Intro Power Inclusive Future For All FY23 Purpose Report | 17 Looking Ahead Sourcing minerals responsibly Addressing modern slavery and Promoting worker rights While Cisco does not directly procure minerals from mines or the protecting vulnerable workers Cisco is a founder and active member of the RBA and adopted the smelters or re昀椀ners (SORs) that process them, we collaborate with RBA Code of Conduct as our Supplier Code of Conduct. The Code suppliers to conduct due diligence in accordance with our Responsible Cisco’s supply chain is vast and global. Engaging with suppliers to sets standards for labor, health and safety, environment, ethics, and Minerals Policy. Cisco is a member of the Responsible Minerals Initiative drive conformance to our human rights policies is an ongoing e昀昀ort management systems, and Cisco assesses our suppliers’ conformance of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) where we participate that requires constant vigilance. Our due diligence occasionally reveals to the Code using tools such as self-assessments and third-party in working groups to increase SOR participation in third-party audit that workers in our supply chain have paid recruitment fees, which audits. In 昀椀scal 2023, 169 Cisco supplier facilities completed RBA schemes. Conformance to these industry standards is important as it is considered a risk of bonded labor and is against Cisco policy. In audits. We estimate these audits covered more than 446,000 workers 昀椀scal 2023, at nonconformant supplier facilities where workers were 1 serves as an indicator of decreased likelihood of human rights risks, in our supply chain. identi昀椀ed as having paid prohibited recruitment fees, we oversaw the links to con昀氀ict 昀椀nancing, and the existence of corruption in the trade We work to incorporate the perspectives of people who work in our of minerals. In Cisco’s supply chain, 71 percent of the 3TG (tantalum, reimbursement of US$2.2 million to 1865 workers. supply chain to inform our human rights programs. In 昀椀scal 2023, tin, tungsten, and gold) SORs and 61 percent of the cobalt re昀椀ners Certain groups, including ethnic minorities, migrant workers, women, we conducted a Human Rights Impact Assessment that included reported by our surveyed suppliers were conformant or active in a children, and LGBTQ+ communities, face heightened risk for forced interviews with hundreds of workers to identify human rights risks third-party audit program. Cisco also works to improve conditions labor and other human rights risks. To demonstrate our commitment and concerns. We are incorporating these insights into our human for miners and the communities they live in globally. to protect these groups, Cisco published the Respecting the Rights of rights strategy, programming, and due diligence processes. Cisco is a member of the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Vulnerable Groups Policy, as an extension of our existing human rights Minerals Trade and the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals commitments, in 昀椀scal 2023. (EPRM). We support the EPRM-funded Sustainable Trade in Artisanal Gold program, which bene昀椀ts miners in Burkina Faso by improving 446,000+ and scaling responsible sourcing tools and practices. We also contribute to the RCS Global Better Mining program, which monitors supply chain workers covered by 1 working conditions at artisanal and small-scale mines in and around audits conducted during 昀椀scal 2023 the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Learn more about our e昀昀orts related 1 to human rights in our supply chain. The RBA is an industry standard scheme which allows suppliers of multiple customers to demonstrate conformance to a single ESG responsible business conduct standard. Reporting Hub Number of workers represents the total supply chain workers in the entire supplier facility audited.