Published 12-12-16
Issued by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Today, Cisco released its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which highlights Cisco’s progress delivering on the company’s CSR mission to accelerate global problem solving to positively impact people, society and the planet.
Today, Cisco released its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which highlights Cisco’s progress delivering on the company’s CSR mission to accelerate global problem solving to positively impact people, society and the planet.
The annual CSR report demonstrates how Cisco is leveraging its technology and expertise to equip people with critical digitization skills, to support entrepreneurship, to advance social change through early-stage investments in technology solutions, and to promote sustainable outcomes through responsible business practices and transformative solutions.
“I truly believe that we are at our best when we combine our business strength with our desire to do good in the world,” says Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins in the report.
Ambitious goals for the future
The 2016 report highlights ambitious long-term goals including to positively impact the lives of one billion people by 2025 and the company’s first long-term Scope 3 supply chain GHG emission reduction goal to avoid one million cumulative metric tonne of CO2e between FY12 and FY20.
The report features the company’s CSR approach, objectives, progress, challenges, and plans for the future, with highlights including:
Cisco technology is an integral part of the Internet, and in the digitized era, the company enables the connections between people, processes, data and things in ways that create social, environmental, and economic impact.
CSR will continue to be a key component in driving Cisco’s long-term success and will continue to enhance the company’s performance and transparency over the long-term.
Download the 2016 Cisco CSR Report.