Ant International Launches First Sustainability Report and Framework

Ant International has introduced its first Sustainability Framework alongside its inaugural independent Sustainability Report, marking a key milestone following its separation from Ant Group.

Headquartered in Singapore with more than 30 offices worldwide, Ant International provides cross-border digital payment, commerce, and financial services through four business units.

This includes Alipay Plus (wallet gateway services), Antom (merchant payments), WorldFirst (cross-border business accounts), and Bettr (embedded finance).

The company serves over 100 million merchants worldwide.

The new framework is structured around six focus areas—travel, trade, thrive, technology, talent, and trust—collectively known as the 6T areas.

It aims to align business growth with social value creation, particularly for SMEs and underserved markets.

Ant International said it is working with regulators, international organisations, and more than 1,000 financial institutions to help build a secure and inclusive digital ecosystem.

It is investing in AI-driven compliance tools and has begun sharing its anti-deepfake technology with the wider tech community.

The company’s 10×1000 Tech for Inclusion programme, now in its seventh year, has trained over 7,000 individuals across 110 countries in fintech and digital innovation.

The Sustainability Report was soft launched at the Point Zero Forum in Zurich in May, where Sing Chiong Leong, Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, delivered the opening remarks.

Chen Leiming, Chief Sustainability Officer of Ant International, said,

“Sustainability must be inclusive to be effective.

At Ant International, by integrating sustainability into how we innovate, operate and grow, we ensure that every business outcome is also a step towards long-term societal progress.”

“The call for action on the digital tech community has never been so urgent: we need to take action to ensure innovation works for the many, not the few, so we can build a truly inclusive and sustainable global economy for the next generation,”

said Eric Jing, Chairman of Ant International, in his opening message.

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