Ever surprise how one can champion a trigger you imagine in at work? I sat down with a frontrunner within the Asia, Pacific, Japan, and China (APJC) area to study how she harnessed her roles inside Cisco—each within the Cisco Buyer Expertise crew and as a core crew volunteer with the Cisco Inexperienced Crew Community Inclusive Group, certainly one of Cisco’s worker useful resource teams (ERGs), devoted to connecting Cisco workers for social and environmental actions. Be part of us as we discover her journey, the significant collaboration with World Large Fund For Nature Australia (WWF-Australia) since 2022, and the particular initiative at Cisco Reside APJC 2023!
May you begin by introducing your self?
My identify is Vivien Chia and I’m at the moment the Digital Advertising and marketing Supervisor throughout the Digital Buyer Expertise (DCX) crew, liable for the social media administration of Cisco Group—Cisco’s peer-to-peer on-line neighborhood portal and Cisco’s 2nd most visited digital property.
On high of this present day job, I’m additionally the APJC Lead of the World Inexperienced Crew Inclusive Group and a part of the core crew of Australia and New Zealand Sustainable Atmosphere Community (ANZ Inexperienced Crew).
Therefore, I see the nice alternative to attempt to incorporate sustainability into the Inexperienced Crew’s initiatives and additional interact our members to drive extra social and neighborhood impacts collectively.
May you inform me somewhat bit in regards to the ANZ Inexperienced Crew?
The ANZ chapter of the Cisco Inexperienced Crew is made up of workers from throughout Cisco’s enterprise models who create, encourage and drive sustainability motion throughout Australia and New Zealand. We’re targeted on:
- Constructing extra sustainable partnerships: Participating and creating strategic collaboration with frequent goal and alternatives.
- Giving again and volunteering: Inspiring motion, constructing resiliency and empowering us all to beat local weather disruptions and protect assets inside communities.
- Educating and constructing consciousness: Activating via participating communications, giving again alternatives and occasions.
Inform us a bit in regards to the collaboration between ANZ Inexperienced Crew and WWF-Australia.
Our office giving journey with WWF began in August 2022 after Jay Inexperienced and I connecting with Henry Clough, Office Giving and Company Engagement Supervisor at WWF-Australia.
We had been drawn to WWF’s world mission to cease the degradation of the planet’s pure setting and to construct a future during which people reside in concord with nature. WWF-Australia is now the nation’s largest conservation organisation with initiatives and partnerships in each state and territory throughout the nation since its institution in 1978. They work collaboratively with communities, governments, Conventional Homeowners, non-government organisations (NGOs), scientists, business, and innovators. So we need to assist them to assist drive optimistic change via resilient ecosystems.
The ANZ Inexperienced Crew nominated WWF-Australia for the Cisco Matching Items program, and have established an ongoing collaboration to highlight their essential work in defending wildlife and regenerating nature, together with Earth Hour 2023 and 2024 (try the Earth Hour 2024 | Postcards from world wide!).
In July 2023, we additionally efficiently nominated them for a Cisco Basis Regional Answer Grant (AUD$150,000) to assist fund their Australian Native Vegetation Mapping System mission; this is a crucial mission as a result of Australia is the one developed nation on the record of 24 world deforestation fronts.
After which, it was a serious milestone for us to have them onsite at Cisco Reside APJC in 2023 because the official Charity Accomplice of the occasion. WWF-Australia and Inexperienced Crew engaged with the guests on the Sustainability Zone (led by Sarah Simpson), the place we helped undertake 100 koalas (AUD$18,000 donation worth)!
All groups had been thrilled with the success and stay up for extra collaborations with WWF-Australia and different NGOs to assist make a distinction.
How did you additional prolong the giveback and neighborhood impression initiative ultimately 12 months’s Cisco Reside APJC?
The ANZ Inexperienced Crew partnered with Cisco Group to activate our annual giveback initiative and convey it to life onsite. As an alternative of manufacturing tons of of occasion giveaways, we needed one thing distinctive and extra sustainable, so the price range was diverted to assist an amazing trigger via the ‘Group Serving to Group’ marketing campaign on the occasion. This was to boost consciousness of local weather change and promote collective effort to assist enhance the world collectively.
The crew additionally directed foot visitors to the WWF-Australia sales space to undertake their very own koala. The symbolic motion to ‘undertake’ these iconic but threatened Australian species will assist save them from extinction. You possibly can study extra right here: Undertake a koala.
What are another methods Cisco workers are getting concerned?
It’s essential for workers to rethink their carbon footprint, whether or not it’s via work, at house, or when organizing an occasion (massive or small).
Additionally don’t neglect to leverage, discover the chance, and get inventive to drive larger impression by collaborating with different groups. I need to categorical my heartfelt gratitude to everybody who’ve supported me via this journey.
There may be a lot data on the market each internally and externally about sustainability. Generally it’s laborious to know the place to start out, however that’s okay as a result of the Inexperienced Crew Community may help you begin or proceed your sustainability journey. Whether or not that’s trying to become involved in fundraising or attending inside training classes we encourage workers to be curious, and their information about sustainability will develop from there.
For Cisco workers, the World Inexperienced Crew Community Inclusive Group encourages everybody to affix an area crew and begin getting concerned. We’d love to include new concepts, strategies, and actions to drive our environmental impression and efforts. In the event you’re a Cisco worker, please be a part of us!
Lastly, it’s also possible to keep up to date on Cisco’s sustainability objectives and applications for patrons and companions and don’t neglect to cease by the Cisco Group kiosk and Sustainability Zones whenever you attend Cisco Reside occasions just like the one in Melbourne, Australia from November 11-14!
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