Partner Profile

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Location	San Jose, CA
Organization Type	Information Technology
Percentage Green Power	46%
Percent of Green Power Use Third-Party Certified (excluding On-site)	100%
Organization-wide Purchase	Yes
Awards/Recognition	Partner of the Year 2008
Environmental Web Page
Partner Profile Cisco is a worldwide leader in networking technology that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco believes that technology has the power to help the world manage its environmental challenges and is using networking technology to reduce its own environmental footprint. In June 2008, the organization announced a corporate global greenhouse gas reduction goal of 25 percent in absolute terms by 2012, sending a strong message that corporate growth and environmental protection can go hand in hand. Cisco is using green power both in the United States and internationally as a strategy to meet its greenhouse gas reduction goal. Cisco, a 2008 EPA Green Power Partner of the Year, annual purchase of more than 400 million kilowatt-hours of green power is supplied mainly from biomass, wind, solar and small hydro sources. To support the green power industry, Cisco buys from small and mid-sized suppliers.