2010 Cisco CSR Awards

Environment

Cisco achieves high scores among 200 largest companies in San Francisco area for communicating environmental sustainability efforts.
2010 Best Green Business Award, Gwinnett County (Georgia)
2010 Greater Austin Business Award, for environmental responsibility, Austin Texas Chamber of Commerce
Cool IT Challenge v.4 December 2010 (#1), Greenpeace
One of America’s 10 Greenest Companies, Forbes
Green Power Purchasers (#6), US EPA List
Carbon Disclosure Project (#2 IT company), Carbon Performance Leadership Index (CPLI)
Best Green PR Campaign, PR News, Cisco Canada
Outstanding waste reduction efforts recognition, California Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP)
Silicon Valley Water Conservation Award, California.
Gold LEED Certification, Cisco Building 14, Bangalore, India
Buildy Award, for smart building and connected infrastructure innovations, BuilConn
Best of Interop Green Award, for Cisco Energywise, Las Vegas Interop and Best of Interop Japan
Gold Quill Award, for video series that inspired employees to think and act in environmentally sustainable ways, International Association of Business Communicators .

Governance and Ethics

Top 20 Companies for Leadership (#12), Business Week
World’s Most Ethical Companies, Ethisphere Magazine
Best Overall Governance, for compliance and ethics program, Corporate Secretary Magazine
Covalence EthicalQuote (top ethical reputation), top five
2010 Ethics Inside Certification, Ethisphere
Overall Leader in CSR Practices, PR News
Most Respected Company, Cisco China, The Economic Observer and Management Case Center at Peking University

People

World's Most Admired Companies (#20), Fortune
100 Best Places to Work (#16 overall, and #4 among large companies), Fortune
Best Place to Work in North Carolina's Research Triangle (RTP) region (#3), Triangle Business Journal
100 Best Companies for Working Mothers, Working Mother Magazine
Best 50 Employers in Canada (#3), Hewitt Associates
100 Best Companies to Work for in Canada
100 Best Companies to Work for in America (#16)
100 Best Workplaces in the EU 2010 (#17)
Best Companies to Work for in Latin America 2010 (#38), Brasil
Best Companies to Work for in Mexico 2010 (#31), Mexico
Top 50 Best Workplaces in United Kingdom 2010
Best Workplaces in Austria (#3)
Best Workplaces in Belgium (#8)
Best Workplaces in Germany (#4)
Best Workplaces in Ireland (#14)
Best Workplaces in Italy (#3)
Best Workplaces in Japan (#5)
Best Workplaces in the Netherlands (#18)
Best Workplaces in Norway (#8)
Best Workplaces in Portugal (#2)
Best Workplaces in Spain (#1)
Best Workplaces in Switzerland (#2)
Best Workplaces in Norway (#1), Working Mother magazine
Top 50 (#37), DiversityInc.
Diversity Leader Award, Diversity Journal
Top 50 Companies for people with disabilities (#39), CAREERS & the disABLED magazine
America 's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities, Diversity Business
Disability Matters Award, Disability Matters
Above and Beyond Award, Diversity Best Practices
50 Out Front Companies for Diversity Leadership, Diversity MBA Magazine
Top 50, National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)

Society

2010 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE), for helping the underserved and reconnecting the Israeli and Palestinian people and economies, US State Department