Sustainability is behind every design decision we make and it is one of our core business values. We’re looking for breakthrough, next-generation materials, components, and processes to accelerate the development of more sustainable products. Logitech is looking for partners who want to gain exposure to their ideas. Let’s collaborate and find ways to scale your innovation.
Showcase your innovative, sustainability-focused solutions to engineering and process design challenges in consumer electronics.
Sustainable Design, Manufacturing, & Materials
We focus on sustainable design, manufacturing, and materials by leveraging resource-efficient methods, recycled alternatives, and low-emission fabrication to reduce waste, carbon reliance, and support a circular, low-carbon economy.
Energy Efficiency & Process Optimization
We seek innovative solutions to minimize energy consumption across products’ lifecycles through optimized designs, advanced technologies, and AI-driven methodologies, reducing waste, carbon footprint, and costs while maintaining performance and maximizing efficiency.
Circularity & Recycling
We emphasize circularity through advanced recycling, modular and durable designs, and take-back programs to recover materials, reduce resource consumption, and support closed-loop systems for a sustainable, low-carbon product lifecycle.
Thank you to all of the applicants who submitted proposals to Logitech’s 2026 Future Positive Challenge. We are proud of these companies recognized for their innovative solutions.
Makers of a recyclable cellulose-based biofoam that replaces plastic foams used in protective packaging. Its unique product formulation offers plastic-free, biodegradable, and recyclable cellulose-based foam.
Creators of a new process developing steel through a low-carbon process. Instead of the traditional blast furnace process ZCJ and partners are pioneering a hydrogen-based shaft furnace process designed to reduce the CO2 produced.
A company offering a bio-based PCB laminate, as an alternative to oil-based laminates, made from wood-derived materials, manufactured using a toxic-chemical-free process.
A company providing plant-based, water-soluble, biodegradable non-woven bags as a plastic-free packaging alternative.
A company that has developed a low-impact e-waste recycling solution for metals, removing the need for smelting and providing a closed loop recycling option for metals to be reintroduced to the supply chain.
Last year’s expert panel of judges included leaders in sustainability, manufacturing, and beyond
It’s easy to share your ideas and participate. Submit your proposal directly on our partner portal:
Winners will be judged against the criteria in the three challenge categories.
Entries are subject to terms and conditions.
The Future Positive Challenge is for disruptive companies, startups, and pioneering engineers who want to drive change in a multi-billion dollar industry. As a sustainability-minded partner looking to make an impact on the world, you understand that the consumer electronics industry needs to balance available resources with environmental impact.
Past Challenge Winners have been collaborating with Logitech on lower carbon impact and circular solutions. Logitech provides guidance, expertise, and brand support for the development of their solutions.
Big idea:
Elephantech’s recent innovation is a new sustainable manufacturing method for printed circuit boards called Pure Additive, which combines metal inkjet printing and copper plating. Whether it’s a device that silently monitors vitals or a smartphone with an endless stream of notifications, most devices contain a printed circuit board at the heart of their design.
Potential impact:
– Reduces the carbon impact of PCB manufacturing methods by 50+%, compared to traditional manufacturing.
– Contributes to the circular economy by advancing the reusability of power devices at the end of their life.
– Helps to overcome existing manufacturing issues.
Big idea:
Highpower Technology supplies rechargeable batteries. They are building a carbon model and recycled cobalt supply chain to recycle end-of-life cobalt and supply lithium-ion batteries with recycled cobalt.
Potential impact:
– Reduces waste and use of virgin materials.
– Reduces the carbon impact of lithium-ion batteries.
– Contributes to the circular economy.
Big idea:
Ole Wolff’s “Reduced Environmental Impact (REI) drivers” are a new range of headphone drives developed to reduce environmental impact through a series of sustainable initiatives without compromising acoustic performance.
Potential impact:
– Optimizes design to completely remove energy-intensive parts and reduce plastic usage.
– Reduces usage of Neodymium by 30-40%, a rare earth element that is also very energy-intensive to mine.