Introduction of Ant Financial Services Company:
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.
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.
Enterprise 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 the 202 1 Sustainable Development Report, officially launched the four-in-one ESG sustainable development strategy of "digital inclusiveness", "green low carbon", "scientific and technological innovation" and "open ecology", upgraded the company's sustainable development governance system, and led 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.