Alibaba released the ESG report for the first time

Our reporter Xu Jie

On August 29th, Alibaba Group officially released the "ENVIRONMENTAL and Gover REPORT" (hereinafter referred to as the "ESG Report"), which shows a series of series such as the environment, balanced development, corporate governance Thinking and actions of problems. This is also the first systematic release ESG report on Alibaba Group.

Different from the financial report, the ESG report provides investors with non -financial information of many enterprises, and focuses on the health of the enterprise and the connection with the society. Zhang Yong, chairman and chief executive officer of Alibaba Group's board of directors, said, "ESG means creating the value of business, which provides a framework for solving a series of global challenges, but also an important cornerstone for Alibaba to move towards 102 years."

Measure the important criteria of the company

The company needs to make a profit, but the company's mission cannot stop profitable. Zhang Yong believes that ESG not only provides a series of action frameworks that respond to a series of global risks and challenges, but also become an important criterion for measuring a good company globally.

In Zhang Yong's view, ESG is not only an evaluation standard, but also a long -term action framework for the future. "One of Alibaba's vision is to become a good company living for 102 years. A company must cross three centuries, often cross several large economic cycles, experience various challenges and ups and downs. ESG means creating creation. The value above business provides a framework for solving a series of global challenges, and it is also an important cornerstone for Alibaba to move towards 102 years. "

Ma Liang, a researcher at the National Institute of Development and Strategy of Renmin University of China and a professor at the School of Public Management, said that the ESG report issued by Alibaba not only draws on the International Most of the United Nations Sustainable Development Objective Framework, but also integrates elements with Chinese characteristics such as rural rejuvenation. It reflects the thinking and actions of digital platform enterprises "the value above business".

Last year, Alibaba announced that ESG became one of the two major social responsibility strategies of the company. In this year's ESG report, Zhang Yong also said that in the past year, it has spent a lot of time to study and think about these topics, and put a lot of energy to work closely with the ESG team. "It can The top priority. "

It is reported that the ESG report released by Alibaba this time covers "repairing green planets", "supporting employee development", "sustainable and beautiful life", "help small, medium and micro enterprises high -quality development", "help society tolerance and toughness", "promote everyone Participating public welfare "and" building trust "seven directions.

For example, in terms of sustainable and beautiful life, Alibaba is committed to bringing a more inclusive and inclusive consumption experience for underdeveloped regions and digital vulnerable groups. In fiscal year in 2022, 70%of the annual active consumers comes from low -line cities and rural areas. As of the end of the fiscal year of 2022, Cainiao has built more than 1,000 county -level co -assignment centers across the country and covers more than 400 poverty alleviation counties, and more than 50,000 townships and village -level logistics stations.

In terms of high -quality development of small and medium -sized enterprises, Alibaba is committed to providing digital tools with lower thresholds with technology. Among the 4620 national specialized new giant companies identified by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 65%of the companies are Alibaba Cloud customers. In fiscal 2022, Alibaba's technology -related fields invested over 120 billion yuan in historic fields.

Platform company is an important carrier

The ESG report believes that the platform company is an important carrier for the ESG operation. To truly allow ESG to create the value above business, it must fully integrate it into the commercial design, return to the real scene, resolve problems, and promote progress.

"Alibaba not only uses big data, cloud computing, AI and other technologies to reduce carbon reduction, but also launched products like carbon emissions optimization platforms' energy consumption", which is used in papermaking, printing and dyeing, textiles, and some specialty new companies. , Let more small and medium -sized enterprises realize emission reduction. "Wen Zongguo, a professor at the School of Environment of Tsinghua University, said that it can be seen that the platform company's technical capabilities have greatly available in the fields of green circulation economy and solid waste treatment. Important carrier of ESG concept. "

Liang Hao, an associate professor at Singapore Management University, said that ESG can be regarded as a set of governance frameworks within the company, and it is also a link between the company's connection with the relevant stakeholders of the company. It is the expansion of the company's border. Platform -type technology companies represented by Alibaba, through rich scenes and powerful digital capabilities, have established links in various aspects of many companies and consumers on the platform and platforms on the platform and platforms. Better condense social force. "Enterprises do ESG are small rivers; platform companies do ESG to gather small streams to form rivers, and then promote social progress."

Lv Jianzhong, a global report, advocates organization, said that Alibaba's growth process is to continuously apply digital technology to business expansion, social progress, environmental harmony, and innovating the ecology with countless participants. While the company's own sustainable development, it is a green and sustainable commercial ecosystem with many stakeholders to create the value of business above business. Development.

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