2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

Introduction
The scope of this report
As a global leading provider of photovoltaic smart energy solutions, Trina Solar has always prided itself on its diligencein fulfilling its corporate social responsibility. Since 2011, it has continuously prepared and published the Annual
Corporate Social Responsibility Reports. The last report one was published in June 2021.
The reporting period is from 1st Jan. 2021 to 31st Dec. 2021, covering the global factories and operational business
units in which Trina Solar has direct operational control. The report contains information on Trina Solar’s management
methods, activities, initiatives, and key indicators in environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects in 2021.Trina
Solar is committed to providing information to its stakeholders, incl. shareholders, potential investors, customers,
employees, business partners, public welfare organizations, media, and the government, to help them understand andassess Trina Solar's influences, risks and opportunities in sustainable development.
The data of this report covers the period from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, with some content exceeding theabove time range.

Principles for the preparation of this report
This report is prepared in accordance with the “Guidelines on Environmental Information Disclosure Guidance for Listed
Companies” by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the “Guidelines for Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting”
by Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and the “Guidelines for Social Responsibility of Listed Companies” by Shenzhen Stock
Exchange. Meanwhile, the “ESG Assessment Guidelines” by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development
Foundation Group and the “Guidelines for Corporate ESG Evaluation (Trial Version) of Tianjin were also referred during
the preparation period.

Data Source
The data in this report mainly comes from the original records of the company’s operations. The information herein has
been reviewed internally by the company and approved by the management; and some specific contents have beenreviewed externally. We will regularly verify the effectiveness of the data collection process and data management
system. Trina Solar passed the ISO 14001 certification of environmental management system in 2008; the OHSAS
18001 certification (now: ISO 45001) certification of occupational health and safety management system in 2010; theISO 14064 verification of the quantitative system of GHG emissions and elimination at the organizational level in 2011and began the PAS 2050 certification of product carbon footprint in 2012. It also passed the ISO 50001 certification ofenergy management system in 2015. We verify the effectiveness of these systems through annual external audits.

The form of publication of this report
This report is published in electronic form. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments on it, please send an
email to ESG@trinasolar.com.

Appellation
For ease of expression and reading, Trina Solar Co., Ltd in this report hereinafter is also referred to as Trina Solar, ourcompany, our group, or “we”.

2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ReportCompany Profile
Company Name：

Trina Solar Co., Ltd

Chairman：Gao Jifan

Headquarters：

Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Listed Exchange：

Shanghai Stock Exchange

Date of Establishment：

December 1997

A Share Code and Abbreviation：

688599 Trina Solar

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2021 Annual KPI Overview

Financial
Performance

Environmental
Performance

Operating Income

Net Profit(million RMB)
44,480

Domestic Clean

Basic Earnings per

Weighted Average

Attributable to Parent

Share

Return on Equity (%)(million RMB)

(RMB/share)

11.27

1,804

0.87

Material

GHG Emission per unit

Power Consumption

Energy Power

Environmental

Outputper MW Module

Generation

Breach (times)(tCO2e/MW)(MWh/MW)(million kWh)

0

38.93

51

Number of

Number of

TRR in 2021

Employee Training

Employees

Professional Safety

0.389

(h)

(p)

officers (p)17,586

83

No Child Labor andNumber of Suppliers:

The recovery rate of

Public Welfare

Forced Labor

1000+

packaging materials is

Donation (million

Supplier Types:

about

RMB)

80+

80%

7.3

1,090

SocialPerformance

92,605

Note: For the chapters of all KPIs, please refer to the chapters listed in the ESG index in the appendix.

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Message from Leadership
Dear stakeholders:

Looking back on 2021
The year 2021 was extraordinary. The "black swan" ofepidemic has not gone away, while the "great era" ofindustry is coming. Challenges and opportunities constituteour continuous struggle day and night. In 2021, we lived afulfilling and determined life. Trina Solar's dream of " Solar
Energy for All" is always clear and powerful.
Trina Solar has always been actively undertaking thecorporate social responsibility and working with all
stakeholders to contribute more to low-carbon, green andsustainable development!

Green Development, Share the Responsibility,
Create and Share Value Together
As a global leading provider for photovoltaic module andsmart energy solutions, Trina Solar takes “Solar Energy forAll” as its mission, adheres to the concept of green
development, and protects the green mountains and clear
water by using green energies.
As of the disclosure of the 2021 ESG report, Trina Solar
has delivered more than 100 GW of solar modules whichis equivalent to the capacity of 4.4 Three Gorges
Hydropower Stations, 7.29 billion of trees planted aroundthe world, and bringing clean energy to more than 100 countries and regions. In 2021, Trina Solar was committed to theconstruction of the green factories, which caused, the carbon emission intensity dropped by 32.2%, the sewage discharge
reduced 2,500 tons, the water consumption saved 777,100 tons, and 1,023.18 tons of the waste reduced, whencompared with 2020. Trina Solar joined the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to pursue efforts to limit global
temperature rise 1.5 ℃ with practical actions, and is committed to protecting the earth with clean energy.

Governance Optimization, Strive for Excellence
In abiding to the core values of " focus on the customer, persist in open innovation, persevere through dedication andhard work, strive for excellence, share the responsibility create and share value together”, Trina Solar has continuously
strengthened the construction of the company's integrity system and improved the level of corporate governance, so as
to build foundation for various business development.
As a "State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology", Trina Solar has outstanding innovation strength andexcellent corporate governance. Before the release of 2021 ESG report, Trina solar has broken and refreshed the world
record 23 times in field of conversion efficiency of solar cells and PV module output power, and applied more than 2,300
patents, which is ranking No.1 in the industry. Trina solar has been awarded the PVEL’s global "Top Performer" module
manufacturer for seven consecutive years, and was the first company that won the National Technological Invention
Award in the field of PV technology in China, ranked among CCTV’s list of "Top 50 Valued Enterprises". Trina Solarscores 100% in BNEF Bankability Survey and is now the only module manufacturer to be rated as bankable for six
consecutive years. Trina Solar was selected into the list of "top 100 innovators in global energy transformation" by
Reuters, becoming the only enterprise selected in China and one of the few selected enterprises in the Asia Pacificregion. It was rated as excellent in the "Notice of 2021 Evaluation Result of National Enterprise Technology Center" by
National Development and Reform Commission, entered the top 20 in China and No. 1 in Jiangsu Province. Trina Solar
was also ranked No.1 during the evaluation of PV generation enterprises this time.

Giving back to society and pursuing progress together

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As a social responsibility corporate, Trina Solar never forgot to provide various benefits to the people and to the society
during its operation and developing. Trina Solar donated 5 mil. RMB to Henan Province for their disaster relief andreconstruction afterwards; constructed the "Green benefits – Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) PV Off-grid Power
Generation Project" in Cambodia for providing clean power to local schools. We also donated a total of 350 sets home
appliances (1,050 pieces), with value of nearly 1.8 million RMB, to 350 villagers who chose to buy houses for the "Western
Wuzhen" project, etc. We will implement poverty reduction, promote rural revitalization and contribute to common
prosperity.
We pursued altruism over selfishness. Only if it is beneficial to customers, can we achieve sustainable development; only
if it is beneficial to the industry ecology, will there be more partners. Therefore, we will contribute more and pay more forour peers and customers; and we will unite more closely rather than combat.
Strengthen the reform to drive innovation and keep stability to lead a long-term success. In 2021, we would like to thankall of friends who have given us care and supports, and also every striver of Trina, who made Trina’s business go to a
new victory!

Looking forward to 2022
Explore the light resources that granted by the nature and innovate the science and technology for better future! 2022 is
the 25th year of Trina’s business. The International Renewable Energy Agency predicts that the global installed
photovoltaic capacity will exceed 14,000 GW in 2050, and China’s new energy power generation will exceed 1 trillion
kilowatts for the first time. We clearly aware that the more supreme the mission is, the greater our responsibility there willbe.
Friends and strivers, a new journey has begun, and a new scroll has been rolled out. Let's seize the day and live it to thefullest to pursue our dreams!

Gao Jifan, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar

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Contents

About Trina Solar

01

Company Profile

01

Business Sectors

05

R&D System

06

Corporate Culture

08

Chapter 1 Governance Responsibility

11

Optimize Corporate Governance Structure

11Standardized Board Management

13

Improve Information Disclosure

14

Anti-corruption and Anti-bribery

14

Anti-unfair Competition

15

Stakeholder Communications

15

Chapter 2 Environmental Responsibility

27

Emission Management27

Use of Energy and Resources

34

Sustainable Targets and Measures

35

Environment and Natural Resources

40

Climate Change

41

Chapter 3 Social Responsibility

44

Employment

44

Occupational Health and Safety

45

Staff Development and Training

46

Labor Rules

48

Supply Chain Management

48

Product Liability

50Community

53

Enterprise Honors
Appendix 1: ESG Index
Appendix 2: Feedback

59
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About Trina Solar

0.1 Company Profile
Founded in 1997, Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (Stock Abbreviation: Trina Solar; Stock Code: 688599) is the world's leading providerof photovoltaic smart energy solutions, with business covering the R & D, production, and sale of photovoltaic modules,
power plant and photovoltaic system, photovoltaic power generation and operation and maintenance services, thedevelopment and sale of smart micro-grid and multi-energy complementary systems, the operation of energy cloudplatforms, etc. On 10th June 2020, Trina Solar landed in the A-Share market and was listed on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange’s Sci-Tech Innovation Board ("STAR Market"), as the first PV product, PV system, and smart energy company
listed on the STAR Market.
The "State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology" established at Trina Solar, is one of the first national
key PV laboratories in China that was recognized by Ministry of Science and Technology. To establish "Trina Solar - Digital
Energy Research Institute", which is linked with the "State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology", willlead innovation, and build an integrated platform for innovation and Entrepreneurship, enabling the "colleges anduniversities - scientific research - Industry - Finance" exchanged freely. Trina Solar cooperates with world-class R&D,
Certification Testing Institutes, establishes a technical innovation team with outstanding scientific researchers fromdomestic and overseas，and leads Chinese photovoltaic enterprises in participating in the formulation of international
standards. Trina Solar has become an innovation leader and standard setter in the global solar energy industry. The
amount of invention patents ranks in the forefront of the photovoltaic industry. So far, the "State Key Laboratory of
Photovoltaic Science and Technology" has set and refreshed 23 world records in the field of PV cell conversion efficiency
and PV module output power.
In 2018, Trina Solar won the "China Industrial Grand Prize", being the first photovoltaic company to receive this honor.
Trina Solar focuses on investment in safe production, environmental friendliness, and employee health. It ranks among
the top three in the global solar energy manufacturer's product safety evaluation and won the Gold Award for two
consecutive times during the global corporate social responsibility evaluation organized by EcoVadis, a European thirdparty independent evaluation agency. Trina Solar launched the Energy IoT brand, established the Trina Energy IoT
Industrial Development Alliance together with leading enterprises and research institutes in China and around the world,and founded the New Energy IoT Industrial Innovation Center. With these actions, Trina Solar is committed to working with
its partners to build the energy IoT ecosystem and develop an innovation platform to explore New Energy IoT, as it strives
to be a leader in global intelligent energy.
In 2019, Trina Solar was recognized as the "National Enterprise Technology Center" by five ministries, including the
National Development and Reform Commission. Relying on "One Lab and Two Centers" (State Key Laboratory of
Photovoltaic Science and Technology, National Enterprise Technology Center, and New Energy IoT Industry Innovation
Center), the company increased investment in business R & D, improved and widened the height and breadth of innovation
platform, and attracted more high-end talents.
In 2021, Trina Solar won the "National Technology Invention Award" at the "2020 National Science and Technology Award
Conference", by the project of "Key Technology and Application of crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturing with highefficiency and low-cost", which was the first time that China won the National Technological Invention Award in the field of

22021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reportphotovoltaic technology. In the same year, Trina Solar was awarded "the Most Valuable Module Brand" by Bloomberg New
Energy Finance (BNEF) for 6 consecutive years.
In February 2022, Trina Solar was selected into the list of "Reuters Top 100 Innovators in Global Energy Transformation",as the only China’s enterprise selected and one of the few selected enterprises in the Asia Pacific region. It was rated as
excellent in the "Notice of 2021 Evaluation Result of National Enterprise Technology Center" by National Development andReform Commission, entered the top 20 in China and ranked No. 1 in Jiangsu Province. Trina Solar was also ranked No.1
among photovoltaic power generation enterprises participating in the evaluation.
Globalization is Trina Solar's strategy. Trina Solar began its global layout in its early years. Trina Solar started in
Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and set up a global headquarters here. In 2022, Trina Solar set up an international
headquarters in Shanghai for better construction of a global talent team. In recent years, Trina Solar has recruitedinternational high-tech management and R & D talents from more than 30 countries and regions. We set up regional
headquarters in Zurich, Fremont (Silicon Valley), Miami, Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai, and offices and branches in Madrid,
Mexico, Sydney, Rome etc., and production and manufacturing bases in Thailand and Vietnam, with businesses in morethan 100 countries and regions around the world.
By the end of 2021, the company's total operating income was 44.48 billion RMB, a year-on-year increase of 51.20%; Its
net profit attributable to the parent company was 1.804 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 46.77%; Its basic earnings
per share was 0.87 RMB, with a year-on-year increase of 35.94%. As of the disclosure date of 2021 financial report, Trina
Solar delivered more than 100 GW of solar modules, equivalent to 4.4 times the installed capacity of the Three Gorges
Hydropower Station and contribute GHG emission reductions equivalent to about 7.29 billion trees planted in the world.
Trina Solar takes innovation as its first development strategy and core driving force, builds a comprehensive and leading
science and innovation system, continues to promote the research and development of the PV technology innovationindustry, and helps accelerate the construction of clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient new energy system. Trina Solar
joined the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to pursue efforts to limit global temperature rise by 1.5 ℃ withpractical actions, and contributed to PV industry development. Trina Solar announced to jointly launch the "One More Hour
for Clean Energy" activity with WWF, a public welfare sub-project of "Earth Hour", which aims to appeal to all sectors ofsociety to use clean energy, raise people's awareness of using clean energy, and jointly contribute to a carbon-neutral
future.
Looking forward to the future, Trina Solar will uphold its mission of "Solar Energy for All”, with the guidance of theenterprise's core values of "focus on the customer, persist in open innovation, persevere through dedication and hard work,
strive for excellence, share the responsibility and create and share value together". Trina Solar will gather all forces with acooperative and open attitude, lead the development of the industry and contribute to global energy conservation, emission
reduction, and sustainable development.

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Globalization
Our business covers more than 100 countries
and regions around the world, bringing clean
and reliable solar energy to household,commercial and large-scale facilities, for the
benefit of all of humanity.

Regional Headquarters

Changzhou (China), Shanghai (China), Miami (USA),
Fremont (Silicon Valley, USA), Dubai (UAE), Zurich(Switzerland), Tokyo (Japan), Singapore

Global Manufacturing Bases

Changzhou (China), Suqian (China), Yancheng (China), Yiwu
(China), Vietnam, Thailand

Global Sales and Office Centers

Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Changzhou (China),
Korea, Madrid (Spain), Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Abu Dhabi(UAE), South Africa, Germany, Turkey, UK, India, etc.

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0.2 Business Sectors
1 Photovoltaic Products: The World's First-Class Manufacturer of Photovoltaic Modules
Vertex 210mm Ultra-High Power Modules
Trina Solar Vertex modules taking use of 210mm cells, featuring high power, high efficiency, high reliability, and highenergy yield. Trina Solar applied high -quality equipment resources, mature process experience and industrialization
advantages, combined the PERC, n-type, MBB module, half-cut module, double-sided double glass module etc. coretechnologies of cells and modules, advocated the establishment of "600W + product innovation and open ecologicalalliance" according to the development needs of the photovoltaic industry. It also improved the supply chain ecology ofthe photovoltaic industry and worked with the whole industry to move towards a new era of 210 high-efficiency modules.
The power of high-efficiency module products covers 410W+, 430W+, 510W+, 555W, 580W+, 600W+, 670W and
690W Vertex 210 ultra-high-power modules on the market, applying in all settings from residential rooftops, industrial
and commercial rooftops to large-scale power plants.

TrinaTracker
TrinaTracker is Trina Solar's tracker business brand. TrinaTracker products have four core advantages: high reliability,
low operation and maintenance costs, multiple power generation, and unified module tracker channels, and they arecore modules of Trina Solar's overall smart energy solution. Global photovoltaic power generation is moving toward thelast stretch of rational price. TrinaTracker perfectly matches the mainstream 210mm ultra-high-power modules, which
can greatly increase energy yield, reduce levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and increase PV power plant ROI (return ofinvestment). In 2021, 1.8GW TrinaTrackers were shipped, adaptive to large-size high-efficiency cell modules.

2 Photovoltaic System: The World's Leading Provider of PV Smart Energy Solutions
With the business system which focuses on core products such as photovoltaic modules and cells, Trina Solar deepens
the expansion of the overall solution of the entire photovoltaic system and provides better service for end users. Overthe last two decades, Trina Solar has emerged as a top-tier project developer worldwide, fostering reliable and longterm partnerships. Our downstream project development business segment provides utility and C&I project totalsolutions and services including project development, design, financing, EPC management, O&M. As of December
2021, Trina Solar's domestic power plant system business exceeded the expectation and achieved the target of 3.5GW+ photovoltaic power plant, an increase of 200% overthe previous year. As to the overseas power plantsystem business, Trina Solar achieved a single point
breakthrough in many overseas countries, and many
projects have been connected to the grid and put into
formal operation. With the mission of “Solar Energy forAll”, Trina Solar insists on making photovoltaics enter
thousands of households through innovation. Thus,
Trina’s smart distributed energy was born. This is abusiness of Trina Sola that focuses on providing small
and medium-sized distributed photovoltaic power
generation for end users. Around the three core
strategies, i.e., brand, product, and service, theCompany established a complete system integrating product research and development, market and sale, installation

62021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reportand after-sale, and intelligent operation and maintenance, built a digital and omnichannel ecological network, and iscommitted to providing the best clean energy experience for end-users. Relying on the dual-brand system of "Trina
Fujia" and "Trina Lantian" accomplished a shipment of more than 2GW.

3 Smart Energy: Global Provider of Energy Storage Integrated Products and System
Solutions
Trina Storage，a business unit of Trina Solar, is a global provider of energy storage integrated products and systemsolutions under Trina Solar. Taking technological innovation as the driving force for development, relying on leading
independent innovation capability and rich experience in R&D, it provides customers with complete system solution
services throughout the lifecycle which include demand analysis, project design, system integration, commissioning
and delivery, as well as providing the customers with highly-efficient and reliable energy storage system products andservices.
•
In 2021, the Company continued to deeply layout the vertical integration industry, and the 10GWh cell production
line and 2GWh module production line, as well as its own system integration capacity, 2GWh, are gradually reachingproduction capacity.
•
The Company formed good synergy with its photovoltaic business customers and developed various energy
storage projects with large scale and strong demonstration significance in China.
•
Overseas, the Company focused on the large-scale energy storage field in the markets of Britain, Germany,
Australia, etc., so as to realize project delivery and greatly improve the overseas orders.
In 2018, Trina Solar took the lead in releasing the
Trina energy IoT "Trina loT" brand, with the missionof helping enterprises realize digital operation andimprove management efficiency. The self-developed
PaaS platform and various SaaS applications are
combined flexibly and modularly to provide integrated
energy management systems and “energy+IoT”
solutions for customers in different fields. Trina Solaris committed to becoming a first-class overall solution
service provider of intelligent IoT application.

0.3 Research and Development System
R&D Institutes
The State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology ("SKL PVST"), established by Trina Solar by self-raising 247 million
RMB, has a covered area of 15,000 m2. It was accredited by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology in 2013 and is oneof the first national key laboratories in photovoltaics accredited by the ministry. From 2010 to 2021, the SKL PVST had total
investment of over 12 billion RMB in R&D funding. It has become a world-class technical innovation platform and has been
cited as an exemplar in its field at the World Economic Forum.
By relying on Trina Solar, the SKL PVST works with international first-class R&D and certification testing institutes andestablishes technical innovation teams comprising of domestic and overseas scientific research talents as its backbone. It
has broken 23 world records for solar cell conversion efficiency and PV module output power, consolidating and enhancing
the Chinese PV companies’ global leadership. The SKL PVST undertakes national scientific research projects, including two
national 973 programs, five national 863 programs, six national key R&D programs and more than 60 other scientific research
programs. The SKL PVST takes the lead in participating in the preparation of global PV standards and proposes and releases
IEC international standards on behalf of China, making it the leader in technology, quality and standards in the PV industry.
In 2021, Trina Solar applied for 362 new patents. By the end of 2021, Trina Solar had 988 valid patents, and the number ofvalid invention patents continued to rank among the leading positions in China's photovoltaic industry.

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PV Testing Laboratory
Trina Solar has an internationally first-class PV testing center with improved crystalline silicon module reliability andcrystalline silicon solar cell material – physical and chemical testing capabilities. Trina Solar has also established longterm strategic collaboration with internationally renowned certification and testing organizations. The testing center has
been honored with a series of accreditation, including as a CNAS certified laboratory, a TÜV PV first TMP laboratory,
a CGC WMT laboratory, a TÜV CTF laboratory, a CSA WMTC laboratory, a TÜV Nord CTF laboratory, a global first
UL 61730-2 laboratory, and a TÜV Sud CTF laboratory.

Trina Solar’s World Records
Since 2011, the Company and the SKL have broken 23 world records in respect of solar cell conversion efficiency andPV module output power, becoming the first institute in China that is listed in the world’s most authoritative PV cell
development map.

In 2021, 7 standards that Trina Solar led to develop or participated in developing were published:

82021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report(1) In March 2021, one SEMI International Standard titled "Specification for Structural Silicon Adhesive for the Back
Rail Fixture in PV Modules" (Standard No. SEMI PV98-0321) that Trina Solar led to develop, and two SEMI International
Standards titled "Specification for Silicon Wafers for Use in Photovoltaic Solar Cells" (Standard No. SEMI PV22-0321)
and "Classification of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) " (Standard No. SEMI PV99-0321) which Trina Solar
participated in developing, were officially released and implemented as unified technical specifications worldwide.
(2) In March 2021, one National Standard titled "General technology requirements for photovoltaic module recycling
and recovery" (Standard No. GB/T 39753-2021), which Trina Solar participated in developing, was officially released
and has been implementing nationwide as a unified technical specification since February 2022.
(3) In October 2021, three Group Standards titled "Glass for photovoltaic modules-Part 1: Front plate anti-reflective
coated glass" (Standard No. T/CPIA 0028.1-2021), "Glass for photovoltaic modules - Part 2: Back plate augmented
reflective coated glass for double-glass module" (Standard No. T/CPIA 0028.2-2021), and "Film for backsheet ofphotovoltaic modules - Part 2: Polyethylene terephthalate film" (Standard No. T/CPIA 0029.2-2021) were officiallyreleased and have been implementing as a unified technical specification within the group since November 2021.
In 2021, Trina Solar received many awards for its outstanding technology and research capabilities:
No.

Description of Award

Awarded byAward Time

1

The First Prize of the 28th Jiangsu Enterprise Management
Modernization Innovation Achievement

JiangsuEnterpriseManagement
Modernization
Innovation
Achievement
Examination and Approval Committee

December2021

2

National Technological Invention Award (Second Prize)

State Council of the PRC

November
2021

3

The 1st Jiangsu Science and Technology Innovation andDevelopment Award (Outstanding Enterprise)

People’s Government of Jiangsu Province

July 2021

4

Top 10 Scientific and Technological Innovation Brands

Jiangsu Brand Association

May 2021

Optical Energy Cup Selection Committee

March 2021

Jiangsu S&T Development
Research InstituteMarch 2021

5
6
7

Trina Solar 210 Supreme Technology Platform: Annual
Technology Award
2020 Jiangsu Top 100 Innovative Enterprises (the 5th
Place)
2020 Jiangsu S&T Award (Second Prize)

Strategy

People’s Government of Jiangsu Province

January 2021

0.4 Corporate Culture
Mission: Solar Energy for All
Vision: Creating a Carbon-Free New Energy World
Core Values: Focus on the Customer, Persist in Open Innovation, Persevere through Dedicationand Hard work, Strive for Excellence, Share the Responsibility, and Create and Share Value
TogetherWe thoroughly reassessed our values to help employees understand the advantages and improvements of the cultural
core values in practice, and to formulate personal cultural promotion plans to promote employees’ continuous
improvement. We continue to carry out “Looking for Trina Star” project to encourage employees to find excellent
employees around, to internalize Trina 3.0 core values and present them in practice.

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Communication of Corporate Culture
To integrate the core values of CODES into every Trina employee's daily behavior, and turn words into actions, wetake actions every year to ensure that core values are rooted in all aspects of our business, to ensure that we maintain
unity of thought and action in our daily operations, and to provide effective services to our customers in a consistent
way.

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01
GOVERNANCE RESPONSIBILITY
While pursuing high quality and sustainable improvement, Trina Solar implements the requirements of regulators further
improving the quality of listed companies. In practice, our company always optimizes the governance structure andstandardizes the management of the board, thus improving the management ability. We also continuously improve thequality of information disclosure and establish an integrated and standardized image of a listed company. Besides, ourcompany has established a complete internal audit process, implemented anti-corruption, anti-bribery and anti-unfair
competition policies, and continuously paid attention to the needs of interested parties. These can provide the mostsolid foundation for our company's long-term sustainable development.
Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact

Anti-corruption

Principle 10: Enterprises
should oppose all forms ofcorruption, including extortionand bribery.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs）

SDG 12: Adopt sustainableconsumption and production
patterns.

Our Actions
Our company insists to operate in good faith by law andopposes improper behaviors such as commercial bribery withexternal stakeholders. It is forbidden for employees to transfer
benefits directly or indirectly to stakeholders. Corruption andfraudulent behaviors are strictly investigated and punished witha "zero tolerance" attitude.
Our Actions• Optimize the corporate governance structure andstandardize the management of the board.
• Pay attention to the quality of information disclosure andimprove the fairness and transparency of information
disclosure.
• Establish an effective mechanism against corruption,bribery, and unfair competition.
• Encourage stakeholders’ participation.

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Chapter 1 Governance Responsibility
1.1 Optimize Corporate Governance Structure
1.1.1 Board Statement
In strict compliance with the requirements of laws, regulations and normative documents such as the Company Law,
the Securities Law, and the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of
Shanghai Stock Exchange, Trina Solar constantly improves its corporate governance structure to ensure thatshareholders can fully exercise their rights, the board of directors can fulfill its functions and powers in accordance withlaws, regulations and the articles of association of the company and make decisions in a reasonable, responsive andprudent manner, the independent directors can conscientiously perform their duties and safeguard the interests of thecompany, especially the legitimate rights and interests of the small and medium shareholders, the board of supervisors
can independently and effectively exercise the supervision and inspection power over directors, managers, and othersenior management personnel and the company's finance. At the same time, our company has always been committed
to fulfilling our commitment to environmental and social responsibility. The top management defines the company's
environmental, social, and governance responsibilities by signing and issuing "quality policy", "environment,
occupational health and safety, energy management policy" and "product stewardship policy", so as to continuously
create value for all stakeholders.

1.1.2 Governance Structure
Since 2017, Trina Solar has continuously optimized its organizational structure and strengthened business teams’
operational awareness and ability by establishing operations profit examination units for business departments,
clarifying the examination targets and incentive measures, and simplifying flows. It has also intensified customer andmarket-focused awareness and dealt with market changes in a more agile and flexible way, thus being responsive tocustomer needs. It can support the business department more quickly and effectively by sharing resources with thebusiness team ahead. At the same time, our company ensures an effective balance between business growth and risk
control through effective monitoring. Such optimization reinforces our company’s overall operational awareness andhow it deals with customers, accelerates the speed of response to the markets, and improves the professional
capabilities of functional departments.
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Stockholders' Conference
Strategy Committee

Supervisory Board

Nomination Committee
Board

Board Secretary

General Manager

General Manager's Office

Remuneration and Appraisal
Committee

Audit Committee

Energy Storage Business Department

Energy Cloud Platform Business Department

Asia Pacific Project Development Business
Department

Overseas Project Development Business
Department

China Smart Distributed Energy Business
Department

China Smart Energy System Business
Department

Photovoltaic Products Business Department

Strategic Planning and Management Department

Legal Affairs Department

Strategic Open Innovation Department

Excellent Management and Monitoring
Department

Global Financial Management Department

Comprehensive Empowerment Department

The Board has set up Strategy Committee, Audit Committee, Nomination Committee, and Remuneration and Appraisal
Committee. To ensure the smooth functioning of each committee, the Board also has formulated corresponding rulesof procedure for each special committee. Functions include:(1) Development Strategy
As the world's leading provider of PV smart energy solutions, our company always has a vision of creating a carbonfree new energy world. Its main business includes PV products, PV systems, and Smart energy. In the future, ourcompany will not only continue to consolidate and enhance the brand's leading position of the PV module business in
the global market and strengthen the development of the PV system business, but also actively explore and innovatein the Smart energy business and promote the development of energy in the direction of low-carbon, decentralized andintelligent. In sum, we aspire to lead the development trend of new energy and become the leader of PV Smart energy.
Our company has formulated the Working Rules of the Strategy Committee of the Board, which specifies that the board
and its strategy committee are responsible for the development strategy management of our company. In addition, thestrategic planning and management department has been established as a strategic management organization to fulfill
the responsibility of strategic management. Considering uncertainties that may exist or face in the internal and external
strategic environment and operating environment, we reasonably avoid strategic risks and fully seize strategic
opportunities through effective strategic management, thus ensuring our company's future sustainable and steadydevelopment and standardized operation.
(2) Internal Audit and Control
Our company has set up an independent audit department which is directly responsible for the Audit Committee. Under
the guidance of the audit committee and following the internal audit system and the annual internal audit work plan, theaudit department supervises and evaluates the effectiveness of all business management, financial status, key projects,
and internal control of our company and its subsidiaries through daily inspection and special audits. These methods
aim to promote our company's management and the realization of business objectives.
(3) Social Responsibility
Our company performs various social responsibilities, operates in good faith, produces safely, protects the interests of
employees, pays attention to environmental protection, and advocates resource conservation, thus realizing the healthy
and harmonious development of our company with employees, society, and environment. Our company attaches
importance to ecological protection, so our company establishes pollution control and environmental protection
mechanisms according to its specific situation. Our company conducts pollutant discharge monitoring every year, andthe monitoring results meet the standards. Solid waste is recycled and disposed of by qualified third-party companies.
Our company has set up a labor union organization (labor union committee) and workers' Congress to safeguard lawfulrights and interests. In strict accordance with the provisions of the labor contract law, we sign labor contracts with

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employees and handle five insurances and one fund, to protect the rights and interests of employees. By the legal
working hours, we formulate the attendance system to ensure the employees' right to leave and rest. Besides, ourcompany actively participates in social welfare undertakings and social welfare activities.
(4) Information Transmission and Disclosure
In terms of internal control of information disclosure, our company has formulated and improved the Information
Disclosure Management System, Board Secretary Work System, Investor Relations Management System, etc,. We
have made detailed provisions on the management department, responsible person, and responsibility division of
information disclosure, content and standard of information disclosure, report circulation process, review and disclosure
procedures, confidentiality system, accountability, etc.
According to the actual situation of internal production and operation, our company has formulated scientific rules andregulations, as well as an effective information transmission mechanism, to make the internal information transmission
timely, accurate, and strict. All managers can timely grasp relevant information and instructions according to theirrespective positions and correctly perform their duties. At the same time, under effective internal communication andfull use of information, we fully ensure the quality and confidentiality of information through a report review andconfidentiality system.
(5) Ethics and Anti-Fraud
Our company attaches great importance to the construction of an anti-fraud mechanism. By establishing an online
employee complaint platform and complaint hotline, employees and our company's stakeholders are encouraged toreport and complain about violations of laws and regulations, fraud, and other acts that damage our company's image.
Our company also has set up an ethics and compliance department to timely deal with and verify the reported
information. Besides, our company has formulated anti-corruption policies, such as the Code of Business Conduct andEthics and Gifts and Entertainment Management System. These policies can urge all employees and relevant partners
to practice the business ethics requirements advocated by our company in daily operations, maintaining a better internal
control environment for our company.

1.2 Standardized Board Management
In line with our Company Law, the Articles of Association of Trina Solar and other relevant laws and regulations, ourcompany has established and improved the legal representative governance structure, rules of procedure, anddecision-making procedures. Our company has set up Stockholders' Conference, the Board, Supervisory Board, andoperational management to exercise voting rights, decision-making rights, monitoring rights, and execution rights,
respectively. Their powers and responsibilities are clear and mutually balanced, ensuring they operate in a standardized
manner. Besides, Trina Solar formulates a series of systems such as the Working Rules of the General Manager, theInternal Audit Rules, etc. Our Board also sets up four special sub-committees internally to ensure scientific,
standardized, and efficient decision-making.
The Stockholders' Conference votes to elect the board.
Board members: Gao Jifan, Cao Bo, Gao Jiqing, Zhang Kailiang, Chen Aiguo, Liu Wei, Jiang Bailing, Huang Hongbin.

Functions of the Board
The Articles of Association stipulate that the board shall exercise the following functions and powers:(1) To convene the general meeting of shareholders and report to the general meeting of shareholders;(2) To implement the resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders;(3) To decide the company's business plan and investment plan;(4) To formulate the company's annual financial budget plan and final account plan;(5) To formulate the company's profit distribution plan and loss recovery plan;(6) Formulate plans for the company to increase or reduce registered capital, issuing bonds or other securities, andlisting;(7) To draw up plans for the company's major acquisition, the acquisition of our company's shares, merger, division,
dissolution, or change of corporate form due to the circumstances specified in Items 1 and 2 of Article 23 of the
Articles of Association;(8) Within the scope authorized by the Stockholders' Conference, decide on the company's foreign investment,
acquisition and sale of assets, asset mortgage, external guarantee, entrusted financial management, related party
transactions, etc.;(9) Decide on the establishment of the company's internal management organization;

142021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report(10) Appoint or dismiss the company’s general manager and secretary of the board; according to the nomination of thegeneral manager, appoint or dismiss the deputy general manager, financial director, and other senior managers of
the company, and decide on their remuneration, rewards, and punishments;(11) Formulate the company’s basic management system;(12) Formulate the amendment plan of the Articles of Association;(13) Manage the company’s information disclosure;(14) Propose the appointment or dismissal of the accounting firm to the general meeting of shareholders ;(15) Listen to the work report of the general manager and check accordingly;(16) To make a decision on acquisition of the company's shares due to the circumstances specified in Article 23 Items 3,
5, and 6 of the Articles of Association;(17) Other functions and powers granted by laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules or the articles ofassociation, and the general meeting of shareholders.
For the matter exceeds the scope authorized by the Stockholders' Conference, the Stockholders' Conference shall be holdto review it and make decision.

Internal Audit
The board has set up an audit committee and an internal audit department. In order to ensure business complianceand risk control, the internal audit department strictly follows the China Internal Audit Standards and Trina Solar
Internal Audit Rules, as well as the audit plan approved by the audit committee and the management. They carryout internal audits independently of all business and functional departments. These audit scopes cover R&D,
procurement, manufacturing, sales, customer service, human resources, finance, and other links and functions.
Moreover, the audit scope and focus are adjusted with our company's business development every year.
Our company has established Trina Solar Risk Control Tracking System (RCTS) to ensure the effective closure of
problems found in each audit. To strengthen the coordination of the internal supervision forces and further promote
the rectification of audit problems, our company has continuously innovated the audit mode in recent years. It isthat all departments, referring to finance, quality, procurement, HR, EHS, etc., participate in the joint audit, thus
comprehensively identifying the risks faced by our company in all aspects, as well as jointly exploring opportunities
for operational improvement.

1.3 Improve Information Disclosure
To further improve the company’s information disclosure system, the board secretary leads the establishment of an
information disclosure workgroup, covering all business areas, such as product business, finance, EHS, procurement,
marketing, legal compliance, strategy, etc. , in order to improve the timeliness and efficiency of transmitting information,
improve the internal control mechanism of information disclosure and enhance risk control and treatment capabilities
by unifying and coordinating the transmission of significant information. In 2021, the company has disclosed 179 interim
declarations and 4 regular reports. The highly efficient, transparent and regularized information disclosure system, with
its honest, accurate and complete declarations, contributes to our excellent reputation in the market and more broadly
for being highly scrupulous.

1.4 Anti-corruption and Anti-bribery
1.4.1 Anti-corruption and Anti-bribery Policy
Anti-corruption and anti-bribery are the consistent positions of the company. Because it is fully recognized that
corruption can lead to misallocation of resources, undermines the fairness of government or community decisionmaking, destroys the equal opportunities and business environment. The company insists on operating with integrity
according to the law, opposes improper behaviors such as commercial bribery with external stakeholders, prohibits
employees from directly or indirectly conveying benefits to stakeholders in any forms. If employees violate it, they will
be severely punished and even terminated from labor relations. For this, we insist that corruption and fraudulent
behaviors should be strictly investigated and punished with a "zero tolerance" attitude. The company also focuses oncontinuously strengthening the construction of clean culture and anti-corruption. Besides, we always are committed tocontributing to the fight against corruption, together with the business community, the government, and the community.
The company will strictly manage the reported cases, register and file them for investigation one by one. When thecompany receives the reports and find problems after investigation, immediate actions will be taken to relevant
employees, i.e. warning, demotion and salary reduction, dismissal, civil compensation, or even transferring to the
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1.4.2 Measures to Prevent Corruption and Bribery and Reporting
Procedures
Preventive Measures
The company has established mature risk management and internal control system. It is required that all functional
departments and their affiliated units continuously assess and monitor the risks related to laws and anti-corruption
matters, etc. Our group also has built a smooth feedback channel to persistently strengthen the investigation, handlingand reporting of reporting cases, and promptly investigates and deals with violations of laws and disciplines.
Function construction: The company has established an internal supervision system in which audit, supervision, internal
control, compliance management and legal affairs management can cooperate with each other, which can serve forthe discipline inspection, inspection, audit, and internal control evaluation, etc.
Establishing rules and regulations: The company expects and actively encourages all employees and stakeholders toreport any cases that may violate the principles of business ethics management and anti-corruption, including any
forms of bribery or corruption suspicion. For this purpose, the company has formulated and released a series of relevant
systems and processes, such as Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Company Reporting Rewards Management
Measures, Gifts and Benefits Receipt Management System, Gifts and Hospitality Giving Management System, AntiCorruption Management System policy, etc. The contents have clearly defined the "absolutely prohibited behavior" andpresented various forms of reporting methods. By various legal channels, you can report violations or other improper
behaviors, providing smooth channels for employees, suppliers, contractors, and other stakeholders to impeach andexpose fraud. Meanwhile, we can keep reported information strictly confidential and protect the legitimate rights andinterests of whistleblowers by law.
Adhering to the "zero tolerance" investigation and punishment: The company adheres to a "zero tolerance" attitude andstrictly investigates and punishes the behaviors that violated the principles of business ethics management and anticorruption. The company’s supervisory agency accepts and investigate the reporting information of all parties strictlyin accordance with the laws and regulations, and reports to the management of the verified investigation results. Afterthe approval by management through certain processes, relevant measures will be taken, i.e., conversation, disciplinary
punishment, or even transfer to the judicial institutes. Through continuous tracking and monitoring of problems in reports
and internal inspections, the company management will be improved accordingly.
Reporting Platform
Email: IA@trinasolar.com
Hotline: +86-519-85176933
Online complaint reporting platform on Trina Solar's official website: http://wb.trinasolar.com:8090/RCPFM/Trinasolar/report
The company has also set up a self-disclosure channel, requiring employees to complete the “Annual Self-disclosure ofConflicts of Interest”. In addition, we actively encourage our employees to declare possible or known conflicts of interest.

1.4.3 Anti-Corruption Training
The company is committed to anti-corruption training for all employees. To ensure that all employees participate in it,
we carry out various forms of trainings, i.e., centralized training, face-to-face training and anti-fraud video watching, for
new employees, employees at sensitive positions, management, part-time employees, and oversees employees. ouremployees must all accept the training on Trina Solar's code of ethical conduct in business, thus abiding by the relevant
provisions of the code well.

1.5 Anti-unfair Competition
As a global leading provider of PV smart energy solutions, Trina Solar always firmly opposes unfair competition andmaintains good business ethics and conduct. Meanwhile, we always abide by relevant laws when carrying out
competition and eliminating vicious competition and price war. Therefore, our company also sets a solid example forsafeguarding the order of fair competition and sustainable development of the industry.

1.6 Stakeholder Communications
1.6.1 Stakeholder Policy

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Trina Solar is committed to fulfilling its environmental and social responsibilities, creating a better photovoltaic market
environment and transmitting the vision and practice of sustainable values which we uphold to the group's partners and all
stakeholders. To better plan and put into practice the group's sustainable development strategy, we promote two-way,transparent and regular communication so as to help us establish close ties with stakeholders, ensure the key sustainableissues concerned by all stakeholders are associated with economic benefits and operations and production, and strengthen
mutual trust and respect between Trina Solar and all stakeholders.

1.6.2 Stakeholder Groups and Materiality
Trina Solar uses various internal and external resources and channels to identify substantive issues of concern tostakeholders, and identifies stakeholder groups and substantive issues in accordance with ESG guidelines, the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 10 Principles of the UN Global Compact.
Factors Considered：• Reasonably estimable economic, environmental and social impacts• Interests and expectations of stakeholders• Main topics and future challenges of solar industry• Key applicable laws and regulations• Corporate vision, mission, core values, strategies and goals• Core company competence and its contribution to sustainable development
Identification Sources• Customer and supplier survey• Company website, email, quarterly communication meeting• Employee blogs, forums and feedbacks• Company news release, social media channels• Meetings with customers, suppliers and government officials• Third-party audit on management system
We have established stable and targeted communications channels by identifying stakeholders and systematically classifying
management, such as in product launches, face-to-face communication meetings, questionnaires, designated e-mail, theofficial website and various activities to reflect and carry out the expectations of stakeholders and to fulﬁll their needs andconsider their suggestions, and select the best as an important input for our improvement while responding eﬀectively to all
we face.

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Meeting Exhibition and Expo
- In December 2021, Li Peng, general manager of Trina Solar Asia Pacific power plant group, was invited to attend the roundtable dialogue between Chinese and Australian entrepreneurs.
- On December 1~2, 2021, Trina Solar attended the annual PV Module Tech global conference to discuss the key to theselection of power plant modules in 2022.
- On December 16, 2021, Trina Solar was invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the China—Vietnam Business Council
to help China and Vietnam achieve carbon neutrality.
- On December 21, 2021, Trina Solar was invited to participate in the seventh round of dialogue between Chinese andJapanese entrepreneurs and former senior officials. Yang Xiaozhong, vice president and chief brand officer of Trina Solar,
was invited to attend and spoke on Trina Solar's contribution to promoting China—Japan clean energy development andcarbon neutrality.
- On November 30, 2021, the Bloomberg new energy finance Shanghai summit was held as scheduled. Gao Jifan, chairmanof Trina Solar, was invited to attend the high-end dialogue of the main summit, talk with photovoltaic leaders about "nextgeneration photovoltaic technology and business model", and discuss that ultra-high power photovoltaic technology will
become a new force in the low-carbon future. Trina Solar's 100% financing and product strength have been recognized byinternational authoritative institutions.
- On November 23, 2021, Yang Xiaozhong, chief brand officer of Trina Solar attended the dialogue between China—EU
business leaders and former senior officials.
- On October 27, 2021, Trina Solar was invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the green and low carbon international
cooperation committee of China Chamber of Commerce for machinery and electronics. Trina Solar was elected as thefounding director unit. Li Peng, general manager of Trina Solar Asia Pacific power station group, was invited to attend anddelivered a speech at the Symposium on "international cooperation opportunities brought by energy transformation".
- On September 16, 2021, Trina Solar attended the second industrial and commercial Photovoltaic Conference, and the
distributed application of ultra-high power modules became the propulsion booster of the whole county.
- On May 18, 2021, the "ultra-high power solar module conference" organized by international well-known photovoltaic media
TaiyangNews and global solar energy industry exhibition SNEC was held online as scheduled. Trina Solar was invited toattend.
Forum- In December 2021, Jiangsu Trina Solar Smart Distributed Energy Co., Ltd. was invited to participate in the "2021
photovoltaic new era forum" with the theme of "shining zero carbon ·reshaping energy". With its outstanding contributionsin the field of household photovoltaic and BIPV, it won the double awards of "excellent photovoltaic innovation enterprise of
the year" and "BIPV solution enterprise of the year".
- On May 17, 2021, the East Asian entrepreneurs' Taihu Lake forum with the theme of "unblocking the industrial cycle in East
Asia and working together for win-win development" was held on the shore of Taihu Lake in Suzhou. Lou Qinjian, Secretary

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Communication Activitiesof the provincial Party committee, delivered a speech. Ding Huazhang, vice president of Trina Solar, attended the meetingon behalf of photovoltaic enterprises and delivered a speech entitled "carbon peak, carbon neutralization goals and actions- prospect of photovoltaic smart energy industry".
Exhibition—On December 16, 2021, the "2021 8th China Industrial and commercial distributed Photovoltaic Conference", "award of
China's top ten distributed photovoltaic brands" and "award of China's top 100 distributed photovoltaic service providers"
hosted by the Organizing Committee of China (Wuxi) International New Energy Conference and Exhibition (CREC) were
held in Wuxi Huayi hotel. Trina Solar smart distributed won the "top ten distributed photovoltaic Brand Awards in China".
—On November 18, 2021, the "2021 World Solar Photovoltaic Industry Expo" jointly organized by Guangdong Solar Energy
Association and Guangdong Association for foreign economic cooperation was grandly held in Guangzhou Guangjiao
Convention and Exhibition Center. Trina Solar smart distributed energy, together with Trina Solar blue sky and Trina Solartile, made an amazing appearance in this exhibition to talk about the splendid future of BIPV with hundreds of excellent
photovoltaic enterprises. Jiangsu Trina Solar smart Distributed Energy Co., Ltd. won the "2021 excellent photovoltaic
enterprise" award and became the focus of this forum.
—On June 3, 2021, Shanghai New International Expo Center, the annual grand ceremony SNEC exhibition expected by thephotovoltaic industry opened as scheduled. In this year's SNEC exhibition, Trina Solar continued to breakthrough itself. With
many amazing "high-energy" performances, the popularity of the booth continued to rise.
—From May 10 to 12, 2021, the 2021 China brand day was held in Shanghai Exhibition Center. Trina Solar made a wonderfuldebut with 670W modules, a solar racing model, and light storage integrated sand table, which attracted much attention fromall parties.
—On April 28, 2021, the three-day Green Energy Expo of Daegu International Green Energy Conference and Expo in South
Korea came to an end as scheduled. Trina Solar Co., Ltd. exhibited 400W, 550W, 600W, and 670W ultra-high power modulesof the vertex supreme series at the green energy conference and Expo, attracting many visitors to stop at the booth for further
consultation.
—On January 17-19, 2022, at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, Trina Solar, and its important partners
jointly displayed Vertex 210mm Ultra-High Power Modules, including the latest vertex Vajra 410W+, Supreme 510W, 550W
double glass, 600W double glass and 670W double glass modules suitable for household, industrial and commercial andground power stations, as well as all-round intelligent energy solutions. In addition, Trina Solar also made a wonderful debutwith a new generation of supreme n-type modules.
Product launch- From 14 to 16 April, 2021, Trina Storage company was invited to participate in the 10th International Energy Storage Summit
Meeting and Exhibition (ESIE2021) jointly sponsored by China Energy Research Association, Zhongguancun Energy
Storage Industry Technology Alliance and Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. During

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the exhibition, Trina Solar Energy Storage's new large-scale wind power plant equipped with centralized energy storage cellsystem was officially unveiled.
- On October 18, 2021, the 2021 International Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (CWP) opened in Beijing. At this windenergy conference, Trina Solar energy storage full scene energy storage system solutions and heavy new liquid cooled
outdoor cell cabinets were unveiled.
- On March 11, 2021, Vertex 670W + Ultra-High Power Modules were grandly released to global customers on the PV moduletech platform, leading the photovoltaic industry into the era of ultra-high power. After the product release, it has attracted
extensive attention from customers all over the world.
- On August 18, 2021, Trina Solar released the white paper on promoting the whole county!
- On October 15, 2021, Trina Solar released the white paper on 600W + Vertex Module integrated delivery solution to open
up the last kilometer of ultra-high power module application.
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Workshop- In 2021, Trina Solar successfully held a series of online seminars in coordination with epidemic prevention and control, andwidely disseminated them on major industries, social media, and other websites around the world: wind tunnel white paper
release, spherical bearing patent technology white paper release, efficient operation and maintenance white paper release,new intelligent operation, and maintenance overall solution - Trina Solar smart cloud release. Trina Solar also hosted the17th China Solar Grade Silicon and Photovoltaic Power Generation Seminar offline, and in the subforum – Trina tracker
intelligent tracking technology Super track Zhihe White Paper was released.
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Website- In 2021, Trina Tracker created a web page for uploading project case analysis, where customers can browse reference
project cases in any time.
- In 2021, in the official website, the global news information platform, including official account and media, continued to
publicize successful cases of clean energy solutions to overseas customers, and promoted better photovoltaic market
environment, and passed on the vision and practice we believe in sustainable value to the cooperative partners and all
stakeholders.
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Customer satisfaction survey- Trina Solar carries out a third-party satisfaction survey every year, invites global customers to evaluate the satisfaction of
the company's products, markets, services and other links, and carries out data analysis according to customer feedback.
The highlights continue to be maintained, and the dissatisfied ones are promoted by setting up improvement projects within
the company. In 2021, Trina Solar's comprehensive customer satisfaction and net recommendation value are better than the
average level of peers. In order to timely capture customers' perception of our work, in addition to external surveys, Trina
Solar opened an online independent satisfaction survey channel in the second half of 2021 to investigate the points of contact
with customers in the whole business process from pre-sales to in-sales and after-sales. Thousands of customer feedback
data have been collected in 2021, which has effectively promoted the improvement of the internal work of Trina Solar.

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Customer audit- Trina Solar has specially set up a customer audit team, with special personnel responsible for customer reception to ensure
the smooth development of the audit. This work is written into the company's documents to provide a standardized operation
process. According to the list of customer audit requirements, organize internal positive response. The one-time pass rate ofcustomer audit in 2021 is 100%.
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Others- From May to August 2021, Trina Solar has completed the reliability test of "one standard and five stricts" (standard staticload, low-temperature static load, uneven snow load, tightened dynamic load, hail test and wind tunnel test), so as to ensure
to provide customers with high-quality products.
- On the basis of China's intelligent factory, an intelligent exhibition hall and experience hall has been built, which shows thecomplete set of Tracker products, core modules, power plant sand table scenes, etc. It gives customers an all-round personalvisual experience. The customers can not only visit the manufacturing links of core modules, but also perceive the actual
operation status of tracking support in different terrains and climates.

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Trina Solar holds employee meetings yearly. Thousands of people, including executives, manufacturing employees and overseas
employees are invited to gather and take part in the meeting through online and offline forms.
More than 10 kinds of diversified cultural and sports activities were organized every year, and there were hundreds of diversified
cultural and sports activities each year, including interest activities, traditional culture activities, reading activities and traditional
festivals, including:HR hotline；on meeting；Roundtable
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On January 25, 2021, Trina Solar held an annual commendation conference with the theme of "embarking on a new journey
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Holiday-type online and offline activities on Women’s Day, Youth Day, Mother's Day, Children's Day, Father's Day, Dragon
Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day, Christmas and others
Regular library activities, moxibustion classes, art study classes, reading sharing activities, etc.
Clubs: badminton, football, table tennis, basketball clubs (regular activities)
Tours available to outstanding employees
Labor union matchmaking activities
Regular new employee communication meetings and team building activities in various departments
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Communication ActivitiesParticipate in community activities- In August 2021, Trina Solar completed “Green benefits – Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) photovoltaic off-grid power
generation project” in Cambodia, bringing clean power to a local school. Asia Pacific PV Project Development Business Unit
(APBU) of Trina Solar customized the solution which is a 50kW photovoltaic system with a 200kWh energy storage systemthat could generate 200kWh per day, meeting the basic power demand of the school.
- In April 2021, Trina Solar investment PTE. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trina Solar Co., Ltd. signed a memorandumof understanding with SUMEC Complete Equipment & Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “SUMEC Complete Equipment”)
for strategic collaboration to co-develop renewable energy projects across “the Belt and Road” countries.
- In March 2021, the new Pak Ngum County vocational training school project in Vientiane, Laos, which is a "Green benefits– Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) photovoltaic off-grid power generation project" undertaken by Trina Solar energy,
was completed. Trina Solar energy built a new optical storage off-grid power generation system composed of 50KW
photovoltaic and 200kwh energy storage equipment, which was installed on the open space on the campus. Trina Solar
Energy high-efficiency single crystal modules were adopted, with an average daily power generation of 225kwh, which canmeet the daily power demand of the school.
- In February 2021, Xinhua News Agency National High-End Think Tank and Xinhua News Agency launched a blockbuster
documentary "China's poverty reduction code" to the world. Among them, the photovoltaic poverty alleviation project takes
a photovoltaic project in Trina Solar's overseas factory, which has attracted the attention of foreign high-level think tanks, as
an example to illustrate how China's photovoltaic industry uses the resources in the sky to convert them into wealth on the
ground, and record the footprints left by the "clean poverty alleviation" model in the history of poverty alleviation.
- In February 2021, Trina Solar has completed an off-grid PV power generation project at Sitagu Buddhist Academy, Yangon,
Myanmar, enabling school to have a stable supply of electricity. The project is part of "Green benefits – Mekong-Lancang
Cooperation (MLC) photovoltaic off-grid power generation project" sponsored by Overseas Chinese Charity Foundation ofChina (OCCFC), in which Trina Solar provides technical and partial financial support, devoting to power development in
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. In consideration to the environmental condition at Sitagu Buddhist Academy, Trina Solar
customized the solution of 50kW photovoltaic system with 200kWh energy storage system, which could generate 225kWhand store 200kWh of electrical energy per day resolving the issue of power shortages at Sitagu Buddhist Academe.
- In January 2021, the second phase of the Los Llanos photovoltaic power plant project developed and managed by Trina
Solar in Colombia has been connected to the grid and the start of its commercial operations officially declared. Phases
one, two and three of the Los Llanos projects, with total installed capacity of 82MWp, have been developed by Trina
Solar's International System Business Unit (ISBU). Trina Solar (Colombia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Trina Solar,
provided EPC management services for this project. The first phase of the 27MWp megawatt project was completed anddelivered to the grid in October. The second phase, involving grid connection, installed capacity of 27MWp megawatts
and will generate 51 gigawatt-hours of electricity each year, equivalent to the consumption of 23,800 households. It will
help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 19,450 tons a year.

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Communication ActivitiesParticipate in charity activities- On July 27, 2021, Trina Solar donated 5 million yuan to participates in the rescue and post disaster reconstruction of Henan.
- In March 2021, Trina Solar promoted the revitalization of "Western Wuzhen" by practicing corporate social responsibility.
Trina Solar donated home appliances to 350 villagers who chose to buy houses for the "Western Wuzhen" project, a total of
350 sets of 1050 pieces, with a total value of nearly 1.8 million yuan.
- In December 2021, in order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and The StateCouncil on rural revitalization, consolidate and expand poverty alleviation efforts and effectively link them with rural vitalization
during the transition period, Siyuan·Sunshine Venture Fund always attaches great importance to the support work of Hanbin
District, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, thus donating RMB 500,000 to Ankang Charity Association without hesitation. The
donation can help the related support work in this area, such as industrial development of rural revitalization and constructionof public welfare assistance projects.



Hire local employees to improve profits, and pay tax in accordance with law- Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd has 1300 employees, of which 90% are Thai employees.



Sign strategic
partnershipagreement；
Sustainableprocurement,
Business
partners

procurement
disputes,

Supplier
meeting；
Supplier
research/

strategic
cooperation andpromotion

audit
Supplier
contractor
training/

Sign strategic partnership agreement- On December 10, 2021, Trina Solar released a new generation of 600W + distributed solutions, and 12 leading photovoltaic
enterprises signed strategic cooperation to accelerate the high-end and low-carbon process of distributed industrial structure.
- On October 28, 2021, State Power Investment Co., Ltd.—Henan Electric Power Co., Ltd. and Trina Solar smart Distributed
Energy Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement.
- On October 15, 2021, the Tiannengwa Strategy Release and Investment Promotion Meeting of "new roof standard, double
carbon and new engine" was held at Trina Solar Changzhou headquarter. Under the joint witness of nearly 10000 Online +offline visitors from experts, scholars, partners and authoritative media in photovoltaic and construction circles, the strategiccooperation agreement was signed with multidimensional united group, the global leader in the field of green building
integration services.
- On September 16, 2021, Trina Solar smart Distributed Energy Co., Ltd. and Huaneng New Energy Co., Ltd. signed astrategic cooperation agreement. The two sides agreed to deepen business cooperation in the field of distributed photovoltaic
and build a strategic partnership for sustainable development.
- On September 14, 2021, Trina Solar signed a strategic cooperation agreement with State Power Investment Co., Ltd.—
Anhui branch to jointly seek high-quality cooperation and development and jointly build a low-carbon and efficient energy
system.
- On January 8, 2021, Trina Solar signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with Jiangxi Electric Power
Construction Co., Ltd.
- On September 16, 2021, Trina Solar, together with 17 global leaders from the renewable energy value chain and theinnovation ecosystem of the industry, established a new organization, Global Alliance for Sustainable Energy, to promote

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Communication Activities
the rapid development of renewable energy and global sustainable development, and lead the transformation of energy
structure.
- To lead the sustainable and high-quality development of distributed PV, Trina Solar wisdom took the lead in leading the
distributed PV industry brand enterprises to establish China's industrial and commercial industry and household brandalliance, summarize and review the problems and directions in the development process of distributed PV in stages, promote
the formulation of industry standards, make a voice for the positive development of the industry, provide development
guidance for enterprises with benign competition, and contribute to the protection of consumers' rights and interests.

Supplier / contractor training- Trina Solar Smart Distributed Energy Co., Ltd. integrates internal and external resources, establishes the Fujia Business
School of Trina University, and specially invites visiting professors and experts from Tsinghua University, Peking University
and Shanghai Jiaotong University to give lectures in person. The courses cover policy trends, marketing, team management,
finance and taxation, supply chain, etc., with a total of 30 training sessions, covering more than 12000 person times. The
courses continuously improve the operation and management ability of dealers, actively introduce internal and externalfinancing services, provide convenient and efficient financial support for dealers and comprehensively help dealers' partners
become bigger and stronger.
- In October 2021, Trina Solar organized 157 people from 72 suppliers to participate in the training activities of supplier quality
preliminary courses, mainly training MSA \ SPC application, 5S management, process, on-site rapid improvement; 33 people
from 21 suppliers participated in advanced courses, including hypothesis testing, regression and DOE. Among them, Trina
Solar Tracking organized 18 suppliers in 2021, and 43 people participated in the training of preliminary quality course (quality
tools and quality system audit project).

Supplier research / audit- Trina Solar has established a perfect supplier management system to ensure the quality of supplier resources from thedevelopment, management, supervision and development of suppliers. The development process of supplier includes aseries of steps: from material characteristic screening, through small-scale test, pilot test, batch test to mass production.
Screening standards from different view are formulated in each process: including material theoretical analysis, key
characteristic screening, performance screening, reliability screening, matching, consistency, stability screening, etc. Afterlayers of screening in each process, we finally extract those high-quality materials with real mass production. During theprocess of supplier mass production management, supplier performance evaluation, supplier audit mechanism, supplier 8D
management and supplier change management mechanism are established. For the consistency assurance system of mass
production materials, we conduct continuous comparison through our four means of quality control, including SPC monitoring,
ORT monitoring, flight inspection and genetic testing, to ensure the stability and consistency of material quality.
Shareholders

Board structure,and investors

ownership

Generalmeetingofshareholders；

Our company holds physical and sometimes online shareholders' meetings, making it easier for investors to attend themeetings.

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structure,accounting andfinancialreportingpractice etc.

Government

Industrial
Development

Roadshowandreverseroadshow；
Performancebriefing；
Field
investigation；
HotlineSign
cooperation
memorandum
Participate
in policy
research；
Participate ingovernment's
project；
Project
cooperation；

Communication Activities

Our company disclose the annual report each year and timely disclosed its operating conditions and industry
development;
Our company holds regular annual and semi-annual performance briefing meetings to communicate with investors
about the company's operating performance;
Our company carries out roadshows and reverse roadshows from time to time, strengthened exchanges with investors
and issued information on the company's operations and growth;
Our company maintained smooth communications channels with shareholders of the company, especially small andmedium shareholders, through various forms such as hotline, email and field investigation.
In July 2021, Trina Solar's 5.252 billion convertible bond project was officially registered and approved by the CSRC.



Project cooperation- Trina Solar won the bid for projects in Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other places in 2021, with a total of more than
3.5gW!
-- On December 2, 2021, the working conference on the construction of a private enterprise credit system of all-China
Federation of industry and commerce was held in Beijing. Xu Lejiang, deputy director of the central United Front Work
Department, Secretary of the Party group, and executive vice-chairman for all-China Federation of industry and commerce,
attended the meeting and mobilized and deployed the construction of a private enterprise credit system. Gao Jifan, chairmanof Trina Solar, was invited to participate in the meeting and shared the "Trina Solar practice" of the private enterprise credit
system, which was fully affirmed by the meeting.
- On November 27, 2021, Gao Jifan attended the 2021 "one belt, one road" clean energy development forum and "dialogue"
with the governor of Qinghai Province, the chief executive of CCTV.
- From October 18 to 20, 2021, the first general meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia’s global economic development andsecurity forum was held in Changsha International Conference Center. Zhang Qingli, vice chairman of the National
Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, attended the opening ceremony and delivered akeynote speech. Gao Jifan, chairman of Trina Solar, was invited to attend the meeting and delivered a speech as a guest at
the subforum of "global energy supply and security: new pattern and new strategy".
- On October 13, 2021, Gao Jifan attended the provincial government enterprise consultation forum and made suggestions
on collaborative cooperation inside and outside the province to promote "carbon neutralization and carbon peaking".
- On October 12, 2021, Trina Solar chairman Gao Jifan was invited to attend the high-level video dialogue between British
Crown Prince Charles and Chinese entrepreneurs.
- On September 16, 2021, Trina Solar attended the second industrial and commercial Photovoltaic Conference, and the
distributed application of ultra-high-power modules became the propulsion booster of the whole county.
- In September 2021, the president personally launched it! Trina Tracker helped the successful grid — connection of
Uzbekistan's largest photovoltaic power station.

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Communication Activities- In June, 2021, Trina Solar won the 1GW wind energy storage + wind protection and sand fixation multi energy
complementary integration project in Mangya City, Haixi Prefecture.
- On April 13, 2021, the EPC project of sonagazi 50MWAC/60MWP solar power plant was issued by EGCB. Trina Smart
Energy Engineering Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trina Solar was successfully awarded the bid. Trina smart energy
stood out from nearly 20 well-known international contractors and won the first bidding project of Trina smart energy basedon FIDIC international standards, which has a positive impact on the EPC business expansion of overseas power stations.
- On March 3, 2021, Guizhou Provincial Energy Bureau issued the notice on Issuing the preliminary work plan for the firstbatch of photovoltaic power generation projects in Guizhou Province in 2021. Trina Solar won the index of 300MW power
station and ranked among the top three private enterprises. So far, Trina Solar has completed about 2.5GW of reserve
projects in the southern market, laying a solid foundation for the key layout of this market.
- In February, 2021, Trina Solar recently announced that it would participate in the construction of Girassol Solar Park in the
Dominican Republic, which is currently the largest solar power park in the Caribbean.
- The second phase of the Los Llanos photovoltaic power plant project developed and managed by Trina Solar in Colombia
has been connected to the grid and the start of its commercial operations officially declared. The President of Colombia, Iván
Duque Márquez, cut the ribbon at the delivery ceremony on Jan 22. He expressed his gratitude to Trina Solar for its important
contribution to the smooth grid connection of the project.

Participate in government's project- In September 2021, Hong Huimin, vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's Political
Consultative Conference, led some members to come to Changzhou to supervise the key proposal "on cultivating the global'chain leader' enterprise of the province's photovoltaic smart energy industry" put forward by the Jiangsu Provincial
Committee of the China Democratic Construction Association, and made a field visit to Trina Solar.
- In June 2021, Guo Jun, Deputy Secretary General of the 13th CPPCC National Committee and vice chairman of the China
Economic and Social Council, led the research team to Changzhou conduct special research. Focusing on the topic of"vigorously cultivating technical and skilled talents", the team deeply understood the outstanding problems existing in thecurrent training of technical and skilled talents, analyzed the reasons, summarized experience and studied countermeasures,and made suggestions for accelerating the construction of a high-level and high-level technical and skilled talent team.
Fengzhiqiang, vice president of Trina Solar and head of the innovation platform, made a report in terms of technical talenttraining and put forward suggestions.
- In March 2021, Hong Yinxing, former party secretary of Nanjing University and famous economist, visited Trina Solar
Changzhou headquarters on the theme of strong photovoltaic industry chain. Secretary Hong fully affirmed the achievements
made by Trina Solar and pointed out that "Trina Solar is at the forefront of the national new energy industry revolution". The
two sides conducted in-depth discussions on further cultivating the world's leading photovoltaic industry "chain owners" andbuilding Jiangsu peak enterprises.

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Communication Activities- In February 2021, Zhang Aijun, member of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and director of
the publicity department of Jiangsu provincial Party committee, went to Trina Solar Changzhou headquarters to investigate
the crystalline silicon photovoltaic industry chain.
In 2021, 7 standards that Trina Solar led to develop or participated in developing were published:-In March 2021, one SEMI International Standard titled “Specification for Structural Silicon Adhesive for the Back Rail Fixture
in PV Modules” (Standard No. SEMI PV98-0321) that Trina Solar led to develop, and two SEMI International Standards titled“Specification for Silicon Wafers for Use in Photovoltaic Solar Cells” (Standard No. SEMI PV22-0321) and “Classification of
Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV)” (Standard No. SEMI PV99-0321) which Trina Solar participated in developing, were
officially released and implemented as unified technical specifications worldwide.
-In March 2021, one National Standard titled “General technology requirements for photovoltaic module recycling andrecovery” (Standard No. GB/T 39753-2021), which Trina Solar participated in developing, was officially released and has
been implementing nationwide as a unified technical specification since February 2022.
-In October 2021, three Group Standards titled “Glass for photovoltaic modules-Part 1: Front plate anti-reflective coatedglass” (Standard No. T/CPIA 0028.1-2021), “Glass for photovoltaic modules - Part 2: Back plate augmented reflective coatedglass for double-glass module” (Standard No. T/CPIA 0028.2-2021), and “Film for backsheet of photovoltaic modules - Part
2: Polyethylene terephthalate film” (Standard No. T/CPIA 0029.2-2021) were officially released and have been implementing
as a unified technical specification within the group since November 2021.
In 2021, Trina Solar actively organized core technical backbones to participate in various international and domestic
academic conferences to discuss industrial technical problems, exchange and share technical achievements, so as tocontribute to promoting industrial technology development and promoting the early realization of the dual carbon goal. For
example:- In April 2021, Trina Solar's core technical backbone participated in the 11th silicon PV Conference (online conference),
made a technical report on Characterization of a Cell Process from IV Cell—Test Data, and shared photovoltaic coretechnologies and achievements with global photovoltaic technology experts.
- In June 2021, Trina Solar's core technical backbone participated in the 48 th IEEE photovoltaic expert meeting (48th IEEE
PVSC, online meeting) and made technical report named “So, you think that 100% renewable energy is not feasible?” todiscuss the current situation and future of the photovoltaic industry with global photovoltaic technology experts.
- In August 2021, Trina Solar's core technical backbone participated in the 2021 PV cell tech conference and made a technicalreport on Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Silicon PV Manufacturing at the Terawatt Level to discuss theopportunities and challenges of photovoltaic manufacturing with global photovoltaic technology experts.

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02
ENVIRONMENTALRESPONSIBILITY
Trina Solar has always incorporated the concept of green and low-carbon sustainable development into thecompany's strategy. The company not only produces environment-friendly green products, but also
continuously reduces energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and transmits the concept of green
environmental protection to relevant parties with its brand influence.
Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact

Environment

Principle 7: Enterprises should
be prepared in advance to deal
with environmental challenges.
Principle 8: Take the initiative toincrease responsibility forenvironmental protection.
Principle 9: Encourage thedevelopment and promotion ofenvironmentallyfriendly
technologies.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Goal
6:
Provideandsustainably manage water andsanitation for all.
Goal 7: Ensure affordable,
reliableandsustainable
modern energy for all.
Goal 9: Build disaster resilient
infrastructure,promoteinclusive and sustainableindustrialization, and promote
innovation.
Goal 13: Take urgent action toaddress climate change and its
impacts.

Our Actions• Adhere to scientific and technologicalinnovation to promote the coordinateddevelopment of one's business activities and theenvironment, constantly identify the possible
impact of business activities on the environment,
and pay attention to intensive and regenerative
utilization of resources.
• Actively deal with global climate change andalways strive to practice sustainable
development in the whole life cycle of products
Our Actions.
• Pay attention to energy-saving and emission
reduction, optimize energy use efficiency andpromote sustainable development• Committed to passing on the concept ofgreen innovation and sustainable development,
promoting the realization of practical innovationand sustainable development, creating jobs inthe field of solar energy, allowing the world toshare the fruits of new solar technology
industries, and allowing solar energy to enter
thousands of households• Adhere to scientific and technologicalinnovation, improve the efficiency of the use ofresources, and promote the sustainable
development of the global economy• Set the goal of sustainable development andrealize green production and management• Carry out cleaning projects to protect
biodiversity• Actively deal with global climate change andreduce the carbon footprint of our products

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Chapter 2 Environmental Responsibility
2.1 Emission Management
2.1.1 Emission Related Policies and Standards
Environment, Occupational Health and Safety, Energy Management Policy
Trina Solar has certified with environmental management system ISO 14001 in 2008, occupational health andsafety management system OHSAS 18001 (now ISO 45001) in 2010, and energy management system ISO
50001 in 2015.
Trina Solar is a global leading PV & smart energy total solution provider. We pay attention to employees’ health& safety and sustainable development. We are dedicated to creating a safe, healthy and environmentallyfriendly workplace for employees and a harmonious green planet for mankind. We promise to use energy andnatural resources responsibly and efficiently.
We Promise:Comply with all applicable EHS & energy management laws & regulations and meet interested
parties’ requirements.



Be committed to prevention of pollution and minimizing negative impact on environment.
Promote sustainable development and contribute to green and low-carbon ecology .

Be committed to prevention of occupational injury and illness. Provide a safe, healthy workplacefor employees.



Make eﬃcient use of energy and resources. Consistently reduce energy consumption andcarbon emissions from production and commercial operations.



Enhance employees’ EHS & energy conservation awareness and encourage employees toparticipate in EHS & energy conservation programs.

Provide necessary resources for implementing EHS & energy management system. Continually
improve performance via perfecting EHS & energy management system.

Regularly provide transparent EHS report to stakeholders and other relevant interested parties.



Pledge our support and commitment to help our suppliers improve their EHS & energy
management performance and take social responsibility.

Environmental Management System
Adhering to the environmental concept of "Priority on Protection and Crucial on prevention", Trina Solar strictly
comply with the national environmental protection laws, regulations, guidelines, and policies. We haveenvironmental protection management systems, plans, objectives, and work plans in place. Trina Solar has
established and implemented an environmental management system based on the requirements ofinternational standard ISO 14001, actively implemented pollution prevention, reduced environmental impact,
advocated green sustainable development, and created a green and low-carbon ecological environment. We
have made and implemented other internal environmental management procedures, including: " TS-EHS-2004
Prevention and Control Management Procedure of Water Pollution", " TS-EHS-2005 Prevention and Control
Management Procedure of Air Pollution", "TS-EHS-2006 Noise Management Procedure", "TS-EHS-2007
Waste Management Procedure", " TS-EHS-2013 Construction Project EHS Management Procedure", "TSEHS-2009 Energy & Resource Management Procedure ", and " TS-EHS-2034 Energy Measurement andManagement Procedure" etc.

Environmental Protection policies in Main Business Areas
Trina Solar factories strictly comply with local environmental regulations and policies.

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Factory

Trina Solar Co., Ltd.
(Changzhou
headquarters)
Trina Solar(Changzhou)
Science &Technology Co., Ltd.

“Wastewater quality standards for discharge tomunicipal sewers” (GB/T 31962-2015) Table 1
Grade B

Implemented Waste Gas Emission
Standards (Organized)
The standards in Table 1 of “Integrated
emission standard of air pollutants”(DB32/4041-2021)“Wastewater quality standards for discharge tomunicipal sewers” (GB/T 31962-2015) Table 1
Grade BThe standards in Table 1 of “Integrated
emission standard of air pollutants”(DB32/4041-2021)

Implemented Wastewater Discharge Standards

Yancheng Trina
Solar Guoneng
Science &Technology Co., Ltd.

“Emission standard of pollutants for battery
industry” (GB 30484-2013)

Trina Solar
Technology(Yancheng) Co., Ltd.

“Emission standard of pollutants for battery
industry” (GB 30484-2013)

Trina Solar(Yancheng Dafeng)
Co., Ltd.

The third-level standard in Table 4 of “Integrated
wastewater discharge standard” (GB 8978-1996)“Discharge standard of pollutants for municipal
wastewater treatment plant” (GB 18918-2002)
Class A Standard“Provincial discharge standard of main waterpollutants for chemical industry” (DB32/939-2006)
Class I Standard

Trina Solar (Suqian)Technology Co., Ltd

Three types of standards in “Environmental quality
standards for surface water” (GB 3838-2002)

Trina Solar (Suqian)
Optoelectronics Co.,
Ltd.

Standard in Table 2 of “Emission standard ofpollutants for battery industry” (GB 30484-2013)“Integrated wastewater discharge standard” (GB8978-1996) Table 4

Trina Solar Yiwu
Technology Co., Ltd“Integrated wastewater discharge standard” (GB8978-1996) Class III Standard

Trina Solar Science& Technology(Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Thailand Industrial Zone Authority Notice 76/2017Establishment of general standards for dischargeof wastewater into the central wastewater
treatment system of industrial zones, p. 2, Article 5

Trina Solar (Vietnam)
Science &Technology
company Limited

Trina Solar Energy
Development
Company Limited

Wafer Branch Of
Trina Solar Co., Ltd.

QCVN 14:2008/BTNMT-National Technicalregulations on Domestic Wastewater；
QCVN 40:2011/BTNMT-National Technical Codefor the Quality of Industrial Wastewater
The standard for Receiving Wastewater from
Yunzhong Industrial ParkQCVN 14:2008/BTNMT-National TechnicalRegulations on Domestic Wastewater
QCVN 40:2011/BTNMT-National Technical Codefor the Quality of Industrial Wastewater
The Standard for Receiving Wastewater from
Anping Industrial Park
Table 1 Standard of “Wastewater quality standards
for discharge to municipal sewers” (GB/T 319622015)

2.1.2 Emission Related Indicators“Emission standard of pollutants forbattery industry” (GB 30484-2013)“Emission standards for odor pollutants”(GB 14554-93)“Integrated emission standard of air
pollutants” (DB32/4041-2021)“Emission standard of pollutants forbattery industry” (GB 30484-2013)“Emission standards for odor pollutants”(GB 14554-93)“Integrated emission standard of air
pollutants” (DB32/4041-2021)“Emission Control Standard for Industrial
Enterprises Volatile Organic Compounds”(DB12/524-2020)“Integrated emission standard of air
pollutants” (GB 16297-1996)“Emission standard of cooking fume” (GB18483-2001)
The standard value of "other industries"
VOCs in “Emission Control Standard for
Industrial Enterprises Volatile Organic
Compounds” (DB12/524-2014)
Standard in Table 5 of “Emission standardof pollutants for battery industry” (GB30484-2013)
Standard in Table 3 of “Emission standardof air pollutants for boiler” (GB 132712014)
Standard in Table 2 of “Emission
standards for odor pollutants” (GB14554-93)
The standards in Table 1 of “Emission
Control Standard for Industrial
Enterprises Volatile Organic
Compounds” (DB12/524-2020)“Integrated emission standard of air
pollutants” (GB 16297-1996) Secondary
Emission Standard
N.A

QCVN 19：2009年/ BTNMT, B列
QCVN 19: 2009 / BTNMT, B column
QCVN 20：2009年/ BTNMTQCVN 20: 2009 / BTNMTQCVN 19：2009年/ BTNMT, B列
QCVN 19: 2009 / BTNMT, B column
QCVN 20：2009年/ BTNMTQCVN 20: 2009 / BTNMTThe relevant emission standards in Table
1 of the “Integrated emission standard of
air pollutants” (DB32/4041-2021)

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Green Factory
Trina Solar is committed to sustainable development throughout the product life cycle from product research
design and development, raw material procurement, and manufacturing, to energy and resource utilization andwaste management. In 2010, Trina Solar became the pioneer of the PV industry at the World Davos Economic
Forum. In February 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China
announced Green Factory list, and Trina Solar passed the third-party evaluation from China Quality Certification(CQC) with a high score of 97 and was awarded with the honour of “Green Factory Model”.

Wastewater Discharge up to the Standard
The wastewater from Trina Solar plants is treated in depth through advanced sewage treatment processes(such as physicochemical defluorination, biochemical decarbonization and ammonia removal etc.). The
wastewater is discharged into the municipal pipe network when it meets the regulated discharge standard.
Regular testing to wastewater was done by qualified laboratories and all testing results meet emission standard.
In 2021, the total discharge of wastewater is 8.3295 million tons, and the wastewater discharge indicators ofeach factory are shown in the following table:
Pollutant Discharging Entities

Emission
Concentration
7.3-8.7
47
69.3
7.56
3.06
6-9
8
119
33.7
4.5
6-9
17.91
85.53
35.25
5.73

Main Pollutants

Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (Changzhou
headquarters)

Trina Solar Technology(Yancheng) Co., Ltd.

Trina Solar (Suqian)
Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.

PH
SS (mg/L)
COD (mg/L)
TN (mg/L)
Fluoride (mg/L)
PH
SS (mg/L)
COD (mg/L)
TN (mg/L)
Fluoride (mg/L)
PH
SS (mg/L)
COD (mg/L)
TN (mg/L)
Fluoride (mg/L)

Discharge Standard of
Pollutants
6.5-9.5
400
500
70
8
6-9
140
150
40
8
6-9
140
150
40
8

Notes: Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (Changzhou headquarters), Trina Solar Technology (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. and Trina Solar(Suqian) Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. are national key wastewater monitoring entities, other production bases and subsidiaries
of Trina Solar are not the key pollutant discharging entities specified by the environmental protection department.

Waste Gas up to the Emission Standards
The waste gas from Trina Solar's factories is treated according to the local environmental protection
requirements and then discharged up to the standard. The total emissions of Nitrogen oxides and Sulphuroxides in 2021 are 6.525 tons and 0.02 tons respectively.

Compliance Treatment of Solid Waste
Trina Solar factories dispose of solid waste under the law. In 2021, 35,000 tons general industrial solid waste
was handled and 5,300 tons hazardous waste was handled and transferred.

2.1.3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Intensity
Since 2011, Trina Solar started to quantify greenhouse gas (hereinafter referred to as GHG) emissions frommost factories in accordance with the international standard ISO 14064-1 "Greenhouse gases — Part 1:
Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas
emissions and removals", including direct greenhouse gas emissions and indirect greenhouse gas emissions
from imported energy. The emissions in the past three years are shown in the following table:
Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2019

2020

2021

7.4

13.7

29.4

520.2

570.0

850.2

Category 1 direct GHG emissions（1,000 tons CO2e）
Category 2 indirect GHG emissions fromimported energy（1,000 tons CO2e）

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Total GHG Emissions（1,000 tons CO2e
527.6

）

583.7

879.6

As shown in the above table, the total GHG emissions of Trina Solar is 879,600 tCO2e in 2021, an increase of
50.69% over 2020, which is mainly attribute to fast business expanding and getting more factories underoperational control.
In 2020 GHG emissions of ten factories were reported: Trina Solar (Changzhou headquarters), Trina Solar(Changzhou) Science & Technology, Wafer Branch of Trina Solar, Yancheng Guoneng, Changzhou Yabang
Plant, Hefei Plant, Hubei Plant, Suqian Module Factory, Yiwu Module Factory, Suqian Cell Factory.
In 2021 GHG emissions of twelve factories were reported: Trina Solar (Changzhou headquarters), Trina Solar(Changzhou) Science & Technology, Wafer Branch of Trina Solar, Yancheng Guoneng, Trina Solar
Technology (Yancheng), Trina Solar (Yancheng Dafeng), Suqian Module Factory, Suqian Cell Factory, Yiwu
Module Factory, Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand), Trina Solar Science & Technology (Vietnam),
Trina Solar Energy Development.
By further analysis of GHG emission performance of the factories jointly reported in 2020 and 2021, we findthat the GHG emission intensity of all factories present an annual downward trend, which proved theeffectiveness of Trina Solar’s energy-saving and emission reduction measures.
The total GHG emissions and intensity are shown in the table below.
Emissions
FactoryYear

Trina Solar Co., Ltd.

2020

184,814.17(Changzhou headquarters)

2021

44,808.25

Trina Solar (Changzhou)

2020

129,693.02

2021

8,241.61

2020

75,996.78

2021

100,856.59

Wafer Branch of Trina Solar

2020

10,944.03

Co., Ltd.

2021

8,027.69

Trina Solar Yiwu Technology

2020

16,961.49

Co., Ltd

2021

66,297.45

Trina Solar (Suqian)

2020

43,315.50

Technology Co., Ltd

2021

69,942.03

Trina Solar (Suqian)2020

92,472.50

Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.

2021

271,238.21

2020

554,197.49

2021

569,411.82

Science & Technology Co.,Ltd.
Yancheng Trina Solar
Guoneng Science &Technology Co., Ltd.

Total Emissions (7 factories)（tCO2e）

The Proportion of Changes in
GHG Emission Intensity in 2021,
Compared to 2020
-62.48%-82.93%-9.74%-21.68%-55.38%-37.98%-37.28%-52.07%

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Total greenhouse gas emissions from factories
2020

2021

70
2.75%

1,000 tCO2e

60
50
40
30

-75.75%193.32%-93.65%2032.71%-26.65% 290.87%

1061.47%

0-10

GHG emission intensity: GHG emissions for unit output of producttCO2e /MW

2020
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
-20

2021

-82.93%-62.48%-52.07%-37.28%-9.74%-55.38%-21.68%-37.98%The GHG emissions of Trina Solar Yiwu Technology Co., Ltd and Trina Solar (Suqian) Optoelectronics Co.,Ltd in 2021 were significantly higher than those in 2020 because both factories started operation in mid-2020.
According to the operational control requirement by ISO 14064-1, in 2020 Trina Solar Yiwu Technology Co.,Ltd was reported GHG emissions of only 6 months (July to December) and Trina Solar (Suqian) Optoelectronics
Co., Ltd was reported GHG emissions of only 5 months (August to December). In 2021 both factories werereported GHG emissions of 12 months in the whole year.
Trina Solar's GHG emissions per unit output of product is 38.93 tCO2e. The GHG emissions for unit output of
product are shown in the following table：

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Factory

GHG Emissions in 2021（tCO2e）

Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (Changzhou Headquarters)

44,808.25

Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

8,241.61

Yancheng Trina Solar Guoneng Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

100,856.59

Wafer Branch Of Trina Solar Co., Ltd.

8,027.69

Trina Solar Yiwu Technology Co., Ltd

66,297.45

Trina Solar (Suqian) Technology Co., Ltd

69,942.03

Trina Solar (Suqian) Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.

271,238.21

Trina Solar Technology (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.

136,118.95

Trina Solar (Yancheng Dafeng) Co., Ltd.

13,879.07

Trina Solar (Vietnam) Science & Technology company Limited

49,471.77

Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited

73,345.44

Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

37,380.48

Total Emission

879,607.54

The total GHG emissions of Trina Solar Co., Ltd. in 2020 and 2021 are shown in the following table:
Year

Total Emission（tCO2e）

Emission Intensity (tCO2e /MW)

2020

583,741.46

57.42

2021

879,607.54

38.93

70
-32.10%60

80000050
60000040

40000030
2020000010

0Emission Intensity (tCO2e /MW)

Discharge Amount（tCO2e）

1000000

0
2020

Discharge Amount (tCO₂e)

2021
Emission Intensity (tCO₂e /MW)As shown in the above chart, according to operational control method of ISO 14064-1, the total GHG emissionof Trina Solar (category 1 direct GHG emissions and category 2 indirect emissions from imported energy) was
879,607.54 tCO2e in 2021, an increase of 50.69% over 2020. This was mainly because the operation boundarychanged in 2021 from 2020. Changzhou Yabang Plant, Hubei Plant and Hefei Plant no longer be operationalin 2021, five new factories started operation in 2021, including Trina Solar (Yancheng Dafeng), Trina Solar
Technology (Yancheng), Trina Solar Science & Technology (Vietnam), Trina Solar Energy Development and
Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand). The increased number of factories led to an increase in GHG
emissions. GHG Emission Intensity in 2021 was 38.93 tCO2e/MW, which was 32.20% lower than that in 2020,
which proved Trina Solar’s effort on GHG emission reduction.
Trina Solar officially announced in July 2021 to join the "Science Based Target initiative" (SBTi). We have joined
the business ambition for 1.5°C call to action by signing the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Commitment Letter.
We continue to optimize the GHG reporting category and accounting methods. According to the requirementsof SBTi, we have focused on other indirect GHG emissions within the reporting boundary in 2021. Our reporting34

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and downstream transportation and distribution, waste generated during operation, employee business travel,
employee commuting, etc. Trina Solar plays an industry-leading role in promoting itself and the supply chain toachieve the ambitious 1.5°C temperature limit target.

2.2 Use of Energy and Resources
Trina Solar is committed to improving energy efficiency, continuously promoting energy efficiency, exploringand implementing energy-saving projects, and optimizing energy use. In 2015, we successfully obtained theISO 50001 energy management system certificate issued by the British Standards Institute (BSI). Trina Solaruse systematic management methods to continuously reduce energy consumption and improve energy
utilization. Trina Solar is committed to recycling of water resources. We have successfully recovered RO
concentrated water, air conditioning condensate, and pretreated wastewater for cleaning, flushing, greening,
etc. Trina Solar has constructed a reclaimed water reuse factory. The industrial wastewater generated in the
manufacturing process is treated to reclaimed water with advanced technology and reused as a supplement of
the raw water supply.

2.2.1 Energy Consumption
The energy consumption of Trina Solar factories in recent three years is shown in the table below:
Change Ratio
Energy Type

2019

2020

2021

of 2021 to

Natural gas (1,000 m3)

990

530

690

+29.43%

Electricity Purchased (MWh)912,411

1,007,825

1,433,209+42.21%

Comprehensive Energy Consumption (tce)137,296

148,086

176,233+19.01%

10,078

10,56814,020+32.67%

10.85

9.27

7.13

-23.09%

0.13

0.05

0.02

-50.92%

123

89

51

-42.40%

1358

932

502

-46.19%2020

3

Water Consumption (1,000 m )Comprehensive Energy Consumption for Unit Output of
Product (tce/MW)
Natural Gas Consumption for Unit Output of Product(1,000m3/ MW)Power Consumption for Unit Output of Product(MWh/MW)
Water Consumption of Unit Product (t/MW)

In 2021, three new factories (Trina Solar Technology (Yancheng) Co., Ltd., Trina Solar (Yancheng Dafeng) Co.,
Ltd., and Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited) began to operate, and the production capacity
was further expanded. The comprehensive energy consumption in 2021 increased by 19.01% compared with
2020, but the comprehensive energy consumption for unit output of product, natural gas consumption for unit
output of product, power consumption for unit output of product, and water consumption for unit output of
product decreased compared with 2020.

2.2.2 Water Withdrawal and Discharge
In 2021, the total water withdrawal of Trina Solar factories is 17.0840 million cubic meters, and the total water
discharge is 11.7147 million cubic meters. The water withdrawal and discharge of each factory are shown in
the table below:
Factory
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (Changzhou Headquarters)
Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology Co.,
Ltd.

Water Withdrawal in 2021

Water Discharge in 2021

(1,000 m3)(1,000 m3)

729.6

644.7

122.5

107.6

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Factory

Water Withdrawal in 2021

Water Discharge in 2021

(1,000 m )(1,000 m3)

1,113.8

540.9

Trina Solar Technology (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.

2,687.2

1,742.7

Trina Solar (Yancheng Dafeng) Co., Ltd.

31.9

26.8

Yancheng Trina Solar Guoneng Science & Technology
Co., Ltd.

3

Trina Solar (Suqian) Technology Co., Ltd

316.9

220.7

Trina Solar (Suqian) Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.

5,085.6

3,659.6

Trina Solar Yiwu Technology Co., Ltd

190.6

70.0

Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

913.2

730.5

4,954.4

3,331.1

Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited

616.6

366.4

Wafer Branch of Trina Solar Co., Ltd.

321.6

273.7

Total：

17,084.0

11,714.7

Trina Solar (Vietnam) Science & Technology company
Limited2.3 Sustainable Targets and Measures
2.3.1 Targets and Measures of Energy-saving and Emission
Reduction
Sustainable energy-saving and emission reduction targets：
Trina Solar, as a leading PV enterprise dedicated to the development of green energy with global businesscoverage, has set sustainable development goals for 2025 and 2030:
Compared with the base year of 2020, the GHG emission intensity (tCO2e/MW) of Category 1 andCategory 2 of solar photovoltaic products will be down 50% in 2025.

Compared with the base year of 2020, the comprehensive energy consumption (tce/MW) of solar
photovoltaic products will drop by 40% in 2025.

Compared with the base year of 2020, the water consumption intensity (t/MW) of solar photovoltaic
products will decrease by 20% in 2025.



Actively promote and use renewable energy, and aim to achieve 100% renewable energy use inglobal manufacturing and operation by 2030.



Establish and improve the waste "3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle)" policy to achieve the goalof "zero" landfill waste by 2030.



Carry out energy-saving and consumption-reduction projects, and achieve the goal of saving 100
million kWh of power consumption in global manufacturing and operation from 2021 to 2030.

Trina Solar continuously reduces the GHG emissions through own rooftop photovoltaic power generation,energy-saving and GHG emission reduction projects in our manufacturing bases, etc., to contribute toachieve the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality.
Photovoltaic rooftop power generation projects in our manufacturing bases
From 2019 to 2021, Trina Solar's rooftop photovoltaic power generation was 4,086 MWh, 8,119 MWh and26,751 MWh respectively, and the GHG emissions reductions were 2,860.07 tCO2e、5,683.43 tCO2e、
18,725.56 tCO2e respectively in our manufacturing bases.

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GHG Reductions of Rooftop Photovoltaic Power
Generation Projects in the Manufacturing Bases(tCO2e)18,726Compared with 2020, the emission

2,860

reduction of rooftop photovoltaic

5,683

power generation projects of the
manufacturing bases in 2021

2019

2020

2021

increased by

229%
Energy-saving and GHG emission reductions projects in the manufacturing bases
Trina Solar has implemented energy-saving and carbon reduction projects in 2021, saving a total of 9.1250
million kWh, 27,000 tons of steam and 8,400 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

Year

Base / Factory

Brief Description of Main Energy-saving and Carbonreduction Projects

EnergySaving(MWh /
year)

GHG
Emission
Reductions(tCO2e /
year)

560

451

1,350

1,080

730

584

1,060

852

240

193

535

430

Module vacuum pump natural cooling project:
The facility department evaluated the use of cooling towers
instead of chillers, exchanged heat through plate heat
2021

Trina Solar Co.,

exchangers, and supplied cooling water within 30 degrees

Ltd. (Changzhou

to the vacuum pump. When the cooling water temperature

headquarters)

is higher than the water temperature required by thevacuum pump, open the chiller water valve to reduce thecooling water temperature (it’s expected to be opened onlyin summer).
Phase II project was designed with an openable air tower
and posts air supply, increased air convection in theworkshop, and reduced air conditioning and refrigeration.

2021
Trina Solar Yiwu
Technology Co.,Ltd

Compared with phase I and phase II under the same
capacity, phase II consumed 1.35 million kWh less thanphase I.
The vacuum system has been used in the processes suchas feeding machines of module glass and automatic2021

turnover of cost modules to replace the original CDA
vacuum generator, so as to reduce the use of CDA.
Natural cooling: in winter and part of the transition season,turn off the medium-temperature chiller, make use of the2021

outdoor low-temperature weather to obtain a free cold
source, and reduce the power consumption of the chiller.
Trina Solar

2021(Suqian)Optoelectronics
Co., Ltd.

Natural cooling and medium-temperature chillers wereseries for cooling. In winter and transition seasons, natural
cooling can reduce the chilled water temperature of
medium-temperature chillers, so as to reduce the power
consumption of the chillers.
The medium-to-low temperature cold source switching2021

valve group has been added to the RAU of the C3
workshop. The low-temperature chiller and supportingwater pump were disabled in winter and transition seasons,

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Base / Factory

Brief Description of Main Energy-saving and Carbonreduction Projects

EnergySaving(MWh /
year)

GHG
Emission
Reductions(tCO2e /year)

and the medium-temperature water was switched tocooling, so as to reduce the power consumption of thechiller.
All heat exhaust air of oxidation and coating equipment in

2021

2021

Electricit

the workshop was recycled. The heat exhaust air in they:workshop has been recycled to the make-up air handling

900,000

unit to reduce the enthalpy of fresh air in summer andkWh/yrreduce the power consumption of the chiller, increasing theSteam:

heat and moisture content of fresh air in winter to reduce

15,000the consumption of steam.

tons/yr

MAU has added high-pressure micro-fog humidification to

Steam:

reduce steam consumption in winter and transition

12,000seasons.

tons/yr

1,324

480

First-stage No. 6 cooling pump has operated at variablefrequency. It was controlled by variable frequency in winter2021

and transition seasons and combined with a power

300

241

600

495

2,550

2,050

300

241

frequency cooling pump in summer to reduce the power
consumption of the water pump.
After installing heat shields on both sides of the lamination
2021

area, the heat was discharged to the upper roof of theworkshop to reduce the heat diffusion to the workshop.
The vacuum used in the original equipment of workshop
No. 5 was converted by compressed air, resulting in a

2021

Trina Solarstable supply of compressed air and compressed air(Suqian)serious waste. Now centralized vacuum supply equipment

Technology Co.,

has been used, and the vacuum system has adopted aLtdseparate pipeline to separate from the compressed air.
First-stage No. 5 cooling pump has operated at variablefrequency. It was controlled by variable frequency in winter2021

and transition seasons and combined with a power
frequency cooling pump in summer to reduce the power
consumption of the water pump.

The total emission reduction is 8,400 tons of carbon dioxide through energy-saving and GHG emission reductions
projects.

As the world's leading developer of photovoltaic power plant, Trina Solar continuously reduce global
GHG emissions through the solar power projects developed and held by Trina Solar, making a positive
contribution to controlling the global temperature rise within 1.5℃.
Solar power projects developed and held by Trina Solar
Trina Solar's mission is "Solar Energy for All " and we actively promote the use of green energy. From 2015 to
2021, Trina Solar developed and held solar power plants in China with a cumulative power generation of over
6.8 billion kWh of clean energy, equivalent to a reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately 4.8 million
tonnes, which exceeded the cumulative power consumption of all manufacturing sites (5.768 billion kWh). In
2021, Trina Solar held solar power plants in China with a cumulative generation of over 1.09 billion kWh ofclean energy, equivalent to a reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately 760,000 tonnes.

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Greenhouse Gas Emission and Offset（tCO 2e）

Emission

1000000
5000000(500000)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

(1000000)(1500000)
OffsetCategory 2 Indirect GHG Emission from Imported Energy
Renewable Energy from Own Solar plant
Avoid Emissions form Energy Saving

Category 1 Direct GHG Emission
Renewable Energy from Distributed Solar System

2.3.2 Targets and Measures of Water Saving and Waste
Reduction
Sustainable water-saving and waste reduction goals：

Establish and improve the waste "3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle)" policy, and realize "zero" landfill
waste by 2030.



Actively promote and use renewable energy, and aim to achieve 100% renewable energy use in global
manufacturing and operation by 2030.

Compared with the base year of 2020, the water consumption intensity (t/MW) of solar photovoltaic
products will decreased by 20% in 2025.

In order to achieve the above sustainable water-saving and waste reduction goals, Trina Solar carry out watersaving and waste-reduction actions from the source, continuously optimize the production process, andconstantly practice water-saving and waste-reduction.

Wastewater

Solid waste

In 2021, we reduced wastewater discharge by 2,500 tons

In 2021, we reduced solid waste by

777,100 tons through1,023.18 tons through process

measures of wastewater reuse, optimization of wastewater
treatment
processes,
RO(Reverse
Osmosis)concentration water reuse, and condensate recovery.

improvement, recycling, energy-saving
publicity and other measures.

and saved water by

Water-saving Measures Implemented in 2021
Factory

Trina Solar (Suqian)
Optoelectronics Co.,
Ltd.

Type

Air-Conditioning
Condensed Water
Reuse

Recycle the RO
concentrated
water

Trina Solar's Water-saving Measures in 2021
By reusing the air-conditioning condensed water
as the make-up water for circulating coolingwater, we have reduced the water consumption.
According to the results of the water balance test,
164.44 tons of condensed water can berecovered per day. If the workshop air conditioner
runs for 100 days, it can recover 16,440 tons per
year.
Use RO concentrated water to displace runningwater for the acid mist tower, silane combustion
tower, factory toilet, and wastewater treatment
station. After project implementation, the water

Water Saving(1,000 m3/yr)

16.44

433.62

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Water-saving Measures Implemented in 2021
FactoryType

Trina Solar's Water-saving Measures in 2021

Yancheng Trina Solar
Guoneng Science &Technology Co., Ltd.

Recycle theconcentrated
water

Trina Solar
Technology(Yancheng) Co., Ltd.
Trina Solar (Vietnam)
Science & Technology
company Limited

Air-Conditioning
Condensed Water
Reuse
Water discharge

consumption has been reduced by 433,620 tons
every year.
By transforming the cell pure water system, thedaily loss of concentrated water could fully meetthe production of the wastewater station,
pharmaceutical preparation water, and thecirculating water of the waste gas washing tower,
which saved water consumption and reduced
operating costs.
Collect condensate water from the air
conditioners and use it as the make-up water forthe cooling tower
Drainage system renovation and reclaimed-waterreuse.

Water Saving(1,000 m3/yr)

210

80

1

Taiyuan factory has used 100 tons ofconcentrated water every day for dosing devices
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of wastewater station, make-up water of waste
gas tower, landscaping, flushing, etc.
In 2021, Trina Solar's factories have saved 777,100 tons of water through measures such as air-conditioning condensate
recovery and concentrated water reuse.
Trina Solar Energy
Development
Company Limited

Recycle theconcentrated
water

Waste-reduction measures implemented in 2021
Type of The
MeasureFactory

Reduce solid
waste

Trina Solar Yiwu
Technology Co., Ltd

Reduce solid
waste

Trina Solar Co., Ltd.
(Changzhou
Headquarters)

Reduce solid
waste

Trina Solar (Suqian)
Optoelectronics Co.,
Ltd.

Reduce solid
waste

Trina Solar(Yancheng Dafeng)
Co., Ltd.

Reduce sewage
discharge
Reduce solid
waste

Trina Solar Co., Ltd.
(Changzhou
Headquarters)
Trina Solar
(Vietnam) Science &Technology
Company Limited

Main Content of the Measures
Since November 2021, each workshop has used
extrusion tooling to reduce the amount of residual silica
gel, and through process improvement, the 5-gallon silica
gel bucket has been removed to reduce the gluecontaining waste.
1) The bottom glue of the original line box uses a 5-gallon
plastic barrel, and the resulting packaging barrel is also
disposed of as hazardous waste. During the newworkshop reconstruction, the conveying pipeline wasadded from the large iron bucket to the gluing place at thebottom to replace the 5-gallon plastic bucket.
2) The residual glue in the silicone iron bucket should be
used as much as possible in each shift, and the amountof waste silicone produced each time will be weighed andcounted to ensure that it is controlled below 10kg.
Classifying solid waste, and collecting resource-based
waste, such as waste foam, cardboard boxes, small
gaskets and so on, will reduce the total amount of solid
waste. In 2021, the comprehensive generation of solid
waste was 1,390.034 tons, 934.791 tons of resourcebased waste was collected through classification, and theactual solid waste was 455.243 tons.
The employees recycle and reuse the glue by manuallyscraping the residual glue in the barrel. Each barrel canbe recycled about 4kg, reducing hazardous waste by
about 72kg every day.

Annual Waste
Reduction
Annual reductionof 10 tons ofglue-containing
waste

Reduce the gluecontaining waste
by 24.75 tons.

934.79 tons

8.64 tons

Due to the shutdown of the silicon wafer workshop, theamount of waste water was reduced.

In
implementation

Advocate the staff to reduce waste, recycle and use allkinds of waste

10 tons

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Waste-reduction measures implemented in 2021

Type of The
MeasureFactory

Main Content of the Measures

Annual Waste
Reduction

Trina Solar Energy
Advocate the staff to reduce waste, recycle and use all
Development
35 tons
kinds of waste
Company Limited
Trina Solar
Reduce sewage (Vietnam) Science &Drainage system renovation and reclaimed-water reuse.
1,000 tons
discharge
Technology
Company Limited
Trina Solar Energy
Ammonia nitrogen wastewater is used as fertilizer for
Reduce sewage
Development
greening after removing most of the ammonia nitrogen,1,500 tons
discharge
Company Limited
reducing wastewater discharge
In 2021, Trina Solar energy reduced 1,023 tons of solid waste and 2,500 tons of sewage discharge through various
effective measures.
Reduce solid
waste

2.4 Environment and Natural Resources
Protecting the biodiversity of nature is our primary concern before we decide to develop new projects or expand
existing facilities. When planning new projects or power plants we carry out environmental impact assessments
in line with local environmental protection regulations. We assess the positive and negative impacts of the
proposed project on the environment of the community and take effective measures to protect the naturalenvironment and biodiversity of the community where the proposed project is located.
Trina Solar has constructed a number of complementary solar power projects on fishing farm and agricultural
facilities without changing the original use of the land, which is not only benefit to the protection of the ecologicalenvironment and alleviating land-use conﬂicts, but also renewable energy supply, and create dual value. Our
projects provide clean and green energy to the communities.
As of 2021, Trina Solar has continuously assessed the major impact of operational activities to the environment
and natural resources, and taken effective protection measures:Year ofThe Significant Impact of Operational Activities on the Environment and Natural
Resources and Actions Taken to Manage the Impact

Implement

Multi-energy
complementary
integration ofwind and solar
energy storage+ windprevention andsand fixation

By the end of 2021, Trina Solar has completed the Hainan 100MW photovoltaic power
plant project in Qinghai Province. The 50MW photovoltaic project under constructionin Haixi Prefecture will bring more green productivity to the region. At present, Trina
Solar has completed the project reserve of about 3GW in Qinghai Province. This time,
together with Guohua Investment Company, we will jointly develop the Haixi Mangya
1GW wind and solar energy storage + wind prevention and sand fixation multi-energy
complementary integration project, which will make a positive contribution to the
optimization of energy structure and sustainable economic and social development
in Qinghai Province.

2021

Construction ofphotovoltaic
power andsand fixation
project, andconstruction ofphotovoltaic
power andmineralmanagement
project

Trina Solar won the bid in 2021 in Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other places,
accumulating more than 3.7GW, carrying out the construction of photovoltaic powerand sand fixation project and photovoltaic power and mineral management project inTongliao and Alashan. We promote photovoltaic power generation, ecologicalmanagement, and waste-land reuse, improving comprehensive land utilization, andproviding green power resources.

awarded inAgricultural
solar lighting,fishing solar
lighting
integration

Trina Solar built a solar farm in Dorset, London. We set up bird houses and bat
nests near the farm and planted local wildﬂowers while keeping the solar panels
high without aﬀecting the farm's continued grazing.
Trina Solar built a 120MW ‘PV plus ﬁshery’ project in Xiangshui, Jiangsu Province.
The lower layer remains as aquaculture while the upper layer is PV panels, thusachieving sustainable economic, ecological and social beneﬁts.

year before

Project Typeation

Projects

2021

Historical

2021

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Year of

Project Type

Reuse ofabandoned
land,
photovoltaic
power plant
project

The Significant Impact of Operational Activities on the Environment and Natural
Resources and Actions Taken to Manage the Impact
Trina Solar successfully built a 5MW ‘PV plus agriculture’ project in Menghe,
Changzhou. A shed is constructed for ecological agriculture, where the roof is madeof double-glass PV modules for clean power generation. The double-glass PV
modules have strong permeability, thus keep the required illumination for the growthof crops.
Trina Solar built a 51MW ‘PV plus agriculture’ project in the tea garden in
Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. The transparent double-glass PV modules were used
above the tea tree for efficient use of the space. The project generates about 80
million kWh/year clean solar energy, which reduces carbon emissions by 60,000
tonnes.
In 2020, the 50MW agricultural solar complementary project was connected to themunicipal grid in Lingshou, Shijiazhuang, Hebei. The project used the Trina Solar
210mm Vertex series ultra-high-power modules. The layout provided suﬃcientspace for farming, while eﬀectively reducing costs. This project achieved economic
beneﬁts both for agriculture and power generation, and opened a new era of ultrahigh power photovoltaic in agricultural application in China.
Shanxi Yangquan 50MW leadership project
The project made use of indoor wasteland in coal mining subsidence areas, coalgangue hills, mining backﬁll areas, etc., to build a series of PV power plants. Sticking
to the base's ethos of”photovoltaic power generation, ecological governance andwaste land reuse” , the operation improved land use eﬃciency, provided green power
resources and consolidated comprehensive land use issues in coal mining
subsidence areas. In addition, the project solved the living problems of local farmers
and ecological treatment problems, promoting local ecological and economic
development.
Anhui 170MW leadership project
We built ﬂoating power projects above the water surface of mining subsidence areas,
which not only provided clean power and improved the renewable energy ratio, butalso solved the comprehensive treatment of mining subsidence areas. The reuse ofwasteland helped boost local farmers’ incomes, adjusted industry structure in this cityof coal, and added to local tax revenue, which in turn has promoted the developmentof the local photovoltaic-related industry chain.

Implement
ation

Historicalyear before
2021

2.5 Climate Change
Trina Solar has been actively playing a leading role in dealing with global climate change. While dedicated in
reducing the carbon footprint of our products, we continuously cooperate with all relevant parties to jointly
influence and promote the formulation and improvement of public policies to deal with climate change.
Field

Measures to Address Climate Change in 2021

Join theScience Based
Target initiative(SBTi)

Trina Solar formally joined the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in July 2021 andsigned the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Commitment Letter. This means that our company will
use our ambitious emission reduction actions to help control global warming to 1.5 degrees
Celsius.

Improved
Resource
Utilization

In 2021, Trina Solar achieved a reduction of 76.8% and 73.39% in power consumption andwater consumption per MW module, and by 42.40% and 46.19% respectively compared with
2020.

Improvement ofEnvironmental
Management
SystemWe took the lead in establishing a corporate energy management system in the photovoltaic
industry as per the international standard ISO 50001. We also took actions about GHG
emissions veriﬁcation in line with the ISO 14064-1 standard on the organization level. We
established a complete product carbon footprint veriﬁcation system in line with the PAS
2050/ISO 14067 standard, aiming to continuously improve resource utilization, reduce GHG
emissions and reduce resource consumption.
Our company's mission is " Solar Energy for All " and we actively promote the use of green
energy. From 2015 to 2021, Trina Solar developed and held solar power plants in China with

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Measures to Address Climate Change in 2021
a cumulative power generation capacity of over 6.8 billion kWh of clean energy, equivalent toa reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately 4.8 million tonnes, which exceeds the
cumulative power consumption of all manufacturing sites (5.768 billion kWh). In 2021, ourcompany held solar power plants in the country with a cumulative generation capacity of over1.09 billion kWh of clean energy, equivalent to a reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately
760,000 tones.

Clean Solar
EnergyOur company fully implements the concept of clean production and green development. Each
manufacturing base makes full use of the roofs of its plants, carports, building walls, etc., andbuilds and installs small distributed solar photovoltaic power plants to reduce the demand for
traditional electricity and provide clean energy to supplement the office and production powerof the manufacturing base. 26MW of distributed photovoltaic plants will be built at eachmanufacturing base in 2021, with a cumulative power generation of 26.75 million kWh,equivalent to a reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately emissions by 19,000 tones.

Pollution
Control
Facilities

Trina Solar has established advanced wastewater and waste gas treatment facilities to ensurethat the discharge of wastewater and emissions of waste gas stably meets environmental
standard limits. The total EHS cost of Trina Solar in 2021 is about 105.4477 million yuan
respectively.

Supply chain
sustainability

Trina Solar pays attention to the sustainable development of suppliers, through acomprehensive supplier audit and evaluation process and a full range of suppliercommunication and interaction to continuously improve the overall competitiveness of the
supply chain and build a sustainable and win-win supply chain system. Trina Solar not only
pays attention to green development but also actively conveys and communicates Trina Solar'svision and goals for sustainable development to global partners. We fully integrate sustainable
development into the procurement business and are committed to brainstorming from theactual situation with global partners to contribute inspiration and innovative solutions for thesustainable development of the photovoltaic industry. For example, Trina Solar has signed astrategic alliance agreement with the African Trade Center to tap potential and opportunities inphotovoltaic plus solutions, energy storage, smart energy, and energy internet to jointly
promote the development and utilization of low-carbon, green and clean energy in Africa. In
2021, Trina Solar was selected as the second batch of typical green supply chain managementcases with excellent green supply chain management, together with Schneider, Dell
Technology, Samsung, and Red Star Metro.
At the end of 2021, our cumulative shipment of PV modules was about 83GW. The PV modules
convert sunlight into electricity, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 111.7139 million
tones per year compared to thermal power generation, assuming each panel is operating
normally. Trina Solar strives to explore innovative solar energy application models andimplement a 'PV plus' strategy. We make our contributions to the construction of ecologicalcivilization and the response to global climate change.
At the end of 2021, the cumulative grid-connected of Trina Solar’s global solar power plants
exceeded 4.6GW (this data does not include domestic distributed power plants).

Green energy
product

As of the disclosure date of the 2021 annual report, the overall shipment of modules exceeded
100gw, which is about 135 million tons of carbon dioxide emission reduction. Trina Solar strives
to explore innovative solar energy application models and implement a 'PV plus' strategy. We
make our contributions to the construction of ecological civilization and the response to global
climate change.
As of December 2021, Trina Solar's domestic power plant system business exceeded the
expectation and achieved the target of 3.5GW + photovoltaic power plant, an increase of 200%
over last year. The overseas power plant system business has achieved a single point
breakthrough in many overseas countries, and many projects have been connected to the gridand put into formal operation.

National /Provincial andMunicipal Level
Green Factories

Has been appraised as national/provincial and municipal green factory list: Trina Solar Co.,
Ltd.

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03
SOCIALRESPONSIBILITYThe Company employs employees according to law, and provides equal employment opportunities for job seekers regardlessof their gender, nationality, or religious belief and offers promotion opportunities according to their work performance. We
promise not to use child labor and not to employ foreign personnel without government approval.
Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact
Our Actions

Society

Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection ofinternationally proclaimed human rights.
Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights.
Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association andthe effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor.
Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labor.
Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment
and occupation.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals（SDGs）
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security andimproved nutrition and promote sustainableagriculture.
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all.
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all
women and girls.
Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive andsustainable economic growth, full and productive
employment and decent work for all.
Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements
inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable• We strictly abide by relevant local laws andinternational conventions, ensure the employment
equity of male and female employees, and strictly
prohibit employment discrimination.
• We hire employees according to law, and provide
equal employment opportunities for job seekers
regardless of their gender, nationality, or religious
belief and offer promotion opportunities according totheir work performance. We promise not to use childlabor and not to employ foreign personnel without
government approval.

Our Actions• Conduct poverty alleviation with PV projects and care for vulnerable
groups.
• Fully support the protest work and fulfill social responsibilities.
• Care for children in poverty-stricken areas and help poverty
alleviation through education• Adhere to the employment principles of anti-gender discriminationand equality.
• Be committed to creating a safe and healthy working environment
for employees and provide clean energy products worldwide.
• Carry out training on employee safety, skills, and human rights
policy.
• Resolutely not employ child labor and strictly prohibit forced labor.
• Insist on the sustainable development of the supply chain and build
a cooperative community.
• Formulate the system on intellectual property protection andmaintenance.
• Improve product and service to increase customer satisfaction• Protect consumers’ data and privacy

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Chapter 3 Social Responsibility
3.1 Employment
We warmly welcome talents to join Trina Solar for our business development. As of December 31, 2021, Trina
Solar had 17,586 employees in total (excluding consultants, interns, labor dispatch, outsourced workers,
temporary workers, etc.). Trina Solar always focuses on talent cultivation and employee stability. However, due
to the impact of the global epidemic and severe economic situation, there is a certain staff turnover.
Our policy is to create a creative and pleasant working atmosphere so that every employee can give full play tohis/her potential. According to the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China, the Labor Contract Law of thePeople's Republic of China and relevant laws and regulations, we formulated the Staff Handbook of Trina Solar.
Trina Solar hires employees according to law, provides employees with equal employment and promotion
opportunities based on their performance, regardless of their gender, nationality, or religious belief. We promise
not to use child labor and not to employ foreign personnel without government approval. No one shall be
employed if he/she:a)takes drugs, drinks to excess, or has other serious bad habits;b)

Has physical or psychological disease or defect that will affect the normal work of the position;c)

Has a record of law-breaking or crime that has not been closed or is being investigated; ord)

was dismissed by the Company due to bad conduct and serious violation of discipline.

Trina Solar always takes talents as the source power for our sustainable development. A flexible talentmanagement mechanism is an important driving core of enterprise energy output. Therefore, we strive to build
a dynamic talent ecosystem and create a working environment that allows employees to experience healthierand show more efficient performance. By continuously investing resources in the career development, physicaland mental health, and cultural interaction of employees, we can ensure that the diversified and integrated teamwill create a win-win situation together with the enterprise. Besides, we continue to follow the talentmanagement strategy, aim to attract and retain outstanding talents through performance management, training
and education, competitive salary, and efficient talent incentive mechanism, and finally make employees givefull play to their value. We are also committed to providing employees with a global development platform thatgives them room to learn and grow at work and helps them become more excellent comprehensive
management talents.
Trina Solar attracts talents through channels such as internet recruitment, campus recruitment, schoolenterprise cooperation projects, directional training classes, and regularly special recruitment fairs of Trina Solar.
Trina Solar strictly prohibits gender discrimination in employment to ensure that the proportion of female
employees remains stable. In 2021, Trina Solar domestically recruited a total of 24,117 employees, including
17,812 male and 6,305 female, accounting for 73.86% and 26.14% respectively. In terms of age composition,
3,141 new employees are aged 18-20 and below, 12,014 employees aged 21-30, 8,405 employees aged 3140, 552 employees aged 41-50, and 5 employees over 50, accounting for 13.02%, 49.82%, 34.85%, 2.29%
and 0.02% respectively.
Proportion of male and female new employees

26.14%

73.86%

male employees

female employees

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Proportion of new employees of different ages

2.29% 0.02%
13.02%
34.85%

49.82%

18-20 years old

21-30 years old

31-40 years old

41-50 years old> 50 years old

3.2 Occupational Health and Safety
3.2.1 Occupational Health and Safety Policy
The passion and commitment of employees is the driving force of our success. We care about employees’
growth and development, and treasure their hard work and contributions. We promote their capacity andencourage them to innovate through training, education, performance management, and incentive awards, so
as to enable employees to fully display their talents and to achieve the common growth and development
together. The employees’ safety and health are the foundation of our business. We integrate occupational
health and safety (hereinafter referred to OH&S) management requirements into every aspect of the company's
operation management. We are committed to creating a safe, healthy, and environmentally-friendly workplacefor employees, helping them pursue a better quality of life, for them to grow and develop together with Trina
Solar while improving work efficiency.
We believe that a sound OH&S management system can continuously help us improve OH&S performance.
Our domestic and overseas factories have all established OH&S Management System – ISO 45001. We
implement OH&S improvement programs in every stage, including plant design, construction, research anddevelopment, manufacturing, and packaging. We do our utmost to protect the safety of our employees,
contractors, customers, and other stakeholders.
While providing clean energy products to the world, Trina Solar is committed to creating a safe, healthy, andenvironmentally friendly workplace for employees. Employees are our greatest asset. We have put EHS
incidents/accidents management procedures in place to ensure that all incidents/accidents in the factories arereported and communicated promptly, effective and practical remedial measures are taken, and persons incharge who cause any serious accident are liable for the accident, so as to promote the factories’ selfmanagement and self-improvement.
We strictly abide by the national laws and regulations, industry standards, and procedures on providing a safe
working environment and protecting employees from occupational hazards, which have a significant impact on
the Group, including but not limited to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Controlof Occupational Diseases, and the Provisions on the Supervision and Administration of Occupational Health inIndustrial Places. Thus, we formulate and implement the enterprise standards for occupational healthmanagement and the policies on supervision and administration of occupational health, etc. To implement theabove laws and regulations, strengthen the management of occupational disease prevention and control, andeffectively ensure the health and safety of workers in the process of work, all subsidiaries and branches in theGroup not only timely publicize and implement relevant laws, regulations, and policies but also regularly review
and update the occupational health management system and policies to achieve the objectives of occupational
disease hazard prevention and control. During the reporting period, the Group did not violate the above laws
and regulations.
The Group always regards safety production as a top priority, strictly abiding by national laws and regulations
on production safety and safe working environment, such as the Safety Production Law of the People's
Republic of China, which have a significant impact on the Group. Thus, we formulate and implement relevant
safety management policies, including the Safety Production Responsibility Policy, the Regulations on Hidden

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Danger Investigation and Treatment, the Regulations on Safety Management of Major Hazard Sources, theRegulations on Safety Management of Contracting Projects, the Traffic Safety Management Measures, andthe Safety Training Management, etc. To continuously strengthen the implementation of the safety
management policies, the Group is equipped with 83 professional safety officers. During the reporting period,
the Group did not violate the above laws and regulations. The safety production conditions were generally
stable, and there were no equipment or fire accidents at a general level or above. Trina Solar’s total reportable
rate (TRR) in 2021 was 0.389, lower than the level in the past five years, indicating that Trina Solar always
continued to strengthen the implementation of safety management policies.

Trina Solar’s total reportable rate (TRR)

1.02
0.68

0.72

0.67

0.83
0.39

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

In 2021, the number of working days lost due to industrial injury was 3,388 days (a total time of 9,208 h) indomestic production plants.

3.2.2 Occupational Health and Safety Measures
Trina Solar’s EHS department formulated the Occupational Health Management Procedure, the Labor
Protection Articles Management Procedure, and other relevant policies. Besides, the EHS department also
took a series of measures on occupational health and safety, and tried to provide a safe and healthy production
environment and workplace for all employees and contractors.
Production site:For new projects, design, construct, put into production, and use occupational health facilities in strict
accordance with the "three Simultaneities" regulations on occupational health of national construction
projects, which are approved by relevant qualified institutions upon evaluation and review;Continuously strengthen the management of occupational health facilities in operation to ensure theirperfection and standardization;
Set bulletin boards and notification cards at the entrance of the site, and warning signs of occupational
hazards at eye-catching positions in the area;
Formulate monitoring and evaluation of occupational disease inductive factors, occupational healthmonitoring, and file management. Meanwhile, we regularly monitor the occupational diseaseinductive factors, such as dust, lead smoke, noise, and power frequency electric field, on the
production site.
Personal health and safety of employees:
Continuously strengthen the inspection and maintenance of occupational health equipment andfacilities to ensure them a good effective state;Provide the employee with necessary protective goods such as work clothes, insulating shoes,
protective glasses, earplugs, dust masks, gas protective equipment, etc., so as to implement
employee protection measures;
Apply the policy of "prevention first", carry out occupational health knowledge training, and strengthen
the publicity of occupational safety and health knowledge;
Orderly organize employees to have regular occupational disease physical examinations, andconstantly improve medical and health protection measures.

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The key to the success of the company and its employees lies in a mutual aid relationship of continuous learningand growth. The company provides development and training plans for the growth of employees, and organizes
and manages relevant training programs, including skill and non-skill training, and makes employee training
more reasonable and efficient.
We provide training of safety, skills, and human rights policy, etc. Training is conducted online or offline, andemployees may choose specific training modes according to their needs, including in growth and promotion.
The offline training gives the energization experience to employees at different levels, including but not limited
to:





Echelon talent and starlight and cradle training programs;
Pressure and emotion management;
EQ management and other soft strength improvement;
New manager growth courses, and industry competence improvement courses, for example, frontierenergy internet technology.
The improved training system provides employees with dynamic growth space. In 2021, the total length of
employee training in domestic companies was 92,605 hours, which greatly upgraded employees' skills. Trina
Solar always helps to improve the knowledge and skills of all employees by providing training for personnel in
different positions every year. In 2021, 140 senior managers, 660 middle managers, 1,425 ordinary managers
and 3,733 ordinary employees received the above training, accounting for 2.35%, 11.08%, 23.92% and 62.66%of the trainees respectively.

Level composition of trained employees
2.62%
12.38%

senior management
23.48%

61.52%

middle management
ordinary management
ordinary employees

In 2021, the average training time of senior management, middle management, ordinary management, andordinary employees was 6, 15, 17, and 17 hours respectively in Trina Solar domestically.

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Ordinary management training

Ordinary employee training

New employee induction training

Middle management training

3.4 Labor Rules
Trina Solar recruits employees by the open, fair, and equitable talent competition and selection mechanism,
during the recruitment we strictly abide by the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China, the Labor Contract
Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China. Meanwhile,
we resolutely do not employ minors under the age of 16 by strictly reviewing the information of candidates in
the recruitment process, to prevent child labor. By law, we sign labor contracts with employees that clarify
employees' salary, position, and termination reasons, and advocate equal and diversified employment policies,
under which employees will not be discriminated against due to race, nationality, skin color, gender, and otherfactors. We establish a humanized leave system that ensures employees are entitled to paid holidays and otherstatutory holidays according to law, forbid forced labor, and give appropriate subsidies for labor beyond normal
working hours according to relevant regulations. During the reporting period, no such phenomenon occurs that
the Group violated relevant laws and regulations in preventing the use of child labor and forced labor.
Trina Solar shall take immediate measures in case of any violations foregoing-mentioned, mainly including:
Stop child labor immediately;
Report to the local labor bureau, and arrange health examination as soon as possible; In case of any
disease, arrange medical treatment until recovery, and bear the medical expenses;

Immediately contact the child's parents or legal guardians and arrange to return the child to his / heroriginal place of residence as soon as possible; meanwhile, we are responsible for the transportation,accommodation, and other related expenses required for sending the child back, properly keep the
expense vouchers to be used to verify whether the rule stated in this paragraph is abided by.

3.5 Supply Chain Management
3.5.1 Environmental and Social Risk Policy of Supply Chain
Management
Trina Solar implements dynamic management of suppliers. We dynamically manage all supplier information,
status, and performance appraisal, to promote supplier improvement. We also establish a supplier performance

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evaluation system so that regular evaluation can be conducted on the aspects of quality, cost, delivery, service,
and innovation, whether to implement the commitment of legal employment and no conflict minerals, etc.
Importantly, based on the evaluation results, we conduct communication and guidance, to promote theirimprovement. However, for suppliers who have not improved for a long time, we will gradually implement
restricted procurement, freezing, and elimination. In the process of supplier development and dynamic
performance evaluation, any supplier who does not provide the commitment letter of legal employment, conflictminerals, etc., will not be listed as our cooperative supplier.

3.5.2 Supply Chain Management Measures
In the business activities of the photovoltaic industry, Trina Solar’s procurement chain covers more than 80
supplier types and more than 1,000 suppliers (see the figure below), including production raw materials,
auxiliary materials, infrastructure, equipment, and accessories, as well as packaging, logistics andtransportation, labor protection supplies, office supplies, and third-party certification services, etc. In 2021, Trina
Solar's domestic suppliers are numerous and widely distributed in China and divided, by regions, into: 66 in
North China, 992 in East China, 1 in Northeast China, 21 in Central China, 28 in South China, 6 in Southwest
China, and 9 in Northwest China.

We are well aware that the sustainable development challenges and risks faced by enterprises are being
increasingly affected by the supply chain. We push the continuous improvement of suppliers through theevaluation, audit, and ability training of suppliers, so as to jointly create a sustainable development model. For
this, Trina Solar has also formulated supplier employment policies, such as the Supplier EHS Management
Procedure, the Supplier Performance Evaluation Management Specification, the Supplier Quality System Audit
Report, the Supplier Quality System Audit Checklist, the Module Business New Supplier and New Material
Development Management Procedure, etc. In these policies, the evaluation methods of suppliers are clearly
defined. Specifically, Trina Solar’s suppler audit includes:

Code of Ethics: Suppliers shall follow the code of ethics of fairness and integrity in all aspects ofbusiness conduct, procurement, production, and operation;Safety and health: Suppliers shall obtain and update all necessary health and safety permits, provide
a safe and healthy workplace, and reduce accidents, injuries, and occupational health hazards;
Environmental protection: Suppliers shall obtain, update, and abide by relevant requirements of, allnecessary environmental protection permits, and adopt environmentally responsible manufacturing
processes;Energy conservation and low carbon: Suppliers shall set and achieve necessary energy conservationand low carbon index, as well as social responsibility management objectives;
Anti-discrimination: Suppliers shall maintain a workplace free of discrimination, physical or verbal
harassment, and abuse in recruitment and other employment behaviors;Prohibition of child labor, forced labor, and abusing labor: Suppliers shall employ workers who reachthe legal minimum age for employment and prohibit corporal punishment of employees and any formof forced labor, including prison labor, contract labor, bonded labor, military labor or slave labor;Free association and collective bargaining: Suppliers shall respect the right of employees toparticipate in, form or not to participate in trade unions;50

2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ReportIntegrity commitment: the integrity clause provides suppliers with an open complaint channel throughwhich suppliers are encouraged to report any employee of Trina Solar once found breaching thebusiness ethics to Trina Solar’s compliance department, and Trina Solar designates someone toreceive the report/complaint.
It is believed that periodic audit is an effective way to promote supplier self-management. So, we conduct aperiodic on-site audit on key suppliers through document review, on-site inspection, and employee interview,thus to help suppliers improve their management performance in terms of environment, labor, and businessethics.
For the problems found in the audit, suppliers will be required to rectify them within a time limit. When serious
problems are found, we will actively urge suppliers to improve their management systems and processes. If
suppliers do not make sufficient progress in improvement, we will reduce procurement share or businesscooperation opportunities, or even terminate cooperation.

To support and implement the material recycle strategy, Trina Solar joints
supply chain actively so that we can timely track and recycle the use of
packaging materials. In 2021, the recovery rate of our packaging materials is
about 80%. The recycling categories of packaging materials mainly include
EVA wood lining board, tray, large paper pipe, plastic pipe, empty shaft of welding belt,
carton of welding belt, wood tray of welding belt incoming materials, iron tray of glass,wood tray, etc. We count the information and quantity of packaging materials that need
to be recycled after daily material release, and sort and pack the packaging materials tobe recycled according to the operation specifications. We deliver them to the fixed recycle
area at the warehouse site for registration and contact the supplier to timely recycle them.
In addition, we also track and supervise the recycling of packaging materials on a monthly
basis, to actively practice the material recycling strategy.

3.5.3 Conflict-Free Minerals“Conflict minerals" refers to the mineral precursors of the metals tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold and cobalt
mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighboring countries, of which the mining and sale
may link to serious human rights and environmental problems. Tin-plated copper tape is used in producing
PV modules. When we use materials involving tin-coated tape, junction boxes and terminals, or lead-free
tin wire, we need suppliers to trace the origin of the minerals. Trina Solar has taken active actions since
we realized that conflict minerals may enter our supply chain. Trina Solar attaches great importance tothe issue of conflict minerals. We actively formulate the Management Plan for Conflict Minerals of Trina
Solar, which states that Trina Solar neither purchases nor supports the use of conflict minerals, establish
the management system, carry out supply chain conflict mineral investigation and identify mineral sources,
and conduct conflict minerals training for key cooperative suppliers.

3.6 Product Liability
3.6.1 Product Stewardship Policy
We have put the Product Stewardship Policy in place to ensure the environmental protection and safety
in the whole life cycle of our photovoltaic modules, including research and development (R&D), design,
manufacturing, use and final disposal.

Product Stewardship Policy

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1. Trina Solar conducts business in a manner that ensures compliance with all applicable laws, regulations
and industry standards. We are committed to integrating environment, health and safety responsibilities into
all stages of our product life cycle.
2. We believe that ongoing product stewardship, as well as ongoing improvement of products inenvironmental, health and safety aspects, is one of the cornerstones of sustainable business. We act in a
responsible attitude and manner to protect our employees, customers and the communities in which we
operate.
3. Trina Solar pledges to fully carry out effective product stewardship, to show our commitment andleadership so as to meet the customers' increasing demands on product safety and environment protection.
4. Trina Solar actively strives to develop new raw materials and products, and assesses their current andfuture potential risks in a responsible manner. We commit to conflict-free materials and products, and work
diligently to promote sustainable development by way of ethical and green sourcing.
5. Trina Solar offers product guidance to customers, distributors and users to make sure that our products
are safely transported, stored and used. We voluntarily participate in the product recall and recycling programfor defective and/or end-of-life (EOL) solar modules.
6. We pledge to actively engage in coping with climate change by way of continuously enhancing energy
efficiency and reducing GHG emissions.
7. We pledge to constantly focus on and protect employees’ rights in the global supply chains. That means
prohibiting the use of child labor and forced labor, including prison labor, contract labor, bonded labor, andother forms of forced labor.
8. Trina Solar periodically reviews together with stakeholders this policy to ensure that it remains adequate
and continues to meet stakeholders’ expectations.

3.6.2 Product Quality Complaint and Recall
Trina Solar has the Quality Management Manual in place, making clear requirements for products and services.
Specifically, Trina Solar establishes and implements the processes related to customers, to control thedetermination on the requirements related to products and review such requirements and the communication
with customers. Besides, Trina Solar established and maintained the Customer Feedback Procedure to ensure
the effective arrangement for communicating with customers to meet customer requirements and expectations
and better satisfy customers. Customer satisfaction is surveyed and evaluated annually to analyze customer
satisfaction and dissatisfaction factors, make improvements and enhance customer satisfaction. When acustomer raises a complaint, the customer satisfaction and global client service team finds out and resolves
the complaint timely under the Customer Feedback Procedure, and if necessary, uses 8D to analyze thecomplaint’s root cause and takes actions to give feedback. Furthermore, any return of goods from the customer
shall be subject to the Customer Feedback Procedure.
In order to better serve customers, Trina Solar has set up an online customer complaint solution platform (CSP)
and mobile app “customer voice”. The customer may, after log-in, fill in and submit the necessary information.
After receiving any customer complaint, the technical service personnel in any region of the world will checkand confirm whether the information submitted by the customer is complete, so as to ensure correct judgmenton the complaint and timely make the response within 48 hours; If necessary, the technical service personnel
will contact the customer to arrange an on-site inspection at the project site, to further verify the situation andinfluence of the customer complaint. Finally, based on the judgment results, we will negotiate with the customer
on solutions, such as replacement, maintenance, or compensation.

3.6.3 Intellectual Property Maintenance and Protection
Policies
In order to further raise the core competitiveness of Trina Solar’s intellectual property, raise the level oftechnological innovation protection and reinforce intellectual property risk control, in 2021, the intellectual
property department led to, as empowered by the process management department and upon active
participation and communication of relevant functional departments, formulate/revise the end-to-end IP
management procedures, i.e. 11 Policies and Procedures in total, mainly including standardizing the internal
application and registration process of patents, trademarks, and copyrights, establishing the IP introduction,
maintenance, protection, use, and disposal process, as well as the processes of IP risk early warning
management, discovery and handling of infringement clues, and handling of infringement litigation, etc.
(1) Patent Incentive Policy
It defines the types, amount, and award principles of patent incentives, mainly including patent application
award, core patent contribution award, annual patent inventor award, and IP right protection award;

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2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report(2) Patent Excavation and Application Process
It defines the patent layout planning, patent mining approaches, patent application process, as well as therelevant processes and requirements of patent review and subsequent patents in the review stage;(3) Trademark Registration Process
It defines the trademark application process and the requirements for submitting important evidence oftrademark use;
(4) Copyright Registration Process
It defines the copyright registration process and data requirements;(5) Intellectual Property Introduction Process
It defines the requirements for IP introduction and the process of approval for the introduction;(6) Intellectual Property Maintenance Process
It defines the patent value management, patent maintenance and abandonment process, and thetrademark maintenance and abandonment process;(7) Intellectual Property Use Process
It defines the application and management process for the use of IP between companies within the Groupor by an external person;(8) Intellectual Property Disposal Process
It defines the application and management process of pledge, sale or transfer of IP, or capital contribution
with IP;(9) Intellectual Property Risk Early Warning Management Specification
It defines the IP-related risk scenarios, such as general requirements for the R&D project process, early
warning requirements for supplier’s IP during procurement, and early warning requirements for the company’s
IP in daily business activities;(10) Intellectual Property Infringement Clue Finding, Submission, and Handling Process
It defines the requirements for finding clues of intellectual property infringement, the requirements for the
integrity and standardization of provided materials, and the process of submission of intellectual property
infringement clues;(11) Intellectual Property Infringement Litigation Handling Process
It defines the handling process of external intellectual property litigation, including the intellectual property
negotiation and dispute handling process, and intellectual property division process caused by negotiation or
dispute.

3.6.4 Quality Verification Process and Recall Procedure
In order to meet the commitment of quality objectives, quality assurance and customer satisfaction, Trina Solar
has formulated the Quality Management Manual that defines Trina Solar’s quality policy and also describes thequality management processes and approaches.

Quality Policy: Intellectual Innovation, Excellent Quality, Lean Operation, Customer Centric
Quality Verification Process
We have a strict Quality Inspection Management Procedure in place, which specifies the quality inspection
requirements and procedures. Generally speaking, our quality management department shall confirm thetesting plan before testing, and sort out and print the original form of this testing. When testing at the projectsite, testing personnel shall correctly operate the testing instruments and truthfully record the original
observation data or phenomena. Reviewers shall double-check test data and data processing. If the test results
are reasonable and valid, continue to the next test until all tests are completed. However, in case of abnormal
conditions, testing personnel shall first ensure the safety of personnel, instrument, module, and power plant
project, then analyze and determine whether to stop the testing. After the instrument and power plant are
confirmed normal, analyze the saved test results. If the results are effective and can be used, then continue thetest; If the results are invalid, reschedule the recoverable test; If the test cannot be continued, report to thequality management department. Abnormal conditions during the test shall be timely recorded in the original
testing records and reported to the quality management department. After the test is completed, the quality
management department is responsible for preparing, reviewing, approving, and signing the test report. The
quality management department is responsible for issuing the approved report and keeping the test report aswell as original test records.

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Product Recall Process
In order to standardize the control and management of products delivered to customers with potential safety
hazards or quality defects, and to minimize the adverse impact or injury to customer, the comprehensive
management and support department has formulated the Product Recall Management Guide to guide eachbusiness value unit to deal with product recall. The quality management representative is responsible for theoverall work of product recall, and each business quality department leads the product recall process.
We always uphold excellent product quality. In 2021, there was no recall of sold or delivered products for safety
and health reasons in Trina Solar.

3.6.5 Consumer Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Trina Solar collects consumers' personal information strictly under the principles of openness, legality,
legitimacy, and necessity. Thus, before the collection, Trina Solar must get consumers’ authorization or consent.
Consumers’ authorization or consent may be sought by inserting the terms of consumers’ authorization orconsent to the enterprise's collection and use of their personal information in the user agreement, or through aseparate privacy agreement or statement or other written manners.
Trina Solar's channels for collecting consumers' personal information mainly include its official website, official
social media advertising, online conference, questionnaire, etc. Any channel collecting information will, throughthe information collection form page, inform consumers and get their authorization and consent before collecting
their personal information.

3.7 Community
Throughout 25 years of development, Trina Solar has come to understand that apart from profit-making andcommitment to shareholders and employees, the company has another important responsibility – forconsumers and society. Trina Solar's development is inseparable from the support and recognition ofcustomers, partners, and people from all walks of life. We always aim to stay true to our original mission “Solar
Energy for All” and fulfill our social responsibilities. Contributing to society is an extension of the corporate
citizenship concept and is in line with our long-term interests and the needs of social development. Bearing in
mind the principle of “teaching one to fish is better than giving one a fish", Trina Solar draws on its coretechnology advantages and reliable product applications to support the construction and development ofcommunities, improve local infrastructure and prove its worth in PV poverty alleviation, ecological protection,and social and economic benefits.

 Social Welfare, Precise AssistanceOn July 27, 2021, Trina Solar announced that we donated RMB 5 million for
emergency relief and post-disaster reconstruction in Henan Province. This
donation will be given through the local charity department of Henan to help thedisaster areas to resume production and life as soon as possible. The rainstorm
was ruthless, and stroke the heart of every person of Trina Solar! Trina Solar
wasted no time to send warmth and aid to the people affected by the disaster.
In December 2021, in order to implement the decisions and arrangements of
the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on rural revitalization,
consolidate and expand poverty alleviation efforts and effectively link them withrural vitalization during the transition period, Siyuan·Sunshine Venture Fundattached great importance to the support and assistance to Hanbin District,Ankang, Shaanxi, thus donating RMB 500,000 to Ankang Charity Association
for it to carry out the related support work in this district. The donation will be
used for the industrial development of rural revitalization and the construction of
public welfare assistance projects.
Xinjiang Urho 50MWp photovoltaic power generation project conducted by Trina Solar was connected to thegrid at the end of last year and has been running well so far. On March 18, 2021, Trina Solar donated 350 setsof household appliances (1,050 pieces) to 350 villagers who chose to buy houses in the "Western Wuzhen"
project where the project is located, including 80L electric water heaters, range hoods, and gas stoves, with a
total value of nearly RMB 1.8 million. At the donation ceremony, the People's Government of Urho District

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expressed its thanks to Trina Solar for helping the "Western Wuzhen" project and said that Trina Solar free ofcharge assistance demonstrated corporate accountability with practical actions and made the villagers feel care.

 Educational Assistance, Resource Allocation
In February 2021, Trina Solar completed an off-grid photovoltaic power generation project at Sitagu
International Buddhist Academy, Yangon, Myanmar, enabling the Academy to have a stable supply of electricity.
The project is a part of the "Green benefits – Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) photovoltaic off-grid power
generation project" sponsored by the Overseas Charity Foundation of China (OCFC), in which Trina Solar
provides technical and partial financial support to the power development in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos.
Considering the environmental conditions of Sitagu International Buddhist Academy, Trina Solar customized
the solutions of a 50KW photovoltaic and 200kwh energy storage system which can generate 225 kWh andstore 200 kWh of electric energy every day, addressing the Academy’s power shortage.
In March 2021, assistance continued. The Laos campus project of Trina Solar's "Green benefits – MekongLancang Cooperation (MLC) photovoltaic off-grid power generation project" was completed to provide power
for the newly-built Pak Ngum vocational training school in Vientiane. The campus covers an area of thousand
acres and can accommodate 160 students. As the school is located in remote mountainous areas withimperfect infrastructure, it is faced with the problem of long-term shortage of power supply. Thus, Trina Solar
installed a newly-built solar energy storage off-grid power generation system composed of 50kW photovoltaic
and 200 kWh energy storage module on the open space of campus by adopting a high-efficiency single crystal
module, which can generate 225 kWh and store 200 kWh of electrical energy per day meeting the school’s
daily power demand.
In August 2021, the Cambodian project of "Green benefits – Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) photovoltaic
off-grid power generation project" was completed to provide clean power for a local school. Specifically, Trina
Solar APBU designed a solar energy storage off-grid power generation system composed of 50kW photovoltaic
and 200 kWh energy storage module, which could generate 200 kWh of electrical energy per day meeting theschool’s daily power demand.

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Green benefits – Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) photovoltaic off-grid power generation project
In February 2021, New China Research, the think tank of Xinhua News Agency, released a great documentary– "Chinese Poverty Alleviation Studies" to the world. In the documentary, nine vivid cases show China's poverty
relief experience of realizing the miracle in the history of world poverty reduction that all 832 poverty-stricken
counties and all absolutely poor people have been lifted out of poverty. One of the cases is the photovoltaic
poverty alleviation project of Trina Solar's overseas factory that has attracted the attention and research ofoverseas think tanks, illustrating how China's photovoltaic industry converts the light into wealth on the groundand recording the footprints left by the "clean poverty alleviation" model in the history of poverty alleviation.

 Labor Demand, Care Employees
Trina Solar provides a healthy community environment and regularly arranges moxibustion classes, etc. Since
March 2020, we have vigorously promoted the concept of moxibustion health and spread moxibustion healthknowledge. By the end of November 2021, more than 40 series of moxibustion training courses have been held
to protect the health of employees and raise their morale.

Public welfare activities of Moxibustion in 2021
As the Belt and Road Initiative has been further promoted, more and more Chinese enterprises have exploredbusiness opportunities in Thailand. Trina Solar is one of them and has set up manufacturing factory in Thailand.
It has 1,300 employees that 90% of them are Thai people, bringing strong employment growth for the local
area.

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Thailand factory and staff

 PV Helps Community and Social Development

In January 2021, the second phase of the "Bosquesde Los Llanos" photovoltaic power plant project
developed and managed by Trina Solar in
Colombia was connected to the grid, and thebusiness launch was officially announced!

In April 2021, Trina Solar Investment PTE. Ltd.
signed a memorandum of understanding withSUMEC Complete Equipment & Engineering Co.,
Ltd. for strategic collaboration to co-develop
renewable energy projects across "the Belt andRoad" countries.

In July 2021, Walk with The Light | Trina Solar's
agricultural solar lighting projects were underconstruction in the Nangong City of SouthernHebei!

In July 2021, 210 Vertex Modules over the world| "Trina Blue" in for steel giants by use of 9MW
distributed modules.

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In July 2021, higher power generation! Grid
connection of an agricultural - solar project builtwith Trina Solar’s 100MW 210 Vertex Modules!

In August 2021, grid-connection of a Singapore
60MW photovoltaic project built with Trina Solar
210 Vertex Modules!

In September 2021, Trina Solar helps the
successful grid-connection of Uzbekistan's largest
photovoltaic power plant!

In September 2021, 670 Vertex Modules | gridconnection of a 112MW PV power plant was
successfully completed in Dachaidan, Qinghai,
painting the northwest green landscape as a gift
for the Mid-Autumn Festival!

TrinaTrackers perform excellent in the operation of
the PV plant project in Huelva, Spain!

In November 2021, giving support to the "zerocarbon wharf" model project of the World Expo
in Osaka, Japan, Trina Solar's distributed opticalstorage solution was on the stage!

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In December 2021, a large number of new 600W + distributed projects were carried out, and 210 ultrahigh-power modules were installed on the roof. Trina Solar grandly released the Vertex 600W + ultrahigh-power module distributed solutions. Besides, Trina Solar signed a strategic contract with 11
industry-leading photovoltaic module and inverter enterprises, and announced to jointly promote the
distributed application of 600W + ultra-high-power modules.

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2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ReportEnterprise Honors
Scientific and Research Awards in the last three years
Year
No.

Description of Award/ Qualification

Issuing Organization

Granted1

2

2021.122021.11

The First Prize of the 28th Jiangsu Enterprise

Jiangsu

Management

Modernization

Modernization

Innovation

2021.7

Management

Innovation

Achievement

Achievement

Examination and Approval Committee

National Technological Invention Award (Second

State Council of the PRC

Prize)
The 1st Jiangsu Science and Technology

3EnterpriseInnovation

andDevelopment

People’s Government of Jiangsu ProvinceAward(Outstanding Enterprise)
42021.552021.362021.372021.18

2020.1292020.12102020.9112020.9Top 10 Scientific and Technological Innovation
BrandsTrina Solar 210 Supreme Technology Platform:

2020.713

2020.714

2020.415

2020.42020 Jiangsu Top 100 Innovative Enterprises

Jiangsu(the 5th Place)

Research Institute2020 Jiangsu S&T Award (Second Prize)

People’s Government of Jiangsu Province

National Technical Innovation Demonstration

Ministry

EnterpriseTechnology of the PRC

2020 Jiangsu Photovoltaic Industry Association
PV S&T Award – First Prize
2020 China Renewable Energy Society ScientificTechnology Advancement Award – First Prize
2020 Jiangsu Top 100 Innovative PrivatendEnterprises (2 Place)The 21China Patent Award 2019 (Excellent(2 Place)2019 Jiangsu Photovoltaic Industry Association
PV S&T Award – Third Prize
The 3rd Changzhou Patent Gold Award 2019nd

17

2020.32019 Jiangsu S&T Award (Second Prize)

2019

2019 China Electrical Engineering ScientificTechnology Advancement Award – First Prize

IndustryandStrategy

Information

China Renewable Energy Society
Jiangsu

FederationofIndustryandCommerce
China

National

Jiangsund

Development

Jiangsu Photovoltaic Industry Association

2019 Jiangsu Top 100 Innovative Enterprises

The 2 Changzhou Patent Gold Award 2018

19ofAdministration

2020.4

2019

S&T

Award)

16

18

Optical Energy Cup Selection Committee

Annual Technology Award

st

12

Jiangsu Brand Association

S&T

Intellectual

Property

Development

Strategy

Research InstituteJiangsu Photovoltaic Industry Association
Changzhou People’s Government
Changzhou People’s Government
Jiangsu Provincial Department of Scienceand Technology
Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering,
Chinese Office for Electricity Science andTechnology Awards

2019 China Electrical Engineering Scientific

Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering,Technology Advancement Award – Second

Chinese Office for Electricity Science &PrizeTechnology Awards

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Year

No.

Description of Award/ Qualification

Issuing Organization

Granted20

2019.1221

2019.12National IP Rights Demonstration Enterprise

China

NationalIntellectual

Property

Administration

2019 Higher Education Scientific Research
Excellent Results Award (Scientific Technology

Ministry of Education of the PRC

Advancement Award) – First Prize
22

2019.1123

2019.112019 Electrical Innovation Award

China Electricity Council

State Grid Corporation of China ScientificTechnology Advancement Award – Second

State Grid Corporation of China

Prize
24

2019.7

2019

The

11th

Provincial

PatentAward(Excellence Award)

Jiangsu Intellectual Property Office
Jiangsu25

2019.52018 Jiangsu Top 100 Innovative Enterprises(Top 3)

Provincial

TechnologicalResearch

Scientific

Development

Institute,

JiangsuandStrategy
Provincial

Scientific and Technological Intelligence
Research Institute26

2019.32018 Jiangsu S&T Award (Second Prize)

People’s Government of Jiangsu province

27

2019.12018 Shanghai S&T Award (Second Prize)

Shanghai Municipal People's Government

Key Historical Honours
No

Time

1

2021.1222021.1232021.1142021.1052021.10

Description of Award
Trina Smart Distributed Energy won the "Top Ten Distributed Photovoltaic Brands in China".
Trina Smart Distributed Energy won awards of "2021 Influential Outstanding Photovoltaic
Innovation Enterprise" and "2021 Influential BIPV Solution Enterprise".
Trina Smart Distributed Energy won the "2021 Outstanding Photovoltaic Enterprise Award".
Trina Smart Distributed Energy won the "2021 China Distributed Photovoltaic Innovation Brand
Award".
Trina Solar was the only module manufacturer to be rated as 100% bankable for six consecutive
years rating by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Trina Solar was on the list of "2021 China’s Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprises", "2021 Top 100

62021.9

Leading Enterprises in China's Strategic Emerging Industries" and "2021 China’s Top 500
Private Enterprises".

7

2021.982021.892021.7102021.7112021.6China Energy News and China Institute of Energy Economics Research jointly released the"2021 Global Top 500 New Energy Enterprises", and Trina Solar was successfully selected.
Trina Solar was awarded a silver medal of 2021 EcoVadis Sustainability Rating, for its persistentpushing sustainable development.
Trina Solar was selected as a typical case of national green supply chain management.
Trina Solar won the first Jiangsu Science and Technology Innovation and Development Award(outstanding enterprise).
Trina Solar was listed in the CCTV’s “Top 50 Value of the Science and Technology Innovation
Board”.

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Time

12

2021.6132021.6

Description of Award
In the “Top Ten Highlights Selection” activity of the 15th SNEC exhibition, Trina Solar won allawards with excellent product and technical experience sharing.
Trina Solar won “2020 PV Module Brand Value Award”, “2020 PV Power Plant EPC Brand Value
Award", "2020 Outstanding PV Brand Capital Operation Award" and "2020 Global PV Storage
Technology Innovation award".

14

2021.5152021.5162021.3172020.12Trina Solar won the "2021 Top Ten Green Brands with Outstanding Contributions to Carbon
Neutralization".
Trina Solar won its seventh consecutive “Top Performer” certified by PVEL for the high-reliability
modules.
Trina Solar won the fifth place in the list of "2020 Jiangsu Top 100 Innovative Enterprises"
released by Jiangsu Academy of Science and Technology for Development.
Trina Solar was listed in the "Hurun China 500 Most Valuable Private Companies 2020, in
association with Shimao Haixia", ranking 318.
The 2020 World Internet of Things Convention (WIOTC) was held in Beijing and the summit of

18

2020.12

the world's top 500 WIOTC enterprises was held at the same time. Trina Solar was selected as
the world's top 500 WIOTC by virtue of excellent scenario solutions and rich successful
application cases, ranking 238, an increase of 104 over the previous year.

19

2020.920

2020.9Trina Solar was on the list of "2020 China’s Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprises".
Trina Solar was on the list of "2020 Jiangsu Top 500 Private Enterprises", "2020 Jiangsu Top
100 Private Manufacturing Enterprises", and "2020 Jiangsu Top 100 Private Enterprises
Innovation".
Trina Solar was on the list of "2020 China’s Top 500 Private Enterprises” and "2020 China’s Top

21

2020.922

2020.723

2019.1Trina Solar was awarded the "Landmark Brand in China's Photovoltaic Industry".

24

2018.12Trina Solar won the “Enterprise Award of China Industrial Grand Prize”.

25

2018.826

2016.227

2014.6500 Private Manufacturing Enterprises".
Trina Solar was selected into the top 20 enterprises and top 10 high-end equipment enterprises
on the science and innovation board. It is the only photovoltaic enterprise on the list.

Trina Solar won 2018 Global Challengers Awarded by the Boston Consulting Group at the 3rdtime.
Trina Solar was awarded the title of “Global Module Brand with the Most Financing Value" by
BNEF.
Trina Solar won 2014 “BlueSky Award - Global Top Investment Scenarios to Apply New
Technologies for Renewable Energy Utilization".

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Appendix 1: ESG Index
In order to enable stakeholders to understand the ESG information of Trina Solar, this report is compiled basedon the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Guidelines for Environmental Information Disclosure of Listed Companies,
the HKEX's Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's
Guidelines on Social Responsibility of Listed Companies. The index is in the table below.
Note: ● Full Disclosure Partial Disclosure  Not Applicable or Not Disclosed
Index

StatusSection●Emission
Related
Policies and Standards●

Emission
Indicators●

Greenhouse
Gas
Emission and Intensity●

Emission
Indicators

Related●Emission
Indicators

RelatedESG Disclosure Requirements —— A. Environmental

Aspect A1:
Emissions

Aspect A2:
Use ofResources

General Disclosure, Information on:(a) the policies; and(b) compliance with relevant laws and regulations that havea significant impact on the issuer
relating to air and greenhouse gas emissions, discharges
into water and land, and generation of hazardous and nonhazardous waste.
KPI
The types of emissions and respective emissions
A1.1 data.
Direct (Scope 1) and energy indirect (Scope 2)
KPI
greenhouse gas emissions (in tonnes) and, whereA1.2 appropriate, intensity (e.g., per unit ofproduction volume, per facility).
Total hazardous waste produced (in tonnes) and,
KPI
where appropriate, intensity (e.g., per unit ofA1.3
production volume, per facility).
Total non-hazardous waste produced (in tonnes)
KPI
and, where appropriate, intensity (e.g., per unit ofA1.4
production volume, per facility).
KPI
Description of emissions target(s) set and steps
A1.5 taken to achieve them.
Description of how hazardous and non-hazardous
KPI
wastes are handled, and a description of reduction
A1.6
target(s) set and steps taken to achieve them.
General Disclosure
Policies on the efficient use of resources, including energy,
water and other raw materials.
Direct and/or indirect energy consumption by type
KPI
(e.g., electricity, gas or oil) in total (kWh in ’000s)
A2.1 and intensity (e.g., per unit of production volume,
per facility).
KPI
Water consumption in total and intensity (e.g., perA2.2 unit of production volume, per facility).

KPI
A2.3

Description of whether there is any issue insourcing water that is fit for purpose, water
efficiency target(s) set and steps taken to achieve
them.
Total packaging material used for finished products
KPI(in tonnes) and, if applicable, with reference to per
A2.5
unit produced.
General Disclosure
Policies on minimizing the issuer’s significant impacts on
the environment and natural resources.
KPI
A2.4

Aspect A3:
The
Environment

Description of energy use efficiency target(s) set
and steps taken to achieve them.

●●

RelatedSustainable
Targets
and Actions
Targets and Measures
Of Water Saving And
Waste Reduction●

Use Of Energy andResources●

Energy Consumption●

Energy Consumption●

Targets and Measuresof Energy-saving andEmission Reduction;
Targets and Measuresof Water Saving andWaste Reduction●

Targets and Measuresof Water Saving andWaste Reduction●

SupplyManagement
Measures●

Environment And
Natural Resources

Chain

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Index

and Natural
Resources

Aspect A4:
ClimateChangeDescription of the significant impacts of activities
on the environment and natural resources and theactions taken to manage them.
General Disclosure
Policies on identification and mitigation of significant
climate-related issues which have impacted, and thosewhich may impact, the issuer.
Description of the significant climate-related issues
KPI
which have impacted, and those which may impact,
A4.1
the issuer, and the actions taken to manage them.
KPI
A3.1

StatusSection●Environment And
Natural Resources●

Climate Change●

Climate Change●

Employment●

Employment

Employment●

Occupationaland Safety●

Occupational Healthand Safety Policy●

Occupational Healthand Safety Policy●

Occupational Healthand Safety Measures●

Staff Development andTraining●

Staff Development andTraining●

Staff Development andTraining●

Labor Standards●

Labor Standards

ESG Disclosure Requirements —— B. Social
Employment and Labour Practices

Aspect B1:
Employment

Aspect B2:
Health and
SafetyAspect B3:
Development
and Training

Aspect B4:
LabourStandards

General Disclosure
Information on:(a) the policies; and(b) compliance with relevant laws and regulations that havea significant impact on the issuer
relating to compensation and dismissal, recruitment andpromotion, working hours, rest periods, equal opportunity,
diversity, anti-discrimination, and other benefits andwelfare.
Total workforce by gender, employment type (for
KPI
example, full-time or part-time), age group and
B1.1
geographical region.
KPI
Employee turnover rate by gender, age group andB1.2 geographical region.
General Disclosure
Information on:(a) the policies; and(b) compliance with relevant laws and regulations that havea significant impact on the issuer
relating to providing a safe working environment andprotecting employees from occupational hazards.
Number and rate of work-related fatalities occurred
KPI
in each of the past three years including theB2.1
reporting year.
KPI
Lost days due to work injury.
B2.2
Description of occupational health and safety
KPI
measures adopted, and how they are
B2.3
implemented and monitored.
General Disclosure
Policies on improving employees’ knowledge and skills fordischarging duties at work. Description of training activities.
Note: Training refers to vocational training. It may include
internal and external courses paid by the employer.
The percentage of employees trained by gender
KPI
and employee category (eg: senior management,
B3.1
middle management).
KPI
The average training hours completed per
B3.2 employee by gender and employee category.
General Disclosure
Information on:(a) the policies; and(b) compliance with relevant laws and regulations that havea significant impact on the issuer
relating to preventing child and forced labour.
KPI
Description of measures to review employment
B4.1 practices to avoid child and forced labour.

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KPI
B4.2

Description of steps taken to eliminate suchpractices when discovered.

Status●SectionLabor Standards

Operating Practices

Aspect B5:
Supply Chain
Management

Aspect B6:
Product
Responsibility

General Disclosure
Policies on managing environmental and social risks of the
supply chain.

●

KPI
B5.1

●

Number of suppliers by geographical region.

Description of practices relating to engaging
suppliers, number of suppliers where the practices
are being implemented, and how they
are implemented and monitored.
Description of practices used to identify
KPI
environmental and social risks along the supply
B5.3 chain, and how they are implemented andmonitored.
Description of practices used to promote
KPI
environmentally preferable products and services
B5.4 when selecting suppliers, and how they are
implemented and monitored.
General Disclosure
Information on:(a) the policies; and(b) compliance with relevant laws and regulations that havea significant impact on the issuer
relating to health and safety, advertising, labelling andprivacy matters relating to products and services provided
and methods of redress.
KPI
Percentage of total products sold or shipped
B6.1 subject to recalls for safety and health reasons.
KPI
Number of products and service-related complaints
B6.2 received and how they are dealt with.
KPI
B5.2

●

●

●

●
●

KPI
B6.3

Description of practices relating to observing andprotecting intellectual property rights.

●

KPI
B6.4

Description of quality assurance process and recall
procedures.

●

Description of consumer data protection andprivacy policies, and how they are implemented
and monitored.
General Disclosure
Information on:(a) the policies; and(b) compliance with relevant laws and regulations that havea significant impact on the issuer
relating to bribery, extortion, fraud and money laundering.
Number of concluded legal cases regarding corrupt
KPI
practices brought against the issuer or its
B7.1 employees during the reporting period and theoutcomes of the cases.
KPI
B6.5

Aspect B7:
Anti-corruption

●

●

●

●

KPI
B7.2

Description of preventive measures and whistleblowing procedures, and how they are
implemented and monitored.

●

KPI
B7.3

Description of anti-corruption training provided todirectors and staff.

●

Environmental
andSocial Risk Policy ofSupplyChain
Management
SupplyChain
Management
Measures
SupplyManagement
Measures

Chain

SupplyChain
Management
Measures
Conflict-Free Minerals
SupplyChain
Management
Measures
Conflict-Free Minerals

Product
PolicyStewardship

Product
QualityComplaint and Recall
Product
QualityComplaint and Recall
Intellectual
Property
Protection
andGuarantee System
Quality
Verification
Process and Recall
ProcedureConsumer
Data
Protection and Privacy
PolicyAnti-corruption
andAnti-Bribery Policy

Anti-corruption
Training
Measures to Prevent
Corruption and Bribery
andReporting
Procedures
Anti-corruption
Training

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Index

Community

Aspect B8:
Community
Investment

General Disclosure
Policies on community engagement to understand theneeds of the communities where the issuer operates and toensure its activities take into consideration thecommunities’ interests.
Focus areas of contribution (e.g., education,
KPI
environmental concerns, labour needs, health,
B8.1
culture, sport).
KPI
Resources contributed (eg. money or time) to theB8.2 focus area.

StatusSection●Community●

Community●

Community●

Community●

Board Statement●

Governance Structure

ESG Disclosure Requirements —— C. GovernanceAppendix 27 - Mandatory Disclosure Requirements

Governance
Structure

Board

Stakeholder
Engagement

A statement from the board containing the following
elements:(i) a disclosure of the board’s oversight of ESG issues.
(ii) the board’s ESG management approach and strategy,
including the process used to evaluate, priorities andmanage material ESG-related issues (including risks to theIssuer’s businesses); and(iii) how the board reviews progress made against ESGrelated goals and targets with an explanation of how they
relate to the issuer’s businesses.
Corporate governance structure chart (including theCommittee of the supreme governing body and thecommittee responsible for decision-making on economic,
environmental, and social issues) and functions.

Standardized
Board
Management
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Information
Disclosure
Stakeholder
Communications
Stakeholder
Groupsand Materiality

Composition and functions of the board and its committees.

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List of stakeholder groups●

Percentage of the total number of employees covered bycollective bargaining.

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Stakeholder approach●

Stakeholder Policy

Main issues and concerns raised by stakeholders●

Stakeholder
Groupsand Materiality

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