Chief Sustainability Office

Cultivating skills and talent for clean energy opportunities

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Cultivating skills and talent for clean energy opportunities

As part of Cisco’s “Plan for Possible,” our environmental sustainability strategy, I often emphasize the importance of resilient ecosystems. An essential aspect of resilient ecosystems is ensuring communities have the skills, tools, and resources to support the development and deployment of clean energy. Energy resilience is not solely about infrastructure; it’s fundamentally about people. Communities can benefit from clean energy solutions, such as microgrids and solar storage, but a skilled workforce and innovative technologies are…

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Cisco Refresh: Where purpose meets partner profitability, beyond Earth Day

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Cisco Refresh: Where purpose meets partner profitability, beyond Earth Day

At Cisco, sustainability is not just a once-a-year commitment – it’s a part of how we help partners in their efforts to make more sustainable, cost-effective decisions every day. Cisco Refresh, one of Cisco’s longest-standing initiatives, is one example of an offering that provides both business and sustainability benefits to customers. Today, Cisco Refresh continues to be an important part of Cisco’s efforts to evolve to a circular business model. Now in its third decade,…

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Driving Sustainability Forward: The Power of Innovative Partnerships

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Driving Sustainability Forward: The Power of Innovative Partnerships

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, sustainability is more than a buzzword; it’s a critical component of corporate strategy and a key driver of innovation. CEOs almost universally believe that it’s their responsibility to make their businesses more sustainable.[i] At Cisco, we are committed to leading the charge towards a more sustainable future by harnessing the power of technology and collaboration. This commitment was front and center at Cisco Live EMEA in February, where we…

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From waste to wonders: My sustainability journey with Cisco's Green Team

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From waste to wonders: My sustainability journey with Cisco's Green Team

I have a confession to make about something I’ve been doing over the past 10 years: I have diligently separated my wet and dry waste. What does that mean? Everything that is biodegradable, like food scraps, goes in one bin; everything like paper or plastic goes to another; and medical waste to the third bin.  I have also been composting my wet waste, an average of two pounds per day. This amounts to nearly 2,800…

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Striving for Sustainability: Meet Sripriya

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Striving for Sustainability: Meet Sripriya

This blog is part of our focus on Cisco employees who are “Striving for Sustainability” by finding opportunities to integrate sustainability in their day-to-day work. At Cisco, we have been focusing on evolving from a linear economy that extracts resources and eventually wastes them, to a circular one that finds new uses for products and their inputs. ​By understanding the environmental impacts of our products, we can make informed decisions to reduce the resources used…

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Designing Energy-Efficient Products

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Designing Energy-Efficient Products

The following is an excerpt from our FY24 Purpose Report, celebrating 40 years of impact at Cisco. Much of our digital economy relies on large, energy intensive data centers that need to be operational 24/7 and require cooling systems to prevent overheating—and the growth of AI is increasing this demand. We believe the IT industry needs to stay one step ahead of this technological shift so sustainability is not an afterthought. Large, global companies like…

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Re(Introducing) the Cisco Foundation Regenerative Future Fund: Redefining Impact in Climate Investing

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Re(Introducing) the Cisco Foundation Regenerative Future Fund: Redefining Impact in Climate Investing

In 2021, the Cisco Foundation made a bold commitment to address the climate crisis, pledging $100 million over 10 years to fund innovative climate solutions. This commitment is strategically divided: $50 million supports nonprofit grants that empower organizations driving climate and social impact, while the other $50 million is dedicated to equity and debt investments in early-stage climate startups (Seed to Series A) and venture funds. As climate challenges accelerate and natural disasters intensify, the…

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Sustainability 101: What are life cycle assessments?

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Sustainability 101: What are life cycle assessments?

Do you feel a bit lost when people refer to certain environmental sustainability topics and aren’t sure where to start when it comes to learning more? Sustainability 101 is a blog series that you can turn to for information about different environmental terms that may come up at work, during discussions with friends, and even at your annual holiday gathering. Every product has a story. From the raw materials used to create it, to the…

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Publicly available life cycle assessments document our products’ environmental impact

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Publicly available life cycle assessments document our products’ environmental impact

We are excited to announce that Cisco is now publishing life cycle assessments (LCAs) for some of our hardware products. LCAs estimate a product’s environmental impact associated with its production, transport, use, and end-of-life. An LCA takes multiple environmental impact categories into account, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water consumption, resource depletion and others, and evaluates all stages of a product’s life cycle using an inventory of relevant environmental inputs. The LCA reports are publicly…

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Sustainability 101: What is e-waste?

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Sustainability 101: What is e-waste?

Do you feel a bit lost when people refer to certain environmental sustainability topics and aren’t sure where to start when it comes to learning more? Sustainability 101 is a blog series that you can turn to for information about different environmental terms that may come up at work, during discussions with friends, and even at your annual holiday gathering. We’ve all been there: you have an electronic product that is no longer working, like…

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