Alipay, which was born by Ant Group in 2004, originated from the initial intention of solving the trust problem for the society. After years of development, it has become the world's leading Internet open platform.
Ant Group is a technology company founded by Ma Yun on 20 13. The business scope of Ant Group involves digital finance, financial technology, smart logistics and new energy. Through innovative technology and business model, it provides digital transformation services for large enterprises such as Alibaba Group, and also provides convenient financial services and commodities for consumers.
Through technological innovation, Ant Group helps partners to provide inclusive and convenient digital life and digital financial services for consumers and small and micro enterprises; Continue to open products and technologies to help enterprises upgrade and cooperate digitally; Cooperate extensively around the world to serve local businesses and consumers and realize "global income", "global payment" and "global remittance".
20 13 March, Alipay's parent company announced that it would build a micro-finance service group with it as the main body, and micro-finance became the predecessor of Ant Financial. In July 2020, Ant Financial was officially renamed Ant Group.
development strategy
Since 20 17, Ant Group has published a sustainable development report with reference to ESG (society, environment and governance) concept every year. On June 1 day, 2022, Ant Group released "202 1 Sustainable Development Report".
Officially launch the ESG sustainable development strategy of "digital inclusiveness", "green low carbon", "scientific and technological innovation" and "open ecology", upgrade the company's sustainable development governance system, and lead ants to create value and achieve stability.
In order to ensure the implementation of ESG strategy, Ant upgraded relevant organizational guarantees, including the establishment of ESG Sustainable Development Committee and external ESG Sustainable Development Advisory Committee with the approval of the board of directors to ensure the scientific nature of the strategy.
At the company level, the ESG Sustainable Development Leading Group led by CEO and CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer) and the executive groups of various issues have been set up to ensure that ESG objectives are integrated into the business and promote business development.
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