Social Impact

June 2, 2022

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

A Year in Review: Our Investment in Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) 

3 min read

Cisco's intention to make a lasting impact for HBCUs and their students for generations to come is off to a heartening start. Today share our year one progress in four focus areas.

Driven by purpose and our commitment to social justice

2 min read

Cisco’s purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All. We deliver on our purpose by bringing together all our strengths and resources.

March 23, 2022

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Supporting Ukraine – Within a Conscious Culture

7 min read

Cisco is committed to supporting Ukraine and impacted communities by showing up with intention and action, allowing the lessons learned from our purpose and Conscious Culture guide our response.

March 7, 2022

PARTNER

The Much-Overlooked Barrier of Growth

3 min read

What will make this industry thrive, grow, evolve and stay relevant is our ability to attract and nurture a community that is truly as diverse as the markets, customers and technologies we represent. I’m referring to our collective diversity.

February 25, 2022

PARTNER

Diversifying our Partner Ecosystem – Building an Inclusive Partner Organization

3 min read

As a leader in Cisco, my focus is on building and growing the business through our global ecosystem of partners. We evaluate how we impact environmental and critical social factors that drive business outcomes. We then drive change and bridge inequity gaps by using our technology, extended ecosystem, and our expertise to create more opportunities for more people.

Influencing our ecosystem to promote racial justice

3 min read

Foundational to Cisco's Social Justice framework is Social Justice Action 1. Learn how we are ensuring equal rights for AA/Black people.

Aleta Howell champions diversity and the OneTen initiative to increase representation and inclusion

4 min read

Aleta Howell, Cisco Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lead, and her team champion the OneTen coalition to increase diversity and inclusion at Cisco.