China's Alibaba pledges carbon neutrality by 2030 SHANGHAI (REUTERS) - Alibaba will aim to achieve carbon neutrality in

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China's Alibaba pledges carbon neutrality by 2030 SHANGHAI
(REUTERS) - Alibaba will aim to achieve carbon neutrality in its
own operations and slash emissions across its supply chains and
transportation networks by the end of the decade. Alibaba promised
to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 in its own direct emissions -
known as "scope 1" - as well as its indirect "scope 2" emissions -
derived from the consumption of electricity or heating. The Chinese
e-commerce giant also pledged last Friday (Dec 17) that it would
reduce carbon intensity - the amount of carbon per unit of revenue
- from the "scope 3" emissions - produced across its wider value
chain in areas such as transportation, purchased goods and services
and waste - by 50 per cent by 2030. The company also pledged to cut
overall CO2 across all its businesses by 1.5 gigatonnes by 2035. To
achieve its goals, Alibaba plans to deploy new energy-saving,
high-efficiency technologies, make further use of renewables and
also explore "carbon removal initiatives" that could extract
climate-warming greenhouse gas from the atmosphere… The Straits
Times, 19 Dec 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/c ... ty-by-2030
(a) Goals are considered effective when they meet five key
criteria, two of which being that effective goals need to be
specific and measurable (i) Identify the TWO (2) goals that Alibaba
needs to achieve in the case. (4 marks) (ii) Do you think the goals
are sufficiently specific? Do you think it is sufficiently
measurable? Explain your answer. (6 marks)
DIPL/HRM2105/APR2022/MAIN EQP Page 7 of 7 (iii) List the other
THREE (3) criteria of an effective goal. (3 marks) (b) Effective
planning is the foundation of an organisation. (i) Which type of
plan did Alibaba likely utilise in the case? (2 marks) (ii) Provide
details on the scope and impact of the plan that Alibaba likely
utilise in the case. (4 marks) (c) One action that managers could
take to improve the quality of their decisions is nominal group
technique. (i) What is nominal group technique? (3 marks) (ii)
Analyse how nominal group technique might help managers at Alibaba
make better decisions.