environmental sustainability

Cisco Announces New Goal to Reduce its Use of Virgin Plastic by 20%

It is time for Cisco to make a significant change in our plastic usage by committing to decrease our use of virgin plastic by 20% by 2025.

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Top 5 Smart City Predictions: AI and the Birth of Self-Aware Cities

What will cities look like in the future? With the birth of Machine Learning, explosion in Artificial Intelligence and our increasingly Tech-Centric culture, they may look much different than most

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Working Toward Carbon Neutrality

As citizens of this planet and stewards of the Earth, we must be aware of how our day-to-day routines may affect our quality of life. Find out how Cisco is

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EPA Recognizes Cisco As Green Power Partner of the Year

Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented Cisco Systems with a Green Power Partner of the Year award. The Green Power Leadership Awards recognize Green Power Partners for their

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Cisco Tops CDP Carbon Rankings

Over the last month, CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) has released its assessments of how publicly traded companies around the world scored on the CDP’s 2014 Climate Change Information Request. I

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Electric Vehicle Charging Sparks Cisco Employees to Reduce Carbon Footprint

James Lynch’s Nissan Leaf bolts down a shady street in San Jose, California, hardly making a noise as it zips between lanes at 40 miles per hour. With the quick

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Trading Up to Lower Carbon in Bangalore

Electric trading markets that allow consumers to procure blocks of energy directly from generation providers have existed for a long time, but have tended to be in areas with highly

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Cisco Technologies Provide Business, Environmental Value to World Wildlife Foundation

This post is excerpted from an article published on Cisco’s internal website, Cisco Employee Connection.  Cisco is committed to building a brilliant future through innovation, education, and sustainability. That’s why

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Accelerating the shift to renewable power

When we announced Cisco’s new environmental sustainability goals, one goal continued to require the most clarification from both internal and external stakeholders:  having our corporate electricity emissions factor at half

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Innovation in the 21st Century City

As a global director of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group’s Urban Innovation team, I’ve seen how broadband connectivity can radically transform urban life, while forcing us to rethink our

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