Sustainable Development Goals

Materiality: Determining what matters most

The following is an excerpt from the 2019 CSR report. An important input to report content and CSR strategy is a materiality assessment. The assessment helps us understand what issues are most important to stakeholders inside and outside Cisco. We conduct a full assessment every two years. In years…

How Technology Can Accelerate Sustainable Access to Safe Water

Water is everywhere. It covers 70% of our planet and makes up nearly 60% of the human body. Despite its abundance, 663 million people around the world lack access to safe water. Another 2.4 billion people lack access to a toilet or latrine, while more than 3.5 million people die each year because of…