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NEW YORK, June 16, 2025/3BL/ – The Coach Foundation announces a transformative $20M investment to advance opportunities for under-resourced young people who have the courage to make their dreams a reality – nearly doubling its commitment to the North American Dream It Real program by 2030 through multi-year grants to key partners and additional support. This bold expansion marks a new chapter for the Foundation’s flagship scholarship initiative, now in its seventh year, accelerating the Coach Foundation’s ambitious goal of awarding 10,000 scholarships by 2030 and putting the Foundation on track to meet that target early.

The Dream It Real program is the Coach Foundation’s signature initiative, rooted in the Foundation’s mission of creating opportunities and removing barriers for the next generation through collegiate scholarship, mentorship and other resources. The increased commitment comes as the Foundation celebrates remarkable outcomes from its Dream It Real scholars: 97% of students are on track to graduate college on time*—a stark contrast to the 21% national average for students from similar backgrounds. Additionally, 94% of Dream It Real scholars are first-generation college students who graduate with 88% less debt than the national average.

Through strategic partnerships with leading education organizations Bottom Line and The Opportunity Network, the Coach Foundation continues to dismantle barriers to higher education and drive lasting change for young people as they follow their dreams. To date, the Foundation has provided over 7,000 scholarships to young people around the world.

“This investment represents our unwavering commitment to the young people we support,” said Todd Kahn, Coach CEO and Brand President. “With an expanded investment in North American programs, we’re accelerating our impact and scaling what we know works. These young people are achieving remarkable outcomes and we’re committed to helping even more of the next generation realize their potential and shape the future. Our new 2030 goals will ensure we can reach even more students who deserve access to pursue their dreams.”

The $20M announcement was made during the Coach Foundation’s signature annual Dream Day convening on Thursday, June 12. This year’s Dream Day was particularly special as it celebrated a unique milestone—recognizing the first official cohort of graduating Dream It Real scholars while simultaneously welcoming the program’s largest and newest cohort of students.

With over 400 young people in attendance and inspiring conversation from WNBA players Kiki Iriafen (Washington Mystics) and Aneesah Morrow (Connecticut Sun), the event embodied this year’s theme, Dream Horizons—a powerful turning point where one chapter ends and another begins. The day served as a collective moment to ignite inspiration and look boldly toward the future, with activities including speed mentoring, manifestation stations and interactive workshops.

With this new commitment, the Coach Foundation will continue to advance its mission of helping young people reach their highest potential—driven by the belief that all young people should have access to pursue their dreams. For more information about The Coach Foundation, please visit coach.com/coachfoundation.

About Coach Foundation
Established in 2008, to help create a better future for all, the Coach Foundation has donated over $70 million to hundreds of worthy causes across the globe. Dream It Real is the Coach Foundation’s signature initiative focused on supporting historically under-resourced young people as they pursue their dreams. Through the Dream It Real program, the Coach Foundation partners with nonprofit organizations globally to fund scholarships and provide pivotal resources for young people inclusive of mentorship opportunities, career workshops, college and career advising, and more. For more information, please visit https://www.coach.com/coachfoundation.

About Tapestry, Inc.
Tapestry, Inc. is a New York -based house of modern luxury lifestyle brands. The Company’s portfolio includes Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman. Our Company and our brands are founded upon a creative and consumer-led view of luxury that stands for inclusivity and approachability. Each of our brands are unique and independent, while sharing a commitment to innovation and authenticity defined by distinctive products and differentiated customer experiences across channels and geographies. To learn more about Tapestry, please visit www.tapestry.com. The Company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TPR.

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By Doug Segrest

By day, Jim Watts is a leader on the Regions Consumer Risk Services Team. But Thursday morning, he was delivering some truth bombs to students from Wenonah High’s Academy of Hospitality and Tourism.

As part of Regions’ Reality Check, students from the academy were undergoing a fast-paced strategy game intended to help them understand real-world finances.

Watts’ contribution? Telling them about the need to rein in subscription services, the silent killer of any well-intended budget.

“Basically, we’re giving them the critical decision skills so that when they have families and jobs and children, they’ll be better prepared,” Watts said. “What I like is seeing the light bulbs go off when they suddenly realize what their parents and families go through.”

The Reality Check moment was held during the first round of the 2025 Regions Tradition, inside the shade of the new Coca-Cola® Spectator Village tent next to the driving range. As Champions Tour pros fine-tuned their swings before taking on the course, Keren Treme, Regions Financial Education Trainer, delivered fast financial facts for the students.

“Financial education is the foundation of most things you want to do in life,” said Treme, who also serves a member of Regions Better Life Institute. “And that starts with money.”

Reality Check takes students through a whirlwind of financial situations, beginning with a salary, job and family size chosen at random. Students then must navigate a range of situations – from Netflix to transportation costs, food, room and board and something no one thinks about.

“Unexpected events,” said Regions’ Amy Jones. “That could be a flat tire, a trip to the doctor, a speeding ticket or a dentist visit.”

As Jones reeled off each potential life hurdle, the groans from students became more audible.

And that’s just what Diann Pilgrim wanted to see. A teacher at Wenonah and part of the Academy since its 2014 inception, Pilgrim and her students are familiar with Treme, whom they see multiple times a year for financial education.

The day at Greystone Golf and Country Club is something students begin anticipating for a year, finally getting to spend the day at the Regions Tradition as juniors.

“They’re seeing on paper what Mom and Dad and grandparents go through,” Pilgrim said. “That really is a reality check.”

But for Pilgrim’s students, that’s just one slice of a more expansive learning experience on the day.

“On top of Reality Check, this is about tourism,” Pilgrim said. “This is the career our students are preparing for, so they look forward to coming every year. They know they’ll not only learn something, but they’ll also have fun.”

Read more Regions Tradition 2025 articles on Doing More Today.

Originally published on Climate & Capital Media.

Threats to agriculture — ranging from water scarcity to soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate extremes – are becoming increasingly material and measurable. While proactive measures to help the sector adapt to these threats often rely on philanthropic and public funding, the right approaches can enable private capital to unlock value in investable solutions.

Globally, 87% of agricultural lenders anticipate climate change as a material risk to business (EDF and Deloitte). A great example in recent news is climate impacts on chocolate production. Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns are significantly disrupting cacao crops, particularly in West Africa, affecting both the quantity and quality of beans. As a result, cocoa prices have surged, posing substantial risks to supply chains and profitability for businesses reliant on cocoa products.

There’s an urgent need for agricultural adaptation solutions that aim to enhance the resilience and reliability of food systems by addressing climate-related risks. Such strategies include both on-farm actions (such as climate-resilient seeds, water management, and crop diversification) and off-farm actions (such as technical assistance, insurance, and market access improvements). When done right, they can reduce risks, boost productivity, and stabilize returns, making them attractive long-term investments.

The gap between what’s possible and what’s practiced isn’t just a flaw in the system; it’s a signal for those bold enough to act.

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Unlocking the Potential of Agricultural Adaptation Investments

Webinar on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 9:30am EST / 2:30pm BST

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Presenters:

• Alyssa Go, Managing Director, Sustainability and Impact·RRG Capital Management
• Inga Jacobs-Mata, Director, Water, Growth and Inclusion·International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• Jacob Davis, Senior Director, Financial Advisory·NatureVest
• Jenny Frankel-Reed, Senior Office, Climate Adaptation·Gates Foundation
• John Mundy, Director of Global Partnerships·One Acre Fund
• Kari Vigerstol, Director of Water Security Science & Innovation·The Nature Conservancy

Full value chain carbon storage solutions enhance efficiency and reliability to advance industrial decarbonization

Global energy technology company SLB (NYSE: SLB) today launched Sequestri™ carbon storage solutions — a comprehensive portfolio of technologies and services for accelerating safer and more economic carbon storage projects.

The Sequestri portfolio addresses the unique challenges of long-term carbon storage, providing tailored hardware and digital workflows that improve decision-making across the full carbon storage value chain, from site selection and planning to development, operations and monitoring.

“Advanced technology solutions have a crucial role to play in shifting the economics and safeguarding the integrity of carbon storage projects,” said Katherine Rojas, SLB’s senior vice president of Industrial Decarbonization. “The Sequestri portfolio offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that provide the precision, reliability and efficiency needed to advance carbon storage projects at every stage of their lifecycle — driving meaningful progress toward industrial decarbonization at scale.”

The Sequestri portfolio is anchored by a network of interconnected digital technologies and services for carbon storage that provide a robust foundation for analysis and prediction. These end-to-end digital technologies harness more than 25 years of carbon capture and storage (CCS) project experience to help developers screen, rank, design, model, simulate and analyze every phase of the project lifecycle. The portfolio also includes a range of technologies which have been specifically engineered and qualified for carbon storage applications, from subsurface safety valves and measurement tools to cementing systems, including SLB’s EverCRETE™ CO₂-resistant cement system.

The Sequestri portfolio of carbon storage solutions, together with the SLB Capturi standard, modular carbon capture solutions, provide emitters and project developers with a full suite of complementary CCS solutions to enable decarbonization at scale from point of capture to permanent carbon storage.

For more information about the Sequestri portfolio of carbon storage solutions, visit www.slb.com/sequestri.

About SLB

SLB (NYSE: SLB) is a global technology company that drives energy innovation for a balanced planet. With a global footprint in more than 100 countries and employees representing almost twice as many nationalities, we work each day on innovating oil and gas, delivering digital at scale, decarbonizing industries, and developing and scaling new energy systems that accelerate the energy transition. Find out more at slb.com.

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June 16, 2025 /3BL/ – The WSLA Alumnae Group is thrilled to announce the appointment of two officers who will play pivotal roles in strengthening and advancing the organization’s mission to support, elevate, and connect women sustainability leaders.

Maureen Eisbrenner has been appointed as WSLA’s first-ever Chief Development Officer (CDO) — a newly established officer role designed to strengthen the organization’s funding and development strategies. As CDO, Maureen will lead efforts to ideate, execute, and expand sponsorship and fundraising opportunities, including WSLA’s annual sponsorship campaign, silent auction, and grant development. Additionally, she will work closely with the board to establish a robust membership program that supports engagement, growth, and sustainability of the organization.

Eisbrenner has consistently shown exceptional dedication to WSLA’s long-term impact, contributing time, talent, and innovative thinking to the group’s development efforts. We are excited to officially recognize her leadership in this new officer position.

Said Eisbrenner, “I am honored to serve as WSLA’s first Chief Development Officer and look forward to working with our talented community to strengthen our organization’s mission. Together, we can unlock new opportunities, foster meaningful connections, and drive impactful change for women sustainability leaders everywhere.”

We are also pleased to announce Heather Clancy as WSLA’s Secretary. Heather brings both insight and intentionality to this important officer role. Her involvement reflects the strength of WSLA’s ongoing connection with Trellis (formerly GreenBiz) and her passion for transparency, communication, and community building. Since stepping into the role, Heather has already begun work to enhance board operations and documentation practices — a vital step in ensuring WSLA’s continued growth and effectiveness.

Now Accepting Applications for Three Board Positions
To continue building a dynamic and committed leadership team, WSLA is seeking three new board members to serve in the following focus areas:

• General Meeting Programming – Planning and facilitating engaging virtual general sessions.
• Membership Program Coordination – Building and supporting the evolving WSLA community by engaging women who are not yet alumnae and creating inclusive networking opportunities.
• Alumnae Engagement – Enhance alumnae connections through professional development opportunities, job sharing, internal networking platforms, and alumni recognition initiatives.

Board service is a rewarding opportunity to contribute to the future of women in sustainability leadership while developing meaningful relationships and expanding your professional impact.

Board Member Commitment Includes:

• Participation in four remote board meetings per year (1.5 hours each)
• Attend at least two of the three annual general meetings (2 hours each)
• Support of WSLA’s fundraising efforts
• Contribution of time and ideas for organizational development and potential committee work

To learn more and apply, visit:
www.wsla.global/board-application

About WSLA Alumnae Group
The WSLA Alumnae Group, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is a community of past Women in Sustainability Leadership Award winners: over 135 of the most influential women* trailblazers who have become a powerful force in the profession of creating a more sustainable world. The group’s annual awards program, summits, service activities, and mentorship opportunities continue to pave the way in sustainability and for future leaders in the field. For more information, visit https://www.wsla.global.

*WSLA welcomes a diversity of women to unite as a strong collective of unique lived experiences and perspectives committed to sustainability and impactful environmental stewardship. WSLA is a strong proponent, advocate, and practitioner of equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice, and as such is an organization open to all women. Our definition of women is expansive and includes those who may identify as non-binary, genderqueer, gender-expansive, two-spirit, and otherwise do not exist within a gender binary.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 16, 2025 /3BL/ – Discovery Education, the creators of essential PreK-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, now offers a new collection of summer professional development resources that help prepare educators nationwide for back-to-school success. 

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, the Summer of Learning channel offers readily accessible, standards aligned professional development content that enhances instruction across in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration. 

In addition, the new summer professional development content, organized by topic and available at no cost, includes:

• Immersive: The new immersive learning professional development resources let educators earn microcredentials as they build confidence with immersive technologies and learn how to create powerful instructional moments in any lesson plan. Created in partnership with Verizon, these resources let educators quickly dive into new and innovative techniques and teaching strategies that help increase student engagement.
• Literacy: Discover new ways to teach literacy essentials in this series of microlearnings from Discover Literacy – a program created in partnership with the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the National AfterSchool Association. With these resources, educators learn to create everyday connections to the five foundational keys of literacy through on-the-go microlearnings and flexible instructional support. These hands-on resources provide an explicit, systematic approach to instruction and opportunities to practice applying new skills.
• Digital Citizenship: In a new Masterclass Video, Sharo Dickerson, Director of Digital and Learning Resources at Norton, shares best practices for teaching students how to be safe online and good digital citizens. Made available through My Digital Life, a program with Norton, the accompanying multimodal activities empower students to explore the important topic of digital citizenship.
• Health: To help educators better prepare for conversations with students about the most common forms of substance misuse threatening their communities, a powerful on-demand webinar outlines all the primary drug categories and how educators can communicate with students about their impact. This content is made available by Operation Prevention, a program created in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Designed to work alongside the innovative product enhancements announced earlier this year, these professional development resources show teachers how to create personalized learning experiences with inquiry, excitement, and exploration that will hold students’ attention while challenging them academically. Learn more about all the exciting Discovery Education updates for Back-to-School 2025 here.

“At Discovery Education, we believe professional learning should be relevant, collaborative, model innovative strategies, and give teachers time to reflect so they can immediately transfer to their practice. From learning new engaging instructional strategies to growing their art of teaching, these resources span topics and disciplines to ensure all educators can make the most of their professional learning this summer,” said Jaime LaForgia, Senior Director of Professional Learning at Discovery Education.

Educators using Discovery Education resources can augment their professional learning using Discovery Educator Network. A global community of education professionals, the Discovery Educator Network connects members across school systems and around the world through social media, virtual conferences, and in-person events, fostering valuable idea sharing and inspiration. Learn more about professional learning at Discovery Education here.

For more information about Discovery Education’s award-winning digital resources and professional learning solutions, visit www.discoveryeducation.com, and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through X, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. 

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About Discovery Education 
Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art, PreK-12, digital solutions support learning wherever it takes place. Through award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, innovative classroom tools, and strategic alliances, Discovery Education helps educators deliver powerful learning experiences that engage all students and support higher academic achievement on a global scale. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 100 countries and territories. Through partnerships with districts, states, and trusted organizations, Discovery Education empowers teachers with essential edtech solutions that inspire curiosity, build confidence, and accelerate learning. Explore the future of education at www.discoveryeducation.com.

Contact 
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Discovery Education
Email: gmaliska@discoveryed.com

At the recent Reuters Supply Chain USA event in Chicago, hundreds of manufacturing and consumer goods stakeholders convened under the theme “Navigate Complexity in an Era of Uncertainty.”

The two-day event brought together a diverse range of supply chain professionals across freight, logistics, and manufacturing for products in beauty, fashion, tech, and more. Acknowledged throughout the programming was the rapid rise of artificial intelligence across industries, as well as the impact of tariffs on global trade and sourcing.

Representing an apparel perspective, Cascale hosted a sustainability session titled “Reframing Resilience: How to Win While Still Greening the Supply Chain.” The roundtable drew executives from retail, private equity, supply chain planning, data, and tech, including Ulta Beauty and the B Corp-certified logistics company, Flock Freight. The session hit on critical points for today’s decision-maker, including sustainability commitments, supplier diversification, regionality in sourcing and climate risk, geopolitical awareness.

In another session, Nikhil Abuja, director of last-mile planning and supply chain at Amazon, a Cascale member, took the stage alongside speakers from FedEx and The Circular Supply Chain Network. Abuja spoke about scaling analytics and capturing customer data on deliveries to improve efficiency – noting that agility and adaptability are critical to logistical success. His team is also responsible for adding electric vehicles to the delivery fleet.

Similarly, Uber Freight’s Eric Berdinis, director of product management, focused on digitizing the entire supply chain – a $200-billion-dollar offshoot business for the rideshare app. By investing in guaranteed upfront pricing and bundled bookings, Uber Freight was able to reduce roughly four million empty miles. In his session, he played a video demonstrating new feats from Uber Freight like driverless semi-trucks and generative AI supply chain agents with uncanny likeness to humans because of “natural language” use, including pauses.

In a conversation that echoed one taking place in fashion Erik Lopez, chief supply chain officer at Ulta Beauty, introduced a concept of “fast beauty” wherein the beauty retailer is super responsive to changing consumer trends – not unlike fashion. Ulta Beauty also relies heavily on split-cart fulfillment, with some 40 percent of purchases being Buy Online Pickup in Store, or BOPIS. “It’s really about amplifying and enabling our team rather than replacing them,” he said. The conference closed with a session on workforce empowerment for building resilient supply chains.

• Five-year agreement to operate and maintain wastewater treatment facilities began May 1
• Sapulpa’s wastewater treatment system can handle up to 7 million gallons per day with 21 pump stations

SAPULPA, Okla., June 10, 2025 /3BL/ – Veolia North America, the leading environmental services company in the United States, has finalized an agreement with the City of Sapulpa to operate and maintain the community’s wastewater treatment facilities. Veolia has strong resources in the Central Oklahoma region and is eager to implement this new partnership with Sapulpa, a growing community of 23,000, just 15 miles southwest of downtown Tulsa.

The Sapulpa City Council voted unanimously on April 21 to enter a five-year agreement with Veolia to operate the city’s wastewater treatment plant and its 21 pump stations. The agreement may be renewed for three additional five-year terms if both parties agree. The operations and maintenance contract began May 1.

“Working with the City of Sapulpa to reach this agreement has been a meaningful experience and we are very excited to partner with Sapulpa to create the wastewater treatment performance that its residents and businesses deserve,” said Rory Munns, president of municipal water operations for Veolia’s Central Region. “Veolia has a wealth of global resources and experience, as well as decades of service to Oklahoma communities with our dedicated local staff, that we will use to serve the people of Sapulpa.”

Veolia is committed to helping Sapulpa meet its environmental security goals, managing its precious water resources in a region of the country that frequently deals with drought and weather-related challenges. Stable and compliant wastewater treatment is critical to the economic vitality and growth of the region, and no company is better equipped to help Sapulpa meet the challenges of the future. Veolia’s global GreenUp strategy strives to lead the ecological transformation of the planet by accelerating water quality improvement, hazardous waste treatment and disposal, decarbonization and technological innovation.

Craig Henderson, Mayor of Sapulpa, said, “I’m excited to welcome Veolia to the City of Sapulpa. We are at a point where we need the hands-on technical assistance and direction this nationally recognized company offers. As our city continues to grow, the demands on all our water facilities will continue to be of utmost importance, and this is just another step we need to make to ensure compliance and to make our systems efficient and top quality.” 

As part of the agreement, Veolia will advise the city on its capital needs in maintaining and improving the wastewater treatment plant, which handles 3.5 million gallons of wastewater on an average day and is capable of handling twice that amount.

ABOUT VEOLIA NORTH AMERICA

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.
www.veolianorthamerica.com 

ABOUT VEOLIA GROUP

Veolia Group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Present on five continents with 215,000 employees, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical solutions for the management of water, waste and energy that are contributing to a radical turnaround of the current situation. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, to preserve available resources and to renew them. In 2024, the Veolia group provided 111 million inhabitants with drinking water and 98 million with sanitation, produced 42 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 65 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved consolidated revenue of 44.7 billion euros in 2024. 
www.veolia.com

CONTACT
VEOLIA NORTH AMERICA
Adam Lisberg
917-734-5874
adam.lisberg@veolia.com

In remote communities in Argentina, access to quality healthcare is a challenge for many different reasons, including a strong reliance on paper medical records. For many patients, the nearest doctor is hours away. Moreover, many doctors struggle to keep track of their patients’ medical records to provide consistent care across these vast distances.

That’s changing.

Employees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Argentina are collaborating with La Higuera, a non-profit organization committed to delivering primary healthcare services to rural communities. The team from Boehringer has been working to replace paper records with a digital solution to streamline and improve medical consultations.

The recent pilot project has already served nearly 900 adults and over 725 children, as well as facilitating the completion of almost 200 ultrasounds. “This tool is truly invaluable to us. One of our greatest challenges is following up with patients due to the access difficulties they face in getting consultations. Now we can diagnose and treat them on the spot,” said Gala Reynoso, a medical doctor at La Higuera.

Learn more about how Boehringer is using innovation to transform lives in Argentina and beyond on Imagine: our sustainability story hub, where we share our commitment to sustainability and what we are doing to create a positive impact for humans, animals and our planet.

This blog is part of our focus on Cisco employees who are “Striving for Sustainability” by finding opportunities to integrate sustainability in their day-to-day work.

After years in services and business development, Christopher Weiland charted a new path — applying his technology expertise to drive sustainability innovation at Cisco. Much like the trails he rides in the Colorado backcountry, Weiland is a trailblazer — helping shape new approaches to product circularity.

Tell us about your journey in technology and the roles you’ve held at Cisco before moving into sustainability.

Christopher: My interest in technology started early — in fact, I was regularly pulled out of middle school classes to troubleshoot issues in the school’s computer lab. That interest and technical know-how led me to study industrial engineering, which set the foundation for roles at Microsoft, IBM, and eventually Cisco, which I joined in 2000.

At Cisco, I focused on services and sales, doing some exciting work to help major service provider customers navigate complex networking solutions. After two decades, I began to think about the next phase of my career and started exploring how I could transition from a technology-focused role to one centered on sustainability.

What did that exploration look like and how did you navigate a career shift within Cisco?

Christopher: After having an amazing career in tech at Cisco, I was thrilled to realize that I could explore sustainability within the Cisco community. Initially, I thought I might need a master’s degree in environmental science or that I might have to leave the company to chart a new path. But then I discovered a group of passionate Cisco employees who were supporting sustainability, spanning clean energy, supply chain and circularity — all exciting and impactful efforts. Product circularity in particular caught my attention as an area where my skillset could apply and where I thought I could make a contribution.

So I really embraced Cisco’s three E’s for professional development — Exposure, Education, and Experience. I started reading, taking classes, and connecting with Cisco employees working in this field, even before we had our Chief Sustainability Office. Eventually that led to an opportunity for a stretch assignment and my first foray into sustainability-focused work at Cisco.

I’m now focused on circularity — helping to maximize the lifespan of Cisco technology with better processes for product reuse and responsible recycling.

Circularity is an important focus at Cisco. Can you explain what it means and why it’s important?

Christopher: Within Cisco’s environmental sustainability strategy, the Plan for the Possible, one of our three priorities is evolving our business to a circular model.

That means keeping products in use for as long as possible — through reuse, refurbishment, and responsible recycling. Circularity is all about extending the life of technology, reducing waste, and minimizing the need for new raw materials.

We take a holistic approach, covering the entire product life cycle. First, we focus on circular design, which means improving product design for durability and reusability. And that’s top to bottom — from the products themselves to the packaging they come in. Second, we’re creating systems for efficient take-back and product redeployment, and third, we’re developing offerings to support a circular economy. For example, with programs like Cisco Refresh, which sells certified remanufactured equipment, our goal is to enable our customers and partners to adopt circularity.

It sounds like circularity is more than just product design — how do systems and processes play into scaling this effort?

Christopher: Exactly. To scale circularity, we need more than just good product design. We need processes that support efficient take-back, recycling, and reuse.

We’re continuing to investigate ways to do that — gathering insights and exploring ways to develop a scalable approach. There’s an opportunity for us to take an active role in product redeployment, supporting customers who are looking to Cisco to lead the way in product reuse and recycling.

Sustainability at Cisco is a cross-functional practice. How has your prior experience working across teams applied?

Christopher: Many of the skills I developed in my technical and sales roles — like collaborating across teams, aligning business needs with long-term strategy, and problem-solving — translate directly to sustainability initiatives.

Sustainability at Cisco isn’t confined to one team — it requires coordination across multiple business functions. It’s a blend of technical expertise, operational strategy, and relationship-building.

Your commitment to sustainability has been fueled by your passion for the outdoors. Can you share some of your adventures and what you’ve gained from those experiences?

Christopher: I live in Denver, Colorado, and spending time in the natural world is an important part of my life. Skiing, hiking and biking all allow me to connect to nature — and explore my limits. I’m proud to note I competed in the Bailey Hundo four times — an amazing albeit dauting 100-mile mountain bike race with 10,000 feet of elevation gain.

The Colorado Trail holds a special place in my heart — it runs parallel to the Continental Divide, passes through five wilderness areas, and is one of the country’s only long-distance trails that allows bikes. I’ve bikepacked the entire trail — over 550 miles over the course of 20 days.

But beyond the ride and the trail itself, what makes it even more meaningful is the story of how it was created by a group of people who were willing to dream. I’m incredibly inspired by Gudy Gaskill, the “Mother of the Colorado Trail,” who led the all-volunteer effort to create this amazing wilderness route through sheer persistence. She rallied people around a shared vision and kept the project moving forward despite seemingly endless obstacles — physical and bureaucratic.

In many ways, her story mirrors the work being done in sustainability — big change happens through long-term commitment and knocking down roadblocks, step by step. Whether it’s building a wilderness trail along the rugged Continental Divide or shifting an industry toward circularity, it’s about bringing people together, solving problems along the way, and staying focused on the long-term impact.

What advice do you have for Cisco employees to get involved in sustainability?

Christopher: A great way to get involved in sustainability at Cisco is by joining your regional Green Team — these are employee-led groups dedicated to supporting environmental initiatives. I’m active with the Denver Green Team, and it’s been rewarding to see the local impact we can have. We’ve worked on a variety of volunteer projects and community initiatives, including working at an animal sanctuary, wetland remediation, and trail building.

I also encourage anyone interested in sustainability to educate yourself on how  Cisco is driving sustainability impact in our operations and for our customers. A great starting point is our Purpose Reporting Hub. There are insights into our Circular Design program, efficiency goals, and Cisco’s circular offerings, like Cisco Refresh and our no-cost Takeback and Reuse program for end-of-use products. I often say these programs are Cisco’s best kept secrets, and I encourage my colleagues to understand their benefits and to share them with our customers and partners.

I’d also advise people to look at how their skills may transfer to new opportunities. You might be surprised how the skills you’ve developed in other parts of Cisco can pay dividends — whether in sustainability or another area of the business.

What has your journey taught you about driving meaningful change within Cisco?

Christopher: My journey at Cisco has shown me that career growth doesn’t always mean leaving — sometimes, it’s about uncovering new opportunities right where you are.

I’ve also learned that sustainability, like career growth, is a space of constant evolution and opportunity. Cisco has the global reach, influence, and innovation capacity to drive meaningful progress in circularity.

But what resonates with me most is that sustainability requires long-term thinking, persistence, and commitment — just like endurance cycling or trail building.

Big change happens step by step, through dedication, collaboration, and a willingness to adapt along the way.

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