Intro Power Inclusive Future For All FY23 Purpose Report | 38 Looking Ahead Focusing on our direct operations Cisco has been developing and executing on initiatives to reduce and Environmental Design (LEED®) and International WELL Building the environmental impact of our facilities for more than 15 years. In Institute’s WELL v2 Building Standard with 昀椀ve more in progress. 昀椀scal 2023, we implemented 27 energy e昀케ciency projects that avoid These certi昀椀ed spaces make up 19 percent of our building portfolio. approximately 4.9 GWh of energy consumption and 2100 metric tonne carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) each year. To reduce Scope 1 and 2 We also continue to advance sustainability in our global data centers emissions and make progress on our near-term target, we plan to by focusing on sustainability in design, optimized operations, energy invest approximately US$39 million in renewable energy, energy management, asset recovery and reuse, and responsible procurement. e昀케ciency, and electri昀椀cation projects between 昀椀scal years 2023 and 2025. This includes a multiyear project to electrify fuel-burning heating systems in our buildings and increase the use of electric vehicles in our European company car 昀氀eet. 48% In 昀椀scal 2023, approximately 91 percent of our global electricity came from renewable energy sources, including 100 percent in the reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG United States, Canada, and various other countries. We are also emissions from FY19 baseline making signi昀椀cant strides in India, where 81 percent of our electricity came from renewable sources in 昀椀scal 2023. We will continue our 91% focus on both our onsite and o昀昀site renewable energy e昀昀orts over the next few years. of global electricity came from renewable sources in FY23 Through our hybrid work strategy, we are adopting more sustainable building practices that are not only more e昀케cient, but also make for 19% more productive places to work. By focusing on the quality, rather of our building portfolio is than the quantity, of facilities, we have reduced real estate square LEED/WELL certi昀椀ed footage by 15 percent since August 2017. As of 昀椀scal 2023, we have 35 Cisco facilities with green building certi昀椀cations, such as the United States' Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy
