First Consumer Electronics Company to Empower
Consumers with Detailed Information on Products’ Environmental Impact Across
the Portfolio
Logitech International maker of cloud peripheral
products, today pledged to communicate the carbon impact of all its products on
packaging and the company website. It expects the first carbon impact labeling
to appear on its gaming products later this year, followed by a rollout across
the full portfolio.
Logitech
will be the first consumer electronics company to provide detailed carbon
impact labeling on product packaging across the entire portfolio. In doing so,
it intends to empower and collaborate with consumers, informing the purchasing
choices they make. It also wishes to galvanize an industry-wide shift to
dramatically lower the impact of carbon on the environment.
As
an award-winning design company, Logitech designs for sustainability across all
its brands, looking for ways to reduce the impact its products have on the
environment throughout the design process. Until now, the carbon impact has not
been visible to consumers looking to better understand their individual impact
on the environment. Now, Logitech’s carbon transparent labeling will quantify
that impact, communicate it to consumers, and empower them to make more
informed purchasing decisions.
Carbon
transparency further extends Logitech’s commitment to sustainability across its
products, packaging, and operations. In 2019, the Company neutralized
the carbon in its gaming product portfolio, announced its support of the Paris
Agreement, pledging to limit its carbon footprint to support the ambitious 1.5oC
goal and committed that the Company will be powered exclusively by renewable
electricity by 2030.
Calculating
The Carbon Impact
Carbon impact is a recognized quantifiable
measurement aligned with climate action efforts. Logitech
has spent years developing a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) capability that reflects a product’s carbon impact throughout the life
of a product, from its raw materials to manufacturing, distribution, consumer
use and ultimately the end of life. Application of the LCA tools
and design expertise allows the company to analyze the carbon, toxicity and
circularity impact of various product and packaging materials.
To support the integrity of internal
calculations, Logitech will work with well-known third parties including
Natural Capital Partners, iPoint Group, and an independent verifier to
critically verify and validate product-level carbon impacts to DEKRA certification
standards. Logitech is voluntarily communicating product carbon footprint
information and will provide online access to the methodology and protocol
applied, meeting carbon footprint quantification and communications or
labeling standards outlined by ISO 14067 and ISO 14026.
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