Intro Power Inclusive Future For All FY23 Purpose Report | 18 Looking Ahead Improving health and safety Cisco works to build suppliers' capabilities to identify and address health and safety issues. Since 昀椀scal 2022, we have partnered with the nonpro昀椀t Social Accountability International to implement its TenSquared program that runs for 100 days and brings together In October 2023, Cisco supply chain workers and managers to collaboratively address was named a Leader in the occupational health and safety challenges. Deploying TenSquared Global Child Forum's annual has revealed that greater worker engagement can yield sustainable solutions to workplace safety issues, such as the consistent use of benchmark report. This personal protective equipment or the safe operation of machinery. designation recognizes that The program increases managers’ awareness of workers’ abilities to contribute solutions, while simultaneously helping workers feel more Cisco has taken concrete steps comfortable sharing their ideas. to embed children's rights into Countering the cyber company practice, including mercenary market following up through monitoring, transparent reporting, and Cisco continues to observe a concerning growth in the use of “cyber programs to create action for mercenaries,” private-sector actors who develop and provide intrusive cyber capabilities to their clients—often governments—for a fee. These children's rights. capabilities allow access to networks, computers, phones, or Internet- connected devices in ways that violate human rights and undermine democratic principles. While these tools are often billed as a way to 昀椀ght terrorism and crime, they are often deployed against dissidents, activists, and journalists instead. As we take a security-昀椀rst approach to our products and services, we also continue to advocate for both industry partners and governments worldwide to support a secure online ecosystem. In 2023, we were a principal co-author of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord’s principles limiting o昀昀ensive operations in cyberspace, which received favorable mention at the Summit for Democracy hosted in Washington, D.C. by the governments of the United States, Costa Rica, Kenya, Korea, Netherlands, and Zambia.