Cisco Appoints Green Guru

Cisco is the latest IT vendor to add a Green Guru.  Jetsongreen.com posted this information.

Cisco_logo There's major action in the data center world, with all sorts of facilities aiming for energy-efficient centers and LEED buildings.  Cisco, led by the undeniably approachable CEO John Chambers, is embarking on a plan to green their business.  It kind of feels like a revival of the old Japanese, waste-elimination era, but there's progress in areas other than efficiency.  Here's what they're doing:

  • 17,400 sf office in Chesterfield Ridge Center (St. Louis Regional Sales HQ) received LEED certification;

  • Their Carbon to Collaboration Initiative aims to reduce company GHG emissions from air travel by 10 %;

  • They hired Paul Marcoux, one of the founders of The Green Grid, to drive green initiatives inside and outside the company - he's become known as the company "Green Guru."