Intro Power Inclusive Future For All FY23 Purpose Report | 5 Looking Ahead ESG at Cisco 1 Our reporting is informed by an ESG materiality assessment and * aligns with globally recognized frameworks. We also support ESG focus areas the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and share the UN’s vision for peace and prosperity for people and the planet. We have been a participating company in the Environmental Social Governance UNGC since 2001, and our ESG strategy and priorities, which are shaped by our stakeholder engagement and ESG materiality ● Corporate governance 1 ● Climate change and GHGs ● Inclusion and diversity assessment initiatives, align with and support the SDGs. Below, explore some examples: ● Circular economy ● Talent ● Data security and privacy ● Operational waste ● Human rights and working ● Business ethics ● Environmental regeneration conditions in the supply chain ● Innovation and responsible technology and protection ● Employee wellbeing ● Water ● Employee health and safety and labor rights ● Digital inclusion ● Community impact Global Reporting Sustainability Accounting ● Critical human needs and Initiative (GRI) Standards Board (SASB) disaster relief ● Economic empowerment 1 Task Force on Climate-related * T hese ESG focus areas are the topics identi昀椀ed in our 昀椀scal 2023 ESG materiality assessment. The topics found to be of greater signi昀椀cance are noted in bold. Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Visit Cisco’s ESG Reporting Hub for more information on: Our strategy Key ratings and rankings 1 Stakeholder engagement and ESG materiality Policies, positions, and guides 1 ESG materiality, as referred to in this report, and our ESG materiality assessment process are di昀昀erent from “materiality” in the context of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure obligations. Issues deemed material for purposes of our ESG reporting and for purposes of determining our ESG strategy may not be CDP (formerly Carbon United Nations Sustainable considered material for SEC reporting purposes, nor does inclusion of information in our ESG reporting indicate that the topic or information is material to Cisco’s Disclosure Project) Development Goals (SDGs) business or operating results.
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