Sustainability
Earth Day 2014: Time for Hope (and Frustration)
If you’re into sustainability, Earth Day can be a bit like New Year’s Day. A time to reflect. A time of hope. Maybe a bit of frustration with things not yet completed. But impatience can grease the wheels of change… A time of hope. Today, sustainability isn’t just the provinc…
U.S. EPA Lauds Cisco for Meeting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
Cisco is pleased to announce that we received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2014 Climate Leadership Award for Excellence in GHG Management (Goal Achievement). This award recognizes organizations that publicly report and verify corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and achieve a…
A New Look for Corporate Social Responsibility at Cisco
For years I suppose I was just like you, pretty cynical about the whole concept of “Corporate” social responsibility. Can an organization be truly socially responsible given the bottom line is selling product? Five years ago I left an industry I loved, education technology, and entered into the amor…
Cisco Among Top 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
This week, Cisco was again included in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations – a select group of the world’s most sustainable large-cap companies based on 12 indicators, including energy, innovation, corporate governance issues, and diversity. Cisco was #1 in the IT category and 11th overall,…
Cisco Publishes 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
I am pleased to announce that Cisco has released its ninth annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. I have come to realize that creating a CSR Report is not about reaching a project deadline – rather it is just one part of an ongoing stakeholder dialogue. We write our annual CSR Report t…
Cisco’s Kathy Mulvany Featured in Women in CSR Series
This week TriplePundit featured Cisco Corporate Affairs Senior Director Kathy Mulvany in its series on leading female CSR practitioners. Read the complete interview below. Thanks to TriplePundit for permission to republish this interview. TriplePundit: Briefly describe your role and responsibilities…
Cisco Tops CDP Global and U.S. Carbon Rankings
Yesterday, CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) released its assessment of how companies in the S&P 500 did on CDP’s 2013 carbon investor questionnaire. About a week ago, CDP released a similar assessment for the Global 500, the 500 largest companies by market capitalization on the FTSE Global…
Accelerating the shift to renewable power
When we announced Cisco’s new environmental sustainability goals, one goal continued to require the most clarification from both internal and external stakeholders: having our corporate electricity emissions factor at half of the International Energy Agency (IEA) world average. This goal, and…
Cisco Sponsors Regeneration Roadmap Webcast: How Can Business Provide Leadership for Sustainable Development
Join us tomorrow, as Cisco sponsors the launch of Changing Tack, the final report of the Regeneration Roadmap, via global webcast from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. PDT (11 a.m. EDT/4 p.m. London) The Regeneration Roadmap is a collaborative, joint initiative by GlobeScan and SustainAbility designed to advance s…