NPS score was 50.
Historically we have had a culture of “do, then say”, but in FY20 we made public
commitments to consumers and the public, in relation to two key topics of sustainability
Commitment with Climate Action: In FY20, we declared our commitment to future
generations by setting ambitious sustainability goals for our products, packaging, and
operations. We announced our support of the Paris Agreement, pledging to limit our
carbon footprint to support the ambitious 1.5°C goal and to be powered exclusively
by renewable electricity by 2030. This commitment represents a transformational but
People
and society
•
Product performance, including
About
this report
warranty process
•
Customer satisfaction
•
Product features
•
End-of-life recycling
•
Hazardous substances (RoHS,
REACH)
•
Responsible manufacturing
•
Product Energy Eciency
•
Use of packaging
•
Giving back
•
Energy and Climate Action
natural next step in our sustainability journey. Finally, we committed to expand beyond
carbon-neutral operations to carbon-neutral products. All Logitech gaming products are
now certied CarbonNeutral®, with additional product portfolios to follow.
Carbon Transparency: This year, we pledged to provide carbon impact labels on
product packaging across our entire portfolio. We made this commitment, to engage
and empower consumers with sustainability information and enable carbon-cognizant
purchasing decisions. With this pledge, we hope to catalyze an industry-wide shift to
lower carbon products and reduced impact on the environment. Please refer to the
Carbon Transparency section of this report, for further information on this exciting
new commitment.
Employees
As a global company with a small company attitude, we endeavor to create an opendoor environment, where employees feel they can interact at every level without
hierarchy or bureaucracy. For example, our CEO invites all new hires to share ideas with
him directly, about their rst impressions on how we can make the company better.
We also launched an online CEO Comment box in 2020, for employees to share ideas or
concerns anonymously and unltered. Senior Leaders and content experts regularly host
“Ask Me Anything” sessions, where no question is o limits and questions can be raised
anonymously, in real time.
Annual roadshow events are conducted for each region to discuss the company’s
priorities and ensure employees understand how their role aligns to company objectives,
while also allowing employees’ to share their views, questions and concerns directly
with senior leaders. This year, in response to Covid-19 and also in line with our intent to
support streaming and broadcasting, we held virtual roadshows to educate and inspire
despite employees sheltering in place. In line with our commitment to transparency,
all videos, presentations and questions raised were hosted on our company intranet,
facilitating further employee views, comments and ongoing engagement.
We have always been an open culture, free to share ideas and feedback. In FY20 we
wanted to capture employee perspectives with a unique, twice-yearly survey, which not
only identied what we do well and where we can work to improve, but also resulted in
personalized, ongoing coaching of individuals across Logitech via regular prompts of
•
Employee benet and
compensation oerings
•
Employee development
opportunities
•
Company strategy and
priorities; vision and values
•
Company commitment
to social and
environmental issues
•
Corporate philanthropy
and individual/team
charitable opportunities
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ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYTOPICS OF DISCUSSION
how small actions can have big impacts. The percentage of employees participating in
the December survey was 87%. We also capture a “Happiness Index” within the survey
where 89% of employees responded favorably to the questions which constitute the
Happiness Index, in our December survey.
At our production facility, we conduct regular team meetings and utilize mobile chat,
to share company news and leadership updates in local language. More formally, we
conduct periodic worker interviews to further collate and understand employee views,
provide suggestion boxes and an anonymous whistle-blowing mechanism, which
employees can use to submit comments, condentially.
•
Regulatory Authorities
As a global company, we respect international and domestic laws in the countries in
which we operate. Our global Sustainability team is supported by legal experts who
monitor developing legislation and standards across the globe, relevant to current and
planned activities.
We also report information to relevant authorities, including nancial reports and other
sustainability-related performance reports. Key regulatory authorities include, but are
not limited to, the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (for our production
facility in Suzhou, China) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (for nancial
rep ortin g).
Hazardous substances
(RoHS, REACH)
•
Compliance with
environmental permits
•
Legal compliance reporting
•
Conict minerals
•
End-of-Life
stewardship reporting
Shareholders / Investors
Engagements are managed by our Investor Relations team and include our Annual
General Meeting, routine conferences and briengs and direct engagements. Annual
nancial statements, Investor Reports and other pertinent information is shared via the
Investor Page of our website.
A number of investor advisor groups monitor and report our sustainability performance
to potential and existing investors and engage with us when undertaking their periodic
sustainability assessments.
At our Analyst and Investor Day, we presented the acceleration of Logitech’s
sustainability impact and commitments, to a global audience.
Special Interest Groups
Special Interest Groups can include industry bodies, Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) and other groups with particular interest in certain aspects of sustainability
performance. We are members of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA). The RBA
identies Special Interest Groups of relevance to our sector and helps guide engagement
processes governed by Chatham House Rules. Page 24 provides an overview of the key
industry initiatives and industry bodies that we maintain membership in. We consider
the public views of a number of Special Interest Groups, as part of the External Factors
Review and Materiality Assessment underpinning this Sustainability Report. Please refer
to the Materiality Assessment section for further information.
• Financial performance
• ESG (Environment, Social and
Governance) performance
• Energy and climate action
• Sustainability reporting
• Supply chain management
• Sustainability performance
at our production facility
• Supply chain management
• Energy and climate action
• Worker safety, health
and wellbeing
• Human rights and labor
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