Computer and gaming peripheral company Logitech today announced plans to limit its carbon footprint and be powered entirely by renewable electricity within a decade.
The company is known for its mouse and keyboard brands and promises to support mice and keyboards. UN 1.5 degrees Celsius business planThrough this program, organizations can announce plans to limit their impact on the environment or achieve carbon neutrality within a set schedule. Other companies have Added promise Including HP, Levi Strauss and Vodafone. These initiatives are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals Announced as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Logitech said that the biggest differences can be achieved early in the product design. The statement said: "Logitech's teams across all business units are integrating environmental impact assessment with cost, customer experience, manufacturing and technological innovation into new product designs."
Logitech said it is achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 as early as possible, and its offices and manufacturing plants in Ireland, China and Switzerland use mainly renewable energy. The company said that "materials, design, manufacturing, and shipping" of its product lines, including Logitech G and Astro Gaming, have been reduced to net-zero emissions. It has been converted to "sustainable packaging" in the Logitech G and MX Master 3 series, and has begun to introduce recycled plastic into its mouse, keyboard, webcam, and other products.
"We recognize that Logitech's growth is not without its environmental impact," said Bracken Darrell, President and CEO of Logitech. "Although we have made progress, we are just beginning to work on designing sustainability."
