JD.com is China’s retail and e-commerce service provider. Recently, the company received an award for its sustainability efforts. This award proves how the firm strives at taking care of the environment and utilizing its corporate responsibility programs to impact the community positively.
JD.com has identified some of these issues in China and is working towards eradicating them. Over the last few years, the firm’s corporate social responsibility team has pushed the firm into promoting sustainability, eradicating poverty, and promoting education. Through its different initiatives, every department of JD.com, from product creation, packaging, sales, and deliveries, is conducted with the expectation that Jingdong’s impact on the environment and the community will be positive, sustainable, and long-lasting.
The SEAL Award considers leadership, sustainability, and environment achievement in granting its award which recognizes sustainable firms around the world. JD.com joins companies such as Nike, Samsung, and Apple among other firms in receiving this award.
According to Libo Ma, the firm’s head of social responsibility, the company is seeking to support sustainability in the long term. Libo Ma stated that the award is a testament to the company’s sustainability program and its environmental protection commitment, poverty eradication, education, and social innovation. The leaders of the company believe that the community should not measure the success of a firm by the use of traditional metrics only but also by the manner in which it positively impacts the society. As such, Jingdong believes that it has a responsibility of continuously improving the community.
The founder of SEAL Awards, Matt Harney, commented that JD.com deserved that award. This comment came after his statement that the company received the highest score from the award’s jury. Harney congratulated the firm which recycles more than one million pieces of clothing and 400,000 toys annually.
Being the largest retailer in China, Jingdong has several programs such as a supply chain network that nearly 99% of the nation’s population can access. The firm embraces innovative science and technology to make significant contributions in protecting the environment, educate, and eradicate poverty. As such, the company has contributed close to 700 million Yuen to the nation.
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