CO2-neutral by 2030: Alibaba presents new climate protection targets

The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited presented its climate protection plans for the coming years on Friday. The aim is to achieve CO2 neutrality of its own activities by 2030, announced the group. At the same time, the company announced even more comprehensive ambitions: CO2 emissions in the entire Alibaba ecosystem are to be reduced by 1.5 gigatons by 2035. In this plan, which goes far beyond its own business activities, the company will “work together with retailers and consumers”, explained the group of companies. According to its own statements, Alibaba is “the first important platform worldwide to set itself such a goal”.

As part of the plans that have now been announced, the group wants to “use its technical skills to increase efficiency and collaborate with all of the platform’s stakeholders”. In order to make its own contribution to reducing CO2, the company will, for example, rely more “on cloud computing, data management and more sustainable logistics services”. “Our aim is to be a driver for positive change in society and to take on even more responsibility within Alibaba’s digital ecosystem,” said CEO and Chairman Daniel Zhang on Friday during a video presentation for investors.

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