Sustainability
Waking Up to Follow a Dream
Recently on a Webex call, a young woman who had just joined Cisco was eager to hear about the amazing Tech for Good efforts that Cisco leads – and the lucky role that I play in all of it. She asked a big question, “How did you get to where you are today?” and in my head, I drifted off into how my c…
Techno-Conservation: Converging on a Modular Reference Architecture
This blog was co-written by Dave Ward, SVP, CTO of Engineering and Chief Architect, Carlos Pignataro, Cisco Distinguished Engineer, and Carole Gridley, Sr. Director, Cisco Sustainable Impact. “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.” Proverb, believed to be of Afri…
Cisco and innogy Develop Concept for Climate-Neutral Energy Supply
The joint project “SmartQuart” by innogy, the Co-Innovation Center Cisco openBerlin and eight other partners was selected by the Federal Ministry of Economics as one of 20 winners of the “Reallabore der Energiewende” competition. In the cities of Essen and Bedburg in Nordrhei…
What’s old is new: Why Cisco wants its products back
This post was written by guest blogger Abbey Burns, Circular Economy Program Manager at Cisco Cisco’s products power networks and shape the way we live, work, play, and learn. However, they also shape the world in many other ways. We extract natural resources to make and ship our hardware, and our…
Closing the Loop: Driving a Circular Future
Co-Authored with Heather Keleher. By 2050, oceans are expected to have more plastic swimming in their depths than fish. 30% of garbage that comes from the United States stems from packaging. In 2018, industry emitted nearly 24% of global CO2 emissions. How Did We Get Here? Nature creates no waste. O…
Earth Day: What Makes Cisco a Sustainability Leader?
Nearly 50 years ago, US Senator Gaylord Nelson spearheaded the first Earth Day, sparked by the devastating 1969 oil spill off the Southern California coast. The inaugural celebration in 1970 saw 20 million Americans showing their support, followed by the passing of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act…
Cisco Receives Three Climate Leadership Awards for Tackling Climate Change
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…
Live from Davos: CDP and Corporate Knights Highlight Global Sustainability Leaders
On Tuesday of this week, both CDP and Corporate Knights announced the results of their 2018 assessment of thousands of global companies in the areas of climate change (CDP) and the broader topic of sustainability (Corporate Knights). Corporate Knights has historically used the World Economic Forum a…
Cisco Employees Spend a Week Going Green
This post was guest written by Pauline Vogl, Project Manager, Sustainable Business Practices at Cisco. The leaves on the trees may no longer be green, but Cisco employees are! Despite the changing of the seasons, employees across Cisco spent last week participating in local, environmentally-friendly…