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Cisco Foundation sparks innovation by investing in promising solutions to climate change

Cisco CSR

It is hard to look at the news or social media today and not be confronted with the issue of climate change. million people in 50 countries, 64 percent of the world’s population believes climate change is a global emergency. . According to a recent UN survey of 1.2

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Putting Corporate Responsibility Into Climate Action in the Villages of India

3BL Media

They say it takes a village, but when the villages in question are suffering from the impacts of climate change to the extent that farmers’ crops are failing, people are forced to leave their homes to find income in cities. The human impact of corporate social responsibility. A plan to engage the local community.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

GreenBiz

The same week that PepsiCo announced its new ambition, the company’s foundation extended the terms of its 14-year-long relationship with the Inter-American Development Bank — with initiatives including a fund meant to promote the inclusion of women in regenerative, sustainable agricultural models in Latin America. Corporate Strategy.

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Why Working for Cisco Means Better Sustainability for the Future

Cisco CSR

In doing so, Cisco’s commitment to achieve our purpose, also ensures a sustainable and regenerative future for our planet so that people and ecosystems can thrive. Here are 5 ways I have seen Cisco’s commitment to sustainability play out in my daily role: 1. As a Systems Engineer , I know that our partner community is critical to Cisco.

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Circularity in the Era of Overshoot

Chris Hall

The report drew its thinking in part from other regenerative models including industrial symbiosis, biomimicry and cradle-to-cradle. It tackles climate change and other global challenges, like biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution, by decoupling economic activity from the consumption of finite resources.

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26 Business Leaders Share How Purpose Powers Their Organizations

3BL Media

They want to be involved, and they are your primary stakeholder in corporate social responsibility. You need insane confidence to think you can feed 200 million people or reverse climate change. Consider employees your #1 stakeholder for purpose. They are your ambassadors in the community. Erin Meezan, Interface.

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What starting a spice company in Tanzania taught me about sustainability and equity

Corporate Knights

Much of my early career entailed bridging gaps between corporate objectives for mineral extraction and equitable access and distribution of resources to local communities. Those were nascent days of corporate social responsibility, when the focus was on corporate image, not substantive changes to business practice.