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Cisco Green
April 22, 2009
At Cisco, we're committed to helping people work, live, play, and learn in an environmentally-friendly way. We are reducing our own carbon footprint, engaging customers, partners and employees in efforts to manage our impact on the environment and developing IT solutions to help address climate change. Our vision is to use technology to transform the way the world responds to its environmental challenges. If we are innovative and collaborative in our approach, we have a unique opportunity to help society live in an environmentally sustainable way.
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Press Releases
- 22-April-2009
Cisco and San Francisco Partner on World's First Urban EcoMap Pilot - 20-April-2009
Miami Proposes to Lead the Nation in Energy Efficiency with $200 million Smart Grid Initiative - 18-March-2009
Regeneration Begins at Home - 3-March-2009
NASA, Cisco Partnership on Climate Change Monitoring Platform - 23-February-2009
Cost and Environmental Concerns Push U.S. Business Leaders to Become More Energy Efficient - 4-February-2009
Canadians Meet the Challenge of One Million Acts of Green! - 27-January-2009
Everything Connected to the Network Can be Greener with Cisco EnergyWise - 18-December-2009
Cisco Launches Dedicated Channel with green.tv - 28-October-2009
Cisco Systems Receives U.S. EPA Green Power Leadership Award - 24-Jun-2008
Cisco Aims to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 25% by 2012 - 18-Jun-2008
Social Media Release: Cisco Offers Free WebEx Web Meetings for National Dump the Pump Day - 21-May-2008
IronPort Reduces Power Consumption and Improves Efficiency with High-Performance Security Solutions - 8-May-2008
Cisco New Zealand Unveils TelePresence Solutions - 29-Apr-2008
CII Announces Collaboration with Tata Communications and Cisco to Set Up TelePresence for CII Offices in India - 29-Apr-2008
Miercom Announces "Certified Green" Evaluation Program - 29-Apr-2008
SAS Helps Drive Sustainable Business Strategies - 19-Mar-2008
Al Gore and Cisco CEO John Chambers to Host Global Debate on Technology and Climate Change - 27-Feb-2008
Nobel Laureate Al Gore and Cisco CEO John Chambers Host Virtual Discussion on Climate Change and Technology Innovation - 20-Feb-2008
Cisco Chairman & CEO Outlines Technology's Ability to Transform Global Response to Climate Change, Calls for Collaboration and Innovation - 15-Jan-2008
Leading Global Academics Create New Corporate Sustainability Approach to Build Innovation and Global Collaboration
Feature Articles
- 22-April-2009
Zapping Greenhouse Gases, One Zip Code at a Time - 22-April-2009
The Environmentally Conscious City by the Bay - 9-February-2009
Pioneering Data Center Energy Management: An Interview with Global Access Point CEO Kevin Smith - 27-January-2009
Cisco Tapping the Network to Help with Environmental Efforts - 27-January-2009
Corporations Have Lots of Help to Go Green - 24-Jun-2008
Innovative Power of the Network: Helping Transform How the World Tackles Environmental Challenges - 14-Apr-2008
Remanufacturing and Recycling Programs Are Good for Business, Good for the Environment - 19-Mar-2008
Paul Marcoux Will Drive Cisco's Environmental Development Efforts - 20-Feb-2008
ICT and Sustainable Urban Development
Media
Webcasts
19-Mar-2008
Nobel Laureate Al Gore and Cisco CEO John Chambers Host Virtual Discussion on Climate Change and Technology Innovation
Al Gore, John Chambers and Sue Bostrom will come together in a virtual unified communications environment before a live audience of technology leaders to examine the critical role that innovation can play in mitigating climate change.
06-Mar-2008
Forrester Research on Conferencing and Collaboration for Your Company's Green Initiative
Forrester analyst, Christopher Mines, discusses the role of collaborative technologies in assisting with environmental sustainability initiatives.
20-Feb 2008
Technology, Innovation and Climate Change
John Chambers, Cisco Chairman and CEO, delivers a keynote presentation discussing the role of the network and technology in managing climate and green challenges.
Blogs
Ecolibrium Blog: Shared Learning Towards an Economically and Ecologically Viable Future
The Platform: The Official Cisco Blog - Opinions and Insights from Cisco
10-June-2008
The Green Revolution
01-May-2008
VIDEO: Interop: Cisco Switches First to Receive "Certified Green" Designation from Miercom
23-Apr-2008
VIDEO: Cisco "Bike to Work" Day 2008
22-Apr-2008
VIDEO: Laura Ipsen, Eco-Board Co-Chair, Talks Earth Day and Green
19-Mar-2008
Gore on Green: "Business leaders are way ahead of political leaders"
20-Feb-2008
VIDEO: Take a Tour of Cisco's Green "Bus of the Future"
Videos
12-January-2009
One Million Acts of Green: Canadians embrace program from Cisco and the CBC
On October 21, Cisco and the CBC launched One Million Acts of Green, a campaign challenging Canadians to commit one million acts of green. This video showcases the program, participation, and results.
29-Apr-2008
Cisco Senior VP Laura Ipsen discusses how partnership with SAS helps support Cisco's sustainability initiatives.
22-Apr-2008
Cisco Connected Bus Helps Environment: How ICT Plays a Role
Mayor Newsom shares how information communications technology can help reduce the global carbon footprint, and points to the Cisco Connected Bus as an innovative advancement that supports this effort.
Podcasts
3-March-2009
Cisco, NASA to Track Climate
Simon Willis, Vice President of Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group, Public Sector, discusses the Cisco-NASA joint Planetary Skin program to develop a global climate change monitoring system.
11-November-2008
Cisco's Green Vision: Laura Ipsen, SVP of global public policy and government affairs and co-chair of Cisco's Eco-board
Laura Ipsen, SVP of global public policy and government affairs and co-chair of Cisco's Eco-board discusses the company's collaborative and innovative efforts to reduce the tech industry's carbon footprint and provide the necessary tools for others to do the same.
7-July-2008
Sustainable Technology
Mark Showers, CIO of Monsanto, discusses the company's value on their technology to reduce natural resource input by one third while doubling production.
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Cisco Green Resources
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The Evolution of Green IT
Cisco and Energy Efficiency in the Data Center
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Cisco's Green Supply Chain
Architecture & Customer Solutions
Green Guide to your Office