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Cisco Corporate Affairs – Global Corporate Citizenship

Cisco Corporate Affairs – Global Corporate Citizenship. SJSU-TEI High Tech Tax Institute Michael Yutrzenka Dir, Public Benefit Investment Executive Director, Cisco Systems Foundation. Corporate Affairs: Vision and Mission. Vision Enhance Cisco’s value as a leading global corporate citizen

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Cisco Corporate Affairs – Global Corporate Citizenship

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  1. Cisco Corporate Affairs – Global Corporate Citizenship SJSU-TEI High Tech Tax Institute Michael Yutrzenka Dir, Public Benefit Investment Executive Director, Cisco Systems Foundation

  2. Corporate Affairs: Vision and Mission • Vision Enhance Cisco’s value as a leading global corporate citizen • Mission Lead, innovate and support Cisco’s sustainable business practices, socio-economic development programs and public benefit investments

  3. Cisco’s CSR Principles • Corporate sustainability dependent not only on our financial performance but on the Impact we have on our Employees, Society and the Environment • Important part of our cultural DNA since the beginning – Employees globally embrace that culture • Thinking globally, acting locally for today and future generations

  4. Socio-EconomicDevelopment Programs OperationalExcellence Public Benefit Investments Sustainable Business Practices Corporate Affairs Structure

  5. Public Benefit Investment Net Hope: Infrastructure for effective delivery of services • 20 NGO Consortium • 100+ Developing Countries supported • Cisco engagement: Several Leadership Fellows, Impact Grants Habitat for Humanity: Providing basic needs • $5M+ Cisco funding contribution • In FY 07 Cisco and Cisco Citizens helped build 121 homes around the world Teachers Without Borders (TWB): Professional development for teachers • TWB member-teachers now in 120 countries • Leverage Teaching best-practices worldwide • Cisco engagement: Impact Grants, Cisco expertise Community Voice Mail: Cisco Unified Messaging enables those in need to pursue employment and housing • Over 233K clients served in 6 years; more than 70% reached goal • Cisco engagement: $2.5M Cisco Foundation grant, product donations, employee volunteers and donated office space

  6. Cisco Networking Academy Overview Entry Level Networking Skills Education Focus: Underserved Communities/Individuals 160+ Countries 600,000+ Students/Year 2+ Million Students over 10 Years Large andGlobal Students: Age, Gender (18% female), and Challenging Circumstances Communities: Advanced Education Institutions, Public Schools, Second Chance, Mature and Developing Countries Diverse 91% Students Use Skills on Regular Basis 79% Students Pursue more IT Education 40% NetAcad Significant Contribution to Career Outcomes Effective

  7. Cisco and the Global Education Initiative Partnering with World Economic Forum and UNESCO… • Partnerships for Education: • Methodologies, best practices, and actionable frameworks for multi-stakeholder partnerships in education • Country Initiatives: • Education transformation partnerships in Jordan, Rajasthan and Egypt

  8. Putting information and communications technologies in Africa’s Schools • In FY ‘07, Cisco provided networking technology in 37 schools, impacting about 30,000 students who had computers and Internet access for the first time • Cisco leading implementation in 6 of 16 countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda New Partnership for Africa’s Development

  9. Partnership for Lebanon • Partnering with GHAFARI, Intel, Microsoft, Occidental Petroleumand the people of Lebanon to find the path to long term stability and economic growth • The Partnership is focused on… • Expanding reach of education and workforce training • Creating jobs • Building out Lebanon’s technology infrastructure • Connecting communities and government

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