Corporate Social Responsibility
Cisco Tops CDP Carbon Rankings
Over the last month, CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) has released its assessments of how publicly traded companies around the world scored on the CDP’s 2014 Climate Change Information Request. I think 2014 marks a dozen years that CDP has been moving the needle on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission repor…
Judging the Future at Cisco’s Silicon Valley Innovation Jam
As a recent graduate of San Jose State University (SJSU), I’ve seen how technology can improve education. Wi-Fi access in every classroom is eliminating the PowerPoint lectures of old and replacing them with 21st-century lesson plans. Students are interacting with professors using social media, answ…
CSR Partner Water for People Quenching Thirst in Malawi
One of the nonprofits we support through our Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, Water for People, is on track to providing easy access to safe water and sanitation to everyone in Malawi, Africa, where just 5 years ago, only 41% had access to a reliable water source. Water for People supports t…
Challenging the Next Generation of STEM Professionals
Yesterday, Cisco and Junior Achievement of Northern California hosted Cisco’s inaugural Social Innovation Challenge on our San Jose campus. Fifty high school students from nearby Independence High School and Sequoia High School worked together in small groups to create and pitch ways to connect the…
Cisco France Asks Students and Young Entrepreneurs to “Change the World” with Networked Connections
Last Wednesday, October 1, Cisco France announced its second annual Le Défi Cisco – or The Cisco Challenge. This competition is created and led by Cisco volunteers and encourages college students and young entrepreneurs to develop technology projects that address social or environmental issues. All…
Preparing Texas Students Today for the STEM Jobs of Tomorrow
This post written by guest blogger Steve Slattery, Vice President of Unified Communications and Customer Engagement, Cisco Nearly 60 10th graders from the Plano Independent School District STEM Academy came to Cisco’s Richardson, Texas, campus today to gain hands-on experience with the techn…
Tell the Video Monitor “Ahh”: High Tech Healthcare Serves Patients
With all the frenzied fanfare normally surrounding the debut of new Apple products, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were recently introduced to the masses. And though these new phones were the big news of the day for the technology giant, the Apple Watch is what the healthcare industry has its eyes o…
Employee Volunteers Initiate Creative CSR Activities in France
Cisco France has always had a special interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). We want to contribute to our country’s main economical and societal challenges. And we want to do it by using our expertise in network technology and our energy. As everywhere, France faces many social, economic…
Cisco Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 9th Year in a Row
Cisco was recently named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and the DJSI North America for the 9th year in a row, based on a thorough analysis of our economic, social, and environmental performance. The DJSI recognizes Cisco among the 80 most sustainable companies in the world, and a…
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