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Jennifer Boynton

Corporate Social Responsibility Content Strategist

Corporate Affairs

As the founding Editor in Chief of TriplePundit.com, Jen Boynton gained over a decade of experience developing CSR content and strategy. She served on Cisco's CSR report production team.

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Remote collaboration technologies in action

2 min read

Remote collaboration technologies help Cisco and our clients reduce emissions from air travel and commuting. Beyond reducing emissions, these technologies also increase employee productivity, promote work-life balance, and help us build customer relationships.

Helping our people learn and lead

3 min read

New technologies and business models are disrupting our organization and industry, shortening the lifespan of skill sets. As a result, it is essential for our employees to be lifelong learners.

Providing digital security in a changing world

4 min read

Cisco is the industry leader in creating safe and secure connections and applications for processing data. And in a world with more data, more users, and more services than ever, there’s more to protect than ever.

How Cisco manages corporate social responsibility

3 min read

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is core to our purpose, our culture, and how we invest. We focus on People, Society, and Planet—issues that align with our business strategy and where we can have the greatest potential for impact.

How Cisco Narrows the Pay Gap

4 min read

On equal pay day, Cisco reflects on our efforts to close the pay gap and build a diverse employee pipeline for leadership positions.

Materiality: Determining what matters most

2 min read

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.

Research Triangle Park: Update on our environmental progress

2 min read

In 2018, we announced goals to achieve 100 percent renewable energy, water neutrality, and zero waste by FY20 at Cisco’s campus in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. Here’s how we made progress in FY19.

One woman’s career journey from student to cybersecurity professional

4 min read

Samantha faced sexism at school but it didn't slow her down in pursuing the technical job of her dreams.

Global Citizen: Powering the movement to end poverty

2 min read

Through a new partnership with international antipoverty organization Global Citizen, we’re equipping young people with the tools to make a difference.

Stepping up our work on circularity

3 min read

The circular economy is a natural extension of Cisco’s own business transformation. Learn more about our efforts.

No shame, no stigma: Ending the mental health taboo

2 min read

Mental health is health. But for too long, too many people have been afraid to ask for support. Learn how Cisco is changing the conversation around mental health.

Digital Green: Providing for those who provide for others

2 min read

Smallholder farmers produce more than 80 percent of the world’s food. But they also make up 80 percent of the world’s poorest people, which means they often lack the resources to grow their businesses. Digital Green, a Cisco social investment partner, is using technology to change this equation.

How Destination: Home works to make homelessness in Silicon Valley rare, brief and nonrecurring

2 min read

Cisco has moved to address this serious and growing crisis of inequality in our backyard. In 2018, we committed to donate $50 million over five years to help Destination: Home catalyze public funding and launch the Supportive Housing & Innovation Fund. Here's how the funds are being used.

The Digital Readiness Index: transforming economies through technology

4 min read

Understanding a country’s digital readiness helps give insight to what specific investments or interventions could help a country move up in their digital journey, creating jobs and increasing quality of life for residents.

Connecting the dots from skills to careers: Inside Cisco’s Networking Academy

1 min read

Access to opportunity can change lives and change communities. Cisco Networking Academy partners with educators, governments, and employers to bring global and inclusive access to digital skills to millions of people. Here are some of their stories.

How Women-Rock IT Empowers Women to Pursue STEM

2 min read

This guest post was written by Emma Reid, global marketing manager, Cisco Networking Academy Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific & Japan at Cisco and recent winner of the ARN Women in IT Awards.

15 Years of Sustainability Reporting

3 min read

This holiday season, Cisco has a lot to be grateful for: 35 years of business growth and, today, the launch of our 15th corporate social responsibility (CSR) report.

A Lifelong Journey of Education and Science

3 min read

In advance of her presentation at a Women Rock IT event, entrepreneur Maha Achour shares her journey from her birth in North Africa to a career in a STEM field, how she balances family and career and how she supports young people to help them achieve STEM careers.

How Innovations in Indonesian Aquaculture Reduce Wastewater and Increase Yield

3 min read

Global Problem Solver Challenge winner and Women Rock IT guest Azellia Alma Shafira tells us about her aquaculture startup Banoo.

The Founder, CEO and CTO of Niramai on Increasing Early Detection of Breast Cancer

5 min read

Dr. Geetha Manjunath shares her personal experience with STEM education and how she founded Niramai to develop new cancer screening software using machine intelligence with thermography images—enabling a low cost, easy to use, portable solution to detect cancer.

38 degrees – Cold Hands (and Feet), but Warm Heart

5 min read

Rekha Grennan recently spent a night outdoors to raise money for Covenant House. Read on to find out how it went and what the impact is on this organization that provides vital services to homeless youth.

Captaining Shark-Detecting Drones in Australia

4 min read

Drones have many practical oceanic applications including everything from real-time shore alerts when sharks are present to collecting humpback whale exhale condensate -- or snot -- to track whale health.

How a Research-Driven Approach to Drones Can Help Us Save Lives

4 min read

Drones are changing public safety operations for the better. New emerging drone technologies offer the promise of reducing search times, improving situational awareness, enhancing team safety, reducing costs, and even the potential of delivering medical supplies ahead of rescue teams. But sound research must be utilized to measure the positive impacts in order to make sure drones are utilized appropriately.

Why Empowering Female Designers Can Improve Health Outcomes

4 min read

Cervical cancer, when caught early, can be affordably and effectively treated. But the vast majority of women in the poorest parts of the world have never been screened. The Callascope was designed by women for women to empower them to take care of their own health, without stigma.

The Life Changing Potential of Artificial Intelligence

5 min read

The discourse about AI is too often focused on the negatives. Did you know Australians are already getting essential medicines delivered directly to their doorstep via these amazing machines?