Designed for Sustainability: Introducing a Refreshed Video Collaboration Product Suite

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This week, Logitech unveiled a significant development in our video collaboration devices powered by the CollabOS operating system.  Moving forward, these devices will be manufactured using next-life plastics, aligning with the sustainability goals of enterprise customers. Rally Bar, Rally Bar Mini, Tap IP, Tap Scheduler, and Scribe are being refreshed with materials that lower the carbon impact of each product. This move allows organisations to work with Logitech as a partner in proactively managing their carbon footprint more effectively. 

“By transitioning our portfolio of conference room devices to a lower product carbon footprint, we are helping other companies navigate their sustainability challenges,” said Prakash Arunkundrum, Chief Operating Officer at Logitech. “We’re not only designing and manufacturing new products with recycled plastic and other lower-carbon materials but refreshing existing products to provide IT leaders with a new way to evaluate their workplace technology investment in conference room systems – one that includes people and planet.”

Efforts to reduce negative environmental impact have rapidly become a critical business imperative for companies around the world. Analyst research firm Frost & Sullivan found that 65% of IT professionals believe that becoming a leader in sustainability practices is an important business objective in the coming year. Logitech is committed to helping businesses address the growing imperative of reducing environmental impact without compromising on quality or increasing prices. Let’s take a deeper dive into how. 

Design for Sustainability (DfS)

Applying Design for Sustainability (DfS) principles to Logitech’s video collaboration portfolio means that Logitech customers can outfit entire conference rooms, including Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms, with technology designed with sustainability in mind. This development expands on the progress already achieved with personal workstation peripherals such webcams, headsets, mice, and keyboards.

A key tenet of DfS is the use of circular materials that can be recovered from the waste stream and given a second life, including post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR) that Logitech calls “next-life plastics.” 

Opening Access for Greater Impact

Logitech has decreased its Scope 3 emissions by 21% in 2022 with the goal of removing more carbon than it creates by 2030. To drive carbon reduction at an even bigger scale and stimulate industry-wide progress, Logitech is offering to openly share its DfS principles, tools and its knowledge of how to incorporate more sustainable materials in the manufacturing process with any organisations in the consumer technology industry interested in increasing their sustainability efforts.

Transparency and Accountability

As more companies hold themselves accountable for measurably reducing their carbon impact, they increasingly seek out technology vendors who provide transparency via key performance indicators, reporting, and third party certifications. Logitech is on track to achieve its 2025 target of having a product carbon footprint for every product in its portfolio, making it easier for company technology buyers to make informed decisions about–and report on– the scope of their impact when outfitting their global workforces for meeting rooms, personal workstations, and flex desking. Logitech annually reports on its progress toward its Climate Action goals in the 2023 Impact Report.

In the ever-changing business landscape, sustainability has transformed from a mere buzzword into a fundamental requirement. At Logitech, we wholeheartedly embrace this shift and are actively taking strides throughout our business and consumer offerings to provide solutions that align with our unwavering commitment to Design for Sustainability. 

Head of B2B ANZ at Logitech

Sean is responsible for the Logitech business into B2B across ANZ, both sales and marketing. He engages with C-Suite leaders to understand what their workplace and personal needs looks like, their strategic direction and business continuity plans. This allows him to ensure Logitech ANZ are effective in helping them reach those goals.

With 25 years of industry experience across multiple roles, he is a sought-after speaker and a well-respected leader renowned for building a caring culture. Sean is a true advocate for using video collaboration to break down barriers. He believes that no matter how people participate or where they are - they deserve to be heard. Using Logitech solutions gives people that opportunity.