Intro Power Inclusive Future For All FY23 Purpose Report | 15 Looking Ahead Human rights Advances in technology present new challenges and considerations about how the technologies people and businesses use every day impact human rights. Cisco integrates a human rights by design approach to address salient human rights issues across our business. We published our Global Human Rights Policy more than a decade ago, and we update it regularly to re昀氀ect new developments in the way Cisco manages potential human rights impacts. We continue to mature our approach to these issues through enhanced governance, as well as the development of policies and procedures aimed at addressing human rights impacts across the value chain. Governance of human rights issues In 昀椀scal 2023 we established a new Environmental, Social, and Public Policy Committee on Cisco’s Board of Directors, which oversees human rights issues and other ESG matters. Our Business and Human Rights team oversees human rights policy and implementation Cisco rose to third place from across Cisco, while our Supply Chain Sustainability team conducts human rights due diligence in our supply chain. Two cross-functional, 11th out of 60 information and executive-level committees—our Human Rights Advisory Committee communications technology and Supply Chain ESG Committee—provide guidance on human rights (ICT) companies on Know the risks and strategy. Chain’s benchmark, which assesses companies’ abilities to manage human rights risks in their supply chain.

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