CSR

Global Climate Action Series: Cisco Supply Chain Driving Positive Climate Action

This blog was guest written by Lisa Brady, Director, Supply Chain Sustainability, Cisco. Cisco has a long track record of working to address issues that impact our planet. We firmly believe that doing the right thing for the environment is also the right thing for our business. As a company, we have…

Global Climate Action Series: Cisco Announces Ambitious Product Power Efficiency Goal

This blog was guest written by Darrel Stickler, Global Environmental Sustainability Lead, Cisco. Today is the first day of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco, just north of Cisco’s global headquarters. A low-carbon footprint event for Cisco to attend!  The theme of the su…

Global Climate Action Series: Stepping Up on Workplace Sustainability

This blog post was guest written by Christian Bigsby, Vice President Workplace Resources, Cisco. In light of the Global Climate Action Summit taking place this week in San Francisco, where leaders and individuals are coming together to take ambition to the next level on climate change, I wanted to s…

Women Rock-IT: Female Role Models Matter

This post was written by guest blogger Emma Reid, marketing manager for Cisco Corporate Affairs, Asia-Pacific region. In 2012, experts across Asia Pacific recognized a troubling trend — a growing number of female students were turning their backs on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)…

How Cisco Is Helping Tweens Become Tech-Savvy Global Problem Solvers

This post was originally published on Harvard Business Review. When you think back to the first time an experience inspired you to take action, you’d likely point to your adolescent years. An engaging teacher, a passionate parent, an enthralling book, or a movie that you watched time and time again.…

Meet the 2018 GPS Challenge First Runner-Up: Jara

When an earthquake strikes, the initial impact isn’t always the most devastating. Often, it’s the aftershocks that leave a destructive, lasting impact. The 7.8-magnitute earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015 affected nearly 8 million people, destroying thousands of homes and leaving an already remote…

Meet the 2018 GPS Challenge Grand Prize Winner: CareNX Innovations

When Shantanu Pathak’s pregnant sister-in-law couldn’t detect fetal movement in her third trimester, he realized expecting mothers needed a better way to listen for their baby’s heartbeats. In his home country of India — and in many developing countries around the world — access to personal and nece…

Video Games: A Surprising Tool for Global Problem Solving

This blog was guest-written by Jude Ower, founder, and CEO of Playmob. She’ll be guest-speaking during the “Harnessing the Power of Technology for a Better World” session of the Women Rock-IT series on July 11. When you think of a typical gamer, I’m sure you see a teenage boy, sitting alone in the d…

June 25, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Introducing Global Problem Solvers: The Series

Today, at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2018 conference in Chicago, we’re pleased to introduce Global Problem Solvers: The Series (GPS: The Series), a new Cisco corporate social responsibility (CSR) educational initiative. The new animated series and supporting activit…