Cisco Achieves Ambitious Goal One Year Ahead Of Schedule By Scaling Social Impact Programs And Digital Access For Communities Worldwide
Cisco News, Wednesday, December 6,2023
One year ahead of schedule, Cisco has surpassed its goal to make a real, tangible difference in the lives of one billion people, leveraging a powerful combination of technology and people, backed by its purpose to power an inclusive future for all.
In 2016, Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins set a company goal to positively impact the lives of one billion people by 2025. Today, having already achieved that ambitious goal, Cisco credits the extraordinary work of its global network of business and nonprofit partners, the support and leadership of the Cisco Foundation and Cisco's Networking Academy, and the passion of its people - a global effort that unlocked a scale that will drive social impact and digital access worldwide in the years to come.