Cisco has reported in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards for the period July 30, 2023‑July 27, 2024.
These tables reflect GRI 1: Foundation 2021. As we continue to transition to the GRI Standards 2021 disclosure, additional updates will be provided.
| DISCLOSURE NUMBER | DISCLOSURE TITLE | RESPONSE |
|---|---|---|
| GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021 | ||
| Disclosure Number: 2-1 |
Disclosure Title:
Organizational details |
Response:
Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco is publicly listed and traded on NASDAQ. Cisco Systems, Inc. Corporate Headquarters 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134 USA We conduct our business globally and manage our business by geography. Our business is organized into the following three geographic segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific, Japan, and China (APJC). |
| Disclosure Number: 2-2 |
Disclosure Title:
Entities included in the organization’s sustainability reporting |
Response:
2024 Annual Report / Form 10-K / Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements / 1. Basis of Presentation (page 63) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Reporting period, frequency, and contact point |
Response:
July 30, 2023–July 27, 2024 Annual reporting |
| Disclosure Number: 2-5 |
Disclosure Title:
External assurance |
Response:
Each year, an independent third party provides a limited assurance review of select GHG, water, and waste inventories. This review is Scope 1 and 2 GHG inventory is conducted in accordance with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14064-3:2019 International Standard. After the review is completed, we update the emissions data in the Purpose Reporting Hub and related disclosures to align with the assurance statements. The scope of the review includes all Scope 1 and Scope 2 emission sources, Scope 3 emissions from some categories, including purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution, downstream transportation and distribution, and end of life treatment of sold products. The GHG, water, and waste inventories apply to all owned and leased facilities under Cisco’s operational control. For more information, see Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Strategy, goals, and emissions data / Scope 1–3 emissions summary |
| Disclosure Number: 2-6 |
Disclosure Title:
Activities, value chain, and other business relationships |
Response:
Cisco designs and sells a broad range of technologies that help to power, secure, and draw insights from the Internet. We are integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into our product portfolios across networking, security, collaboration and observability to simplify how our technology is delivered, managed and optimized and to help customers maximize the business value of their technology investments and accelerate their digital transformation. For more information, refer to 2024 Annual Report / Form 10-K (page 1). We conduct our business globally and manage our business by geography. Our business is organized into the following three geographic segments: Americas, EMEA, and APJC. Cisco products may not be exported or re-exported to embargoed destinations: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions. For more information, refer to Cisco’s General Export Compliance. Purpose Reporting Hub / Supply Chain 2024 Annual Report / Form 10-K / Customers and Markets (page 4) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-7 |
Disclosure Title:
Employees |
Response:
2024 Purpose Reporting Hub / Our people / Workforce snapshot |
| Disclosure Number: 2-9 |
Disclosure Title:
Governance structure and composition |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Strategy and governance / Our strategy / Purpose management and governance 2024 Annual Report / Corporate governance / Board of Directors (pages 12-13) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-10 |
Disclosure Title:
Nomination and selection of the highest governance body |
Response: |
| Disclosure Number: 2-11 |
Disclosure Title:
Chair of the highest governance body |
Response:
2024 Annual Report / Corporate governance / Board of Directors (page 12) Cisco Investor Relations / Governance Documents / Corporate Governance Policies / Board of Directors |
| Disclosure Number: 2-12 |
Disclosure Title:
Role of the highest governance body in overseeing the management of impacts |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Strategy and governance / Our strategy / Purpose management and governance 2024 Proxy / Board’s Role in Strategy / Board’s Role in Risk Oversight (page 12) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-13 |
Disclosure Title:
Delegation of responsibility for managing impacts |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Strategy and governance / Our strategy / Purpose management and governance 2024 Annual Report / Corporate governance / Board of Directors (pages 12-13) 2024 Annual Report / Our purpose / Purpose governance and management (page 12) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-15 |
Disclosure Title:
Conflicts of interest |
Response:
2024 Proxy / Board of Directors / Election of Directors (pages 16-23) Cisco Investor Relations / Governance Documents / Corporate Governance Guidelines Code of Business Conduct / I Avoid Conflicts of Interest (pages 15-17) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-16 |
Disclosure Title:
Communication of critical concerns |
Response:
2024 Proxy / Board of Directors / Election of Directors (pages 16-23) Code of Business Conduct / I Avoid Conflicts of Interest (pages 15-17) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-17 |
Disclosure Title:
Collective knowledge of the highest governance body |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Strategy and governance / Stakeholder engagement and ESG materiality |
| Disclosure Number: 2-19 |
Disclosure Title:
Remuneration policies |
Response:
2024 Proxy / Compensation Committee Matters / Compensation Discussion and Analysis (pages 29-52) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-20 |
Disclosure Title:
Process to determine remuneration |
Response:
2024 Annual Report / Corporate governance / Stockholder engagement (page 8) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-21 |
Disclosure Title:
Annual total compensation ratio |
Response:
2024 Proxy / Compensation Committee Matters / CEO Pay Ratio (page 68) |
| Disclosure Number: 2-22 |
Disclosure Title:
Statement on sustainable development strategy |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Strategy and governance overview / Our strategy |
| Disclosure Number: 2-23 |
Disclosure Title:
Policy commitments |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Strategy and governance overview / Policies, positions, and guides / Ethics |
| Disclosure Number: 2-25 |
Disclosure Title:
Processes to remediate negative impacts |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Supply chain / Human rights in the supply chain |
| Disclosure Number: 2-26 |
Disclosure Title:
Mechanisms for seeking advice and raising concerns |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Integrity and trust / Reporting ethics concerns |
| Disclosure Number: 2-27 |
Disclosure Title:
Compliance with laws and regulations |
Response: |
| Disclosure Number: 2-28 |
Disclosure Title:
Membership associations |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Strategy and governance / Stakeholder engagement and ESG materiality |
| ESG MATERIAL TOPIC | GRI STANDARD | DISCLOSURE NUMBER | DISCLOSURE TITLE | RESPONSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material topics | ||||
| GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-1 |
Disclosure Title:
Process to determine material topics |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub/ Strategy and governance / Stakeholder engagement and ESG materiality |
|
| Disclosure Number: 3-2 |
Disclosure Title:
List of material topics |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub/ Strategy and governance / Stakeholder engagement and ESG materiality |
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| Indirect economic impacts | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response: |
| GRI 203: Indirect Economic Impacts 2016 | Disclosure Number: 203-1 |
Disclosure Title:
Infrastructure investments and services supported |
Response: | |
| Disclosure Number: 203-2 |
Disclosure Title:
Significant indirect economic impacts |
Response: | ||
| Anti-corruption | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Strategy and governance overview / Policies, positions, and guides / Ethics |
| Materials | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Circular Transformation Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Circular transformation Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Circular transformation / Packaging |
| Materials | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Circular Transformation |
| Energy | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Clean Energy Transitions |
| Water and effluents | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Resilient ecosystems / Fostering Water Stewardship Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Resilient ecosystems / Water in operations |
| GRI 303: Water and Effluents 2018 | Disclosure Number: 303-1 |
Disclosure Title:
Interactions with water as a shared resource |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Resilient ecosystems / Fostering Water Stewardship Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Resilient ecosystems / Water in operations |
|
| Disclosure Number: 303-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Water withdrawal |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Resilient ecosystems / Fostering Water Stewardship Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Resilient ecosystems / Water in operations |
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| Disclosure Number: 303-4 |
Disclosure Title:
Water discharge |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Resilient ecosystems / Fostering Water Stewardship Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Resilient ecosystems / Water in operations |
||
| Disclosure Number: 303-5 |
Disclosure Title:
Water consumption |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Resilient ecosystems / Water in operations |
||
| Emissions | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Clean Energy Transitions |
| GRI 305: Emissions 2016 | Disclosure Number: 305-2 |
Response:
Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Clean Energy Transitions |
|
| Disclosure Number: 305-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Clean Energy Transitions |
||
| Disclosure Number: 305-4 |
Disclosure Title:
GHG emissions intensity |
Response: | ||
| Disclosure Number: 305-5 |
Disclosure Title:
Reduction of GHG emissions |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Clean Energy Transitions |
||
| Disclosure Number: 305-7 |
Disclosure Title:
Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and other significant air emissions |
Response:
Not applicable: Because our production is outsourced to supply chain partners, our global operations primarily consist of standard office activities and research labs. This limits our non-GHG emissions to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from cleaning products, nitrous oxides (NOx), and sulfur oxides (SOx) from onsite fuel combustion (from vehicle engines, boilers, or emergency generators), and the subsequent formation of ozone from the photochemical reaction of NOx. |
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| Waste | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Future / Circular Transformation |
| GRI 306: Waste 2020 | Disclosure Number: 306-1 |
Disclosure Title:
Waste generation and significant waste-related impacts |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Resilient ecosystems / Waste |
|
| Disclosure Number: 306-2 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of significant waste-related impacts |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Resilient ecosystems / Waste |
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| Disclosure Number: 306-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Waste generated |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Environmental sustainability / Resilient ecosystems / Waste |
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| Supplier environmental assessment | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Power / Human Rights Purpose Reporting Hub / Supply chain / Supply chain sustainability |
| Employment | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Power / Human Rights |
| GRI 401: Employment 2016 | Disclosure Number: 401-2 |
Disclosure Title:
Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Inclusive / Health and Wellbeing |
|
| Occupational health and safety | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response: |
| GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018 | Disclosure Number: 403-1 |
Disclosure Title:
Occupational health and safety management system |
Response: | |
| Disclosure Number: 403-6 |
Disclosure Title:
Promotion of worker health |
Response: | ||
| Disclosure Number: 403-7 |
Disclosure Title:
Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts directly linked by business relationships |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Our people / Workplace safety |
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| Training and education | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response: |
| Diversity and equal opportunity | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Inclusive / Inclusion and Collaboration |
| GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity 2016 | Disclosure Number: 405-1 |
Disclosure Title:
Diversity of governance bodies and employees |
Response: | |
| Local communities | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Social impact Purpose Reporting Hub / Social impact / Social investment strategy |
| Community impact | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
Purpose Reporting Hub / Social impact Purpose Reporting Hub / Social impact / Social investment strategy |
| Digital inclusion | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Power / Digital Impact |
| Critical human needs and disaster relief | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / For All / Crisis Response |
| Economic empowerment | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / For All / Cisco Foundation and Social Impact Investments / Driving Economic Empowerment Purpose Reporting Hub / Social impact Purpose Reporting Hub / Social impact / Social investment strategy |
| Supplier social assessment | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Power / Human Rights Purpose Reporting Hub / Supply chain / Supply chain sustainability Purpose Reporting Hub / Supply chain / Human rights in the supply chain |
| GRI 414: Supplier Social Assessment 2016 | Disclosure Number: 414-1 |
Disclosure Title:
New suppliers that were screened using social criteria |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Power / Human Rights Purpose Reporting Hub / Supply chain / Code of Conduct Purpose Reporting Hub / Supply chain / Human rights in the supply chain Purpose Reporting Hub / Supply chain / Code of Conduct / Corrective Action Plans |
|
| Customer privacy | GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 | Disclosure Number: 3-3 |
Disclosure Title:
Management of material topics |
Response:
2024 Purpose Report / Power / Security, Privacy, and Trust |
| GRI 418: Customer Privacy 2016 | Disclosure Number: 418-1 |
Disclosure Title:
Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data |
Response:
Cisco did not experience any personal data breaches that required Cisco to report such data breach to regulatory authorities during fiscal 2024. |
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