Cisco Systems Inc

The Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is the primary lead on sustainability efforts at Cisco, responsible for executing the sustainability strategy across Cisco Cisco's Chief Sustainability Office sets the strategy and vision that continues to position Cisco as one of the leaders in environmental sustainability. It orchestrates cross-functional collaboration across the company to advance Cisco's sustainability priorities including Net Zero, Circular Economy, Data & Technology, and Policy & Governance. [...] The Environmental, Social, and Public Policy Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Cisco Systems, Inc. (the "Company") oversees the Company's initiatives, policies, programs, and strategies concerning environmental sustainability and other key corporate social responsibility (CSR) and public policy matters, as more fully set forth in the Committee´s Charter, at https://investor.cisco.com/corporate-governance/ESP-Committee/. In addition, the full Board receives updates on Cisco's overall CSR strategy, including ESG matters, from management.

Cisco's political contributions are reviewed with the Board's Environmental, Social, and Public Policy Committee, which consists solely of independent directors, on at least an annual basis. [...] The Government Affairs team reviews and analyzes Cisco's political contributions regularly to ensure contributions made during the year are consistent with its political support guidelines. [...] Participation in a trade association does not mean that Cisco is in agreement with all of the policy positions taken by or the issues prioritized by that organization. [...] It is the company's policy to instruct U.S. trade associations not to use company funds for contributions to federal, state, or local candidates, independent campaign expenditures, or for other political purposes. [...] All campaign contributions made by Cisco's ePAC are made according to a plan that supports Cisco's policy objectives and is approved annually by the ePAC board, whose members include: Fran Katsoudas, EVP and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer; Jeff Campbell, SVP and Chief Government Strategy Officer; Scott Herren, EVP and Chief Financial Officer; Ed Paradise, SVP, Security & Trust Organization; Mark Patterson, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]All Cisco sustainability activities are managed from a single corporate function, Corporate Affairs. This group is responsible for all corporate social responsibility (CSR): environment, social and corporate governance, assuring consistency across an even wider scope of related subject matter. The Corporate Affairs team is chartered specifically to interface with all business functions worldwide to manage external reporting, stakeholder engagement (including public policy/law, regulations and standards) to maintain consistency and to be sure the CSR-related views of all business functions are fully represented. These business functions include Legal/General Counsel, executive management, Sales, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Communications, Finance, Product Development, Marketing, Services, Workplace Resources, HR, and IT, plus each geographic theaters (Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the Americas and Asia Pacific, Japan and China (APJC)).

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]Yes