Corporate Social Responsibility
Cisco’s Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Journey Continues
Today, Cisco is participating in the Drive the Dream event organized by the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Collaborative. We are excited to be working with Governor Jerry Brown and other organizations making up the electric vehicle ecosystem to promote the on-going effort to improve the e…
Cisco Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Its Economic, Social, and Environmental Performance
Yesterday Cisco was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and the DJSI North America for the 8th year in a row. This annual review is based on a thorough analysis of Cisco’s economic, social, and environmental performance. We value our inclusion on the DJSI for a number of reasons…
How Can One Cisco Intern Impact the World?
When I arrived in early June for my 12-week internship in Cisco Corporate Affairs, I began to read You + Networks = Impactx everywhere on the Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) website. For me, it was just a tagline – part of a marketing campaign for Cisco CSR. I didn’t understand it, and…
Cisco Supports Citizen Schools as a National Leadership Partner
Citizen Schools, a national nonprofit organization that partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for underserved students, today announced Cisco as a new National Leadership Partner. Cisco and the Cisco Foundation have supported Citizen Schools since 2009, providing more than $1.24 mi…
How Cisco is Increasing Professional Opportunities for Women in the Middle East
Today on Triple Pundit, Leon Kaye writes about the challenges Saudi Arabian women face in finding meaningful employment, and how the Cisco Networking Academy program is helping to create more opportunities for them. Of the nearly 17,000 Networking Academy students in Saudi Arabia, 42 percent are wom…
Three Cisco Employee Volunteers Recognized as “Citizen Teachers of the Year” by Citizen Schools
Three Cisco employees were recently named “Cisco Citizen Teachers of the Year” by Citizen Schools, one of Cisco’s longtime nonprofit education partners. More than 125 volunteers from Cisco have stepped out of their jobs as engineers, sales executives, and technology professionals to become mentors a…
Cisco and MIND Research Institute Are Reimagining Math Education
This post is derived from the 2012 MIND Research Institute Annual Report. When Tylicia transferred to third-grade at Occohannock Elementary in Virginia’s Northampton County, her teachers described her as polite but extremely quiet in class. She was failing math, but wouldn’t ask questions when she n…
Cisco’s Palestine Investment Commitment Featured in Forbes Magazine
The August 12 issue of Forbes magazine features Cisco’s investment to fuel job creation and economic development in the Palestinian information and communications technology (ICT) industry. “We do this because we want to change the world. And we don’t do it on a small scale. It’s nice to help a vill…
Internet-Powered Jobs Transform Impoverished Youth into Lifelong Workers
This blog was originally published on the Huffington Post I recently spent two weeks in Uganda and Kenya, meeting with nonprofit organizations that are applying technology-based solutions to help underserved populations access the knowledge, skills, and financial products and services they need to b…
About Corporate Social Responsibility
We empower social change agents with technology and expertise. Our goal: Accelerate global problem solving to benefit people, society, and the planet.
Subscribe to the CSR blog
Get notified whenever new content is published.
1