Cisco Systems joined the United Nations Development Program to support Netaid.org, the largest global online community to fight extreme poverty worldwide. Through powerful public-private partnerships in alliance with Internet users, Netaid makes big changes through countless small acts that are well directed, personal and relevant. Please visit this site and learn what you can do to help.

Cisco Systems Corporate Philanthropy supports three primary initiatives through the Cisco Foundation and Community Investment: workforce development for the new economy, non-profit technology leverage, and the legacy of individual philanthropists. The Cisco Systems Foundation serves as the primary cash investment vehicle to provide grants to organizations with long-lasting, local or global impact. Community Investment supports a spectrum of turnkey programs to assist community-based organizations and our own employees in their endeavors to become positive social change agents.

Cisco's Support for Global Compact - At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on 31 January 1999, UN Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan challenged world business leaders to "embrace and enact" the Global Compact, both in their individual corporate practices and by supporting appropriate public policies. These principles cover topics in human rights, labor and environment.