I am pleased to announce that Cisco has released its tenth annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. The 2014 Cisco CSR Report outlines our strategy to use our expertise, technology, and partnerships for social, environmental, and business impact.
Each day, people around the world face many challenges: access to quality education, unemployment, poverty, and climate change, to name a few. We've learned that when we bring people together, they find innovative solutions to address these problems. And when you add technology to the mix, we can multiply our impact and uncover even greater opportunities.
For example, in France, a team of Cisco Networking Academy students used the connections between people, process, data, and things to create a networked walking stick for theblind. Watch this video to learn more:
https://youtu.be/X8719XdBB9o
Our CSR Report contains many more examples like this, organized according to five pillars:
Here are just a few highlights from our 2014 CSR Report:
There has never been a better time to combine human and technology innovation to help people and the planet. At this very moment, ~14 billion devices are connected to the Internet, and that number is expected to increase to 50 billion by 2020.
With these connections comes opportunity: for education, for jobs, for environmental sustainability, and for economic growth. Being socially and environmentally responsible is not only good for people and the planet; it is essential to the long-term sustainability of our business.
Many of our employees say that CSR is part of Cisco's DNA. Indeed, we strive to embed the CSR mindset into all of our business functions and culture. Even our stated corporate values reflect our approach to CSR:
We are enormously proud of the work our employees and partners are doing around the world. This 2014 Cisco CSR Report tells some of their stories and shows how technology has the amazing ability to benefit humanity.
Please view thefull 2014 Cisco CSR Reportor the executive summary.Both include metrics, graphics, case studies, and videos. Tell us what you think by leaving a comment below.