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Calling All College Students and Recent Grads: Enter Cisco's Global Problem Solver Challenge with $300,000 USD in Prizes
Five hundred billion devices and objects will be connected to the Internet by 2030! Things like wells, cars, watches, refrigerators, and more will be connected to the Internet for the first time so that they can transmit and receive information. Digi... View More
Three Ways to Leverage the Many Benefits of Virtual Collaboration
Since the introduction of Cisco Telepresence in October 2006, Cisco has studied how the use of our technology impacts corporate travel. The early days were exciting; Cisco set our first travel reduction goal in 2006! Reducing travel via collaboration... View More
SB Corporate Members Named As CR's 100 Best Corporate Citizens
Sustainable Brands Corporate Members Hasbro, Campbell Soup Co, and Cisco Systems have been ranked in the top ten of CR's Best Corporate CItizens List. Other corporate members on the list include Kimberly-Clark, AT&T, PepsiCo, CVS, Disney, 3M, Pro... View More
How a Small Sticker Made a Big Impact on Reducing Carton Waste at Cisco
This post was written by Yuji Suzuki, Manager of Japan Manufacturing Operations at Cisco. The original post can be found here. ... View More
Cisco Helps Accelerate Digitization in the Netherlands
Cisco has launched a targeted investment program called Digital Acceleration Netherlands (DAN), aimed at helping to boost the digitization of the Dutch economy and society. Over the next three years, Cisco will be working closely with the Dutch gover... View More
2017 Circulars Nominate 36 Innovators Leading the Way to a Circular Future
There’s growing evidence around the efficacy of a circular economy and the key role it will play in helping companies and nations carry out the commitments outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement, maintain competitive economies, and reduce waste an... View More
How Google, Apple, Other Silicon Valley Firms Measure Up on Sustainability
Silicon Valley-based firms are often praised for innovation, but how do they measure up when it comes to sustainability efforts? ... View More
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 drin... View More
Cisco, Shell Earn Their Places in the DJSI, Others Get the Boot
It’s that time of year again: S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) and Sustainability Investing specialist RobecoSAM have announced the results of the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) review. ... View More
Pushing the Sustainability Envelope: Cisco Supply Chain to Cut 1 Million Metric Tonnes of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2020
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 r... View More
HP, Apple Leading Action on Forced Labor, But ICT Sector ‘Must Do Far More’
The information and communications technology (ICT) industry is an at-risk sector for forced labor, and while most of the world’s largest ICT companies have publicly demonstrated awareness of the issue, far fewer have strong processes in place to a... View More
Unilever Ranks Highest in Gartner's 2016 Supply Chain Top 25
The research firm Gartner Inc. has released the findings from its annual Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices. Analysts announced the results May 18 at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conferen... View More
How Cisco Is Using Its Unique Capabilities to Drive Breakthroughs in Supply Chain Sustainability
As the world’s largest designer, manufacturer and seller of networking equipment, Cisco Systems faces many supply chain sustainability issues, including energy, waste and climate change impacts, among others. To address these challenges, Cisco has ... View More
Janine Benyus: What Businesses Can Learn from the 'Optimization Engine of Evolution'
I recently spoke with the biomimicry pioneer about some of her favorite biomimetic innovations, about asking more from our design interventions, and some of the yet untapped areas in which Nature’s genius could help solve our most intractable probl... View More
Cisco Announces Jaipur as the First Lighthouse City in South Asia
Today Cisco announced the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan to be the first Smart+Connectedtrade Community Lighthouse City in South Asia. Cisco Lighthouse City status credential is assigned to a select list of cities all over the world. With this development... View More
Cisco Systems Buying Solar Power In N.C. Through Duke Energy Program
A second major technology company has confirmed that it is using Duke Energy’s Green Source Rider to provide clean energy for its North Carolina operations. ... View More
Cisco’s Inaugural Be the Bridge Campaign Raises Millions to Change the World
Every day, there are millions in need in our communities and around the world – a mother who is not able to feed her children before putting them to bed; a child who is not able to attend school because of open wounds on his or her body; a family w... View More
U.S. EPA Honors Cisco Systems for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is honoring Cisco Systems, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with a 2016 Climate Leadership Award for its innovation in helping fight climate change. Cisco—one of just three awardees in California—received a ... View More
Cisco: Partnerships, Shared Value Key to Driving Emissions Reductions Throughout a Supply Chain
When you look through a sustainability lens at Cisco’s supply chain, you see three things clearly: a focus on climate and carbon impacts, a deep concern for the protection of human rights, and an imperative around product take-back opportunities. C... View More
Pincvision Awarded for Keeping IT Giant Cisco Sustainable
Each year, the Oracle Sustainability Innovation Award is presented to companies that use Oracle software or other Oracle products to save energy, waste or emissions, design more eco-friendly products or otherwise reduce their environmental impacts wh... View More
