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This post was written by guest blogger Aditi Chadha, Founder and CPO of DAZL. She will be guest speaking as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT broadcast series on April 18th. Globally, one in three women experience some kind of physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, per a recent United Nati…

This post was written by guest bloggers John Kern, SVP, Supply Chain and Christian Bigsby, VP Operations. We are proud to announce that Cisco won three 2019 Climate Leadership Awards from The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and The Climate Registry (TCR), two for excellence in greenho…

This post was written by guest blogger Oliver Roll, SVP and Chief Culture Officer at Cisco. For anyone who’s lived in any of the world’s large cities, the topic of homelessness never seems to be far from our minds. But today, it’s not just an issue facing cities—it crushes lives and impacts communit…

This post was written by guest blogger Charu Adesnik, Deputy Director of the Cisco Foundation. Our economic empowerment programs connect underserved people to skills, meaningful employment, financial products and services, and opportunities they need to thrive and develop careers. With the strategic…

This post was written by guest blogger Lori Biesen, CSR Consultant, Corporate Affairs Marketing, Cisco. FY18 was a significant year for CSR in many ways – Blackrock’s CEO Larry Fink came out strong in his annual letter titled, “A Sense of Purpose,” emphasizing the importance that businesses consider…

This post was written by guest blogger Dr. Natalie Rens, CEO of Spaceport AI. She recently spoke as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT series. We explore Mars for many reasons, be it the risk minimization of distributing our species across multiple planets or the fact that our population is growing at a…

This post was written by guest blogger Dr. Mariana Dahan, Founder and CEO of the World Identity Network. She recently spoke as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT series. Today, more than a billion people around the world lack that most basic of human rights: recognized personhood. Lack of officiall…

This post was written by guest blogger Zev Lowe, VP of Growth and Impact at AtmaGo. Globally, disasters and humanitarian crises are on the rise. In the last 10 years, disasters have caused US$1.4 trillion in damage and affected 1.7 billion people. In the last two months alone, the United States has…

This post was written by guest blogger Faith Lin, Community Relations Manager at Cisco. Pro Bono is a fancy term for donating your unique skill set — as an engineer, program manager, salesperson, and more — to partner with nonprofit organizations and help take their impact to the next level. It’s an…