Cisco Commits $100 Million to Help Address Climate Crisis

Grants and Investments from the Cisco Foundation Will Fund Climate Projects and Technologies to Power a Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery

• The Cisco Foundation is committing $100 million over ten years to help reverse the impact of climate change.
• Cisco will move the needle on climate action with a focus on technology-based solutions, GHG and carbon reduction, climate resilience, green jobs, and community education and activation.
• This new funding is aligned with Cisco’s efforts to reduce emissions, reduce waste and set ambitious goals in our supply chain model and our technology development and production, and is the latest step in our work to power an inclusive - and sustainable - future for all.

1. Innovative and/or imaginative climate solutions that drive forward net zero or circular/regenerative economies.
2. Community education and engagement around climate, eco-awareness, and working toward individual habit change and effective collaborative action.

• Reducing, capturing and/or sequestration of greenhouse gas and carbon emissions
• Increased energy efficiency
• Creation of, and increase in, access to green jobs
• Change in community behavior that leads to carbon footprint reduction, community climate resilience, and creation of local/regional vision of the shared climate future that we all want

• Already, Cisco has achieved 100% renewable energy in several countries around the world and is on track to reach its goals to use electricity generated from renewable sources for at least 85% of Cisco’s global electricity in 2022 and to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 60% in 2022 (compared to 2007). Cisco is also working with its suppliers to reduce emissions throughout our supply chain.
• Cisco is committed to designing its products and packaging for reuse, repair and resource efficiency. Cisco is on track to design 100% of new Cisco products and packaging to incorporate Circular Design Principles by 2025. Cisco is also working towards delivering its 100% take back pledge made by CEO Chuck Robbins at WEF 2018.
• Cisco’s products are built with sustainability in mind – whether that be smart city and smart building technologies that reduce energy consumption, or remote collaboration tools that allow people to work from anywhere, Cisco technologies are helping to reduce emissions.