Our Corporate Purpose
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Purpose. Partnership. Impact.
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To achieve our goal to positively impact one billion lives, Cisco forged over 100 global non-profit partnerships aligned with the purpose-driven principles that guide our business, technology, and innovation. We focused on the areas we could have the deepest impact: crisis response, learning and digital skills, and economic empowerment.
Employee giving and volunteerism drives positive business outcomes
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Cisco's purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All, and at the heart of this is the belief that doing good for the world is good for business. Our journey to engage our employees for positive impact has been the foundation for building a purpose-driven employee culture.
Sustainability 101: What are smart grids?
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Curious about smart grids? Learn how the digitalization of electric grids is supporting new ways to source and use energy more sustainably.
Investing in Africa’s Clean Energy Transition
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Through the Cisco Foundation's $100 million Climate Commitment, we are investing in early-stage climate ventures in Africa.
Building inclusive AI will accelerate innovation
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Artificial intelligence is the biggest development in tech in a generation. It has the power to make our world a more inclusive place. How we harness the power of AI to design a more equitable world for people with disabilities becomes a question of who is building AI and how they are building it.
The Next One Billion Lives
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Our ability to impact billions of lives lies in our ability to scale. We’re now expanding our areas of focus to impact entire communities through our Social Impact, Networking Academy, and Country Digital Acceleration programs — to address systemic causes of inequity through innovation and create lasting, generational change.
Partnering for Sustainability: Cisco’s Collaborative Approach
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Cisco has developed several programs that enable partners to offer customers end-to-end solutions designed with sustainability in mind.
How to be more sustainable during the holidays
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Cisco Green Team members share ways to help reduce your holiday footprint so you can feel good about the actions you take this season.
The Power of Purpose
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When we combine our business, technology, and a network of partners together with our purpose, we create a powerful force for lasting change. We have some incredible examples from this year in our Power of Purpose report, including the announcement that we achieved our goal of positively impacting 1 billion lives, and did so over a year early.
The Power of Purpose
Download our Cisco Purpose Report and get relevant information about our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, performance, and policies.
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