Corporate Social Responsibility Awards

CSR Awards and Recognitions - 2010

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  • Cisco awarded the Gwinnett County (Georgia) 2010 Best Green Business Award
  • Austin Texas Chamber of Commerce named Cisco one of 24 winners of its 2010 Greater Austin Business Awards. Cisco won in the category of environmental responsibility
  • Greenpeace Cool IT Challenge v.4 December 2010 – Cisco is #1; v.3 April 2010 – Cisco is #1
  • Forbes recognizes Cisco as one of America’s 10 Greenest Companies
  • US EPA List of Green Power Purchasers - Cisco is #6
  • Carbon Disclosure Project - Cisco is rated #2 IT company on 2010 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) and tied for #1 IT company ranking on Carbon Performance Leadership Index (CPLI)
  • PR News - Best Green PR Campaign – Cisco Canada
  • California Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) recognizes Cisco for outstanding waste reduction efforts
  • Cisco achieves high scores among 200 largest companies in San Francisco area for communicating environmental sustainability efforts.
  • Silicon Valley Water Conservation Award for Cisco programs and leadership that have advanced water conservation in Silicon Valley,  California.
  • Cisco’s Building 14 in Bangalore, India, earns Gold LEED Certification..
  • Cisco receives  Buildy Awards for Smart Building and Connected Infrastructure innovations.
  • Cisco Energywise wins Best of Interop Green Award , Las Vegas Interop and Best of Interop Japan  
  • Cisco’s receives Gold Quill award from International Association of Business Communicators for video series that inspired employees to think and act in environmentally sustainable ways.


  • Triangle Business Journal - Best Place to Work in North Carolina's Research Triangle (RTP) region: Cisco is #3 in large company category
  • Working Mother Magazine – Cisco is one of 100 Best Companies for working mothers
  • Hewitt  Associates' Best 50 Employers in Canada: Cisco # 3
  • 100 Best Companies to Work for in Canada
  • 100 Best Companies to Work for in America: Cisco #16
  • 100 Best Workplaces in the EU 2010: Cisco #17 in large companies category
  • Best Companies to Work for in Latin America 2010: Cisco Brasil #38
  • Best Companies to Work for in Mexico 2010: Cisco #31
  • Top 50 Best Workplaces in United Kingdom 2010
  • Best Workplaces in Austria: Cisco #3, 50-250 employees category
  • Best Workplaces in Belgium: Cisco #8, 10-500 employees category
  • Best Workplaces in Germany: Cisco #4, 501-2000 employees category
  • Best Workplaces in Ireland: Cisco #14, 50-250 employees category
  • Best Workplaces in Italy: Cisco #3
  • Best Workplaces in Japan: Cisco #5
  • Best Workplaces in the Netherlands: Cisco #18, large and multinational company category
  • Best Workplaces in Norway: Cisco #8, medium-sized company category
  • Best Workplaces in Portugal: Cisco #2
  • Best Workplaces in Spain: Cisco #1, 250-500 employees category
  • Best Workplaces in Switzerland: Cisco #2
  • Best Workplaces in Norway: Tandberg is #1 Working Mother magazine’s list of  est Companies for Multicultural Women; Cisco one of five “best in class”
  • DiversityInc. Top 50: Cisco #37
  • Diversity Journal: Diversity Leader Award
  • CAREERS & the disABLED magazine: Top 50 Companies for people with disabilities, Cisco # 39
  • Diversity Business: America 's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities
  • Disability Matters: Disability Matters Award
  • CAREERS & the disABLED magazine: Sean Murphy as one of its "Employees of the Year"
  • Diversity Best Practices: Above and Beyond Award
  • Diversity MBA Magazine: 50 Out Front Companies for Diversity Leadership
  • National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) – Top 50
  • China’s Ministry of Education honors Cisco with “Outstanding Contribution Award” for our CSR efforts in China.
  • Cisco received the "Light a Life" award from GiveLight, a nonprofit organization formed in the wake of the 2004 tsunami to create durable orphanages and support global orphans.
  • Asia Society Global Leadership award to John Chambers
  • Cisco Networking Academy:Financial Times/JustMeans Social Innovation Award for Best Stakeholder Engagement.
  • Cisco Lebanon -  finalist for The Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE)
  • 2010 Governor and First Lady's Medal for Service Award for the California Business Volunteer Program of the Year
  • Cisco Networking Academy receives “Big Tick” runner up award to Coffey International Awards
  • Family Giving Tree’s Silver Sleigh Award (5th consecutive year)
  • Midwest Technology Leaders Collaboration Award (for Workforce Retraining Initiative/ Cisco Networking Academy)
    • Seattle Chinese Garden Society honored Cisco with the Most Respected Companies in China Award
    • China Committee of Corporate Citizenship honored Cisco with Excellent Corporate Citizenship Award
  • Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine - Cisco receives 2010 Green Supply Chain Award, in recognition of the company making sustainability a core part of its supply chain strategies.
  • Gartner / AMR Research, The AMR Supply Chain Top 25 – Cisco ranks #3
  • DiversityBusiness.com, Champions of Diversity Award – Cisco’s Ken Carter, major account manager named
  • The Network Journal, Influential Black Women In Business – Cisco’s Denise Coley, director of Global Supplier Diversity Business Development named
  • San Francisco Region Small Business Administration (SBA), Minority Business Advocate of the Year – Cisco’s Denise Coley, director of Global Supplier Diversity Business Development named
  • Minority Enterprise Executive Council (MEEC), Fifty Powerful Men In Business – Cisco’s Harold Cain, manager of Partner Diversity named
  • Corporate Responsibility Magazine – Best 100 Corporate Citizens – Cisco is #24

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