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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and society
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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
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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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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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Suppliers & Business Partners
We regularly liaise with distributors, retailers and other business partners, to understand
customer needs and ensure products are brought to market in a manner that reects
our sustainability expectations and good practice requirements.
We audit our major suppliers a minimum of once a year and adopt a partnership
model, which engages suppliers in collective brainstorming, to co-develop solutions.
Sustainability performance requirements are communicated and embedded into
contractual arrangements with suppliers. Facing the challenging context of COVID19,
we continued to prioritize supplier engagements with our annual Supplier Day taking
place as virtual sessions, to set sustainability expectations and engage in dialogue
and transparent Q&A. In our May 2020 suppliers meeting, we presented our approach
to pervasive sustainability and our expectations of our partners for carbon reduction,
renewable electricity carbon reporting and overall designing for sustainability.
• Ethical code of conduct
• Responsible marketing
and product labeling
• Responsible manufacturing
• Hazardous substances
(RoHS, REACH)
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MATERIALITY ASSESSMENT
We focus on the issues that really matter. Our Materiality
Assessment helps us make sure we continue to focus on the areas
where we can have the most meaningful impact and also the
areas of greatest interest to our stakeholders.
MATERIALITY ASSESSMENT PROCESS
ESTABLISH THE CONTEXT
Materiality assessment
COMMUNICATIONS
AND CONSULTATION
Our materiality assessment
process reects GRI101, GRI102
and GRI103, as well as ISO
31000 (i.e. the international
good practice standard for risk
and opportunity identication,
analysis and management). The
overall process is shown in the
gure above and the key steps
can be summarized as follows.
Identify
Analyze
Evaluate
Report
MANAGE
Establish the context
To establish the context of
this report and our materiality
assessment, we carry out
an External Factors Review
of publicly available data
sources, to understand current
good practice standards or
benchmarks, stakeholder
perceptions, and societal views,
AND MANAGE CHANGE
MONITOR, REVIEW
relevant to our sector. The EFR
process is a year-round process,
with information and insights
gathered, as they arise, over the
course of the year. A concerted
and systematic review of the
information is carried out in
tandem with sustainability
reporting each year.
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We engage with stakeholders
directly and indirectly, as
described in the Stakeholder Engagement section of this
report. Our approach takes into
account emerging and evolving
sustainability trends and material
stakeholder concerns as reported
by the public, media, thought
leaders, stakeholders, risk alert
services and business partners.
We identify existing and
emerging megatrends relevant
to our sustainability performance
and these megatrends establish
the context for this report.
In each section of this report,
we report our performance in
relation to broader concepts
of sustainability, previous
generations of product or
historic performance and
relative to good practice
standards and expectations,
which we commit to uphold.
Identify
To identify issues of concern,
we review existing, sectorspecic materiality frameworks,
which have been compiled
by independent third-parties,
following multi-stakeholder
interview and engagement
exercises. Examples include those
compiled by the Sustainability
Accounting Standards Board
(SASB) and the Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI). In addition, we
review the Sustainability Report
of peer companies, to identify
emerging trends, stakeholder
expectations and material issues,
which have been identied by
peer companies in our sector
or comparable sectors. We also
review any information requests,
surveys or queries received
during the preceding year from
each of our Stakeholder Groups.
This helps us streamline the
communication of pertinent
information, by integrating
any new data that was
generated during the year, into
the report so that all relevant
information is consolidated
and consistent in one report.
Analyze
As an outcome of this process,
we typically identify a wide range
of sustainability issues, which
warrant further consideration.
The key issues are clustered
into groups (“Sustainability
Topics”) and the nomenclature
of each group is simplied,
to ensure the meaning can
be broadly understood and
resonates with our stakeholders.
Each topic is then analyzed
and scored to identify those
of material interest.
When analyzing and dening
materiality, we considered
two key dimensions,
as advised by GRI:
• Dimension X: Potential
for Sustainability Impact:
areas where we have a
meaningful and signicant
economic, environmental
and social impact; and
• Dimension Y: Stakeholder
Importance: aspects
of our performance
that are important to
stakeholders and could
inuence their assessment
of our performance or
decision-making.
When assessing Dimension
X (Potential for Sustainability
Impact), we consider our:
•
alignment with our purpose,
values, goals and standards;
•
our business model and
associated level of inuence
and potential for impact;
•
our innovation potential and
capabilities around design,
engineering, supply chain
and product development;
•
our potential to make a
meaningful contribution to
important global movements
towards sustainability
and megatrends in
societal expectations;
•
our capacity to enhance
user experience, including
the sustainability experience
of our customers and
consumers, in particular; and
•
opportunities for value
creation, beyond nancial
value e.g. compliance
assurance, innovation, market
dierentiation, reputational
value and brand equity.
When assessing Dimension
Y (Stakeholder Importance),
we consider the views and
perspectives of each of our six
Stakeholder Groups. We consider
•
comments views and
information requests
submitted to Logitech directly;
•
information gathered
while engaged in continual
collaboration with various
stakeholder groups as
described in the Stakeholder
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Engagement section and
as part of our industry
memberships (see pxx); and
•
broader stakeholder views
and interests in our sector
as a whole, as identied
as part of the External
Factors Review process.
Evaluate
The resulting scores are
evaluated from low to
high, to make an overall
determination of materiality.
Not all material topics are of
equal importance, and the
emphasis within this report
reects their relative priority.
Report
The result of the materiality
assessment process is reported
in the following gures. The rst
gure shows the materiality of
specic Sustainability Topics. The
second gure shows the value
chain boundary for each topic.
Typically, each sustainability topic
is reported in a report section
with the same name. Three
notable exceptions were made,
to avoid duplicate reporting of
some cross-cutting topics:
Water in our own operations and
waste in our own operations is
addressed in the Responsible
Manufacturing section of this
report, along with other aspects
of environmental performance.
Health and safety performance
in both our factory and oces
is reported in the Safety, Health
and Wellbeing section;
Human Rights and Labor in
our own production facility is
addressed in the Human Rights
and Labor section of this report.
All other aspects of supplier
sustainability performance
(including social, environmental,
health, safety. ethics and
human rights performance)
are reported in the Supplier
Development section.
Where relevant, the scope of
each report section is clearly
dened and cross-sections to
additional, related sections are
highlighted and included. A GRI
and SASB Index is also available
from our Reports and Resources
Webpage, to show where specic
GRI/SASB metrics are reported.
MATERIALITY ASSESSMENT
High
Responsible
manufacturing
Safety, Health
and Wellbeing
Water use in our
own operations
Waste in our
Low
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own operations
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and labor
Privacy and
Security
Conict
Minerals
Giving
Back
Diversity and
Inclusion
Talent
development
Ethics
Supplier development /
Responsible Sourcing
End of Life
Recycling
Climate Action
Responsible
Products &
Packaging
Carbon
Transparency
VALUE CHAIN BOUNDARIES
FOR MATERIAL ASPECTS
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End-Of-Life
Ethics
Safety, health and wellbeing
Human rights and labor
Diversity and inclusion
Supplier development
Talent Development
End-of-life recycling
Climate Action
MATERIAL ASPECTS
Conict minerals
Privacy and Security
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PRODUCTS AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
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Everything we make has an impact
on the world. We pledge to future
generations that we will use our
resources and leadership to make a
positive and sustainable impact.
Prakash Arunkundrum
Head of Global Operations
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For us at Logitech, sustainability
is pervasive across all our
activities and a reection of
our culture. We are reimagining
product design throughout all
lifecycle phases. Since last year,
we have made multiple forwardlooking public commitments
and made good progress with
our key environmental goals
of improving carbon, toxicity
and circularity of our products
and our operations. You will
see many examples of this
progress throughout this report.
Our climate actions eorts
are focused on 3R’s - Reduce,
Renew and Restore. Our goal is
to Reduce our carbon footprint
in support of the 1.5 °C goal
to reduce global warming;
Renew our footprint by using
100% renewable electricity;
and what we are not able
to reduce or renew we will
Restore through investments
in forestry while supporting
climate-impacted communities.
To achieve our carbon reduction
goal we have developed a
number of lifecycle carbon,
sustainable material and
circularity analysis toolkits to
inform and measure our progress.
Our design for sustainability
principles are integrated into
our product development
process. We have invested in
new materials development
and advanced sustainability
research, in partnership with
industry groups and academic
institutions. These investments
are helping us transition from
product-level improvements to
platform-level transformations.
We are increasingly using postconsumer recycled plastic
resins in our products to create
more circular supply chains
and lower our product carbon
footprint. We have established
several packaging design
principles to remove plastics
and reduce weight, and are
(R)
moving to FSC
-certied paper
and vegetable-based ink.
88% of our global electricity
demand is now sourced from
renewable sources, nearing our
RE100 commitment of 100%
renewable electricity and we
are working with our partners
to make similar progress. We
eliminate 131 tons of PVC
contributing to our goal to
be 100% PVC-free. We are
98% to our goal of complete
conict mineral certication
and already at 100% for
tungsten and tantalum. Last
year we established a global
recycling standard for end-of-
life devices and have directly
enabled recycling of over 50,000
tons of devices since CY10.
Our entire gaming portfolio,
corporate travel, and our
production facility are carbon
neutral. We took this a step
further by becoming the
rst consumer electronics
company to commit to carbon
transparency. We will share the
lifecycle carbon footprint of all
our products to drive better
design decisions internally and
for our consumers to better
understand their carbon
consumption. We are advocating
for our industry peers to join
us in carbon transparency and
will share our know-how.
Externally, our approach is
resonating with the industry and
partners. The UN- sponsored
World Benchmark Alliance
has included Logitech in the
SDG2000, a list of companies
with the greatest potential to
inuence a more sustainable
future. In 2019 and again in
2020, we won the World Finance
Magazine Sustainability Award
for our sector. We are also listed
as a Leader in technology by
Sustainalytics and maintained
our inclusion on the FSTE4GOOD
Index and Swiss SIX Sustainability
Index as one of the "top 25 most
sustainable Swiss companies.”
For the rst time in an
interconnected world, we
witnessed the impacts of a
global pandemic. In this time, I
have seen how we as humans
can adapt and positively
improve our life on this shared
planet. This sustainability report
stands to reect a mix of what
we have done, what we are
committed to doing, and how
we will act to help others along
the way. We know there is much
to do. We remain committed
to sharing openly and to learn
from others. I invite you to write
to us with any comments or
suggestions you may have for us
at sustainability@logitech.com.
Thank you
Prakash Arunkundrum
Head of Global Operations
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DESIGN FOR
SUSTAINABILITY DfS
Our goal is to design products that deliver great user experiences
while minimizing our environmental footprint and enhancing
our positive social handprint. For us, a truly sustainable design
considers environmental and social impacts from the moment
raw materials are sourced right through to end-of-life.
ECO DESIGN
Reduce the
environmental impact
At Logitech we use Design
for Sustainability (DfS)
as an umbrella term to
include ecodesign, circular
design and social design.
CIRCULAR
DESIGN
Keep materials in
use – beyond linear
consumption
of products
SOCIAL
DESIGN
Deliver
social good
Ecodesign is focussed on
impact reduction through the
design of lighter, more ecient
products and packaging that
use lower impact materials
and that require less energy to
source, manufacture, distribute
and use.
The environmental impact of the K400
Professional is reduced through the use
of post-consumer recycled plastic.
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Circular design is focused
on the goal of ensuring
that products that are
loved and last for as long
as possible by optimizing
for longevity, repairability,
reuse and, eventually,
recycling at end of life.
The C40 TR Controller delivers an
extended product life by being
designed for durability and repair.
Social designconsiders the
positive social impact of our
products - this goes beyond
the traditional user experience
concerns to engage with the
role our products can have in
empowering positive change.
The Adaptive Gaming Kit has a positive
social impact by improving accessibility
to gaming for users of all abilities.
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Our Design Process
We realize that the biggest
opportunities to reduce
environmental impact arise
early in the design process,
when key decisions about a
product are made. So we have
integrated environmental
impact assessment
processes at the front end
of product development.
Sustainability is tracked at project gates
Gate 0Gate 1Gate 2Gate 3
In FY20 we updated our
design process to incorporate
environmental targets
alongside other traditional
product development goals
like cost, user experience
and technical feasibility.
Sustainable Design Principles
Incorporating design for
sustainability into product
development involves navigating
the complex intersections of
technical product performance,
user experience, business
viability and environmental
and social impacts. In FY20 we
established 15 key sustainable
design principles to guide
product teams working to meet
our goals for sustainability.
EXPLORATION
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE IMPACT DECREASES
In our design process, the environmental performance of a design
direction relative to its target is made visible at each project gate.
CONCEPT
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
COMMERCIAL
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Sustainable Design Principles
OPTIMIZED
ARCHITECTURE
EFFICIENT
MANUFACTURING
LOW USE
PHASE ENERGY
PRODUCTS
THAT LA ST
EFFICIENT
DISTRIBUTION
LOW IMPACT
PACKAGING
BETTER
MATERIAL S
LOW IMPACT
COMPONENTS
RECYCLABILITY
CLOSE
THE LOOP
RIGHT TO
REPAIR
EMOTIONAL
DURABILITY
Minimizing our
environmental
footprint
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SOURCING
TRANSPARENCY
CONTRIBUTION
POSITIVE
DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
DFS
BEYOND
HARDWARE
Enhancing our
social handprint
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Measuring Sustainability
We translate the likely
environmental performance
of our designs into carbon,
toxicity, circularity and other key
indicators which are then used to
guide design decisions. Tracking,
these metrics across our product
portfolio allows us to gauge our
progress and to set meaningful
targets for environmental
impact reduction.
To support decision-making
during the design process
we have developed internal
guidelines, tools and calculators.
More detailed insight into
two example tools is given
on the following page.
CIRCULARITY
CARBON
kgCO2e
TOXICITY
kgCTUh
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TOOLS
PRODUCT IMPACT
CALCULATOR
In FY20 we developed a Product
Impact Calculator using
standardized LCA data for our
commonly used materials and
components. This tool presents
a quick snapshot of competing
design directions very early in
the design process enabling our
design teams to rapidly assess
product architectures and make
choices to improve a product’s
environmental performance.
Carbon impact assessment
A carbon impact assessment example
between two competing design directions
1.00
0.75
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0.25
Relative estimated carbon impact
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design
Reference
design
Dongle
Battery
PCB
Cables
Elastomers
Rigid plastics
Metals
CIRCULATORY
ASSESSMENT TOOL
In FY20 we established our
Circulatory Assessment Tool
as a semi-quantitative scoring
system for the circularity of
a design. It captures how a
product is likely to perform
in terms of longevity, reuse
and recyclability. The tool was
developed to reect stakeholder
views, legal megatrends, good
practice standards such as
Epeat, IEEE 1680.1, ECMA 341
and international eco-labeling
systems including Blue Angel,
EPEAT, EU ecolabel and others.
Circularity assessments
Our Circularity Tool allows us to quantify how
well a particular product architecture performs
early in the design and allows us to focus on areas
for improvement.
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CIRCULARITY
INDEX = 0.69
0.17
0.12
Design
for longevity
Design
for reuse
Design for
recycling
Remaining
circularity
potential
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LCA Capability
Our DfS tools are grounded
in a life cycle approach to
the impact of our products.
We describe our product life
cycles as being divided into
ve stages as shown below.
The ability to measure the
impact of our products
across the lifecycle is
underpinned by our internal
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
capability which is guided
by International Standards
ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.
Throughout FY20 we
have partnered with the
iPoint Group, which are
internationally recognized
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leaders in LCA, to advance
this capability even further by;
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evolving our insights into
the impact of materials,
components and processes
not currently included
within commerciallypublished LCA datasets.
•
Diving deep into specic
focus areas to rapidly assess
the environmental impact
of a new technologies
for which published data
may not already exist
•
building a standardized
approach to the lifecycle
modeling of our products
to bring eciency and
transparency to our
LCA capability.
We enjoy working
with Logitech’s highly
motivated team
and are impressed
by their ambitious
commitment to
bring carbon
transparency for their
consumer electronics
to the next level.
Martina Prox, Sustainability
Strategy at iPoint
Life cycle assessment
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iNEMI Collaboration
At Logitech we recognize
that collaboration amongst
industry and academic/research
institutions is critical. Throughout
FY20 Logitech contributed to
the International Electronics
Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI)
eco-impact estimator project.
iNEMI is a not-for-prot R&D
consortium of approximately
90 leading electronics
manufacturers, suppliers,
associations, government
agencies and universities.
Over the past decade the
iNEMI industry consortium has
worked to develop and improve
an eco-impact estimator
for the ICT (Information and
Communications Technology)
sector, based on a simplied
approach. Together with
other leading electronics
companies, Logitech has
contributed to this eort by
providing time, data and
technical input and feedback.
BETTER MATERIALS
At Logitech, the selection
of materials for the design
of a product is informed by
environmental impact alongside
the traditional considerations
of cost, technical performance
and user experience. Our insights
into top selling products help
us to understand that plastic
and metals are among our
top utilized product materials
by weight. These insights
allow us to focus our energy
and attention on material
sets which have the potential
for most positive impact.
Sustainable
Materials Roadmap
From our LCA work we know
that our sustainability ambition
demands more than what many
currently available materials
can oer. So, in FY20 we built
a cross-functional working
group to develop a roadmap
Our starting point
in the collaboration
with Logitech was
the premise that
putting sustainability
at the front-end of
the design process
should trigger
opportunities to
realize the potential
of materials.
Chris Lefteri, Director,
Chris Lefteri Design Ltd
Breakdown of Top Selling
Products (By Weight)
1 Plastic parts 38%
2 Paper packaging 32%
3 Metal 13%
4 Cables 5%
5 PCB 4%
6 Plastic packaging 3%
7 Batteries 3%
8 Rubber 1%
9 Other 1%
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of sustainable materials for the
future of Logitech products.
The expertise that was needed
required input from teams both
inside and outside Logitech.
External partners involved in
this program included design
studio Chris Lefteri Design
and Advanced Materials and
BioEngineering Research
Center AMBER. This working
group took environmental
sustainability as a starting point
and injected technical, design
and supply chain perspectives
to identify promising available
and emerging rigid plastics,
elastomers and fabrics. The
materials identied by this
program are now being
trialed for implementation
in upcoming projects.
EPFL Collaboration
In April 2020, we joined with
Nestlé, SIG and other industry
players, to fund research into
more sustainable materials at
EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology in Lausanne,
Switzerland. Together with
other industry players, we have
committed to providing ve million Swiss francs over ten
years. The funding will support
a new chair for sustainable
materials research within EPFL’s
Institute of Materials. The chair,
to be appointed as a tenuretrack assistant professor, will
be responsible for developing
and implementing a new
research program on sustainable
materials at EPFL. Research
areas of interest will address
critical questions, such as the
overall environmental impact of
materials and the exploration
of bio-based, bio-degradable
and recyclable materials,
including high-performance
paper-based barrier materials,
that could help to address
environmental concerns about
plastic packaging, and more.
We are excited to
collaborate with
EPFL and other
industry players to
deliver breakthrough
research into more
sustainable materials.
We will collectively
fund research by
providing ve million
Swiss francs over
ten years. This is the
type of research that
we need to meet
the world’s critical,
environmental
challenges.
Prakash Arunkundrum,
Head of Global Operations
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Case Study
Our Recycled
Plastics Program
We want to make Logitech products more circular.
Virgin materials should be avoided, in favor of
renewable materials. We use post-consumer
recycled plastic, to give a second life to end-oflife plastic and help reduce our carbon footprint.
This year, we continued to use PCR in the C930E
webcam and M275 mouse that we launched last
year, and we introduced an additional three Logitech
products to our PCR portfolio: the K400 keyboard,
the Hyperboom speaker and the M100 mouse.
K400 KEYBOARDHYPERBOOM SPEAKERM100 MOUSE
PCRABS
≥85%
Recycled
Content
FOUR WAYS TO ELIMINATE
VIRGIN PLASTIC
PCRABS
≥35%
Recycled
Content
PCRPC
≥50%
Recycled
Content
PCRHIPS
≥85%
Recycled
Content
Top case
Feet
Bottom
case
Keycaps
Other
internal
parts
Battery
Bracket
Feet
Top Cap
Top
Door
Grill
Housing
Bottom
Cap
Scrolling
wheel
Keyplate
Top case
Bottom
case
Feet
MATERIAL S
PCRVirgin Plastic
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ESTIMATED
CY19
SAVINGS
273t
of virgin plastic
eliminated with PCR
524t
carbon footprint
eliminated
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RESPONSIBLE PACKAGING
Packaging is a critical component of our products - it is the
rst touch-point for user experience and is key to delivering
products to the market safely. Our goal is to optimize the
sustainability of our packaging while also ensuring a great
out-of-the-box experience.
We consider the sustainability
of our packaging designs
up-front in the packaging
development process when
key decisions about packaging
materials and structures are
being made. We analyze
carbon, toxicity, water usage
and recyclability of our materials
across the full lifecycle to drive
continuous improvement.
In FY20 we further evolved
our packaging DfS capability
in three important ways:
1. We released internal
sustainable packaging design
guidelines. Drawing on
international best practice,
these guidelines help to drive
a consistent approach to
sustainable packaging design
across our full portfolio.
2. We embedded the use
of Compass (packagingfocussed LCA software)
within the packaging design
process. This approach enables
us to rapidly assess lifecycle
carbon, water and other
environmental indicators
during each design iteration,
thereby driving signicant
improvements in new
packaging designs compared
to previous generations.
3. We evolved our recyclability
guidelines. By working
closely with our international
recycling partners we have
further developed our ability
to optimize the recyclability
of our packaging.
Our packaging is PVC-free and,
wherever possible, we avoid
other eco-toxic materials that
inhibit recycling. We also carry
out periodic packaging reviews
to identify opportunities for
optimization. In the last year,
we identied and pursued a
number of opportunities to
reduce the size, plastics and
weight of packaging in topselling products. These weight
reductions were achieved
through the use of alternative
materials (primarily paper, to
replace plastic), and improving
packaging eciency. The
following infographic provides a
avor of some of the weight and
carbon footprint improvements
we achieved in FY20.
FY20
LAUNCH OF LOGITECH
PACKAGING DESIGN
GUIDELINES
NEW PRODUCTS
LAUNCHED WITH
3
FSCCERTIFIED
PACKAGING
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Total weight of packaging
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CASE STUDIES
Eco impact compared to previous generation
MX
KEYS
Z906 THX
SURROUND
SOUND
G604
-51%
-97%
-69%
-74%
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-10%
-9%
-8%
-96%
-32%
-46%
Total weight of Plastic packaging
Carbon footprint
Lifecycle water use
-69%
CARBON FOOTPRINT
62% INCREASE IN RECYCLABILITY
-10%
CARBON FOOTPRINT
-96%
TOTAL WEIGHT OF PLASTIC PACKAGING
104% INCREASE IN RECYCLABILITY
PRO
GAMING
HEADSET
MX
MASTER
3
UE
BOOM
3
UE
MEGABOOM
3
-93%
-15%
-46%
-90%
-12%
-43%
-14%
-22%
-27%
-7%
-13%
-44%
-93%
TOTAL WEIGHT OF
PLASTIC PACKAGING
-90%
TOTAL WEIGHT OF
PLASTIC PACKAGING
-27%
LIFECYCLE WATER USE
-44%
LIFECYCLE WATER USE
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Eliminating Virgin Plastic
Single-use virgin plastics is plastic
which is designed to be used
only once before being quickly
disposed of. A staggering 80%
of single-use plastic waste
ends up in landlls or in the
environment. While we have
made signicant progress in
recent years to eliminate singleuse virgin plastic, we recognize
the need to step up our eorts.
We implemented a number of
key initiatives in FY20 to address
this issue and we are working to
USB Unifying Receiver: In FY20,
we reviewed the design of our
USB Unifying Receiver. This
product was originally packaged
in a virgin plastic clamshell and
we refreshed the packaging
design to eliminate all plastic
packaging, in favor of a 100%
paper-based solution, using
FSC-certied paper packaging.
develop further policy to guide
our decision-making in this area.
Recycled Plastic in Clamshell
Packaging: Over the last year,
we have also transitioned a
number of our plastic clamshells
to post-consumer recycled (PCR)
plastic. Our team of packaging
engineers experimented with
dierent percentages of
virgin and recycled content to
ensure the clamshell material
continued to be suitable for our
automated packaging process
and no negative impact on
consumer experience occurred
(the higher the recycled content,
the more discolored and brittle
the plastic can become). As
a result, we replaced half of
the plastic components in our
mice clamshells with 30% PCR
plastic, resulting in 550 tons/
year of virgin material replaced.
While we are proud of this
innovation, we also see the
need to look at this further to
explore brown box alternatives to
clamshells, where appropriate.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
OLD PACK
NEW PACK
Carbon
emissions
100%
50%
BETTER DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINABILITY
100%
Plastic
elimination
Zero
Virgin
plastic
100%
Paper based
packaging, FSC
certied mix
(R)
Lifecycle
Toxicity
70%
Reduction
-
in lifecycle
carbon
65%
Reduction
in lifecycle
toxicity
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Water
use
54%
Reduction
in lifecycle
water use
Case Study
Our FSC Program
Using FSC-certied packaging to supporting
responsible management of the world’s forests.
Our FSC-certied program continues to grow each year. This year we
continued to sell the MX Master 3 mouse (launched last year) and
also launched the MX Keys keyboard and ERGO K860 keyboard with
FSC-certied packaging. As we developed these products, we made
every opportunity to eliminate virgin plastic and increase recyclability.
MX MASTER 3MX KEYSERGO K860
Pulp Tray
Accessory
Sleeve
Inner
Carton
Outer
Sleeve
Palmrest
Sleeved
box
Box
insert
External
box
Product
documents
Floor insert
Thermoform
MATERIAL S
FSC-certied packaging
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ESTIMATED
CY19 SAVINGS
Signicantly
reduced use of
virgin plastic
138tpa
FSC-certied
packaging
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AVOIDING TARGETED
SUBSTANCES
Manufacturing of computer peripherals and electronic devices
requires a diverse mix of hundreds of parts, materials and
components. The materials we use in our products are produced
by a supply chain that extends across the world.
As a responsible company,
we consider the full life cycle
footprint and handprint of our
products. We work with our
suppliers to review material
specications, test products
and components, and identify
potential risks to human health
or the environment across the
full life cycle of our products.
We consider environmental
impacts beyond our sourcing
and manufacturing operations,
taking into account typical
end-of-life scenarios.
Product compliance is critical
to our success as a company.
Any non-compliance with legal
requirements worldwide could
potentially delay market access
or damage our relationships
with suppliers, and our
reputation with customers.
To address these potential risks,
we proactively monitor product
compliance obligations relevant
to the management of toxicity,
including chemicals, materials
and substances. Our global
Sustainability team includes legal
experts who work with external
advisers to track developing
legislation across the globe
and complete periodic External
Factor Reviews (EFRs) to identify
regulatory megatrends and
stakeholder concerns regarding
chemical toxicity worldwide.
In reality, our commitment
to safe and non-toxic
electronics extends beyond
simply considering legal
requirements. We proactively
adopt policy positions that
reect our commitment to
the precautionary principle
and preventative measures
toeliminate, manage and
control the use of certain
“Targeted Substances” in
our manufacturing process
and products.
Our General Specication
for the Environment
(GSE), or “green
procurement” standards
We formalized the prohibition
and restriction of chemicals,
materials and substances in
2002 with the introduction
of our General Specication
for the Environment (GSE)
(i.e. green procurement)
standards. These standards
identify the substances that
we prohibit, restrict or require
declarations for, as well as
our labeling requirements.
Compliance with our GSE
is an explicit requirement
in our supplier (contract)
agreements for the procurement
of goods and services.
During FY20, all products
on the market complied
with our GSE requirements
for the management of
Targeted Substances.
Since 2002, our GSE standards
have developed to reect
evolving legal requirements,
regulatory megatrends,
benchmarking of peer
company approaches, review
of stakeholder concerns and
international good practice,
including IEC 62474 and the
RBA Code of Conduct.
A summary of some of the key
milestones in our GSE’s evolution
is shown in the following gure.
As shown, we regularly expand
and evolve our GSE - to drive
the reduction of our supply
chain environmental footprint
and drive the use of safer
and more environmentallyfriendly alternative materials.
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continued
GENERAL SPECIFICATION
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
GSE DEVELOPMENTS
Added REACH SVHC
substances & China
RoHS substances
legal developments:
EU REACH, China RoHS
2014
Introduced Restriction
Policy for PolyAromatic
Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
voluntary
2015
Updated GSE to align with
EU RoHS 2015
Legal Developments: EU RoHS
2008
Updated GSE to reect
international good practice
e.g. EIA, JEDEC, JIG-101.
Banned PVC in packaging;
Restricted PFOA, PFOS and
latex in product
voluntary
Introduced requirements for
declarations of compliance
& CE markings. Introduced
Phthalate Restriction Policy
legal developments:
EU RoHS Recast
2018
Updated GSE to
reect Prop 65
restrictions
legal development:
California
Proposition 65
Restriction of PVC
in external parts
of New Product
Introductions
voluntary
2009
Restricted formaldehyde
in composite wood
legal developments: ATCM
2011
2019
Introduced a new
GSE Standard for
post-consumer
recycled plastic
voluntary
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Restriction of PFOA
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Testing & Auditing Standards
We have an established and
systematic testing program,
which includes sampling of
Logitech products, components
and manufacturing
consumables on a regular basis
to check and verify compliance
with GSE requirements.
The scope of our testing program
includes products, components
and consumables produced at
our own production facility and
supplier manufacturing facilities.
Products and components are
mechanically disjointed to the
homogeneous level and tested in
accordance with good laboratory
practice methods, including
X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and
Laboratory-based Chemical
Analysis. Our approach allows
us to demonstrate and declare
single component traceability,
full legal compliance and test
reports for the homogeneous
level, where appropriate.
In addition, we carry out periodic
surveys of our suppliers to
interrogate material use where
pertinent e.g. when signicant
changes to the SVHC list for
REACH are introduced.
We have a robust supplier
audit program, which includes
auditing of supplier facilities to
check compliance with RBA
Code requirements for materials
management, compliance
with hazmat legislation, and
compliance with our green
procurement standards. Both
our product testing program,
and supplier factory auditing
program, include a corrective
action reporting and remedy
process aligned with RBA
good practice requirements.
73%
REDUCTION IN TARGETED
SUBSTANCES SINCE CY10
Targeted Substances
25
20
15
10
5
Average weight of Targeted Substances (g/unit)
0
Baseline year
21.5
CY10
-57%
9.2
-55%
9.6
107
CY12CY14CY16CY11CY13CY15
-58%
9.1
-65%
7.6
-65%
7.5
-70%
6.4
20
-70%
6.4
20
CY17CY18CY19
-72%
6.0
20
-73%
6.0
20
20
40
60
80
100
0
% Reduction from CY10 Baseline
Bromine,
as ame retardant
Antimony Trioxide,
as ame retardant
Ten Phthalates
PVC & Other
Plasticisers
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Avoiding Targeted Substances
continued
Where safer and less toxic
alternatives are available, we
drive voluntary phase-out of
certain Targeted Substances
of concern including, PVC,
phthalates and associated ame
retardants. These substances
are widely used in our sector
but they have a toxic life cycle
and can contribute to adverse
impacts on the environment,
recycling and occupational
health, during manufacture,
processing and end-of-life.
As a result of these policies and
program, we have substantially
reduced our use of Targeted
Substances year-on-year,
through systematic testing of
product samples, corrective
actions processes and follow-
up collaboration with suppliers.
The following graph shows
the total weight of Targeted
Substances in our top 50 retail
products (units sold in FY20).
As shown in the graph, the
average total weight of Targeted
Substances per unit has now
reduced to 6g/unit, which is a
73% reduction of CY10 levels.
PVC-Free Program
Our goal is to transition to
Zero PVC. In 2003, we made
a voluntary commitment to
phase out the use of PVC in
rigid plastic. This was followed
by a ban on PVC in packaging
in 2008. Last year, we expanded
the scope of our program, to
include all feasible external parts
of new product introductions
e.g. cables, adaptors, chargers
and we disclosed our PVC-Free Policy on logitech.com. Our
Astro, Jaybird and Ultimate Ears
products are all PVC-free at this
stage and in CY19 we eliminated
131t of PVC from cables
and other devices, with the
introduction of Thermoplastic
polyurethane (TPU), a lowertoxicity alternative to PVC. We
are proud of our achievements
to date, but we also know
there is a lot more work to do.
With our expanded PVC-Free
program, we are targeting new
product introductions and we
remain committed towards our
ambition of Zero PVC by 2030.
PVC Elimination
150
100
50
Tons eliminiated
0
CY18CY19
113.4
131.4
131t
OF PVC ELIMINATED
IN CY19
Zero PVC
GOAL FOR 2030
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ENDOFLIFE RECYCLING
Our goal is to empower consumers to recycle in their local
area. We want to work in partnership with others, to develop
circular supply chains, and give end of life devices and
materials a second life.
E-waste is one of the fastest
growing waste streams in the
world. Each year, the world
produces nearly 45 million tons
of e-waste and that gure
is predicted to increase to
nearly 54 million by 2025.
Worldwide, recycling rates
continue to be low. When
developing strategies to
empower and enable local
recycling, we consider:
•
Collection rates: the extent
to which end-of-life devices are
segregated from household
waste and collected by
recyclers for local recycling; and
•
Recovery rates: the extent
to which components and
materials can be recovered,
from collected devices.
To increase collection rates,
we support and nance the
development of recycling
infrastructure and capability in
major markets. As a Responsible
Producer, we monitor evolving
recycling laws, identify Producer
Responsibility Organizations
(PROs) and provide nancial
support to enable and support
the development of local
recycling infrastructure and
capability. In CY19, we were
delighted to achieve our 2020
PRO Recycling Goal of directly
nancing the recycling of
more than 50,000 tons of
electrical devices, batteries
and packaging, since CY10.
In FY20, we established our
global Recycling Standard, which
denes our requirements for
management and
recycling of end of life devices
and batteries. This standard
is now embedded, as a
contractual requirement, in
the contracts of all our PRO
Recycling Partners. With the
introduction of this standard, we
can now interrogate and better
understand the nal fate of
end-of-life devices and materials,
which are gathered by PRO
Recycling Partners, on our behalf.
In countries where we cannot
nance recycling directly with
our PRO Recycling Partners,
we work to improve collection
rates, by enforcing good practice
recycling, as a contractual
requirement, for our in-country
business partners. Our goal is to
enable and empower consumers
to recycle end of life devices in
their local area and avoid the
carbon impact of transporting
devices over long distances.
We work with our business
customers, including distributors,
retailers and e-tailers, to enable
consumer recycling in this way.
50,000t+
FINANCED RECYCLING
1 Bureau of International Recycling and United Nations University
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End-of-Life Recycling
continued
VS.e-waste
80%
OF ENDOFLIFE
ELECTRONICS ARE
WASTED
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
OF EWASTE
•
waste of virgin
resources
•
landlling and
pollution of soil,
water and air
20%
OF ENDOFLIFE
ELECTRONICS ARE
RECYCLED
POSITIVE IMPACTS
OF RECYCLING
•
conservation
of virgin resources
and energy
•
boosts local and
global economies
•
provides material
for new electronics
•
creates jobs and
builds community
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In addition to building incountry recycling capability,
we recognize the need to
raise consumer awareness.
Batteries and electronics
should not be disposed of with
household waste to landll,
but this continues to occur
widely in many countries across
the globe. Our nancing of
PRO schemes includes
contributions to consumer
campaigns to raise awareness
in major markets and in CY18,
we chose to launch our own
recycling page on logitech.com.
The following infographic forms
part of a recycling video we
use on our recycling page on
logitech.com, to raise awareness
around the need for end-oflife recycling. We continue to
expand the information we
provide to consumers via that
page, with the goal of providing
information for every major
market, in the next year.
As a product design company,
we also recognize the need
to design for recyclability, to
enable recovery of components
and materials, from end of life
devices. We accept responsibility
for carbon and environmental
impacts associated with our
choice of materials and the
end-of-life phase of the product
life cycle. To eliminate endof-life contaminants of the
recycling stream, we manage
RoHS substances and eliminate
Targeted Substances (including
PVC in packaging and rigid
plastics). For more information
on this aspect of our approach,
please refer to the Avoiding Targeted Substances section of
this report.
Our longer-term goal is to design
products to enable optimal
use of recycled materials,
end-of-life recyclability and
broader circularity. Over the last
year, we have evolved
our understanding of the
recyclability of materials and
the maturity of recycling
infrastructure, and recycling
capability, in major markets
worldwide. These insights are
informing our approach to
life cycle analysis (LCA) and
the development of design
guidelines for both hardware
and packaging. We are also
implementing environmentalfriendly technologies and
solutions, including PostConsumer-Recycled (PCR)
plastic. For more information
on this aspect of our approach,
please refer to the Design for Sustainability (DfS) section for
more information in this regard.
PRO Recycling Partners
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RECYCLING FINANCED SINCE CY10
30,992
tons of electrical devices
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
16,993
tons of packaging
2,797
tons of batteries
2020 Target
10,000
Cumulative weight of nanced recycling since CY10 (t)
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CY10CY12CY14CY16CY11CY13CY15
Electrical devices
Packaging
Batteries
CY17CY18CY19
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RESPONSIBLE
MANUFACTURING
Logitech designs, manufactures and markets products
that have an everyday place in people’s lives and connect
people to the digital experiences that they care about. We
are constantly challenging ourselves to take out waste and
non-value added steps.
We generate a signicant
portion of our revenue from
the products we produce in
our own factory. We provide
direct employment
opportunities to more than
3,200 direct employees at
our production facility.
Our manufacturing capacity
is supported and supplemented
by a supply chain of contract
manufacturers, joint design
manufacturers and component
manufacturers, which provide
additional employment
opportunities across the globe.
This section provides an overview
of key environmental programs
and initiatives associated
with our production facility.
Further information on other
aspects of our sustainability
performance is provided in the
Safety, Health and Welfare
section and Human Rights and
Labor section of this report.
Our governance framework for
responsible manufacturing is
founded on our commitment
to comply with all relevant
legal requirements, the
Responsible Business Alliance
(RBA) Code of Conduct,
International Organization
for Standardization (ISO)
14001 and 45001.
We rst achieved ISO 14001 and
OHSAS 18001 certication of
our production facility in 1999
and 2004 and we achieved
ISO 45001 in July 2020.
Since that time, a team of thirdparty auditors have carried out
annual reviews year-on-year to
ensure our management system,
activities and approach continue
to align with international
good practice and to drive
continuous improvement.
Our production facility is subject
to the RBA’s Validated Audit
Process (VAP) and is VAP-rated
green, indicating high levels
of sustainability performance,
and low sustainability risk.
We have more than 30 years of
manufacturing experience, and
we are constantly challenging
3,454
EMPLOYEES AT
OUR FACTORY
ISO 14001
SINCE 1999
OHSAS 18001
SINCE 2004
ISO 45001
SINCE 2020
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Responsible Manufacturing
continued
ourselves to eliminate waste and
non-value added steps. We are
continuously looking for ways
to use new technology to create
better products, reduce manual
labor, improve the workplace
and make manufacturing more
productive and sustainable
for the long-term.
With this goal in mind,we
continue to introduce
automation and robotic
technology at our production
facility, to deliver accurate,
time- saving and wasteeliminating production of some
of our most popular products.
The introduction of
automation enables realtime adjustments for optimal
eciency and is helping us
to shift worker responsibilities
from low-skilled manual labor
to monitoring, calibrating
and maintaining equipment,
with associated soft skills.
Water and Wastewater
Approximately 95% of the water
that is used at our production
facility is obtained from public
mains supply via a connection
provided by the local authorities.
Our in-house production
activities are not water-intensive;
we are primarily involved in nal
assembly and testing. The water
that we use at our facility is
primarily used for drinking water,
catering, showers, washrooms
and other sanitary facilities
We have monitored water
consumption on a monthly
basis since CY10. Summary
Labor
RBA
CODE OF
CONDUCT
Ethics
Environment
35+
YEARS INHOUSE
MANUFACTURING
EXPERIENCE
Health
and
safety
Water use
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400
300
200
100
0
CY16CY15CY17CY18CY19
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results are shown in the
following chart. As a general
trend, consumption levels
tend to be indirectly linked to
production activities. When
on-site production increases,
the size of our workforce
increases, leading to increased
demand for drinking water
and use of sanitary facilities.
A small amount of the hot
water for our heating system
is sourced from a nearby
third-party facility, where it
is produced as a by-product
wastewater. This approach helps
us reduce the energy demand
and environmental footprint
of both our own facility and
the neighboring facility.
Wastewater emissions are largely
limited to sanitary wastewater,
which is discharged via the local
authority network, in accordance
with all relevant conditions of
our environmental permit.
As indicated above, water is
not a material issue of
environmental concern for us.
Our water is sourced from
public mains (low risk), is not
used for production (low volume)
and is used primarily for welfare
facilities (high priority).
As a result, the potential for
signicant impacts on the
environment due to water-use
at our production facility is low
and the scale of opportunity
associated with water-saving
initiatives is small. We have not
therefore established reduction
targets for water, as we have
for Greenhouse Gases (GHGs),
but our commitment to lean
manufacturing drives ongoing
eorts to identify water-saving
initiatives of benet to the
environment and our workforce.
Those initiatives typically relate
to control systems for toilets
and preventative maintenance
procedures to avoid water
leaks and repair any leaks that
do occur. In FY20, we replaced
a number of valves and water
pipes to reduce water loss. We
also installed additional systems
to enable convenient monitoring,
tracking and reporting of water
use in our plant and dormitory.
Our internal audit programs
include regular checks and
monitoring to ensure the welfare
facilities we provide align with
good practice expectations
and provide fair working
conditions for workers. Additional
performance data for water and
wastewater are provided in the
Data section of this report.
For more information on water
use and environmental impacts
in our supply chain, please refer
to the Supplier Development
section of this report.
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continued
Hazardous Materials
Our use of hazardous materials
is limited to the use of small
quantities of consumables,
which are necessary for nal
assembly activities (e.g. lubricant
oils, glue, cleaning solvent).
Hazardous materials are
managed in accordance
with RBA Code of Conduct
requirements and legal
requirements. Any materials
that may pose a risk to human
health or the environment are
identied and managed in
a manner that ensures their
safe handling, movement,
storage, use, recycling or reuse
and disposal. Safety Data
Sheets (SDSs) are maintained
and communicated on notice
boards in employee areas and
are checked by our auditors
when auditing compliance with
the RBA Code of Conduct.
We also have a corporate
standard establishing our
expectations for environmental
good practices and appropriate
management of workplace
emissions and air quality.
We have not had any incidents
relating to our use of
hazardous materials, and, in
light of the nature and scale
of materials used, incidents
are not likely to occur.
Waste
Waste from our production
facility is limited to food waste,
paper, waste packaging (paper/
cardboard and timber), Printed
Circuit Boards (PCBs) and small
quantities of other waste (oils,
solvent, light bulbs, etc.). A full
inventory is provided in the
Data section of this report.
We follow the Waste Hierarchy
i.e. we avoid the production
of waste where possible and
encourage reuse, recycling
and other recovery options
over disposal. The weight of
waste arising over the course
of the year is monitored and
subject to internal reporting.
Hazardous waste is collected
by licensed contractors and
transported to licensed waste
management facilities. The
licenses of those contractors are
checked by a dedicated team
of environmental specialists
who also check samples of
waste consignments.
We track and report the end of
life treatment pathway for all
waste streams arising at our
facility and visit recycling and
disposal sites, where necessary
to verify end-of-life treatment.
Our global footprint
and supply chain
extends across all
boundaries and
borders. With reach
comes responsibility.
Prakash Arunkundrum,
Head of Global Operations
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CLIMATE ACTION
Climate change caused by human activity is one of the
biggest challenges of our generation. The scale of change
that is needed, demands collective action. We recognize the
need for big business to step up and help to lead the way.
OUR STRATEGY
In November 2019, we joined the
Science-Based Targets Initiative
and committed to support the
Paris Agreement and developing
science-based carbon reduction
targets to deliver our ambitious
1.5°C climate pledge. To deliver
on this pledge, we adopt a
science-based approach and a
Reduce-Renew-Restore strategy,
which reects a best practice
hierarchy of climate action:
Reduce: Design for
Sustainability (DfS) to
achieve ambitious carbon
reductions in our products,
operations and supply chain
Renew: Drive ambitious
uptake of renewable electricity
in our own operations and
supply chain. Design for
renewable materials, including
circular supply chains.
Restore: Restore forestry and
climate-impacted communities,
by nancing low carbon projects
and developing nature-based
solutions to capture carbon.
Our Reduce-Renew-Restore
strategy is underpinned by a
commitment to, and culture
of, carbon transparency.
We follow good practice
standards, including the Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP),
The GRI 305: Emissions
(2016) Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) Standard,
Greenhouse Gas Protocol and
CarbonNeutral
We share our carbon impact in
an open and transparent way
to galvanize an industry-wide
shift to dramatically reduce
carbon-related impacts on the
environment. At this stage of
the 24-month SBTI target-setting
process, we are happy to share
a number of the goals and
targets, which we are developing
to align with SBTI denitions
and criteria and deliver on
our 1.5°C climate pledge.
(R)
Protocol.
We are making a
pledge to future
generations that we
will use our leadership
in design not only
to create a great
customer experience
but to do so in a way
that is sustainable
for the planet.
Bracken Darrell, president
and CEO of Logitech
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Climate Action
continued
Our strategy
REDUCERENEW
Design for Sustainability (DfS)
to achieve ambitious
carbon reductions in our
products, operations and
supply chain
72% Reduction
in CY18 Scope 1 & 2
emissions by CY30
OUR TARGETSOUR GOALS
CY21
Dene Scope 3 targets
Drive ambitious uptake of
renewable electricity in
our own operations and
supply chain. Designing for
renewable materials
100% Renewable
Electricity (production
facility + oces) by CY30
CY21
Dene supply chain target
RESTORE
Finance low carbon projects
and develop nature-
solutions to restore forestry
and climate-impacted
communities
Carbon Neutral
Carbon Neutral Gaming
Products - every year
Carbon neutral Building
and Travel - every year
Net Zero:
Scope 1 & 2 emissions, by CY30
Scope 1,2 & 3 emissions, by CY50
based
Share our carbon impact in an open and transparent way, to help raise
awareness of environmental issues, advocate for industry-wide change
and empower consumers to make informed purchasing decisions.
A-grade CDP
reporting by
CY23
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OUR GOAL:
GRI 302 Energy
(2016) aligned carbon
reporting by
CY23
Share rst 5 product
carbon transparency
values
by end of
CY20
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OUR PERFORMANCE
Scope 1 and 2 Emissions
In 2013 we set ourselves the
target to reduce absolute Scope
1 and 2 GHG emissions at our
production facility by 20% by
2018. In CY18, we achieved
that target and decided to go
further, to address all residual
greenhouse gas emissions
and achieve CarbonNeutral
Building certication. Carbon
neutrality was achieved
after a number of years of
energy eciency programs,
the purchase of renewable
electricity (iRECs
our electricity footprint, and
nancing of carbon avoidance
projects to oset residual
emissions, which could not be
addressed by other means.
In the last year, we have
continued this reduce-renew-
1
) to renew
(R)
restore strategy with programs
delivering energy eciency,
renewable electricity, and
carbon neutrality. We reduced
absolute energy demand with
our LED program (replacing
conventional T5 lighting with
LED), while optimizing our
use of air compressors and
installing time controllers to
power-down lighting and turn
o drinking water fountains.
We also continued to develop
our metering program, to
help us track and understand
hotspots of energy use, where
reduction opportunities can be
identied. With those eorts,
we saved an estimated 390,000
kWh of energy, which equates
to 248tCO
balance our electricity footprint
with the purchase of 100%
renewable electricity to achieve
RE100 and we maintained our
carbon neutral certication.
e. We continued to
2
2019
38%
Reduced energy
demand at our
Hsinchu Oce
100%
Renewable Electricity in
our Production Facility
and Cork, Lausanne,
Nijmegen and U.S. oces
1 iRECs are International Renewable Energy Certicates purchased to balance a company’s electricity footprint (Scope 2 emissions)
23%
Reduced energy
demand at our Silicon
Valley Campus
88%
Renewable
Electricity (Oces &
Production Facility)
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Climate Action
continued
In the last year, we have also
consolidated our greenhouse
gas inventory for our oces.
Our network of global oces
includes 24 Principal Oces
(i.e. oces with more than 20
occupants) and a number of
smaller (sales-focused) oces
worldwide. All of our oces but
one, are leased premises and
many of our oce spaces are in
shared or third-party buildings,
but we chose to treat their
carbon footprint as our own,
and include it in our Scope 1
and 2 inventory. Where possible,
and in collaboration with local
landlords, we implement energy
eciency and carbon reduction
programs. For example, over
the last ve years, our LED
lighting program for our Hsinchu
oce has helped us reduce
energy demand by 38% (CY19
compared to CY15). This year, we
modied the HVAC system in our
Silicon Valley Campus to respond
to varying levels of occupancy
at dierent times of the day and
weekend and this allowed us to
reduce total energy demand in
CY19 by 23%, compared to CY18.
88% of our global electricity
footprint is now renewable. We
commit to achieving RE100
(100% renewable electricity) by
2030 and we are working with
the RE100 membership to enable
access to renewable electricity
in countries where it is not
currently available. For further
data and key performance
indicators, please refer to the
Data section of this report.
In addition to the above, this
year we started on our journey
to net zero. To address residual
Scope 1 emissions (from our
production facility and oces),
which cannot be tackled this
year by reduction or renewal
programs, we are now investing
in carbon sequestration projects,
to oset our impact. We follow
a strict hierarchy of climate
action - we only purchase
osets, as a bridge to a better
solution - something that we do
right now because it's possible
right now - while we develop
capability (along with the rest
of the world) to design for
sustainability and transition to
low-carbon alternatives. With
our osetting investments to
address Scope 1 emissions, we
prioritize forestry and livelihood
projects, to help restore climateimpacted communities. For
more information on the full
suite of oset projects we
support, please visit our newly
launched Climate Action Webpage on logitech.com.
Pathway to 1.5 Degree Target and Net Zero
Scope 1 & 2
e)
Our Scope 1 & 2 Carbon Footprint (tCO
2
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
Production Facility:
28% renewable electricity
Oces:
5% renewable electricity
0
CY17CY18CY19CY20CY21CY22CY23CY24CY25
Production Facility:
• 100% renewable electricity
• Residual scope 1 emissions addressed
by carbon avoidance osets
• Carbon Neutral building
Oces:
• 7% Renewable Electricity
Production Facility:
• 100% Renewable Electricity
• Residual scope 1 emissions
absorbed by carbon sequestering
• Carbon Neutral building
Oces:
• 59 % Renewable Electricity
• Residual scope 1 emissions
absorbed by carbon sequestering
Production Facility
and Oces:
• Energy Eciency
• Renewable Electricity: 100%
• Residual emissions absorbed
by carbon sequestering
ZERO
Scope 1+2
CY30
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Scope 3 Emissions
This year and for the rst time,
we have completed a mapping
and materiality assessment
of our full corporate carbon
footprint, including Scope
3 emissions. Our estimated
Scope 3 inventory is presented
in full, in the Data section of
this report. In the remainder of
this section, we have focused
on the four categories of our
footprint, which are material
and provided an overview of
our calculation methodology
and current estimations. For
scope 3 targeted, we are
following the SBTI targetsetting schedule and commit
to announcing these targets as
part of our next reporting cycle.
Purchased Goods and
Services (Category 1)
Category 1 (Purchased Goods
and Services) is the largest
segment of our corporate carbon
footprint. We currently estimate
it accounts for 73% of our total
footprint. The footprint of this
category includes all upstream
greenhouse gas emissions
associated with sourcing,
transportation and third-party
manufacture of raw materials,
parts and components, for
Logitech products. We estimate
this segment of our footprint
by surveying our Tier 1 Major
Suppliers (to understand Tier
1 supplier manufacturing
emissions) and by Life-Cycle
Analysis studies of Logitech
We launched our annual Supplier
Carbon & Climate Survey in
2018, to capture CY17 carbon
data. Our goal was to survey
80% of our Tier 1 suppliers, by
spend. Since 2018, our survey
scope and supplier response
rate has increased year-onyear, as we have provided
more guidance and training
and encouraged suppliers to
participate and respond. This
year, we achieved our targets
for survey scope, response rate
and data accuracy. This year,
we are inviting suppliers to join
with us, to purchase renewable
electricity and address their
Scope 2 emissions and we are
launching a Logitech-sponsored,
Renewable Electricity Platform to
catalyze purchase of third-party
certied renewable electricity
for supplier factories engaged
in Logitech manufacturing.
To estimate the carbon footprint
of upstream materials and
manufacturers beyond our
Tier 1 Major Suppliers, we
use LCA modeling. We have
completed internal LCA studies
of representative products,
across 24% of our Major Product
2
, using the Umberto
Lines
(R)
software platform, with
Ecoinvent and GaBI datasets. We
use assumptions to extrapolate
insights and estimates for
these products, to estimate
the footprint of our entire
portfolio. We expect to rene our
estimates, over the forthcoming
number of years, as new
information becomes available
and we complete further LCA
studies. For further information
on our Design for Sustainability
program and Carbon
Transparency commitment,
please refer to the Design for Sustainability (DfS) section
and Carbon Transparency
section of this report.
Product Use (Category 11)
According to our current
estimates, Category 11 (Product
Use), is the second-largest
segment of our corporate
carbon footprint, accounting
for approximately 11% of our
total Scope 3 footprint in CY19.
This segment of our footprint is
also currently estimated by LCA
modeling, as described above.
As we continue to evolve our
methodology for calculating this
category of our carbon footprint
and complete further LCA
studies, we expect to rene our
estimate of this segment of our
footprint, over the next number
of years. We will also be adding
the estimated carbon footprint
of our software products, which
have not yet been considered
as part of the work to date.
End of Life (Category 12)
This category captures the
carbon footprint associated
with end-of-life treatment of
Logitech products, batteries
and packaging. We currently
2 Major Product Lines: Product Lines accounting for more than 80% of shipments, by weight, in the previous Calendar Year
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Case Study
THE STORY SO FAR
Our Production Facility
Certied CarbonNeutral
This year, we continued to balance our electricity
footprint with purchase of 100% renewable electricity
and we maintained our carbon neutral certication.
We have also started our journey to net zero. To
address residual Scope 1 emissions, which cannot be
tackled this year by reduction or renewal programs,
we have invested in carbon sequestration projects
(forestry), to absorb and balance our emissions.
WHAT DOES CARBONNEUTRAL
AND NET ZERO SCOPE 1 & 2 MEAN?
90%
iRECs are International
Renewable Energy
Certicates, which
enable companies
to buy renewable
electricity in China.
iRECS
10%
We nanced carbon
sequestering forestry
projects, to absorb residual
(Scope 1) emissions, which
could not be addressed by
other means this year
R
(R)
CARBON
OFFSETS
2005
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2017
2018
• Established our Suzhou
production facility
• Started purchasing hot wastewater
from a local plant, to reuse as a heat
source for heating water on-site
• Started reporting energy use to the
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
• Set target to reduce 2010 GHG
emissions by 20% by 2018
• Upgraded chillers and compressors
• Improved AC eciency
• Upgraded and replaced lighting
• Introduced electric buses on-site
• Purchase of renewable electricity
(iRECs)
• Third-party energy eciency audit
to identify further opportunities
• Continued purchase of renewable
energy (iRECs)
• installation of large scale metering
program
• Purchase of iRECS and carbon osets
to achieve carbon neutrality
OUR PATHWAY
TO CARBON
NEUTRALITY
AND NET ZERO
SCOPE 1 & 2
0
Residual emissions
sequestered to
achieve net zero
Scope 1 and 2
NET ZERO
0
100
Renewable
electricity at
our Production
Facility
%
Increase energy
eciency to
reduce our
footprint
Manufacturing
emissions
neutralised
each year
15,000
tCO2e
2019
• Continued LED lighting program
• Optimized use of air compressors
• Installed time controllers on lights
and water fountains
• Continued purchase of renewable
electricity (iRECS)
Purchase
renewable
electricity
6%
Reduction
in electricity
demand
Absorb residual
emissions
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estimate it accounts for
approximately 6% of our
corporate carbon footprint.
To generate that estimate,
we reviewed our global sales
network and the maturity and
current status of recycling laws,
infrastructure, technology and
capability in our Major Countries
3
of Sale
. We assumed the worstcase scenario in many areas,
recognizing the challenges
associated with the recycling
of small consumer electronics.
As noted in the End-of-life Recycling section of this report,
we will be tackling this aspect of
our footprint with strategies to
increase collection and recovery
rates and as noted in the
Design for Sustainability (DfS)
section, we are also developing
tools and strategies to help
product teams optimize product
recyclability and circularity.
Transportation &
Distribution (Category 4)
Our supply chain to market is
complex. Logitech products are
sold to almost every country
in the world via a network of
trusted partners. Over the
last two years, we have been
working with the Smart Freight
Centre (SFC), to develop a tool
to collect, capture, and report
the carbon footprint of our
global distribution network.
We call this tool the Logitech
Logistics Carbon Calculator
(LogiLoCC). The LogiLoCC has
developed to reect the GLEC
4
Framework
. In January 2020,
the SFC nalized third-party
certication of the LogiLoCC tool
and our associated methodology
and assumptions. From the
information we have gathered
for CY19, we understand the
carbon impact of transportation
and distribution (category 4)
accounts for approximately 4%
of our total footprint. Now that
we have established our baseline,
and a mechanism for ongoing
tracking of this segment of our
footprint, we are turning our
attention to the development
of reduction targets and
a reduction pathway.
All Other Categories
Our full Scope 3 inventory is
presented in the Data section
of this report. In this section, we
have focused on the categories
that are material. All other
categories of our footprint are
not applicable (e.g. Category
8, 10, 13, 14 and 15) or they
account for less than 2% of
our total footprint and are not
considered to be material (e.g.
Category 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9.)
Our climate action strategy will
therefore continue to develop
to target and focus on Scope 1
and 2 emissions (our biggest and
direct responsibility) and the four
Scope 3 categories listed above
(our biggest opportunities).
We want to leave our
mark on the future.
We know that mark
can be positive or
negative, depending
on the large and
small decisions we
make every day.
Bracken Darrell, president and
CEO of Logitech
4 The Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) Framework: a globally-recognized methodology and good practice standard for harmonized calculation and reporting of
greenhouse gas emissions across a multi-modal supply chain. The GLEC Framework is fully aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, UN-led Global Green Freight Action
Plan and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) reporting standards.
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Climate Action
continued
OIL
(Plastic parts & packaging)
METAL
(PCBs, Batteries, components)
TREES
(Paper packaging)
END OF LIFE
6%
CONSUMER USE
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73%
SOURCING & MANUFACTURE
Component
suppliers
Joint design
and contract
manufacturers
OUR
11%
END USER
CORPORATE
CARBON
FOOTPRINT
OUR OFFICES
DISTRIBUTION
4%
OTHEROTHER
6%
TRANSPORTATION & DISTRIBUTION
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CARBON TRANSPARENCY
We are aware of the urgent need to take climate action. By being
open and transparent about our impact, we believe we can drive
better design decisions in our own teams and more informed
purchasing decisions amongst consumers.
Carbon footprinting is one
way to measure and quantify
a product's complex impact
on the environment. From the
weight of plastics to the size
of the printed circuit boards,
to the recycled content, to the
end of life recycling - carbon
footprinting helps us to quantify
environmental impacts and
informs our design decisions.
We have developed our Life
Cycle Analysis (LCA) capability so
that we can quantify the carbon
footprint of our products across
their full life-cycle, from sourcing
of raw materials, through to
manufacturing, distribution,
consumer use and product
end of life. Data sources and
methodologies for capturing the
full complexity of environmental
impacts continue to evolve
year-on-year. We continue to
invest time and resources to
ensure we’re at the forefront
of innovation in this space.
This year, we became the rst
consumer electronics company
to commit to providing carbon
impact labels on product
packaging across our portfolio.
We will start to apply Carbon
Transparency labels to our
gaming products later this
year and we have made the
commitment to label all of our
products by 2025. With the
introduction of our Carbon
Transparency label, we will
provide a product carbon
footprint value on the product
package, as well as additional
insight and information for
consumers and partners on
our Carbon Transparency
webpage. Our Carbon
Transparency labels will help
consumers evaluate products,
not only in terms of price and
technical features, but also
with an understanding of the
environmental impact a product
can have. We are inviting other
companies to join us in driving
positive change by providing full
transparency on their products.
It will take an industry-wide
eort to truly make a dierence.
CARBON
TRANSPARENCY
TO DEKRA CERTIFICATION
STANDARDS AND ISO 14067
AND ISO 14026
By communicating
our carbon impact
we are empowering
and collaborating
with our consumers
to better the world.
Carbon is the new
calorie - we need
to know what
we’re consuming.
Bracken Darrell, president
and CEO of Logitech
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8.20
1
kg C02 e
Carbon
Neutral
Denotes the product carbon footprint
1
of the full lifecycle of the product,
from materials sourcing and manufacture,
distribution, consumer use, and end of life.
Note: The carbon value shown here is for illustration purposes only
2
The product carbon footprint
2
has been veriably oset,
thereby rendering it Carbon Neutral.
To support the integrity of
carbon calculations, we are
working with iPoint Group
and an independent verier
to critically verify and validate
product-level carbon impacts to
DEKRA certication standards.
We will communicate both
the product carbon footprint
(on the box) and also the
calculation methodology and
protocol applied, to meet
ISO 14067 and ISO 14026
best practice standards.
When we calculate the carbon
impact of a product, we
may also purchase osets,
to address the calculated
footprint and deliver carbon
neutrality. The insights
generated by this program
are key to understanding the
environmental hotspots of our
current portfolio of products.
These hotspots will, in turn,
guide the focus of our
innovations around materials,
processes and technologies,
helping to ensure that successive
generations of products
are designed to have lower
environmental footprints.
For more information, please
visit: www.logitech.com/
sustainability/carbontransparency.html
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PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
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ETHICS
We look to exemplify integrity in everything we do. We help
employees and business partners understand our ethical
obligations and reinforce the positive behaviors that make
Logitech a great place to work.
As a company publicly oering
securities in the U.S. and
Switzerland, we comply with
the laws and rules of the U.S.
Security Exchange Commission
(SEC) (the Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002), as well as the laws and
rules governing the SIX Swiss
Exchange. As RBA members,
we commit to upholding the
highest standards of integrity
in our own business and in
all business interactions with
zero-tolerance for any and all
forms of bribery, corruption,
extortion and embezzlement.
Leadership
Our Leadership Team (including
Management Team and Board
Directors) can be viewed on
our website here. We have four
board-level committees (Audit,
Compensation, Nominating
and Technology and Innovation)
and the charters for these
committees can be found
here. Every member of the
Board of Directors is required
to sign and acknowledge
our Code of Conduct.
In addition, the Company’s
General Counsel, Chief Financial
Ocer, Chief Compliance
Ocer, and Heads of Internal
Audit and People & Culture
all meet regularly and review
compliance-related issues and
communications, and each of
them regularly report directly to
the board-level Audit Committee
on compliance-related topics.
We also undertake an Annual
Risk Assessment, which takes
into account country-level risks,
and risks associated with various
functional responsibilities across
Logitech. The risk assessment
process is facilitated by our
Internal Audit team and informs
the development of an Annual
Audit Plan for operational audits
and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
Assessments. The results of the
risk assessment are incorporated
in an Annual Audit Plan, which
is reviewed and approved by the
Board-Level Audit Committee.
Policy Framework
The Logitech Code of Conduct
is our framework for business
ethics. We have tried to make
it easy to read, understand
Ethics
Labor
RBA
CODE OF
CONDUCT
Environment
Health
and
safety
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and follow. It is available in
multiple languages, reecting
our geographically diverse
workforce and communicated
across the globe to employees,
as part of induction training and
periodic refresher training. Our
commitment to the Logitech
Code of Conduct drives us
to look beyond compliance
and identify, mitigate, and
manage operational risks
and opportunities to create
reputational value.
At Logitech, we commit to a
culture that instills the instinct
to do the right thing. As set out
in our Anti-Corruption Policy,
we do business the right way,
meaning that we approach
everything we do with ethics
and integrity. There is no right
way to do the wrong thing,
which makes clear our AntiCorruption Policy statement:
Logitech does not tolerate
corruption in any form. Neither
Logitech nor anyone working
for or on our behalf may give
or receive any bribe, kickback
or other corrupt incentive.
Compliance with the Logitech
Code of Conduct and our
Anti-Corruption Policy is
mandatory. For employees,
non-compliance may result in
disciplinary action, including
termination of employment.
In addition to the above,
we also have our Corporate
Governance Principles,
Information Systems
Acceptable Use Policy and
Insider Trading Policy, which
further address more specic
aspects of ethical performance.
We regularly conduct core
compliance training for
employees, with supplementary
training on special topics (e.g.,
anti-corruption, antitrust,
anti-harassment) for target
regions and high-risk groups.
We also provide additional
training on a regional basis
in response to employee
feedback and other needs.
We actively work to identify new
ideas, innovations, standards
and tools for corporate
compliance and ethics, and
maintain oversight of the latest
developments in compliance
law, management, best
practice and diagnostics via
external resources, seminars,
peer discussions and periodic
benchmarking surveys.
We also regularly review our
ethical framework to ensure
it continually improves and
evolves in line with our needs
and international good practice.
Political Contributions
We do not support or fund
political parties, candidates
or any groups that promote
party interests. No political
contributions were made on
behalf of Logitech FY20. Our
employees may oer support
and contributions to political
groups in a personal capacity.
Few things are as
important as your
reputation. That’s
true for companies
and individuals alike.
Logitech’s ethical
reputation is the
foundation of our
continued success.
By following the
principles and policies
spelled out in our
Code of Conduct,
we protect both.
Bracken Darrell, president and
CEO of Logitech
1 Our denition of signicance is aligned with the materiality denition applied in our mainstream annual nancial reporting
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Ethics Hotline
Every employee has the right
and the responsibility to report
any observations, concerns,
grievances or issues relevant
to our Code of Conduct and
commitment to ethical good
practice. We have an established
Ethics Hotline, which is hosted
by EthicsPoint. This hotline
facility is a whistle-blowing
mechanism, which employees
INTERNATIONAL
GOOD PRACTICE
can use, to condentially and
anonymously report any issues
they identify or observe. Reports
to the hotline are investigated
and managed in accordance
with dened procedures, which
are overseen by our Legal,
People & Culture and Internal
Audit functions. We have a no
retaliation policy; the identity
of individuals who may choose
to report issues are protected.
Our Internal Audit team is
responsible for investigating
allegations that are raised as
a result of internal audits and
certain submissions via the
Ethics Hotline. Audit ndings
and remediation actions
are reported to the Audit
Committee on a quarterly basis.
In FY20, we did not have
any legal actions pending or
completed for anti-competitive
Ethical Framework
RBA Code of Conduct
All relevant legislation
STRONG COMMITTED LEADERSHIP
& ACCOUNTABILITY
CORPORATE PRINCIPLES, CODE OR PRACTICE, POLICIES
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Board of Directors
Board-Level Committees
Management Team
Logitech Code of Conduct
Corporate Governance Principles
Anti-Corruption Policy
Insider Trading Policy
Information Systems Acceptable
Use Policy
•
Key Elements:
•
Training
•
Auditing
•
Communication
•
Whistle-blowing
hotline
Auditing
•
Periodic
review and
benchmarking
•
Performance
reporting
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behavior or violations of
anti-trust or monopoly
legislation. We also did not
have any signicant noncompliances with environmental
laws and regulations.
Product Labeling
and Marketing
100% of our Major Product Lines
in CY19 were regulated by laws
on Restrictions on Hazardous
Substances (RoHS) and Waste
Electronic and Electrical
Equipment (WEEE). All relevant
products were marked with
the required regulatory labels
and safe use information. We
communicate the meaning of
all our regulatory and voluntary
recycling labels on our Recycling Page on logitech.com, to inform
consumer understanding and
awareness around the variety of
dierent labels that we apply.
In FY20, we did not have any
incidents of non-compliance with
regulations concerning product
and service information, labeling
or marketing communications
(including advertising, promotion
and sponsorship), resulting in
a warning, ne or penalty
In the last two years, we have
adopted a number of voluntary
environmental labels to raise
consumer awareness around the
work we are doing to minimize
our environmental footprint.
Examples include our use of the
Forest Stewardship Council
1
(R)
label (to indicate packaging
sourced from responsiblymanaged forests), the Certied
Carbon Neutral Product
(to indicate where we have
neutralized the carbon footprint
of gaming products) and our
Carbon Transparency Label
(to indicate where we have
calculated and neutralized the
carbon footprint of products).
In FY20, we did not have any
incidents of non-compliance
with these voluntary standards,
resulting in a ne or penalty.
Suppliers and Supply Chain
We take particular care to
ensure our suppliers understand
our ethical commitment and
requirements. The Logitech
Code of Conduct and RBA
Code is shared with Major
Suppliers, as part of our supplier
on-boarding and training and
embedded as a contractual
condition of doing business.
We develop our suppliers with
training and capability-building
initiatives and we audit suppliers
with best practice RBA auditing
tools. Compliance with the
Logitech Code of Conduct and
our Anti-Corruption Policy is
mandatory. For third parties,
non-compliance may result in
the termination of our business
relationship. (see Supplier Development section of this
report for further information).
(R)
label
2
We conduct business
in a fair, honest,
and transparent
manner. Employing
exceptional ethical
standards and
practices is how
we work, and helps
us ensure the long
term interests of
our stakeholders.
1 Our denition of signicance is aligned with the materiality denition applied in our mainstream annual nancial reporting
2 Major Suppliers are dened as the suppliers that account for 80% of direct spend, as per RBA requirements. See Supplier Development section, for further information
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PRIVACY AND SECURITY
We respect the privacy and personal data of our employees,
customers and other stakeholders. We maintain privacy and
security systems and capabilities to ensure stakeholder trust
when interacting with Logitech systems, products and service.
With the current trend of
digitization, including cloud
computing, online marketplaces
and digital payments for
example, we recognize
increasing levels of stakeholder
concern around information
security, product security and
privacy of user information.
Maintaining stakeholder trust
is of paramount importance
to Logitech as we handle
an increasing amount of
data, within our growing
software business, online
sales platforms and internal
infrastructure and systems.
Privacy
Since the introduction of
the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 we
have seen increased stakeholder
interest in privacy-related issues.
Recognizing the importance of
this topic, we have established
a privacy team with a Head
of Privacy that develops
and operates several privacy
functions including, privacy
governance, privacy vendor
reviews, data governance and
global training and awareness.
Face-to-face privacy training
was recently completed in
each of our principal oces
supplemented by virtual training
which was facilitated via our
workforce management system.
In addition to this foundational
training, we have also
implemented additional, focused
training for specic teams
(e.g. teams involved in human
resources, vendor management,
legal compliance or marketing).
This in-person and virtual training
was complemented by a number
of employee communications
on a newly established Privacy
Page on our employee intranet.
With these measures ongoing,
we ensure employees are aware
of the importance of privacy
and security, as well as company
requirements, expectations
and key control measures. Our
Acceptable Use Policy also
dened privacy requirements
and other controls governing
access to Logitech devices.
For customers, we maintain our
Privacy Policy for Products &
Services, which outlines what
types of data we collect, how
we use it, and how we protect
personal information collected
by our products, services, apps,
software and other devices.
For each of our product
lines, we perform privacy risk
assessments that evaluate
how our products interact with
our users and personal data.
We also have an established
Privacy Policy for our Website,
which outlines how we
collect and use personal data
from visitors to our website
and mobile sites and when
individuals can choose to optout or consent to opt-in. We
are also certied participants
in the EU-U.S and Swiss-US
Privacy Shield Framework (see
here) and adhere to relevant
good practice governing the
collection, use, and retention of
personal information transferred
between the European Union,
Switzerland and the United
States. We have provisions
in place to track and report
the number of substantiated
complaints received in the last
nancial year. We received no
such complaints in FY20.
Product Security
The Technology and Innovation
Committee of our Board of
Directors oversees our product
security risk management
framework. We have established
the Product Security Review
Board (PSRB) comprising
of employees with relevant
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experience and expertise. The
PSRB denes the policies and
practices that all of our product
teams must adhere to and
follows Open Web Application
Security Project (OWASP(R))
good practice guidelines. We are
also members of several industry
standards groups focusing on
product security standards.
We dene a security vulnerability
as an unintended weakness
in a product that could allow
a hacker to compromise
the integrity, availability, or
condentiality of a product or
service. We adopt a lifecycle
approach to managing this
risk. Relevant security risks are
identied early in the design
process, via our established
risk assessment process.
Appropriate security measures
are developed to address any
such risks and vulnerabilities,
and embedded into the product
design as it evolves. This may
include incorporating encryption,
digital signatures, multi-factor
authentication, and network
security as needed, based on
each product's data and network
access needs. We carry out full
security testing, prior to product
launch and the chairperson of
the PSRB has the authority to
halt any new product launch if
the product security standards
are not met. The PSRB reviews
and provides nal approval on
the security design for all new
products under development.
The decision of the PSRB Chair
can only be overruled by our
Chief Executive Ocer (CEO).
We also welcome reports from
independent researchers,
industry organizations, vendors,
customers, and other relevant
stakeholders and sources postlaunch. For this purpose, we
have a public Vulnerability
Disclosure and Bug Bounty
Program and facilitate the
receipt of such reports through
our HackerOne platform. All
submissions to this platform
are reviewed by the appropriate
security team members and are
investigated further to determine
the appropriate remedy, with
an appropriate bounty paid
to the relevant reporter.
We gather data on product
security breaches and incidents
on a regular basis and we have
not experienced any breaches,
incidents, nes or accrued
liability in the past three years.
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EMPLOYEE SAFETY,
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Our continued success is fuelled by creative, resourceful and
innovative people across the globe – within Logitech, and in
our supply chain. The safety, health and wellbeing of all our
people is important to us.
We look to safeguard the safety,
health and wellbeing of all
members of the Logitech team.
We want to ensure everyone
feels cared for, and employees
can respond safely and creatively
to the fast-paced environment
of our sector, and the challenges
of a competitive marketplace.
OurCorporate Global Health,
Safety and Security Policy
Statement, is a foundational
policy, which applies to all
elements of our business. It
demonstrates the commitment
of our executive management
team to protecting our
employees and ensuring that
we are operating in compliance
with legislative requirements.
We implement training and
communication programs
across the business each year to
ensure employee awareness of
the importance of health and
safety management and our
key programs and provisions.
Our production facility
To help us ensure the safety,
health and wellbeing of
employees at our production
facility, we follow the RBA
Code and have an integrated
Environmental, Health and
Safety (EHS) Management
System. The management
system is certied to ISO 45001.
It includes an EHS Policy, as well
as procedures and programs,
which drive identication,
assessment and evaluation of
health and safety performance
relative to applicable legal
requirements, as well as
continual improvement of
our health and safety
performance, in line with
industry good practice, and
the RBA Code of Conduct.
At our production facility, a
team of internal Health and
Safety Auditors audit dierent
work areas periodically, under
the direction of an established
Safety Steering Committee, and
ensure proactive consideration
of potential hazards, risks and
control measures. Compliance
with ISO 45001 and the RBA
Code of Conduct is also audited
annually by an independent
Labor
RBA
CODE OF
Ethics
CONDUCT
Environment
Health
and
safety
OHSAS 18001
SINCE 2004
ISO 45001
SINCE 2020
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third-party. We have maintained
OHSAS 18001 certication yearon-year since 2004, along with a
“low risk” category high score in
the RBA Validated Audit Process
(VAP) since 2015 and we were
delighted to achieve ISO 45001
certication in July 2020.
A number of health and safety
initiatives were delivered during
FY19 to ensure regulatory
compliance, good practice
and continual improvement
at our production facility.
Some examples include:
•
employee health surveillance
and third-party testing of work
areas to ensure air quality
conforms with occupational
health standards;
•
annual safety training for all
contractors to understand
safety hazards, high-risk
contractor work and work
authorization requirements;
•
risk assessment of equipment
and technology across
our production facility to
identify opportunities for
improvement; and
•
drills and other tests of our
emergency response provisions
and procedures for various
hazards (re, rst aid, spills
etc.) to improve employee
awareness of procedures and
provide refresher training.
For key data on our health and
safety performance, please refer
to the Data section of this report.
Our oces
Our global portfolio of oces
varies from small, leased,
serviced oces, to larger selfmanaged regional and country
headquarters. At our smaller
oces, health and safety services
are generally provided by the
landlord. At larger, self-managed
oces, we implement, and
directly manage, our health
and safety programs to ensure
compliance, and to provide
a safe, secure, comfortable
environment for employees.
Employees in our larger oces
globally are actively involved
in voluntary health and safety
roles, such as health and safety
committee members, rst
aiders, emergency response
team members, etc.
Wellbeing Programs
We believe health and wellbeing
are critical to our employee’s
personal and professional
success so employees can create,
achieve and enjoy more.
We encourage a healthy lifestyle
by providing healthcare benets,
wellness tools, resources and
programs to help employees
achieve good physical, nancial,
emotional, intellectual and
social wellbeing. With our
focus on wellbeing, we help
our employees bring their best
selves to work and support them
and their families through key
life experiences. Depending on
the location, employees can
take advantage of biometric
screenings, u shots, condential
global Employee Assistance
Programs (EAP), wellness events
and seminars, and our wellness
initiatives around the globe
continue to grow year-on-year.
Business Continuity
As part of our global business
continuity program we have
assessed the potential impact of
disruptive events (either natural
or man-made) to our
facilities, and established
Business Resumption Plans
that prioritize the health
and safety of personnel,
emergency communication
to aected stakeholders, and
the resumption of controlled
operations. Refresher training
and desktop crisis simulations are
conducted on a regular basis.
We continue to manage the
impact of COVID-19 under the
guidance of our Corporate
Crisis Management Team
(CMT) and in collaboration
with our local site leaders.
With everybody’s health
and safety in mind, we
implemented work-from-home
policies for our employees and
responded with compassion
to support those employees
who have been aected.
With the eorts of our crossfunctional CMT, we have not
experienced any signicant
business impacts or interruption
to date. We continue to
monitor the situation and
take measures to mitigate
potential disruption and ensure
business continuity remains
unimpacted during this time.
Our Supply Chain
Our commitment to the
safety, health and wellbeing
of production line workers
also extends beyond our own
workforce to fully include factory
workers in our supply chain. We
work in partnership with our
suppliers to drive good practice
and continual improvement of
health and safety performance.
For an overview of our activities
within and with supplier
organizations, please refer to
the Supplier Development
section of this report.
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CONFLICT MINERALS
As a committed member of the Responsible Business Alliance
(RBA) and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), we use
best practice tools and processes to exert the full inuence of
the electronics sector on smelters worldwide, and promote
responsible sourcing and avoidance of conict minerals.
Conict minerals are minerals
that are mined in areas of armed
conict and human rights abuse,
which nance armed groups.
U.S. legislation currently denes
Conict Minerals as cassiterite
(tin), coltan (tantalum),
wolframite (tungsten) and gold
(or derivatives of these minerals),
which have been mined in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC) or adjoining countries,
and which fund conict. These
four minerals are commonly
referred to collectively as 3TG.
In 2008, the Responsible
Business Alliance (formerly EICC)
launched an Extractives Work
Group to look at Conict Mineral
risks for the electronics industry.
As an active member of the RBA
and RMI, Logitech supported
the initial assessment work of
the RBA’s Extractives Working
Group. We use the key tools and
processes advised by the RBA
and RMI to ensure responsible
sourcing and avoidance
of conict minerals. As a
manufacturer of products that
contain 3TG, we understand the
importance of avoiding conict
minerals and are committed
to sourcing components and
materials from companies with
shared values around human
rights, ethics and environmental
responsibility. We comply with all
relevant legal requirements and
have implemented a robust due
diligence process to help ensure
we and our suppliers meet our
legal obligations and act in
accordance with our values.
In June 2011, RBA launched the
world’s rst conict-free smelter
program. We responded by
communicating our rst Conict
Minerals Policy Statement to
suppliers and launched our
Conict-free Sourcing Program.
In 2013, we formalized this
position with the publication of
our Conict Minerals Policy. This
policy is subject to annual review
and refresh. It is communicated
to all suppliers and embedded
into our contractual agreements.
2013 also marked the launch
of our Conict-Free Sourcing
Certication Program. Our
program aligns with all relevant
legal requirements and industry
best practice including the
OECD Due Diligence Guidance
for Responsible Supply Chains
of Minerals from ConictAected and High-Risk Areas.
It involves us working with
2008
RBA LAUNCHES CONFLICT
MINERALS WORK GROUP
2011
RBA LAUNCHES THE
WORLD’S FIRST CONFLICT
FREE SMELTER PROGRAM
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our Tier 1 suppliers to identify,
map and verify our supply
chain and ensure Smelters or
Reners (SORs) in our supply
chain adequately demonstrate
conict-free status. Mining
activity is understood to be
crucial to the development
of the DRC economy so our
program ensures that legal
and regulated mining can
continue to provide livelihood
opportunities to those in need,
while eliminating any direct
or indirect support of conict
and human rights abuses.
Since 2013 we have worked
with our suppliers and other
RBA members to exert the full
inuence of the electronics
industry on SORs worldwide, and
encourage SOR participation in
credible certication programs
such as the Responsible
Minerals Assurance Process
(RMAP, formerly known
as Conict-Free Smelter
Program, CFSP). We engage
our direct suppliers to raise
awareness and understanding
of Conict Minerals risks
and our requirements for
compliant good practice.
Each year, we review our Tier 1,
direct suppliers, identify those
that supply materials at risk
of containing 3TG. We use the
RMI Conict Minerals Report
Template (CMRT) to request
information from our direct
suppliers and screen 3TG SORs
in our supply chain using the
RMI’s Responsible Minerals
Assurance Process (RMAP)
and Reasonable Country of
Origin (RCOI) data. Our goal
is to only accept 3TG minerals
from smelters that are certied
as conict-free, or engaged
in the RMAP or an equivalent
program
towards conict-free status.
Where a supplier is not yet
engaged in a program, we work
with the supplier to develop Due
Diligence Plans showing the
actions the supplier will take,
within a dened timeframe, to
engage, request and encourage
smelters to join RMAP or
an equivalent certication
program, and obtain evidence
of conict-free status. We track
and report supplier progress, as
part of both internal reporting
and reporting to the Securities
Exchange Commission (SEC).
The results of our combined
eorts have reaped tangible
outcomes for our own supply
chain already, as the number of
SORs participating in third-party
audit programs and certied
as conict-free has increased
year-on-year. A summary of
progress to date is shown in
the following gures. As shown,
for CY19, we again achieved a
100% response rate from our
direct suppliers and veried
99% of our active operative
smelters are now participating
in certication programs and
98% are certied conict-free.
We are delighted to report
that all of our smelters and
reners for tantalum and
tungsten are certied conictfree or participating in a 3rd
party audit program. We
1
, and working
100%
CONFLICTFREE TUNGSTEN
100%
CONFLICTFREE TANTALUM
98%
CONFLICTFREE TIN
99%
CONFLICTFREE GOLD
100%
CONFLICTFREE
TARGET FOR CY20
1 On a case-by-case basis, we may accept a supplier’s use of an “equivalent program”, if the program is deemed to be credible and reputable, taking into account the
specic materials and suppliers of interest (a number of other schemes are used and advocated by other RBA members e.g. LBMA, RJC).
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will continue to drive 100%
conformance for tin, and gold
in CY20. As a responsible and
ethical company, we look
beyond legal requirements to
align with international good
practice and grow our program
from strength to strength in
partnership with our suppliers.
Going beyond regulations:
Cobalt Due Diligence
Cobalt is a critical mineral
constituent in lithium ion
batteries, which are used
in many Logitech products.
Cobalt is not a “conict
mineral”, as dened by law,
but more than 50% of cobalt
mining worldwide occurs in
the Democratic Republic of
Congo(DRC), which is recognized
to be a high risk for mining
and human rights abuses.
Our rst cobalt due diligence
surveys started in CY16 and
CY17. We started by checking
a specic number of SORs,
which had been highlighted, via
an NGO group, as a potential
concern. For CY18, RBA and
RMI extended the RMAP
certication program to include
cobalt smelters and developed
the Cobalt Report Template
(CRT). We continued to evolve
our due diligence program and
leveraged these good practice
tools to collect supplier data
and identify cobalt smelters.
For CY19, we can report 100%
of relevant direct suppliers
Supplier Response Rate
350
300
250
200
150
Number of suppliers
100
50
271
95%
0
Number of Tier 1 3TG suppliers in our supply chain
99%
309
CY14CY16CY13CY15
100%
273
responded to our survey eort
and 36% our smelters and
reners are participating in the
RMAP certication program.
Over the forthcoming years,
we will build on this baseline
and push more cobalt
smelters to volunteer and join
RMAP or equivalent veried
certication schemes by
making this a requirement of
doing business with Logitech.
100%
253
100%100%
284
263
CY17CY18CY19
Supplier response rate
100%
283
100
98
96
94
Response rate (%)
92
90
Smelter Progress Towards Conict-Free Status
450
375
364
300
225
150
Number of smelters
75
0
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16%
5757
#3TG SORs in our supply chain
408
40%
201
161
CY14CY16CY13CY15
#3TG SORs participating
in 3rd party audit program
291
75%
244
217
80%
314
264
#3TG SORs certied as conict-free
304
252
276
98%
273
94%
83%
259256
CY17CY18CY19
269
251252
% conict-free
269
100
80
60
40
Percentage (%)
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR
The RBA Code of Conduct is our framework for the
management of human rights and labor at our production
facility. The RBA Code is aligned with international norms
and standards including the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, ILO International Labor Standards, OECD Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises, ISO and SA standards.
Our commitment to human
rights and labor management is
reected in the Logitech Code
of Conduct, which applies to
both our own production facility
and our entire supply chain.
The scope of our program is
summarized in the facing gure.
As set out in our RBA
Commitment Statement, we
have adopted the Code in full
and it provides our framework
for sustainability, including
human rights. Recognizing
the importance of human
rights, the Logitech Code of
Conduct also includes a specic
commitment to uphold labor
and human rights laws and
explicitly communicates our
policy to prohibit the use of
forced labor, child labor and
unsafe working conditions.
As an RBA member, we
follow RBA requirements and
implement due diligence
processes to assess social
performance and risks, including
human rights compliance and
risks. We use the RBA’s Self-
Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ)
and Risk Assessment Tool to
assess and communicate our
performance. Our production
facility is subject to periodic
third-party audits to verify
compliance with the RBA
Code, including requirements
relevant to human rights
and labor management.
These audits are carried out
by RBA-approved auditors
under the RBA validated audit
process (VAP) and include site
observation, document reviews,
interviews with management
and employees. Audit ndings
are rated as “minor,” “major”
or “priority” and are reviewed
and validated by a second,
independent consulting rm, to
ensure accuracy and objectivity.
For all three categories of nding,
the auditee has a dened
period of time to prepare and
implement Corrective Action
Plans (CAPs), remedy the
identied issues, and implement
systems to prevent a recurrence.
Any potential, perceived or
actual violation of human
rights and related RBA Code
aspects are taken very seriously.
During FY20, our production
facility underwent an
independent VAP audit in April
2019 and again in November
2019. The most recent audit
resulted in a VAP audit ‘Silver’
rating (see certicate here).
The remainder of this section
provides an overview of the
key risks and management
processes we have in place,
to manage relevant issues.
Labor
RBA
CODE OF
Ethics
CONDUCT
Environment
Health
and
safety
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LABOR RELATIONS,
ENGAGEMENT AND
CONSULTATION
YOUNG
WORKERS
HUMANE
TREATMENT
EQUALITY AND
FREEDOM FROM
DISCRIMINATION
Human Rights
and Labor
HEALTH
AND SAFETY
FREELY CHOSEN
EMPLOYMENT
TALENT
DEVELOPMENT
WELFARE
ARRANGEMENTS
FREEDOM OF
ASSOCIATION
WAGES AND
BENEFITS
WORKING
HOURS
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Freely Chosen
Employment
Our requirements
in relation to Freely
Chosen Employment include
Zero Tolerance for any type of
forced, involuntary or exploitative
prison, indentured, bonded
(including debt bondage),
tracked or slave labor.
As part of the hiring process,
workers are provided with a
written employment agreement
in their native language. This
agreement describes the terms
and conditions of employment.
Workers are free to terminate
their employment at any time.
Holding employee documents
(IDs, passports, work permits,
etc.) is strictly forbidden and
workers are not required to
pay recruitment fees or other
related fees. We have longterm, established relationships
with a limited number of
trusted recruitment agencies
and our requirements for due
diligence checks are built into
our contractual agreements
with these agencies. We audit
the recruitment activities of
these agencies and we also
carry out worker interviews as
part of new-hire orientation
and check to ensure workers
have not paid any recruitment
fees, as part of this process.
To demonstrate our
commitment to Freely Chosen
Employment, and in alignment
with the legal requirements
of the California Transparency
in Supply Chains Act, we
introduced a Statement on Slavery and Human Tracking
in 2012. This statement also
incorporates the requirements
of the UK Modern Slavery
Act and and the Australian
Modern Slavery Act of 2018.
The statement is subject to
review and update by our
Board of Directors on an annual
basis. The latest version of the
statement is available on our
website and communicates
the key mechanisms we have
established to eradicate the risk
of slavery and human tracking.
Young Workers
Our requirements
in relation to
Young Workers reect RBA
requirements and include Zero
Tolerance for child labor. Child
Labor is dened as work by any
person under the age of 15,
under the age for completing
compulsory education in the
country of origin, or under the
minimum age for employment in
the country of origin (whichever
is greatest). Workers under the
age of 18 are protected from
work that could potentially
impact their health or safety
(e.g. night shifts and excessive
overtime). Apprentices, Interns
and Student Workers can only
be employed when adequate
policies and procedures are in
place. We check identication
documents and interview a
sample of workers on a periodic
basis to verify employee age,
as part of our internal and
supplier audit programs.
In April 2019, VAP Auditors
identied one priority nding,
in relation to Young Workers
- student workers were found
to be working overtime and
night shift. This is not in line
with our company policy or
RBA requirements. It is an
unacceptable situation that we
work hard to avoid. We outlined
a corrective action plan to fully
address the issue and we have
put measures in place to ensure
this type of issue is avoided
in the future. This issue has
been fully resolved and veried
as such via an independent
VAP follow-up assessment.
Working Hours
Eliminating excessive
overtime is a key
commitment of
ours and a key requirement of
the RBA Code of Conduct. It
remains a signicant challenge
for our sector as a whole. While
all overtime hours are done
so on a voluntary basis and
requested or agreed by workers
directly, excessive overtime can
have adverse eects on the
safety and wellbeing of workers
and over long periods can
have impacts on health, and
quality of life. The root causes
of excessive overtime are usually
forecasting, capacity planning
issues, shortened production
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timelines and seasonal spikes in
production demand. Traditional
compensation models also
often reward overtime with
additional pay, which can
sometimes encourage workers
to request working hours in
excess of that permitted by
local law or endorsed by RBA.
In April 2019, VAP Auditors
identied one major and one
minor nding, in relation to
working hours at our production
facility. For a sample of
employees hours worked during
a workweek exceeded 60, which
exceeds RBA requirements. We
continue our eorts to train,
educate and communicate
good practices and approaches
to enable better management
of the working hours at our
production facility and perform
regular management reviews
of performance versus ndings.
VAP Auditors also identied
a major nding, in relation
to management of working
hours of contractors. We put
measures in place to address
this issue and closure of this
nding was veried by thirdparty VAP Auditors during a
follow-up audit in November.
Wages and
Benets
Our approach
and compensation structures
are fully aligned with the RBA
Code of Conduct requirements.
Worker compensation complies
with all applicable wage laws,
including those relating to
minimum wages, overtime hours
and legally mandated benets.
Workers are compensated
for overtime, at pay rates
greater than the regular hourly
rate. Deduction of wages as
a disciplinary measure is not
permitted. Workers are provided
with wage statements and we
carry out worker interviews to
ensure workers know how to
check and verify that they have
received accurate compensation
for work performed.
Humane Treatment
The RBA Code of
Conduct includes
requirements to ensure
humane treatment of workers
and safeguard workers from
actual or threatened sexual
harassment, sexual abuse,
corporal punishment, mental or
physical coercion or verbal abuse.
We have clearly dened policies
and disciplinary procedures
addressing these risks and those
policies and procedures are
communicated to workers. In
reality, we look to signicantly
surpass RBA requirements for
humane treatment, and instead
be known as an employer of
choice, and a place where
workers feel respected and
fully engaged, as members of
the global Logitech team.
Equality
and Freedom
from Discrimination
We are committed
to providing a workplace
free from harassment and
unlawful discrimination. We
have established recruitment
and employment practices to
safeguard against discrimination
based on race, color, age,
gender, sexual orientation,
gender identity and expression,
ethnicity or national origin,
disability, pregnancy, religion,
political aliation, union
membership, covered veteran
status, protected genetic
information or marital status.
Workers or potential workers
are not subjected to physical
exams that could be used
in a discriminatory way. Our
policies and practices reect
RBA requirements, and
compliance with the RBA Code
is stipulated as a requirement
in our contracts with suppliers
and recruitment agencies. We
check and compare the wages,
rewards and training records
for various individuals at our
production facility to ensure
discriminatory practices are
not implemented in any area.
Freedom of
Association
We respect the
right of all workers to form
and join trade unions of their
own choosing, to bargain
collectively and to engage in
peaceful assembly, as well
as the right of workers to
refrain from such activities.
We maintain an open-door
policy and provide workers
the opportunity to openly
communicate and share
their ideas and concerns
with management regarding
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working conditions and
management practices
without fear of discrimination,
reprisal, intimidation or
harassment. Key mechanisms
of employee engagement
are described further in the
Stakeholder Engagement
section of this report.
Conict Minerals
Management of risks
relating to Conict
Minerals is a key part
of our human rights program.
For further information on this
aspect of our sustainability
performance, please refer to
our Conict Minerals Policy
and the Conict Minerals
section of this report.
Health & Safety
We have an
established H&S
management system, which
is certied to international
health and safety standard
ISO 45001 and compliant with
the RBA Code of Conduct,
which reects ILO Guidelines on
Occupational Safety and Health.
We work in accordance with
RBA requirements including
specic provisions relating to
the Hierarchy of Controls and
addressing key risks associated
with our sector e.g. emergency
preparedness, management
of occupational injuries and
illnesses, industrial hygiene,
physically demanding work
and machine guarding.
We aim to establish and
maintain a safe and healthy
work environment, which
enhances worker retention
and morale and recognize the
essential need for ongoing
consultation, communication,
training and education
to identify, manage and
solve health and safety
issues in the workplace.
In April 2019, VAP Auditors
reviewed our Industrial Hygiene
Management Plans and
identied one major nding,
relating to the use of qualied
agents for evaluations. We
outlined a corrective action
plan to fully address the issue
and we have put measures
in place to ensure this type
of issue is avoided in the
future. This issue has been
fully resolved and veried
as such via an independent
VAP follow up assessment.
Welfare
Arrangements
Welfare facilities are
provided in accordance with
RBA Code requirements and
include toilet and sanitary
facilities, potable water,
food preparation, storage,
and eating facilities. Worker
accommodation is maintained
clean and safe, and provided
with appropriate emergency
access and egress, hot water
for bathing and showering,
adequate heat and ventilation,
and reasonable personal
space. Our overall objective
is to signicantly exceed RBA
2009
RBA VALIDATED
AUDIT PROCESS VAP
ESTABLISHED
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requirements and provide
facilities that enhance the daily
working life of employees and
ensure our production facility
is a great place to work.
Talent
Development
Our employee
development programs oer
workers the opportunity to grow,
learn new skills and develop.
Our dedicated training center
at our production facility includes
workshop facilities, presentation
areas and simulated production
lines for workers to try out
and learn new skills. New
employees are provided with
robust induction training and
put forward for additional
training following dened periods
of on-the-job experience.
Labor Relations,
Engagement and
Consultation
Ensuring open, two-way
dialogue between managers and
employees helps us build and
maintain trusting, loyal and longlasting relationships. We look
to foster an open collaborative
environment where people feel
empowered to give and solicit
candid feedback. This philosophy
and approach is communicated
as part of employee
induction and orientation.
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 collate
and understand employee
views, provide suggestion boxes
and an anonymous whistle-
blowing mechanism, which
employees can use to submit
comments, condentially.
Supply Chain Standards
Further information on our
approach to the management
of human rights and labor
performance at supplier
facilities and across our
supply chain is provided in
the Supplier Development
section of this report.
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SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT
Our continued success is coupled to the continued success
of our suppliers. We look to establish long-term relationships
with our suppliers, based on shared values of ethics,
good practice and RBA Code compliance.
As a small company, playing in a
global market, we recognize the
value of collaboration. We joined
the Responsible Business Alliance
(RBA) in 2007, to collaborate with
industry peers and competitors
alike and develop tools and
programs addressing the
sustainability challenges facing
our sector today. The RBA has
an established Code of Conduct
(“the RBA Code”), which is
reective of international norms
and good practice, including the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, ILO International Labour
Standards, OECD Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises, ISO
45001, ISO 14001 and SA8000.
We have adopted the RBA
Code in full, as indicated in
our RBA Code Commitment Statement. It is fully reected
in our internal policy framework
and is our framework for
supplier management.
Approximately 50% of our
annual revenue is generated
from the products we
manufacture at our own
production facility, where we
are primarily engaged in nal
assembly and testing activities
for components supplied by
a network of Component
Manufacturers. The other 50%
of our revenue (approx.) is
generated from products that
are manufactured by Joint
Design Manufacturers (JDMs)
and Contract Manufacturers,
working to our specications
and with our oversight. We
work in partnership with our
suppliers to ensure Logitech
products are produced in
accordance with international
good practice sustainability
and quality. RBA Code
compliance is a requirement
in supplier contracts, provides
the framework for our audit
program, and is embedded in
our due diligence process for
mergers and acquisitions as well
as new company or new supplier
qualication and integration.
We also require suppliers to
apply the RBA Code to their
own suppliers, thus driving RBA
Code adoption across our full
value chain, as a condition of
doing business with Logitech.
Supplier Performance
and Auditing Activities
The RBA Code denes Major
Suppliers as the suppliers who
account for 80% of direct
spend. We audit all our Major
Suppliers each year and also
any other suppliers, who are
deemed to be “high-risk”, as per
our risk assessment criteria.
Our Major Suppliers do not
signicantly change year-onyear. High-risk suppliers must
be identied by risk assessment
and the RBA provide guidance
and tools for that process
(e.g. RBA’s Self-Assessment
Questionnaire (SAQ) and
Risk Assessment Tool). At our
request, suppliers use these tools
to carry out a self-evaluation
of their performance and to
disclose pertinent information
regarding their business
activities and organization. We
carry out a desk-based review
of that information to verify
accuracy and completeness,
and determine the level of
risk and the need for on-site
audit. We consider a number
of factors including the type of
supplier (e.g. 100% of JDM’s are
considered high-risk, because
of their critical role in product
manufacturing, 100% of new
suppliers are considered to be
high-risk during the early stage
of our relationship, while we
work to verify alignment with
good practice expectations).
We also take into account
the supplier’s manufacturing
processes (e.g. spray-painting
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suppliers can be high-risk
because of potential impacts on
the environment and product
experience), and risks associated
with the supplier’s country
location. Any supplier who scores
less than 65% on the RBA’s SelfAssessment Questionnaire is
also considered to be high-risk.
Major and High-risk suppliers are
included in our audit plan for the
year and both Tier 1 and Tier 2
suppliers are considered, as part
of this risk-based assessment.
We call the resulting pool of
suppliers our In-Scope Suppliers.
Compliance with the RBA
Code of Conduct (including
all provisions relating to
human rights and labor) is
a contractual requirement
of all Signicant Investment
Agreements.
•
screen 100% of new suppliers
as part of our established
prequalication process to
1
To this end we:
check and verify supplier
compliance with Priority
Aspects
and legal requirements; and
•
audit 100% of other In-
Scope Suppliers, at least
annually, to check and verify
continued compliance with
all aspects of the RBA Code.
With our Customer Managed
Audit (CMA) process, we
replicate the Validated Audit
Process (VAP) approach that is
implemented and advocated
by RBA and use RBA-endorsed
VAP protocol and tools. In
CY19, we completed 80 supplier
audits covering 100% of our
In-Scope Suppliers and 100%
of new suppliers. Our audit
process includes a full process
for corrective action planning,
tracking and reporting. A sample
of the types of ndings we are
identifying is provided below
(organized by RBA Category).
2
of the RBA Code
Supplier Strategy
Our Quarterly Business Review
(QBR) process is where we
consider sustainability
performance as an integral
part of supplier performance,
to inform our supplier strategy
and business decisions. The QBR
process involves an assessment
of six main categories of supplier
performance: Engineering,
Sustainability, Quality,
Demand/Supply capability
100%
NEW SUPPLIERS AUDITED
100%
INSCOPE SUPPLIERS
AUDITED
CY19
Number of In-Scope Factories44
% of In-Scope Factories audited for
RBA Code Compliance
Number of audits completed80
Number of New Factories24
% of New Suppliers audited100%
1 This term “Signicant Investment Agreement” is aligned with the denition used by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and used to describe contractually-binding
Supplier Agreements established between Logitech and our direct suppliers.
2 The RBA term “Priority Finding” is a nonconformance which has signicant and immediate impact. RBA quotes the following examples: Health and safety issues that
can cause immediate danger to life or serious injury; environmental issues that can result in serious and immediate harm to the local environment or community.
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11%
9%
44%
35%
Audit
Findings, by
RBA Category
Labour
Health & safety
Environment
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and Commercial aspects. For
quantitative elements of the
assessment process, engineering
performance carries a 25%
weighting and other categories
of performance (including
sustainability performance)
each carry a 15% weighting.
However, the scoring process
is only one part of the QBR
process and we adjust the focus
of the review, where necessary
to also consider alignment with
company sustainability policies,
objectives and key risks, which
cannot be easily quantied.
Suppliers who receive high
QBR scores are identied in our
approved supplier list with a
“preferred” status. They benet
from additional development
opportunities, including a greater
opportunity to expand their
business and relationship with
us. Suppliers with low QBR scores
are subject to additional auditing
and commercial restrictions
(e.g. no new contracts) and
ultimately termination if
performance does not improve.
Supplier Capability-Building
We understand auditing alone is
not enough to develop a supplier.
We host and facilitate supplier
capability-building events,
where we facilitate discussions
of Logitech standards and
international good practice,
while helping suppliers to share
best practices and lessons
learned, with each other. We
also connect our suppliers with
RBA capability-building sessions
and development resources and
encourage their participation
in such sessions, to achieve
independent certications.
In the last year, we provided
supplier training on a number of
topics, including occupational
health and safety, and labor
management expectations
relevant to dispatch (contract/
agency) workers. Our onsite engagement program of
capability building and audits
continued in FY20 to help
suppliers understand our good
practice requirements, identify
where improvements could
be made, and develop real
and measurable improvement
plans to enhance the lives of
real people, their communities
and the environment.
For our annual Supplier
Conference, exceptional
circumstances (travel
restrictions due to Covid-19
outbreak) lead us to transition
the usual live event, to a Zoom
Webinar forum. The Zoom
webinar format allowed us
to more than double supplier
attendance, with almost 40%
of participants conrming
they were attending from
home. Our goal was to provide
our key suppliers an update
on our business, trends and
expectations for the coming
scal years and this year, we
placed particular emphasis on
sustainability, with sessions
on climate action, renewable
electricity and design for
sustainability. We invited
suppliers to partner with us
for change. We also continued
our supplier incentivization
program, with the award of
a Logitech Torch Award for
most improved sustainability
performance. We introduced
the Sustainability Torch in
2016, to acknowledge our
commitment to leading the
way to a more sustainable
future, and “passing the
torch” to our suppliers.
We want to make
sustainability a
pervasive part of
supply chain sourcing
and manufacturing.
We’re targeting areas
where we have the
greatest potential
to create value and
lead the way.
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In the past year, Logitech has put
an invigorated focus on both people
and communities because we
have an ambition that ‘together
we can drive big change.' There’s
no question that now, more than
ever in our recent history, it is our
responsibility to not only do what’s
right for, and brings out the best
in, our people; it’s our responsibility
to help level the playing eld for all
people to create more fullling lives.
KirstyRussellHead of People & Culture
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and society
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this report
In the past year, Logitech has
put an invigorated focus on
both people and communities
because we have an ambition
that ‘together we can drive big
change.' There’s no question
that now, more than ever in
our recent history, it is our
responsibility to not only do
what’s right for, and brings out
the best in, our people; it’s our
responsibility to help level the
playing eld for all people to
create more fullling lives. And
by dedicating ourselves to the
communities in which we live
and work, either as Logitech or
by joining forces with others,
we’re doing our part to create
more inclusive communities and
a more just society. The following
areas of this report will provide
an overview and highlights
of Logitech’s social handprint
- our framework for making
a positive impact on people and the various ways we take
this from theory to practice.
While this report is focused
on the past year’s events, I’m
compelled to fast-forward to
today because it’s dicult not to
address the unprecedented times
we’ve all been navigating. And
even through the challenges of
today, I continue to be impressed
by how every individual, team,
and Logitech site continues to do
whatever they can to give back
to their local and professional
communities. In fact, our
people’s dedication to bettering
people and communities is
such a common thread that
we’ve expanded our cultural
values to celebrate this, and to
continue to demand it. For quite
some time, we’ve taken pride in
being Open & Ourselves, and
Humble but Hungry, that we
Decide & Do, and Collaborate
but Challenge. We’ve now
added Equality & Environment
as a new cultural value. The
sentiment of the new value has
always been in the company, but
we are working harder than ever
to oer equitable opportunity
and equal access to resources
no matter your gender identity,
race/ethnicity, sexual orientation
or other diversity dimension.
There is so much we need to
do, and so much that we’re
ambitious to do; I am proud to
be with a company and people
that are up for the challenge.
Kirsty Russell
Head of People & Culture
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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
At Logitech, we are beautifully diverse. This gives us the unique
perspectives and experiences needed to innovate, understand
dierent markets and pull together across the globe to make
things happen locally and build a competitive advantage.
We foster an inclusive culture
where employees can bring their
whole selves to work and fully
contribute their skills and talents.
We want our employees to be
valued and supported both at
work and in their communities.
In FY20, we continued our
diversity and inclusion journey
with a closer examination of how
we could drive inclusive business
practices from ideation, product
development and marketing to
collaboration with partners. We
are particularly proud of the
Logitech G Adaptive Gaming
Kit for gamers with limited
mobility. We believe that “Life
is More Fun when you Play.”
Logitech G launched Creator
Spotlight to raise the visibility
of the creators that we work
with. Logitech works to highlight
underrepresented streamers and
creators because we believe “you
can’t be what you can’t see.”
To foster a more inclusive
environment, we continued
regular training sessions
to emphasize awareness
of self, bias and privilege
as well as what everyday
inclusive action looks like.
We frequently update our
people processes as systematic
infrastructure changes
alongside behavior changes
are key to addressing bias. We
embed diversity metrics in
our Organization and Talent
Reviews so that leaders review
progress and take actions in
support of our Diversity and
Inclusion Strategy. Our hiring,
salary, bonus and promotion
processes are refreshed regularly
with an eye to evenly applied
criteria and fair decision making.
In FY20, we implemented
an employee engagement
platform with behavior
change nudges to provide
regular prompts for a happier
and more inclusive culture.
We sponsored conferences
and events globally such as
Women in Data Science Zürich,
Silicon Valley Pride, Breaking
Glass’ Womxn of Color Forum
and TechGig Geek Goddess in
India. Our growing employee
anity groups help employees
create community, develop as
leaders, share opportunities
and organize participation
in local or regional events.
We encourage all of our
employees to positively impact
diversity and create inclusive
environments both internally
and externally. At our Swiss
headquarters, we continued
our ongoing partnership with
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne (EPFL) to encourage
and support girls in STEM by
hosting students for coding
camps and workshops.
At our production facility, we
ensure equal pay for equal work
and periodically benchmark
our benets packages with
relevant peer companies and
good practice. We work with
our suppliers to maintain the
same standards at our supplier
facilities, with periodic audits
to check working hours and
any gender bias in relation
to remuneration, benets or
development opportunities.
In June of this year, our CEO
made a Diversity Pledge setting
out seven key commitments
to diversity action, from our
products, to our employees,
to our procurement practices,
to our suppliers. We believe
our supply base should be
reective of the diversity of the
communities and markets that
we serve. As a global company
operating across a diverse
range of markets, we believe
our customers are best served
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