by Mary de Wysocki, Justin Cashman
Published 8 hours ago
Submitted by Cisco Systems, Inc.
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, Cisco Refresh sells certified, remanufactured Cisco products at lower prices than new ones, but with all the same warranty and service options as them. This extends the useful life cycle of our products and reduces the need for virgin materials – enabling customers to better execute on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction and sustainability goals.
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Transitioning to a Circular Business Model
Cisco strives to accelerate the transition from a traditional linear economy that extracts resources and eventually wastes them, to a circular one that finds new uses for products and their inputs to minimize waste and optimize resource use.
Cisco Refresh is central to this transformation, complementing our portfolio designed with circularity in mind, including flexible payment and subscription models, to maximize product life cycle value.
We focus our efforts in three core areas:
Driving Business Sustainability: The Cisco Circularity Promotion
We want to enable our customers and partners to benefit from Cisco Refresh. The Cisco Circularity Promotion offers Cisco partners and distributors competitive pricing on certified remanufactured products, including current and end-of-sale items, enhancing cost savings while promoting circular practices.
Since its January 2024 launch, the promotion has:
Streamlining Business Operations
We prioritize simplicity alongside sustainability. Enhanced visibility and access to Cisco Refresh inventory include:
This Earth Day and every day, Cisco is proud to empower our partners and customers with the tools to help save money, reduce waste, conserve resources, and operate more sustainably.
If you’re interested in learning more firsthand, Cisco Refresh will be featured in the Purpose Pavilion at the upcoming Cisco Live in San Diego, CA (June 9-12, 2025), so come by and speak to representatives for our team!
To learn more about our circular economy transformation, visit our Purpose Reporting Hub.
For general questions about Cisco Refresh, please email our team at refreshquestions@cisco.com.
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