Partnering for Goal: Be a part of the Motion to Amplify Constructive Influence

Partnering for Goal

Partnering for Goal, launched in November of 2022, is a world Cisco initiative that allows our companions, clients, and suppliers to collaborate extra successfully with us to drive constructive change. This industry-first program builds on many years of partnership and shared studying, formalizing the efforts Cisco and our companions have already been making to positively affect individuals, the planet, and communities globally. By offering an orchestrated platform, Partnering for Goal simplifies the engagement, and amplifies our collective affect, aligning with Cisco’s dedication to an inclusive future for all.

Making a Collective Distinction

Since its launch, the Partnering for Goal initiative has continued to develop and achieve momentum, bringing Cisco and our channel companions collectively – sharing finest practices and collaborating in new methods to drive constructive affect.

By becoming a member of forces, we’re enhancing worker engagement and amplifying our affect in so many alternative methods, similar to enhancing literacy and cyber resilience amongst college youngsters, creating progressive options for environmental sustainability, and taking part in crew volunteer efforts to offer again to our communities.

Giving Again Collectively

Giving again collectively is usually a highly effective connector. Cisco and our companion group throughout the US, Canada and Latin America recurrently have interaction in weeklong giveback actions that vary from supporting meals banks to aiding native hospitals. These efforts have concerned over 200 companion workers and over 450 Cisco workers, collectively contributing greater than 2,130 volunteer hours.

At a Cisco ThousandEyes world Companion Connection occasion, a devoted Partnering for Goal session featured a meal-packing exercise. Cisco, ThousandEyes, and companion attendees rolled up their sleeves to assemble 400 snack packs for youngsters going through meals insecurity in the area people. These hands-on initiatives not solely present rapid help but in addition foster a deeper connection between our groups and the communities we serve.

Addressing Local weather Change

We have now developed progressive approaches to sort out environmental sustainability challenges. One such initiative introduced groups collectively from Cisco, ThousandEyes, and Orange Enterprise to host a day of studying and data trade centered on local weather change and environmental stewardship. This occasion explored how expertise and mixed experience might assist clients obtain their social and environmental sustainability objectives.

Individuals additionally visited an area farm, the place they juiced apples, planted timber, and gained firsthand perception into the affect of local weather change on farming practices.

The Cisco APJC Distribution crew created a singular method to drive environmental sustainability consciousness by aligning enterprise objectives with constructive affect. One notable instance concerned a crowdfunding mannequin to assist help a distant Aur Lang Village in Vietnam. In one other instance,Cisco and Ingram Micro launched a marketing campaign the place, for each companion who accomplished an environmental and sustainability bootcamp and earned a Black Belt certification, each Cisco and Ingram Micro made a donation to Planet Ark, an Australian environmental nonprofit. In consequence, over 200 Black Belt Sustainability Certificates have been awarded, and $40,000 AUSD was donated to Planet Ark.

Doing Good is Good for Enterprise

To acknowledge the investments our companions are already making and tackle what issues to them and our shared clients, we launched a Partnering for Goal class within the 2023 Companion Innovation Problem. This class was created to reward submissions with a purpose-driven goal, leading to a powerful 68% improve in submissions.

It’s rewarding to witness how objective is considerably influencing our companions’ method to innovation, and the quite a few methods we’re driving constructive affect collectively. Whereas Partnering for Goal may seem to be a feel-good initiative; the truth is that doing good is nice for enterprise. By collaborating on purposeful initiatives, we not solely improve our working relationships but in addition drive substantial enterprise worth.

 

 

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