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The Digital Readiness Index: transforming economies through technology
The following is an excerpt from the 2019 CSR report. Advances in data and technology have the potential to create a new kind of economic divide, one separating those with digital capabilities from those without. Cisco wants to help more countries and states get ahead. We’re doing so with our Countr…
Connecting the dots from skills to careers: Inside Cisco’s Networking Academy
The following is an excerpt from the 2019 CSR report. Access to opportunity can change lives and change communities. Cisco Networking Academy partners with educators, governments, and employers to bring global and inclusive access to digital skills to millions of people. Because the workforce of the…
Your Cheat Sheet to Cisco’s 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
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…
The Path You are Meant to Take
While some of you know me as a steward of our corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, my history with Cisco goes back much further to my first role in business development. How, you might ask, did my journey take me from business development to where I am today? Working at one of the world’s…
Cisco’s FY17 CSR Report: Accelerating Global Problem Solving
We live in a digitally connected world where anyone can be a global problem solver, addressing critical issues like unemployment, hunger, poverty, climate change, and income inequality. By combining the power of technology with innovative, entrepreneurial, and passionate people, we can accelerate so…
Cisco’s FY16 CSR Report: Empowering Global Problem Solvers
This blog originally appeared on The Platform. We live in the age of digitization where astonishing opportunities emerge when people and devices connect. Mobile technology empowers remote workers. IoT-based factories achieve new levels of efficiency. Sensors monitor the availability of clean drinkin…
Cisco’s FY16 CSR Report: Empowering Global Problem Solvers
We live in the age of digitization where astonishing opportunities emerge when people and devices connect. Mobile technology empowers remote workers. IoT-based factories achieve new levels of efficiency. Sensors monitor the availability of clean drinking water. We are innovating and reaching people…
Pushing the Sustainability Envelope: Cisco Supply Chain to Cut 1 Million Metric Tonnes of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 20 …
Cisco’s sustainability journey took a big step forward last month with the announcement of a new goal to avoid one million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions from our supply chain operations by the year 2020, which will drive emissions reductions related to our outsourced manufacturing…
Sustainability Was Top of Mind for Cisco in 2015
Cisco’s commitment to sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) starts at the top, with our CEO Chuck Robbins saying in the most recent CSR report, “I truly believe that what is good for the world and good for business are more closely connected than ever before.” Through our collect…