The news
Logitech has launched Chain Reaction, a program that lets suppliers pool their purchasing power to buy renewable electricity, starting with 17 suppliers. The initiative supports the company’s goal of cutting its value-chain emissions, including those from suppliers, by 50% by 2030.
Joint purchasing is intended to secure competitive electricity prices and reduce suppliers' exposure to long-term energy price swings, Logitech said.
“Real value-chain decarbonization happens directly on the factory floor,” said Elaine Laird, Logitech’s chief people and sustainability officer.
The details
Chain Reaction combines renewable power buying with factory-level assessments. The evaluations look for opportunities to reduce energy use and improve thermal and mechanical efficiency. Suppliers use the findings to set their own emissions targets and reduction plans.
Logitech also offers technical workshops and reporting tools developed with suppliers to simplify carbon accounting.
Carbon transparency and emissions reductions now factor into regular supplier business reviews and decisions on new business awards.
Suppliers can also test new technologies through the Logitech Future Positive Challenge.
The program builds on Logitech's Renewable Electricity Buyers Club. The club engaged 127 suppliers in fiscal 2026, which together purchased more than 195,000 megawatt-hours of renewable electricity. That compares with more than 170,000 MWh purchased by 64 suppliers in 2024, according to Logitech's fiscal 2026 impact highlights.
Logitech said the club helped address 113,639 metric tons of CO2e from supply-chain manufacturing.
The company’s own facilities get 94% of their electricity from renewable sources.
Logitech’s reported value-chain emissions reduction reached 33% in fiscal 2026, against its 50% target for 2030. The company reported a 24% reduction from its 2021 baseline in fiscal 2024, followed by 13% in fiscal 2025.
The fiscal 2026 figure reflects a recalculation of the baseline and was verified by a third party.
Emissions from Logitech's own operations are down 49% from 2019, against a separate goal of 85%.
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