Logitech International SA – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Logitech discloses that its "Head of Global Operations and Sustainability is responsible for ensuring our communication and engagement activities in relation to climate and carbon and any direct or indirect activities to influence policy are aligned with our overall climate change strategy," indicating a defined policy and a named individual charged with oversight. The same executive "works closely with Logitech's global communications team and CEO to ensure direct and indirect activities to influence policy are consistent with our values, the Logitech Code of Conduct, our Climate Pledge and our climate action strategy," which shows an internal process for checking alignment before engagement. Logitech also states that it "provide[s] a full and transparent report on engagement activities in the previous year in our annual Sustainability Report, which is reviewed and approved by our Leadership Team, Board of Directors and other relevant functions," demonstrating a recurring review step that reaches board level. However, while the company claims responsibility for both "direct and indirect activities to influence policy," it does not disclose how it systematically assesses or acts on any misalignment with trade associations. It appears to have only disclosed about its climate lobbying with the RE100 - which does not represent all its trade associations that lobby on climate change. Nor does it publish a stand-alone lobbying-alignment review or describe corrective actions where misalignments exist. Consequently, the governance appears moderate: clear oversight and reporting are described, but details on monitoring mechanisms and active alignment with indirect lobbying partners are not provided. View Sources	2

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Moderate

Logitech discloses that its "Head of Global Operations and Sustainability is responsible for ensuring our communication and engagement activities in relation to climate and carbon and any direct or indirect activities to influence policy are aligned with our overall climate change strategy," indicating a defined policy and a named individual charged with oversight. The same executive "works closely with Logitech's global communications team and CEO to ensure direct and indirect activities to influence policy are consistent with our values, the Logitech Code of Conduct, our Climate Pledge and our climate action strategy," which shows an internal process for checking alignment before engagement. Logitech also states that it "provide[s] a full and transparent report on engagement activities in the previous year in our annual Sustainability Report, which is reviewed and approved by our Leadership Team, Board of Directors and other relevant functions," demonstrating a recurring review step that reaches board level. However, while the company claims responsibility for both "direct and indirect activities to influence policy," it does not disclose how it systematically assesses or acts on any misalignment with trade associations. It appears to have only disclosed about its climate lobbying with the RE100 - which does not represent all its trade associations that lobby on climate change. Nor does it publish a stand-alone lobbying-alignment review or describe corrective actions where misalignments exist. Consequently, the governance appears moderate: clear oversight and reporting are described, but details on monitoring mechanisms and active alignment with indirect lobbying partners are not provided.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Logitech International SA provides a clear picture of its U-S climate-policy engagement. It names two identifiable policy initiatives—the company signed an “Open letter to President Biden” urging the administration to “set a federal climate target to reduce emissions,” and it took part in the “Lead on Climate 2022” campaign—showing openness about the specific measures it chose to influence. The disclosure also spells out how the company lobbied: it used an indirect channel by co-signing the coalition letter and a direct channel in which the CEO and the Head of Global Operations and Sustainability held meetings with individual members of Congress, thereby identifying both the mechanisms (letters, meetings) and the targets (President Biden and U.S. legislators). Finally, it is explicit about the outcomes it seeks, calling on government to “1) meet the urgency and scale of the climate crisis with ambitious federal investments to accelerate the transition to affordable, secure, domestic clean energy; 2) seize the economic opportunities to lead the world in clean energy manufacturing and deployment …; 3) tackle inequity by targeting climate and clean energy investments in disadvantaged, rural, and frontline energy communities.” Together, these elements demonstrate a strong level of transparency in Logitech’s climate-related lobbying activities.	3