Using AI expertise for good In fiscal 2021, Enterprise AI, the central data science team at Cisco, launched a one-of-a-kind, skills-based volunteering program. The program, AI for Good, connects Cisco’s data science talent with nonprofits who need artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) expertise. To date, the program's data scientists have volunteered over 450 hours to projects addressing a range of critical social issues, including food insecurity, literacy skills, and learning equality. One of the program’s most successful projects to date is a partnership with the Erika Legacy Foundation, now called SAVE, to support journalists and content creators in reducing the risk of suicide contagion. When a celebrity suicide is covered in the media, an increase in deaths by suicide often follows. The use of reporting best practices, such as omitting the method of suicide and including links to suicide prevention resources, can mitigate this effect. The AI for Good team created a natural-language, processing-based web application that can scan a piece of text and highlight what changes should be made to ensure language and content are appropriate for publication. Already, the tool has been recognized at Harvard’s 2020 AI for Social Good Workshop and received Cisco’s AI for Social Good Award. The team is looking to collaborate with other public health and media organizations to further increase the tool’s impact. Providing pro bono legal support Cisco’s Legal team used its expertise to support communities through pro bono work and give-back events in India, Brazil, China, Australia, South Africa, France, and the United States in fiscal 2021. Over 70 employees participated in 20 activities, helping people preserve and restore their legal rights, supporting disability access projects, assisting nonprofits with legal agreements, participating in diversity and inclusion initiatives, serving as mentors, assisting in international humanitarian efforts, packaging food for people experiencing homelessness, and promoting conservation. Celebrating sustainability at work Every year, Cisco organizes a two-month employee volunteerism and awareness campaign that we call Earth Aware, along with a thought leadership forum on sustainability called SustainX. Both of these events took place virtually in fiscal 2021. During Earth Aware 2021, we encouraged employees to take pledges to live more sustainably. We donated US$1 to the World Wildlife Fund for each pledge taken, for a total donation of US$6000. Two SustainX events were held during the fiscal year, including one focused on climate activism and one on environmental justice . We also offer ongoing opportunities for employees to connect with peers who share a passion for sustainability. Cisco GreenHouse is an interactive sustainability web platform that helps Cisco employees find likeminded peers worldwide who want to lead more sustainable lives. Every year, employees record thousands of actions using this platform. Our Global Green Team Network is made up of 21 employee-led teams that work year-round to promote sustainability on a local basis. Recent initiatives include a sustainability book club hosted by our RTP Green Team, a seed-planting project in Brazil, and a highway reforestation project in Kenya. Employee environmental impact Employees track actions to reduce their environmental footprints, such as choosing walking over driving. We estimate their collective impact since fiscal 2015 has been: 4 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions avoided: Equal to taking 330 cars off the road for a year 2 million gallons of water saved: Almost two entire Olympic-sized swimming pools 224,000 pounds of waste reduced: Nearly 100 dumpsters worth of waste FUTURE INTRO POWER INCLUSIVE 2021 Cisco Purpose Report | csr.cisco.com | ESG Reporting Hub 56