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Corporate Social Responsibility Report2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

Appendix

About the Report
Range and Scope of the Report
As a global leading PV smart energy integrated solution provider, Trina Solar always pays attention to its social
responsibility. Trina Solar compiled and issued the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report since 2011, and the lastreport was published and issued in August, 2018.
The reporting period for this report is from January 1 , 2018 to December 31 , 2018. It elaborates on Trina Solar’s ideas,
strategies and concrete practices in relation to corporate social responsibility in 2018, covering all factories and operating
business units which were under management control of Trina Solar. It includes all managed operations and consolidates
our reporting on economy, environment, supply chain, people and community. In this report, we explain our vision andpolicy with respect to corporate social responsibility and report on our management approaches, activities, initiatives andour key performance indicators in this field during 2018.
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The annual CSR report is dedicated to providing information to all stakeholders, including stockholders, potential
investors, clients, staff, the communities we live and work in, business partners, public welfare organizations, media
and government, to help them understand and evaluate Trina Solar’s influence, risks and opportunities in relation tosustainable development.
In December 2018, Trina Solar 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report was awarded with the “Golden Bee 2018
Excellent CSR Report – Growth Enterprise Award” during the 11th China CSR Report International Conference.

Reporting Framework
We prepared this report using the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI’s) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. This reportconsists of 5 Chapters including Governance and Development, Care for Our Earth, Focus on Supply Chain, Care for
Employees and Contribution to Society. We self-declare the report to be prepared in accordance with GRI Standards:
Comprehensive Option.

Data Measurement
The data in this report mainly comes from the original records of practical operation. The information in the reportwill receive internal auditing by the company, and some special content will be subject to external auditing. We will
periodically validate the effectiveness of the data collection process and data management system. We obtained ISO14001
Environmental Management System certification in 2008 and OHSAS18001 Occupational Health Management System
certification in 2010. In 2011, we got ISO14064 certification for Greenhouse Gas Emission Data Verification. In 2012, we
passed Product Carbon Footprint Verification PAS2050. In 2015, we were successfully certified with ISO50001/GBT 23331Energy Management System. We validate the effectiveness of these systems through external auditing every year.

Report Info.
Publication date: August, 2019
Access method: The report is retrievable at Trina Solar's website(www.trinasolar.com).
Feedback: We appreciate your comments or feedbacks on thisreport via e-mailing to CSR@trinasolar.com.

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CONTENTS
About the Report ------------------------- 01
Message From the Leadership -------- 05

Chapter 1 Governance and Development-- Trina Era 3.0

Chapter 3 Focus on Supply Chain-- Share Sustainable Development

Chapter 5 Contribution to Society-- Build a Beautiful Community

Company Profile ------------------------------------- 09

Sustainable Supply Chain --------------------------- 49

Education Support ----------------------- 73

Corporate Governance ----------------------------- 13

Conflict-free Minerals --------------------------------- 55

Donations ----------------------------------- 74

Corporate Culture ----------------------------------- 15

Cooperation for Win-win Situation ---------------- 55

Volunteer Programs ---------------------- 74

Chapter 4 Care for Employees-- Promote Harmonious Development

Appendix

Talent Sustainable Management ------------------ 59

Appendix I GRI Index -------------------- 75

Communication with Stakeholders ------------ 17
Materiality Analysis --------------------------------- 19
Support SDGs ---------------------------------------- 21
Challenges and Opportunities ------------------ 23
Awards ------------------------------------------------- 26

Chapter 2 Care for Our Earth-- Make a Green Future
Green Sustainable Development -------------- 29
Dealing with Climate Change ------------------- 33

Employees' Rights ------------------------------------- 61
Employees' Development --------------------------- 61
Listen to Employees ----------------------------------- 63
Employees' Health ------------------------------------- 64
Employees' Occupational Health and Safety --- 65

Environment-friendly Operation -------------- 43
Biological Diversity Management ------------- 46

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About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Dear Distinguished Stakeholders,
In the contex t of the US’s Sec tion 201 investigation, India’s
trade protection and ‘531’ photovoltaic new policy in China etc.,
the PV industry experienced dramatic volatility in 2018. Trina
Solar has been striving to facilitate the stable development andtransformation of our company.
Governance & Development: In 2018, Trina Solar continued to forge
ahead. We established our own State Innovation Platform, aiming
to cultivate and retain internal innovation sources for promotion of
our business development. Trina Solar actively promoted intelligent
manufacturing. We made use of IT and big data technology to
improve automation and intelligence for our entire manufacturing
chain. Productivity was enhanced significantly. Trina Solar had
set a new record of 25.04% conversion efficiency for an N-typemono-crystalline IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact) solar cell. The
IBC solar cell was developed independently by Trina Solar’s StateKey Laboratory (SKL). In 2018, Trina Solar continuously soughttransformation and took our courage to innovate. We launched
our third generation of new residential PV products – SuperiorCore S, Smart PV Solution – TrinaPro, Trina Energy IoT (Internet ofThings) and other innovative products and businesses. We werededicated to providing our customer with superior products andservices. With our perseverance and hard-working spirit, we hadparticipated in and completed the construction of many PV plants
and projects around the world, including grid-connection of 14 MW
DC utility-scale project in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan; wining the bid
for two ‘Top Runner’ projects - 250 MW project in Changzhi, Shanxi
Province and another 250MW in Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province;
launching of our first PV residential kit – Trinahome project inIndia; providing 167 MW PV modules for a farm in Murcia provincein Spain; delivering a micro-grid project for 14 islands in Maldivesetc. With the achievements in the areas of innovation, intelligent
manufacturing and Energy IoT, etc., Trina Solar won the “China
Industrial Awards - Enterprise Category” in the 5 th China Industrial
Awards, being the first PV company receiving the honour in China.
Environmental Protection and Green Development: Trina Solaralways pays attention to green development. As of the end of
2018, the cumulative grid-connected capacity of Trina Solar's solar
power plants in China exceeded 1.6 GW. In 2018, after the sales ofsolar plants, the solar plants owned by Trina Solar generated 775
million kWh of clean solar power, which exceeded the total power
consumptions (722 million kWh) for Trina Solar’s manufacturing
operations and R&D activities in China. This means that Trina Solar
has once again achieved “zero” carbon emissions, enabling the goalof producing our clean energy products with clean energy.

Chairman & CEO of Trina Solar, Jifan Gao

We firmly believe that photovoltaic power will eventually be becoming the main energy
by replacing conventional fossil energy. Trina Solar is both a communicator of green
energy and a practitioner of green development. Our commitment to corporate social
responsibility remains as strong as ever. On the road to being a global leader in Energy
IoT (Internet of Things), Trina Solar is committed to fulfilling its mission of “Solar Energy
for All”.
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Trina Solar strived to continuously improve energy efficiency,
re d u c e e m i s s i o n s a n d c o n s e r ve re s o u rc e s t h ro u g h o u t o u r
operations. Establishment of Energy Management System –ISO50001 at our manufacturing sites demonstrates our energyefficiency improvements and commitments. Trina Solar establishedand implemented an internal carbon-trading system. We set up an
integrated energy consumption target for each department andassessed its performance monthly to encourage energy-saving
initiative. In 2018, Trina Solar’s electricity and water consumption per
MW module production were 133.6 MWH/MW and 1360.1 m3/MW
respectively, representing 38.8% and 31.6% of reduction comparedto that of 2014. We disclosed greenhouse gas emission annuallybased on the international standard – ISO14064 requirements. The
greenhouse gas emission per MW module production in 2018 is
119 tone/MW, being 34.9% reduction compared to that in 2014.
As a global leader in solar industry, Trina Solar is committed topromoting green manufacturing in all aspects, including plant
construction, raw material selection, manufacturing, waste recycle

Contribution to Society

Appendixand energy consumption etc.. In 2018, Trina Solar passed the audit
by China Quality Certification Center (CQC) with a high score of 97.
Trina Solar was awarded with the honour of “Green Factory Model”
by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, P. R. China.
Employees’ Health and Development: Employees are essential force
for pushing forward Trina Solar’s sustainable development. Trina
Solar is committed to providing employees with a safe, healthy andrespectful work environment. We established a professional training
system, matured performance appraisal, various communication
channels and career paths for employees, aiming to inspire
employees' enthusiasm and innovation. In 2018, Trina Solar's
total investment in occupational health and safety management
is RMB 8.25 million (about US$ 1.23 million). The total training
time of employees is more than 131,372 hours. Trina Solar cares for
employees’ physical and mental health. While introducing talentsfrom around the world, we provide them with good opportunities
for career development. In December 2018, Trina Solar wasawarded with "China’s Most Healthy Employee Award” in the “2018
Asia's Best Workplace” competition organized by AIA China, Beijing
University and HRoot. In October 2018, Trina Solar participatedin the 2018 CSR performance assessment by EcoVadis, a global
supplier sustainability rating agency. Trina Solar was awarded a gold
medal for the second consecutive year as a recognition of its CSR
performance.
Contribution to Society: Early in 2003, Trina Solar joined in the“Bright Project” in Tibet. We built 40 solar off-grid power stations,allowing those vulnerable groups in electricity - deficient regions
enjoy modern conveniences with clean solar energy. In September
2018, Trina Solar once again donated its off- grid PV power
generation system to herder families in Tading Township, Shigatsecity in Tibet. Trina Solar participated in the charity projects of former
US President Bill Clinton, donating solar modules to Haiti and Africa.
Trina Solar donated millions of RMB to social welfare projects,
such as Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang highway construction,
environmental protection project for Nanjing University, and 'Eco – Changzhou, Carbon Footprint’ project etc.. Trina Solar set
up a sunshine fund and donated RMB 10 million to China Siyuan
Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, helping the college students
in poverty areas cultivate entrepreneurship and achieve success inphotovoltaic industry.
Looking ahead: Photovoltaic industr y will usher in an
unprecedented development stage. With the advent of the PV gridparity around the world, the demand for global PV products andsolutions tends to be diversified and stabilized. Photovoltaic power
will gradually become the cheapest clean energy in the world. We
firmly believe that photovoltaic power will eventually be becoming
the main energy by replacing conventional fossil energy. Trina Solaris both a communicator of green energy and a practitioner of green
development. Our commitment to corporate social responsibility
remains as strong as ever. On the road to being a global leader in
Energy IoT (Internet of Things), Trina Solar is committed to fulfillingits mission of “Solar Energy for All”.

Jifan Gao
Chairman & CEO of Trina Solar

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Governance & Development
In Trina Era 3.0, we will devote ourselves to becoming a global leader of smart energy. We
are committed to maintaining a high standard corporate governance by incorporatingsocial sustainability into corporate strategy, management and long-term development.
Trina Solar always operates in good faith. We promise to comply with laws and regulations,international conventions and business ethics. Trina Solar sticks to tackling the relationshipwith suppliers, clients, governments, partners, competitors and other stakeholders withprinciples of fairness and honesty, aiming to achieve the sustainable development together.

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Governance & Development• Company Profile• Corporate Governance• Corporate Culture• Communication with Stakeholders• Materiality Analysis• Support SDGs
• Challenges and Opportunities• Awards

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Company Profile
Trina Solar was founded in 1997, headquartered in Changzhou, China. The main
business includes photovoltaic products,
photovoltaic systems, and smart energy,
which covering the R&D, production
a n d s a l e s o f p h o tovo l t a i c m o d u l e s,
power station and system produc ts,
photovoltaic power generation andmaintenance services, development andsales of intelligent micro-networks andmulti-energy systems and energy cloud
platform operations, etc..
Trina Solar has established regional
headquar ters in Zurich, Switzerland,
San Jose, CA, USA, Tokyo, Japan andSingapore. We also have offices andsubsidiaries in Madrid, Mexico, Milan,
S y d n e y, C h i l e , D u b a i , e t c . We h a v eestablished manufac tur ing bases inThailand and Vietnam. Our businesscovers more than 100 countries andregions worldwide. Trina Solar devotes
itself to building a sustainable solar
industr y together with its installers,
distributors, utility and project
developers worldwide. Trina Solar iscommitted to leading solar industry interms of technology innovation, productquality, environmental protection andsocial responsibility and providing its
clients with clean & reliable energy.
In 2018, as a global leading PV smart

Globalizationenergy integrated solution provider,
Trina Solar took the lead in building
the brand of Energy Internet of Things( I oT ) . To g e t h e r w i t h d o m e s t i c a n dinternational dominant enterprises
and research institutions, Trina Solar
established Trina Energy IoT Industrial
Development Alliance and IoT innovation
center, providing our partners with aninnovation platfor m to establish anenergy IoT ecosystem. Trina Solar willkeep moving towards being a global
leader of photovoltaic smar t energy
integrated solution provider.

Rome,Italy
Midlands, UK

BaotouSeoul, Korea

CanadaZurich, Switzerland
Sanjose, Ca, USA

Munich, Germany

China
Shanghai

MexicoMadrid, Spain
Toulouse, France

Miami

New Delhi, India

Yancheng
Hefei
Xiantao

Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Corporate HQ & Factory

ABU dhabi, UAE
Dubai

Bogota, Colombia
Chile

Sydney, Australia

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Singapore

Corporate & Regional Headquarters
Global Sales & Operation Branches
Manufacturing Base09

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Trina Solar Launched a New Brand "Trina IoT" and Started Trina Energy IoT Industrial Development
Alliance

In March, 2018, Trina Solar released the brand of energy Internet

Diversified Businessof Things - Trina IoT, and started Trina Energy IoT industrial
development alliance, which shows that Trina Solar has made1997-2006
Global Leading Module
Manufacturer

Trina Era 1.0

Global Leading Solar
Solution Provider

Trina Era 2.0

PV Module Research

Utility Scale Power Station

PV Module Manufacturing

Smart Power Generation
Solution

PV Module Product11

2007-2016

Smart Distributed Energy
Solutiona huge step forward to its target in new era -- being a global

2017 ---

Cloud

leader of Energy Internet of Things (IoT).

Global Leader of Smart
EnergyTrina Era
3.0

Generation

Energy Storage Solution

Storage

Distribution

Use

energy cloud service.
Trina IoT is connecting billions of solar panels, energy generation
devices, energy storage devices, energy distribution nets andelectricity use terminals with the advanced technologies,
such as big data, artificial intelligence and block chain. By

Trina IoT is a new service that Trina Solar will provide integrated

making use of energy IoT technology, we allow various energy

solutions to energy generation, storage, distribution, use andconsumptions for every family, community, and even every city

cloud service. It includes a series of solutions that represents thein a coordinated way. Energy IoT helps realization of the energy

top photovoltaic technology and development direction, such asload being monitored and managed accurately. Our aim is to

TrinaPro - smart solar power generation solution, solutions to PV

promote global energy transformation and try to make clean

Commercial use, TrinaBess - smart storage solution, Trina MOTA

energy become the mainstream energy, so as to achieve our- Trina energy management platform and Trina Aurora - smart

mission of “Solar Energy for All”.

Trina Solar completed the acquisition of Nclave, a Spanish solar tracking mounting producer

Comprehensive Energy Service

Cloud Platform TrinaAurora

In May, 2018, Trina Solar completed the acquisition of Nclave

The new-released smart photovoltaic solution "TrinaPro" will

Renewable S.L. ("Nclave" for short) , a glabal solar tracking

include and integrate Nclave tracking mounting product andmounting manufacturer from Spain. I t speeds up theengineering design, vise versa, the advanced technology oftransition of Trina Solar from photovoltaic product supplierNclave will be deeply integrated into the smart development

to global PV smart energy integrated solution provider,of Trina Solar. In smart PV solution service area, Trina Solar

showing that Trina Solar has made a big step forward inwill provide our customers with more exquisitee service.

his strategic transition to the new era of energy Internet ofThings (IoT).

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Corporate Governance
Legal compliance is not only the guarantee for thesurvival of an enterprise, but also the foundation
for the long-term healthy development. Trina Solaralways adheres to legal compliance and businessethics. We strive to protect intellectual property
rights and cultivate an ethical mechanism, so
as to build a responsible, honest and compliant
corporate governance mechanism.

Risk Management & Internal Audit
Trina Solar sticks to the philosophy of upholding integrity first. We
consciously abide by laws and regulations, international conventions
and business ethics, and build our integrity throughout the wholeprocess of production and business activities. Trina Solar promises
to continue to create value for our stakeholders, and strives to build
a brand image of both ‘model management’ and ‘integrity first’.
We continue to carry out the establishment of compliance culture
to strengthen the legal awareness and compliance awareness of
employees through training, publicity, examination, accountability
and so on. In 2018, Trina Solar was awarded the award of Provincial
Credible Enterprise by Jiangsu Administration Bureau for Industry
and Commerce.

Brand
Be a global leading PV module and smart energy
solution provider

Risk management and control is a necessary condition forthe stable development of the company and the security of
its employees. We have established and maintained a soundcorporate governance structure, rules, and decision-making
procedures in accordance with the Company Law, Charter of
Trina Solar, and relevant laws and regulations. We have setup
management structure including shareholder general meeting,board of directors, board of supervision, and the management
team. The powers and responsibilities are clearly defined andbalanced. The operations, such as voting, decision-making,supervision, and execution, are standardized.
Trina Solar sets up a Board of Directors (BOD), and formulates aseries of corporate-level rules and regulations, such as General
Manager Discussion Procedure, Internal Audit Procedure.
The BOD is sub-grouped into three special committees. The
important issues submitted to the BOD must be discussed by
the special committees to form a formal proposal, so that it isensured that the decision is made in a scientific, standardized
and efficient way. Trina Solar's BOD has an Audit Committee andan Internal Audit Department. To ensure business complianceand risk control, IA Department strictly follows “China Internal
Auditing Standards” and “Trina Solar Internal Audit Charter”.

Internal audit plan, approved by the Audit Committee andmanagement, is independent of the audit plan of BU andfunctional department. The scope of audit includes R&D,
procurement, manufacturing, sales, customer service, humanresource, finance,and other aspects and functions. The audit
scope and plan are adjusted annually in order to continuously
meet the company's business development needs.
Besides, Trina Solar has established a Risk Control andCompliance Department in order to identify and respondto both external and internal risks. We also have founded a
Risk Control Working Committee. We regularly identify thevarious company risks including strategic risks, operationalrisks, financial risks, compliance risks, the company's platform
transformation risks and others. We established a Trina’s Risk
Control and Tracking System (RCTS) in 2017 to ensure that all
audit findings were properly and effectively closed. In 2018,
we implemented an innovative audit plan to strengthen thecoordination among the company's internal departments andimprove closure effectiveness for audit findings. We formulated
a joint audit team, consisting of the members from finance,
quality, procurement, HR, EHS etc., to comprehensively identify
the risks faced by all aspects of the company.

Legal Compliance and Ethics
Be a global leader of smart energy

Trina Solar always supports UN Global Compact Initiatives andadheres to legal compliance management. We have integrated
ethics and compliance requirements into the company’s daily
operations. We formulated a series of rules and regulations
to guide behaviors of employees and suppliers, e.g., Trina
Solar's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Incentives for
Reporting Ethical Issues, Anti-corruption Policy, Antitrust
Compliance Policy, Regulation for Employee Behaviour Reward
and Punishment etc.. We also set up an Ethic and ComplianceDepartment, being responsible for handling ethics education

Strive for the mission of "Solar Energy for All"and ethics issues. We continue to strengthen the anti-corruption
and anti-bribery management system and formulate relevant
requirements and operational guidelines for corporate
governance.
We ensure employees to abide by business ethics in a clear,simple and direct way. We operate our company to ensurethat our operation and management are always in line withapplicable business ethics.

Organizational Structure
In order to adapt to the ever-changing of solar industry,Trina Solarcontinuously makes organizational structure transformation, aiming
to enhance core competitiveness and vitality. In 2017, Trina Solar
adopted a "Platform + Value Creation Unit (VCU)" business modelto achieve a flatten organizational structure transformation, which
motivated internal employees, and attracted external resources.
In 2018, we completed the transformation of Value Creation Unit

(VCU) and the platform. With the value creation as the main line,
we set up Monitoring and Coordination Platform, Shared Service
Platform, Upstream VCU and Downstream VCU. Under the guidanceof innovative thinking and entrepreneurship, we advocatedemployees to fully carry forward the concept of Trina employees'
self-motivation and self-management, and unite the strength of all
relevant parties to create brilliance together.

Intellectual Property Rights
Trina Solar respects all intellectual property rights. We arecommitted to complying with international conventions on
intellectual property, as well as local laws and regulations. We
established Intellectual Property Management Committee andformulated Intellectual Property Management General Principles,
Patent Management System, and Business Secret Management
Procedure, to protect Trina Solar’s intellectual property rights.
By the end of 2018, Trina Solar has applied for 1,593 patents, among
which 727 are invention patents (including 32 PCT patents, 14international patents). We own 765 valid patents, among which

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288 are invention patents (including 2 patents in America, 1 patentin Europe, 2 patents in Japan, 1 patent in Korean and 1 patent in
Taiwan). The number of valid patents is in the leading position in
China's PV industry. In 2018, Trina Solar was successfully conferredwith “National Intellectual Property Advantage Enterprise” and “KeyStrategic Implementation Project for Jiangsu Province EnterpriseIntellectual Property”. Trina Solar was awarded with the award ofOverseas Patent Industrialization in Jiangsu, and selected as one of
the top 100 IP competitiveness companies by Hurun Report. The
invention patent, solar cell with thin film back surface passivationand its preparation, won the Changzhou Patent Gold Award.

Establish complaint channels for the public through email, telephoneand "Trina Solar Reward, Complaint and Reporting Platform", to protect
employees' legitimate interest and give appropriate rewards.

Complaint Channels:

Require new employees to learn and sign on the Code of BusinessConduct and Ethics.

Ethics Compliance Hotline:

Cond uc t annual self- di sc losure of confli c ts of i nterests for k ey
management staff.

Anti-fraud Reporting Email:

Provide codes of conduct and anti-corruption training for all employees
to enhance employees' compliance awareness. The ethics compliance isregarded as a required course for new employees on the UMU learning
platform. It is a compulsory course for new employees and the training
rate for new employees is 100%.

+86-519-85176933

IA@trinasolar.com

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Corporate Culture Communication
In order to integrate the core values into the daily
behaviors of each Trina employee and put words into
actions, we continue to take a variety of programs
to ensure that the core values are rooted in ever y

employee's mind and every aspect of our business. We
ensure that we maintain our unified thoughts and actions
in our day-to-day operations and provide customers witheffective services.

Trina Enterprise Communication

Trina Culture Star-seeking Program

Corporate Culture
Corporate culture is the soul of an enterprise
and an inexhaustible source of sustainable
development. Trina Solar always advances withthe times, and updates our corporate culture
in different development stages so that we can
improve company's cohesiveness, ensure sounddevelopment, help employees realize self-values,
and finally realize our mission and vision.

In 2018, we have carried out 360-degree Trina Culture
Evaluation to help employees know their own strengths
and improvements, which allows us make personal andcultural improvement plan. We carried out the Trina
Culture Star-seeking Program. The program is to seek for
employees who are fully dedicated and responsible. We
push for integrating the core values of Trina Era 3.0 into
employees’ minds and actions.
Tr ina Enter pr ise Communication sends company
news and push activities to all employees in real time,
including office guidelines, on-line activities, mobile
learning, employee recognition, and other internal
communication.

We encourage everyone to seek for those employees
who are fully dedicated and responsible. We push
for integrating the core values of Trina Era 3.0 into
employees’ minds and actions.

Trina Family Day: Dynamic Future in 2018

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C | Customer-Centric

O | Open-Mindedness

D | Dedication

Serve our customers
with full heart.

Embrace change openly.

Dedicated to creating
values for customers,
and our company.

Understand customer
needs
Quickly respond to
customer requests
Provide superior
products and services
Create excellent
customer experience

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Value honesty, integrity &candor, accept different view
Focus on teamwork & synergy,
create and share teamsuccesses
Practice self-reflection andself-criticism
Face the future and embracechange••••Be proactive and take quick
actions
Dedicate to work and strive
hard to achieve goals
Be fearless in the face ofchallenges and difficulties
Persevere and committed
to achieve the mission

E | Excellence
Pursue higher goals.
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Seek transformationalchange and continuous
improvement
Courage to innovate andadopt rapid iteration
Learn fast and surpass
ourselves
Strive to be the best withdetermination

Creative intelligence area

Delicious food area

Various artistic skills area

Dynamic exercise area

Trina energy town

Infinite energy area

The purpose of the activities held on the family day was toincrease exchanges among the company, the employees andemployees’ families, which enabled employees to enhancecohesion and inspire pride of employees' families.

On December 1 st, 2018, the fourth family day event was
opened in Changzhou Olympic Sports Center. More than 1,000
Trina families, near 3,000 people, participated in the event.

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Tr ina S o la r is a lways st r ivin g to p rovid e su st ai n a bl e
solutions for climate change and energy crisis. Under thesevere situation of global climate change, Trina Solar has
continuously promoted the sustainable development ofTh ro u g h s ys te m at i c i d e nt i f i c at i o n a n d c l a s s i f i c at i o n o f
s t a k e h o l d e r s, we h ave e s t a b l i s h e d s t a b l e, m u l t i - a s p e c tcommunication channels, such as various activities, productlaunches, face-to-face communication meeting, questionnaires,e - m a i l s, a n d o f f i c i a l we b s i te e tc. We co n s t a nt l y co l l e c t
stakeholders’ expectations, needs, and suggestions. Whileactively and effectively responding, we also prioritize thefeedbacks from stakeholders as impor tant inputs for ourcontinuous improvement.

Stakeholders

Customers

economy, society and ecological environment through joint
efforts and global cooperation with government agencies,
photovoltaic associations and other stakeholders.

Calling for Promoting Sustainable Development - Jifan Gao Attended Asian and Pacific Energy

Employees

Shareholders

In April 2018, Gao Jifan, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar,
was invited to attend the second UN Asia-Pacific Energy
Conference and delivered a speech. He discussed withthe energy ministers of various countries on sustainable
development goals during the conference. As a Chairmanof China PV Industry Association and the founding memberof UNSD - Sustainability Advisory Committee, he deeply
understands that enterprises are impor tant ac tors incoordinating the government's transformation of sustainable
development goals into results. Trina Solar successfully built
many solar power projects, which demonstrated the positive
impact of the government's integration of sustainable
development into national policies. As examples, Trina Solar
participated in China government project - “Western Bright

Project”, solving the electricity shortage in 39 townships
in 11 counties in the Changdu, Tibet. Trina Solar delivereda “photovoltaic + energy storage” smart micro-grid projectfor 14 islands in the Maldives. The project can meet theelectricity demand of more than 1,500 households in thelocal area.

Government

Mr. Gao also called on governments to formulate policies toencourage the development of clean energy. He hoped thatenterprises, public institutions, and financial institutions
worked together to promote a new era of sustainable
development and ecological civilization. Dr. Akhtar, UN Vice
Secretary General, highly praised Mr. Gao’s speech and Trina
Solar’s contribution to sustainable development.

Business Partners

Intelligent Robot Show at 2018 China Shanghai International AI Exhibition
From August 30th to September 1st, 2018, 2018 China Shanghai
International Artificial Intelligence (AI) Exhibition was held at
the Shanghai International Exhibition Center. The intelligent
robot, developed independently by Trina Solar, was exhibitedfor the first time. The event marked a new step of Trina
Solar on the road to transforming a smart energy integrated
solution provider.
The self-developed intelligent sanitation robot exhibited by
Trina Solar is designed in a simple and novel way, featured
with exact positioning, autonomous wake-up, ultrasonicobstacle avoidance, self-charging, real-time monitoring andmany other functions. The intelligent sanitation robot canwork continuously for 8-12 hours and can clean 48,000 square
meters’ area in one day, which is equivalent to the workloadof 6-8 sanitation workers. It can be applied to squares, parks,
sidewalks, scenic spots, etc. It is a smart terminal productcombined with advantages of intelligent control, multi-sensor
fusion and digitization.

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Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

AppendixAwardsCommunication with Stakeholders
Stakeholder communication and participation
has always been considered as one focus for Trina
Solar’s sustainable development. We believe thatbilateral, transparent and regular communication
w i l l b r i n g a b o u t c l o s e r t i e s b e t we e n u s a n d
stakeholders, and enhance mutual trust andrespect.

Focus on Supply Chain

Communication Methods

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Product launch
Customer satisfaction survey
Customer audit
Meeting
Exhibition
Website

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Communication meeting
Roundtable meeting/ lunch
meeting
HR hotline
Staff suggestion scheme
Wechat platform
Training••

Communication meeting
Roundtable meeting / lunch•

Sign cooperation
memorandum
Participate in policy researchParticipate in government's
project

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Nongovernmentalorganizations andCommunities

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Public Media

Research
Institutions/Standards
Associations•••

Sign strategic partnershipagreement
Supplier meeting
Supplier research / audit
Supplier / contractor training
Participate in community
activities
Employee volunteer activities
Participate in charity activities
Collect feedback from
community
Hire local employees toimprove profits, and pay tax inaccordance with law
Disclose information on social
responsibilities on a regularbasis

Industry association
SeminarsTechnical Cooperation

Communication Activities•

In June 2018, Trina Solar participated in German International Solar
Exhibition to showcase Trina Solar's high-efficiency module technology andintelligent solution. 1) TrinaPro - Smart PV solution: TrinaPro is the first timeto enter European market. It enhances the electricity generation up to 30%;
2) Trinahome is also the first to participate in overseas exhibition. It consistsof Trina Solar's high-efficiency module and energy storage solution, being
the best choice for household PV system; 3) Half-cut Splitmax mono-/multicrystalline modules have also been received much attentions. The modules
can effectively reduce cell-connection energy loss, while reducing moduletemperature and increasing the power generation in high temperature
installation areas.

•

Trina Solar held 20th anniversary celebrations & 2017 annual meeting, withthe theme of 'Grateful to You, Create Greater Glories'. Trina Solar’s executives,
manufacturing employees, overseas employees, employees' families andother representatives were gathered together to participate in the activitiesof the 20th anniversary celebration.
In 2018, HR Employee-Relationship organized a total of 43 diverse culturaland sport events, including hobbies, traditional culture, reading, andtraditional festivals.

••

Convene shareholders meetings regularly.

•

In September 2018, Trina Solar signed the “The Project Cooperation
Framework Agreement of Smart Park of Trina Sun City ” with the Changzhou
High-tech Zone Photovoltaic Industrial Park. It is estimated that the total
investment is approximately RMB 1 billion to jointly build the Changzhou
Smart Park of Trina Sun City .

•In January 2018, Trina Solar signed a strategic cooperation memorandumwith Siemens AG. The cooperation between the two parties was further
deepened on the basis of the signed cooperation agreement in November
2017. The two parties will use their own resources and technologicaladvantages to explore the development of energy IoT, intelligent microgrid, distributed energy projects and other related software and hardware
products in countries and regions along the “Belt & Road Initiative”.

•

In March 2018, Trina Solar participated in corporate environmental charity– “Zero-Carbon” event, initiated by CEO Council, Sino-US Sustainable
Urbanization of Paulson Foundation. The event aimed to call on global
companies to take further actions to reduce carbon emissions and waste.
In June 2018, EHS Department conducted a EHS Satisfaction Survey forcommunity residents surrounding the company.

••

Trina Solar released Corporate Social Responsibility Report annually.

•

Led by Trina Solar, the new standard “Specification for Terrestrial Dual-Glass
Module with Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell, SEMI PV82-0318”, was officiallyreleased in March 2018. The standard will be implemented globally as a
unified technical specification.
Trina Solar was leading and participating in the development of national
standards, industrial standards, SEMI international standards, IEC standards
and association standard. Trina Solar firstly proposed and published PV
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Materiality Analysis

MATERIALITY MATRIX
Trina Solar makes use of a variety of internal and external sources
and channels to identify and prioritize the material issues that are ofgreatest interest to our stakeholders.

IMPORTANCE TO MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS

Materiality analysis can help us have a thoroughknowledge of the topics that are of greatest interest
to our stakeholders, so that we can reveal morecomprehensive and relevant information to address
the concerns of stakeholders.

HIGH
Revenues & Profits
Corporate Governance
Carbon Emission
Education Support
Employee Rights

Biodiversity

Identification Sources

Occupational Health and Safety
Talent Development & Retention

We identify material issues from a wide range of sources
including：
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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

2. Determination of Materiality Issues

3. Priority of Materiality Issues

With a combination of internal and external sources, the material
issues we identified include：

We review issues and consider both the potential impact on•

development. We prioritize the significance of each issue based•

Changes in PV Policies

Overcapacity
Natural Resource Conservation
RecycleEmergency Preparedness••

Environmental Compliance

Waste Minimization

Factors ConsideredBusiness and Economy : business strategy, overcapacity,
financial performance, revenues, profits, tax and incentives,political condition, corporate governance, talent development,
talent retention, trade barrier, changes in China PV policies
Environment : climate change, carbon emission, natural
resource conservation, wastewater treatment, air emission,
recycle, waste minimization, environmental compliance, water
consumption, chemical consumption, energy efficiency, green
building, biodiversity
Social Impact : corporate culture, occupational health andsafety, emergency preparedness, supply chain responsibility,
conflict minerals, community support, employee relationship,labor union, human rights, intellectual property right, security,

Trade BarrierIntellectual Property Right

MEDIUM

Business Strategy

Climate Change
Supply Chain Responsibiity

Support Community

1. Identification of Materiality Issues

In defining the material issues, we take into account thefactors including：•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’s vision, mission, core values, strategies
and goals 相关方的期望Conflict Mineral

LOW

MEDIUMHIGH

IMPACT ON TRINA SOLAR'S BUSINESS

EconomyEnvironment

Socialstakeholder decisions and impact on Trina Solar’s businesson the criteria including business continuity, finance performance,business strategy, product brand, company reputation, competitive
advantage, excellent management and community impact. We
develop a materiality matrix according to the importance tomultiple stakeholders and the impact on Trina Solar’s business. The
materiality matrix demonstrates the topics being of the greatest
interests to our stakeholders. We engage in stakeholders toperiodically review the materiality matrix to ensure that it remains
updated and continues to meet stakeholders' expectation.

gender equalization.

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UN’s Sustainable Goals

In September 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development was adopted by 193 member states on
the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.
The agenda, including 17 sustainable development
goals, aims to create a more fair and environmental
friendly world, eradicate extreme poverty, overcome
inequality and unjust, and prevent climate change.

UN’s Sustainable Goals

The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda provides a global
blueprint for dignity, peace and prosperity for mankind and theearth in the present and future. Identifying the goals that areconsistent with the company's strategic objective, Trina Solarinternalizes this common vision into company’s development plans
and strategies, and makes 2030 sustainable development goals
achieved with practical actions. In 2016, Trina Solar was invited
to be one of founding members of Private Sector Advisory Board
launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
and signed sustainable development declaration. Trina Solarpromised to make its efforts and contributions for the realization of
the 17 UN’s sustainable development goals in China.

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all
women and girls
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic
growth, employment and decent work for all•

In 2015, Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship was founded by Trina Solar. The funddonated 10 million to China Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. The Fund desires
to help 10,000 poor college students cultivate entrepreneurship and achieve success in PV
industry through training.

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PV power station generates green energy and stable income. The station is simple tooperate and maintain. PV power station has a guarantee operation period of 25 years. A PV
poverty alleviation pilot project, located in Qingzhu village, Guidong county, Chenzhou in
Hunan Province, was officially connected to power grid in September, 2016. This was thefirst village-level PV power station constructed by Trina Solar. In 2017, 20 MW PV poverty
alleviation project, Trina Solar’s second phase of Wuwei project, was successfully connectedto the grid. In 2018, Trina Solar built a 600KW PV plus fishery poverty alleviation project inXiaoshiqiao Village, Changzhou City. The earnings of the power station would be used forpoverty alleviation, which could provide reliable, stable and long-term poverty alleviation
funds for local poor residents, so as to help them get rid of poverty as soon as possible.

Goal 1: End pover ty in all its forms
everywhere
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security
and improve nutrition and promotesustainable agriculture
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In June 2018, Trina Solar donated RMB 900,000 to the “Siyuan Public Welfare Fund” for social
welfare projects, such as targeted poverty alleviation, subsidization for the needy students,
assistance to the disabled, the care for the elderly and the young, disaster relief and medical
assistance for serious diseases etc.
Trina Solar has established the Employee Assistance Program(EAP) and invited experts
periodically to give guidance in terms of stress management, occupational mental health,and healthy lifestyles to help employees relieve the work pressure, which helps to eliminate
psychological distress and improve work efficiency.

•

Trina Solar has established an internal clinic to provide the employees with medical andhealth counseling services.

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Trina Solar provides annual health examination for employees. In 2015, it launched theflexible benefit program to provide physical health insurance choices. Employees canchoose insurance items for themselves and their families according to their own demands.

•

In December 2018, Trina Solar won the “China’s Most Healthy Employee Award” in the “2018
Asia's Best Workplace” competition launched jointly by AIA China, Public Health College of
Peking University and China's leading human resources media HRoot.

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Trina Solar continuously increases investment in training, education and culture cultivation
to provide a strong career support system for our employees.

•

Founded in April 2018, Trina University is devoted to supporting the organizational
capacity building and business model development and providing talent cultivation andempowerment services for Trina Solar, its partners and customers.

•
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality
education for all and promote lifelong
learning•

Trina Solar strictly adheres to relevant international conventions, local
laws and regulations, to ensure gender equality and prohibit employment
discrimination.

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While promoting employees diversity, we strive to provide employees witha good working environment and welfare, actively promote the employees
localization, and improve local employment rate.

•

By the end of 2018, Trina Solar had a total of 13,679 staff coming from 40
countries and regions around the world. In 2018, Trina Solar had 4,964
female employees, accounting for 36.3% of the total. In addition, Trina
Solar hired a total of 2,227 overseas employees to work locally.

•

Trina Solar has implemented various water-saving projects, such as reuseof RO rejected water, treatment and reuse of wastewater, collection ofcondensated water from air conditioning system etc. In 2018, water
consumption per MW module production has decreased by 31.6%
compared with that of 2014. The water-saving projects implemented
during the period of 2014 to 2018 saved a total of 3.52 million tons ofwater.

•In 2018, Trina Solar Energy established the Industry Development Allianceof Trina Energy Internet of Things (IoT), devoted to becoming the world's
leading company of new Energy Internet of Things (IoT).

•

Trina Solar actively responds to "Belt & Road Initiative". It invested US$ 100
million to build the largest 1 GW solar photovoltaic cell manufacturing
facilities then in the Yun-Zhong Industrial Zone, Beijiang Province inVietnam. We bring more than 1,000 jobs and widely disseminate clean
energy application in the region.

•

Trina Solar are always adhering to the concept of innovation anddevelopment. We strive to implement “PV+” strategy, integrating
photovoltaic application with commercial, agriculture, construction,transportation, communications and other industries.

•

Trina Solar has established ISO50001 Energy Management System,
received ISO14064 certification for Greenhouse Gas Emission Verification,and passed PAS2050/ISO14067 Product Carbon Footprint Verification. We
are continuously dedicated to improving energy efficiency, reducing GHG
emission and saving resources.

•

Trina Solar continued to focus on energy efficiency improvement byidentifying and implementing energy-saving projects and optimizing
energy use. The electricity consumption per MW production in 2018
decreased by 38.8% compared with that of 2014. The energy-saving project
has saved electricity 19,480 MWh, and reduced carbon dioxide emission by
16,316 tons from the year 2014 to 2018.

•

In 2018, Trina Solar has once again achieved “zero” carbon emissions for its
manufacturing operations and R&D activities in China, enabling the goal of
producing our clean energy products with clean energy.

Our Actions
Energy could help people get rid of poverty and develop local economy. We helped the poor
areas to improve their economic and living standards by establishing entrepreneurial funds andPV poverty alleviation, and promote the sustainable development of agriculture and fishery byinstalling PV modules high above fish pond and farming land.

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote
well-being for all at all ages

Our Actions

Since 2009, the volunteers from Trina Solar have started to subsidize the students whosefamilies have financial problems in Daibu Primary School and Hengjian Primary School
in Liyang City. In the last 10 years, the volunteers subsidized 410 students. The subsidies
amounted to more than 380,000 yuan. Among them, 55 students have completed the nineyear compulsory education.

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promotesustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption andproduction patterns
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climatechange and its impacts

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Challenges & Opportunities
Trina Solar will always continue to improve operational
efficiency and competitiveness in a responsible
and innovative way, and work with stakeholders toface and grasp the challenges and opportunities ofsustainable development, so as to promote sustainableimprovement of society, economy and environment.
When formulating sustainable development strategies
and goals, we fully take into account the risks andopportunities, and consider them as important factors
in product design, procurement, manufacturing, andproduct delivery.

While enjoying the tremendous achievements brought byeconomic growth, scientific and technological progress, and social
development, mankind has also gradually and clearly recognized theenergy shortage, climate change, and ecological and environmental
challenges brought by the excessive use of fossil fuels. As a world
leading photovoltaic company, Trina Solar will take this opportunity
to address climate change and use solar energy for the benefit of
all mankind. We will always pay attention to opportunities and risksfacing the world and where we operate, take the initiative to copewith risks and embrace opportunities. We will continue to promotetechnological innovation and sustainable development in thephotovoltaic industry. We push photovoltaic power generation for
thousands of households, aiming to benefit all mankind by copingwith climate change and improving ecological environment.

Energy Transformation
Risks and Opportunities

Counter-measures•

Energy is a matter of common concern all over theworld and the core of almost all major challenges
and opportunities. To build more sustainable and•inclusive communities, enhancing the ability tocombat environmental issues, such as climatechange, and building of a clean and low-carbon
global energy system will be the basic trend ofenergy development. Low-carbon and intelligencehas become the mainstream direction of global
energy transformation.

We successfully open up a new Trina Era 3.0 : Being a Global Leader ofSmart Energy. We make full use of various resources to vigorously develop
smart energy and energy Internet of Things (IoT). Trina Solar strives tocreate an integrated solution for ‘Energy Generation, Storage, Distribution,
Energy Use and Cloud’ and promote the transformation of solar energy
into digital and intelligent energy.

Risks and Opportunities

Counter-measures•

Trade protectionism being raised bysome countries in PV industry, mainly
in U.S. and European Union, posts achallenge for healthy development of•
PV industry. For example, in January
2018, the United States announced
a 201-clause resolution on solar
cells and modules. The safeguard
tariff on imported products will be
implemented for four years, with a firstyear tariff rate of 30%, followed by a 5%
annual reduction and a 15% reduction
by 2021.

As a key member of the global photovoltaic industry, Trina Solar will continuously
play an active role in advocating fair competition and free trade, promoting
the healthy development of the photovoltaic industry, providing high-quality
photovoltaic products and system solutions for global customers, and promoting
global green and sustainable development.
Closely keeping pace with the ‘Belt & Road Initiative’ and market-oriented strategy,
Trina Solar accelerated the overseas expansion. It built production bases inThailand and Vietnam. The countries along the ‘Belt & Road Initiative’ not only havethe initiative to build clean energy system, but also have the needs to develop
distributed smart energy and promote energy IoT applications. Trina Solar'sbusiness has currently expanded to 39 markets in the 65 countries along the ‘Belt &Road Initiative’ route, accounting for 60% in the region. Trina Solar has 16% to 20%
of market share in the countries along Turkey, India etc., playing an indispensablerole in its local PV industry development. Entering a new stage, Trina Solar iscommitted to becoming a global energy IoT leader, and looks forward to providing
integrated solutions for clean energy development in the countries along theroute.

Micro-grid Group delivered by Trina Solar in Maldives

Energy IoT technology will help us provide clean energy to humans andthe earth in a more sustainable way. It provides “zero” emission solution
to our global customers. We are building a smart energy platform thatcombines PV power generation and storage technology with the Trina
Solar Energy IoT, enabling the connection of millions of home endusers and 100,000 commercial end-users. In the future, Trina Solar aims
to connect hundreds of millions of home end-users and millions ofcommercial end-users, and build a digital energy system in a cycle ofpower generation, smart distribution and energy use. Trina Solar Energy
IoT significantly improves energy efficiency and clean energy use ratios,
so as to better serve end-users and address energy transformation
challenges.

Establishment of New Energy IoT Industrial Innovation Center

In August 2018, New Energy Internet of Things (IoT) Industrial
Innovation Centre was established in Trina Solar. The Centre
will cooperate with domestic and foreign leading enterprises
and institutes to carry out core technological innovations,
including the four areas of PV power generation, energy
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the Centre will invest RMB 1 billion in construction a R&D
centre in three years in the fields of power generation,energy storage, distribution, energy use and control, andcloud computing, aiming to become a key core technology
innovation base of the national energy IoT, helping Chinas e i z e o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n g l o b a l e n e rg y re vo l u t i o n a n d
supporting national energy transformation strategy.

As a global leading PV smart energy integrated solution
provider, Trina Solar is committed to providing customer
with the customized and high reliable micro-grid energy
system. In September 2018, Trina Solar completed theworld's largest micro-grid project in 14 islands in Maldives.
The project was developed by the Ministry of Environment
and Energy of the Maldives. Trina Solar is responsible fordesign and engineering installation. The project has acapacity of 4 million kWh per year, which can meet theelectricity needs for more than 1,500 local households.
Maldives, located in the Indian Ocean, consists of morethan a thousand islands. The islands are separated fromeach other. It is impossible to build a large power station
for unified power supply. Power generation in habitableislands mainly relies on conventional diesel power, which
results in pollution and greenhouse gas emission. In viewof the energy situation, Trina Solar proposed a customized“PV Power + Energy Storage + Diesel Power” micro-grid
solution, which is effectively integrated based on the
different electricity demands and existing energy structuresin the 14 islands. The hybrid off-grid power generation
system adapted to the local conditions. The system helps
Maldives transition from conventional energy supply tointegrated energy supply mode. The project has currently
become a typical example for island micro-grid. It has
significant value for energy transition for those island
countries along “Belt & Road Initiative” in the Indian Ocean
and the Pacific.

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AwardsNational Policy
Risks and Opportunities

Counter-measures

Solar power is clean and pollution-free. With supportof favorite PV policies and technological innovation,
PV industry has experienced rapid development in •past decade. In order to guide healthy and sustainable
development for PV industry in China, National
Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of
Finance, and National Energy Administration jointly
issued the "Notice on Matters Related to PV Power
Generation in 2018" on May 31 st, 2018. The noticefocused on promoting technological progress, reducing
power generation costs, reducing subsidy dependence,
optimizing development scale.

Trina Solar actively embraces challenge and strives for cost and quality
leadership. While expanding production capacity, we are committed
to continuously improving conversion efficiency and module output
power through technological innovation. We have introduced avariety of products and system solutions, such as ALLMAX PERC Mono
Half-cut module, TALLMAX Half-cut MBB module, DUOMAX Dual
Glass 60, module and DUOMAX Dual Glass 72 module etc. to meet thedifferent PV project needs and improve our competitiveness.

Trina Solar’s “Black King” Modules Installed in Qingdao Olympic Sailing International ConferenceCenterIn June 2018, the 18 th meeting of the Council of Heads ofState of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was
successfully held at Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center. Trina
Solar was honored to participate in the construction of theconference center and witnessed the historical momentof SCO’s future development. Trina Solar constructed a PV
project with a designed capacity of 692 KW, for Qingdao
Olympic Sailing International Conference Center, hereinafterreferred to as “Aofan Project”. The project has a designed
capacity of 692 KW. The total power generation for the
project is estimated to be 24.6 million kWh. The clean solar

power is fully consumed for the Center’s daily operations.
The design of Aofan Project meets the high requirementsof both practicality and aesthetics. To keep the harmonious
integration of the PV power station and the building shape,
Trina Solar has purposely developed PV “Black King” modules.
Except for ultra-high efficiency of 19.2%, the “Black King”
modules, installed on the roof of the Conference Center, havea natural black visual texture and look like two black wings.
The whole building is perfectly integrated with the blue sea
and sky.

Climate Change
Risks and Opportunities
Sea level rising, glaciers melting and •frequent extreme weather conclude thatthe world has been affected by climatechange. Climate change has become acommon focus for both governments
and private sectors, and one of the mostserious challenges facing the world
today.

Counter-measures
Sustainable development is one of important ways to deal with climate change.
Dealing with climate change is both challenges and opportunities for the PV
industry. Solar products and solutions help energy consumers reduce andneutralize carbon emissions, so as to promote the global energy transformationfrom fossil fuels to other alternative energy sources. By the end of 2018, Trina Solar
cumulative module shipments is approximately 40 GW. Under normal operation,
those modules will be able to generate the clean energy which amounts a
reduction of carbon emissions by 40 million tons per year.

Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) Production and Research Base Put into Operation
Under the global initiative of dealing with climate change,
all countries are accelerating the clean and low-carbon
energy transformation. They are paying more attention toenergy efficiency. As a representative of clean energy source,
Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) technology can realize heat
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heating. Responding to the winter clean-heating strategy
in China, Trina Solar built a ASHP production base in 2018.
ASHP will be connected to various intelligent terminals. It is
widely used in civil heating & hot water supply, commercial
heating and cooling, agricultural production, drying, andother industrial applications etc. Trina Solar’s AHSP provides
energy consumers with an overall energy efficiency solution
by using of the technology of “PV Energy + ASHP Products”.

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Awards•Trina Solar was awarded with "China Best Learning Enterprise in 2017" by Learning Community,
China's largest talent development community.

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Trina Solar ranked third in the Top 100 Innovative Enterprises in Jiangsu Province.

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Trina Solar won the list of China's Top Fifty Enterprises in Electronic Information R&D and Innovationin 2018.

•

Trina Solar was on the list of the second batch of “Green Factory” by the Ministry of Industry andInformation Technology, China.

•

Yancheng factory was awarded with "Advanced Units of Park Safety Management" by PhotoelectricIndustrial Park of Yancheng city.

•

Yancheng factory was awarded with "Advanced Unit of Fire Management" by the Fire Brigade of
Yancheng Economic Development Zone.

•

Trina Solar was awarded with "Credit Demonstration Enterprise of Jiangsu Province” by Economic andCredit Commission and Credit Leadership Office of Jiangsu Province.

•

Trina Solar won the "China Talent Development Elite Award in 2017".

•

Trina Solar has been selected as the "Global Best Performance Module Manufacturer" for the fourth
time by DNV GL, an international authoritative certification institute•

Trina Solar won the "2018 China Learning and Development Value Award" sponsored by HREC.

•

Trina Solar passed the quantification system certification of ISO14064 greenhouse gas emission
conducted by BSI.

•

Vietnam factory was awarded with the “Beijiang Provincial Excellent Contribution Enterprise Award”
by the Vietnamese Beijiang Provincial Government.

•

Trina Solar won the “Best Employer Brand - Communication Award” awarded by China's leading
human resources media HRoot.

•

Hefei factory was awarded the title of "Demonstration Enterprise of City-level Safety Culture
Construction" by Hefei Safety Production Committee.

•

Trina Solar obtained the honor of "The First Low Carbon Demonstration Units in Changzhou City"
awarded by Changzhou Development and Reform Commission.

•

Trina Solar was awarded the title of “National Intellectual Property Advantage Enterprise” by the StateIntellectual Property Office.

•

Trina Solar took the top ranking in Bloomberg's list of “The World's Most Valuable Financing Module
Brands” for the third consecutive time.

•

Trina Solar was awarded a gold medal for the second consecutive year as a recognition of its
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance by EcoVadis, an independent third-party
assessment organization.

•

Trina Solar won the "2018 Golden Bee Excellent CSR Report - Growing Enterprise Award".

•

Trina Solar won the “China Industrial Awards - Enterprise Award” established and approved by theState Council, being the first PV company receiving the honor in China.

•

Trina Solar was awarded with "China’s Most Healthy Employee Award” in the “2018 Asia's Best
Workplace” competition by AIA China, Peking University and China's leading human resources media
HRoot.

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Hubei factory was awarded with “Advanced Safety Organization” by Shazui Street Committee of
Xiantao City.

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Care for Our EarthOur environment is the foundation for human beings' survival anddevelopment. As an advocate of green energy and a practitioner of green
development, Trina Solar is committed to promoting sustainable development
through continuous innovation. We have established ISO14001 Environment
Management System and ISO50001 Energy Management System to minimize
the negative impact of our business operations on the environment and theearth that all human beings share. We have set up our 2020 Environmental
Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our business is developedin an environmental-friendly, responsible and sustainable way. And we are
devoted to building a green and low-carbon planet with all partners.

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Green Sustainable Development
Energy and environmental issues have become the major
threat to world economy and sustainable development.
W h i l e e n j oy i n g t h e b e n e f i t s o f e co n o m i c grow t h ,technological progress and social development, humanbeings also realized the challenges brought by overconsumption of fossil energy. Nowadays, human being
is facing a series of problems, such as energy shortage,
climate change and ecological environment challenge.
As a leading PV enterprise, Trina Solar is dedicatedto developing clean solar energy worldwide. While
providing affordable and clean solar energy, we pay muchattention to environmental protection and sustainable
development.

Trina Solar has established ISO14001 Environment
Management System and formulated the Trina Solar's
2020 Sustainable Development Goal. We also actively
cooperate with global partners, academic institutions,
governments and NGOs to facilitate the realizationof PV power parity by technological innovation. Trina
Solar is committed to improving energy efficiency andincreasing the share of renewable energy for sustainable
development, including dealing with climate change.
Focusing on the mission of 'Solar Energy for All', Trina
Solar always supports UN Global Compact Initiatives andupholds the concept of sustainable development. We’ll
work unremittingly to make our contribution towards
UN’s 2030 Global Sustainable Goal.

2020 Sustainable Development Goals

No.
•
1
•
2
•
3
•
4

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Development Goals

2015

2016

2017

2018

Decreased
Percentage

15% reduction of CO 2 emission per MW
module compared to that of 2015 (TCO2e/
MW)

182.6

168.0

132.3

119

34.8%

10% reduction of consolidated energy
consumption per MW module comparedto that of 2015 (TSC/MW)

13.15

13.12

11.00

10.81

17.8%

15% reduction of electricity consumption
per MW module compared to that of 2015
(Mwh/MW)

2,210

1,870

1,630

1,340

39.4%

10% reduction of water consumption per
MW module compared to that of 2015 (T/
MW)

1,885

1,744

1,592

1,360

27.9%

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We have established and maintained a comprehensive

We have set up Environment, Occupational Health & Safety andenvironment management system and occupational health

Energy Management Policy. We advocate each employee ofmanagement system in line with international standards.

Trina Solar to observe and publicize the policy.

In our continuing efforts to enhance and ensure protection of
the environment, Trina Solar has always adhered to the highest
standards of environmental protection in our daily operations.
Most of our manufacturing plants have established ISO14001
Environment Management System. We integrate environmental
protection and sustainable development into our every work
process, including site selection, designing, construction andplant operation. We effectively manage the environmental
aspects of products, activities and related services through ourestablished environmental management system.

No.
1
2

Trina Solar is committed to being the global leader of smart energy. We pay

PlantsNo.

PlantsEstablished ISO14001 Environment
Management System

Yes

5

Hefei Plant

Yes

Yes

6

Energy Storage
Solution Plant

Yes

Plants at Changzhou
Headquarters
Changzhou Yabang
Plant

3

Yancheng Plant

Yes

7

Thailand Plant

Yes

4

Hubei Plant

Yes

8

Vietnam Plant

Yes

ChainsSite Selection, Designing andConstruction of Plants/PV Power Stations/meet interested parties’ requirements.
Be committed to prevention of pollution and minimizing negative impact onenvironment. Promote sustainable development and build a green and lowcarbon planet.
··

··
··

··
··

•

Ensure the environmental protection facilities to be designed, constructed and put into
use simultaneously with the main part of construction project;•

Protect the community's ecological environment and biological diversity.

•

Incorporate the concept of environmental protection into R&D and improve theproduct conversion efficiency.

Research & Development

Be committed to prevention of occupational injury and illness. Provide a safe,
healthy and environmentally-friendly workplace for employees.

··

Environment Impact Assessment, evaluate the positive and negative impacts of the
proposed projects on the community's environment;

employees and a harmonious green planet for mankind. We promise to use energy
Comply with all applicable EHS & energy management laws & regulations andMeasures•dedicated to creating a safe, healthy and environmentally-friendly workplace forand natural resources responsibly and efficiently. Herewith we pledge the following:

Trina Solar commits to work together to promote sustained
and inclusive economic growth, social development ande n v i r o n m e n t a l p r o t e c t i o n . Tr i n a S o l a r ’s E n v i r o n m e n t
Management System is designed to help us improve ourenvironmental performance. It gives us a systematic, organizedapproach to address the issues of environment protection andsustainable development. The system is part of our overallmanagement system that includes organizational structure,planning activities, responsibilities, procedures, processes
and resources for achieving and maintaining environmental
performance.

Established ISO14001 Environment
Management System

attention to employees’ health & safety and sustainable development. We are··

Appendix

Environment Management System

EHS and Energy Management Policy··

Contribution to Society

Make efficient use of energy and resources. Consistently reduce energy
consumption and carbon emission from produc tion and commercial
operations.
Enhance employees’ EHS & energy conservation awareness and encourage
employees to participate in EHS & energy conservation programs.
Provide necessary resources for implementing EHS & energy management
system. Continually improve per formance via per fecting EHS & energy
management system.
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.

Manufacturing

Packaging

Logistics•

Ensure sustainable use of resources;•

Continuously promote the energy efficiency;•

Ensure that treated effluent and emission of waste gas meet national and local limits;•

Promote recycling of resources;•

Promote green office.

•Reduce packaging materials without affecting package safety;•

Utilize recycled and degradable package materials.

•

Develop a resourceful transportation route;•

Choose the best mode of transportation;•

Improve the utilization rate of containers.

•

Be a member of PV CYCLE and dispose the waste PV products in an environmental
friendly way;

Product Recycling

31•

Be a member of the Glass Recycling Committee of Japan (GRCJ).

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Dealing with Climate Change
We profoundly realized that climate change has posedserious challenges to the environment, economy andsociety. The development of world economy is poweredby energy. Fossil fuels are the major energy source thatis being used in the world today. However, consumptionof fossil fuels release greenhouse gases (GHGs), suchas carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide,
carbon monoxide etc. The emission of GHGs can leadto serious environmental issues such as air pollution
a n d g l o b a l wa r m i n g. B e s i d e s, fo s s i l f u e l s a re n o t
renewable. Therefore, it is irreversible that the renewableenergy, such as solar energy, will take the place of theconventional energy. The renewable energy is playing
an increasingly important role and becoming one of themainstream sources of energy around the world.

Aspects
Set up 2020 Green Sustainable
Development Goals/

Focus on Supply ChainContribution to Society

Global climate change is a serious environmental, economic andsocial challenge that warrants an equally serious response bygovernments and the private sectors. Governments and the private
sectors need to actively adopt energy saving measures to reducegreenhouse gas emissions and effectively support the realization of
the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. As a global leader inenergy IoT, Trina Solar is committed to providing clean solar energy
for the world. We promise to promote sustainable manufacturing
and build an environmentally-secure planet by using energy
and natural resources efficiently. We consistently reduce energy
consumption and carbon emission from production and commercial
operations by enhancing energy efficiency, and work tirelessly topromote green development and build an ecological civilization.

Tr i n a S o l a r h a s b e e n p a y i n g a t t e n t i o n t osustainable development. We conduct ISO14064
GHG emission verification and disclose ourcarbon emission annually. We always lookfor opportunities to reduce GHG emission in
product design, production, and packaging
processes. We continuously identify potential
energy-saving projects, aiming for fulfilment ofour commitment to sustainable development.

Establishment of EHS Management
System•Clean Solar Power•

Pollution Control Facilities•
Internal Carbon Trade Scheme•

Supply Chain Sustainability

33with international standard ISO14064 requirements. The scope ofverification includes scope 1- direct GHG emission and scope 2 indirect GHG emission. We continuously monitor and improve our
GHG management performance. Total greenhouse gas emissions
for Trina Solar’s China operations in 2018 were 609.5 thousand
tons of CO 2e, which was approximately 13.7% lower than that of2017.
Based on the requirements of ‘The Vienna Convention for theProtection of the Ozone Layer’ and ‘The Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer’, all the refrigerants andfire extinguishing agents used in Trina Solar plants do not contain

Trina Solar conducts GHG verification annually in accordance

In response to China's commitment to carbon reduction for the 'Thirteenth Five-year Plan (2016 to2020)' for coping with climate change, Trina Solar formulated the 2020 Sustainable Development
Goal, reducing 15% of CO2e emission per MW module compared to that of 2015 (TCO2e/MW).
We have established our mature greenhouse gas inventory and energy management system(ISO14064, ISO14067 and ISO50001) to systematically manage carbon emission and energy
consumption. We actively explore and implement energy saving projects, and try our best to
reduce carbon emission from our operations. In 2018, Trina Solar’s electricity consumption
and water consumption per MW module decreased by 38.8% and 31.6%, respectively,
compared to that in 2014.
In 2016, Trina Solar consumed 780 million kWh of power for all factories and R&D centers’
operations in China. The solar power plants owned by Trina Solar in China generated 1.18 billion
kWh of clean solar power. In 2017, the power consumption for all operations in China was 850
million kWh, and the clean solar power generation reached 1.55 billion kWh. In 2018, Trina Solarconsumed 722 million kWh of power for all factories and R&D centers’ operations in China. The
solar power plants owned by Trina Solar in China generated 775 million kWh of clean solar power
This means that Trina Solar has achieved 'zero' carbon emission for operations in China since 2016.
In recent years, Trina Solar has established sophisticated wastewater and waste gas treatment
facilities to ensure that discharge of wastewater and emission of waste gas stably meetsenvironmental standard limits. In 2018, Trina Solar's total environmental protection inputs
reached RMB 93.45 million (about US$ 13.8 million). In the five years from 2014 to 2018,
Trina Solar collected a total of 15.11 million tons of industrial wastewater, and produced andreused 9.2 million tons of new-water (or recycled water), which could meet the annual water
consumption for 50,000 households in China.
Trina Solar actively participates in global GHG emission reduction activities and programs toincrease employees' awareness of emission reduction. We establish an internal carbon tradescheme. We setup an annual integrated energy consumption target for each department andcarry out assessments monthly. We award carbon emission bonuses for those departments
who have achieved their targets, and impose carbon emission penalties for those who havenot fulfilled their carbon emission targets.
Trina Solar has always been both a clean energy advocate and a low/zero carbon practitioner.
We actively participate in global emission reduction initiatives. In 2017, Trina Solar took partin the CEO Council, Sino-US Sustainable Urbanization of Paulson Foundation. This provides
advantage for us to promote the development of clean energy technologies and make ourcontributions to worldwide emission reduction campaign. We pay attention to the social
responsibility of our global suppliers and partners. We continuously reduce carbon emission
in supply chain by promoting the optimization of the packaging methods, transportation
modes, and increasing local supply of products and raw materials, so as to jointly promote
the sustainable development of photovoltaic industry.

ozone depleting substances (ODS).

CO2e Emission Per MW Module (T/MW)

182.7

2018 GHG Emission Per Unit Production
decreased Compared to that of 2014

34.9

182.6
168.0
132.3

•

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Reduction of GHG Emission

Countermeasures•

Care for Employees

2014

2015

2016

2017

%

119.0

2018

GHG Emission CO2e (1,000 tons)

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Scope 1

14.9

11.6

15.1

13.0

9.1

Scope 2

475.8

513.2

636.1

692.9

600.4

Total

490.7

524.8

651.2

705.9

609.5

Types of GHG

CO2

CH4

N2O

HFCs

PFCs

SF6

GHG Emission CO2e in 2016 (1,000 tons)

645.0

0.04

0.004

5.1

0

1.03

GHG Emission CO2e in 2017 (1,000 tons)

699.5

0.04

0.03

5.1

0

1.30

GHG Emission CO2e in 2018 (1,000 tons)

604.1

0.04

0.002

5.4

0

0

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Enhancement of Energy Efficiency
Sustainable development requires not only clean energy,
but also higher energy efficiency. Trina Solar focuses
on reducing environmental impact from its operations.
We strive to enhance our energy use efficiency while
using our energy in a responsible manner. Trina Solarcontinuously reduces CO 2 emission and makes our best
efforts to produce more cost-competitive products andcontribute to climate change mitigation.

Trina Solar headquarters’ plants in Changzhou took an leadto establish Energy Management System ISO50001 in thephotovoltaic industry in accordance with international standard.
We continuously reduce energy consumption and improve ourenergy use efficiency by establishing energy targets, defining
and refining energy conservation responsibilities, as well as
implementing energy conservation projects. We systematicallyapplied energy conservation measures and energy saving
technologies to real practice.

Internal Carbon Trade Scheme
The primary energy mainly used in our company is natural gas. The secondary
energy includes electricity and diesel. The energy-consumed media include water,
nitrogen, oxygen and argon. We record and analyze the consumption of primaryand secondary energy. Meanwhile we calculate the consumption of indirect energyconsumed media. We report them in the form of standard coal-equivalent (SCE)
consumption per MW module production on a monthly basis, i. e., integrated energy
consumption (Ton SCE/MW). We implemented an internal carbon trade scheme forall domestic and overseas plants. We setup an annual integrated energy consumption
target for each department and then performed monthly assessments. Based on
the average carbon price in the domestic carbon trade market, we awarded carbon
emission bonuses for those departments who have achieved their targets, andimposed carbon emission penalties for those who have not fulfilled their carbon
emission targets. We sent a monthly message to department managers, reminding
them to be aware of the impact of their operating activities on the environment.
We encouraged them to develop technologies and carried out energy conservation
project, so as to continuously reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions from operations. In 2018, the consolidated energy consumption per MW
module decreased by 12% compared to that of 2017.

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

Appendix

Types of Energy

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Natural Gas (1,000 m3)

2,720

2,710

4,550

3,270

1,970

Electricity Purchased (1,000 kWh )589,501

634,931

861,112

998,869

876,252

86,00092,104

106,940

150,513132,331

Integrated Energy Consumption (TSC/MW)

Natural Gas Consumption (1,000 m3/MW)

1.0

0.9

2014

1.0

2015

0.8

2016

Natural gas consumption in 2018 decreased
compared to that of 2014

50

%

0.5

2017

2018

Electricity Consumption (MWh/MW)Electricity consumption in 2018 decreased
compared to that of 2014

38.8%

221

219

187

2014

2015

163

2016

134

2017

2018

Integrated Energy Consumption (TSC/MW)
Integrated energy consumption in 2018 decreased
compared to that of 2014

Trina Solar was awarded as "Green Factory Model" by the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology (MIIT)
In February 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced
the second batch of green manufacturing list, including 208 green factories, 53
green design products, 22 green parks, and 4 green supply chain management
demonstration enterprises. Among them, Trina Solar passed the third-party
evaluation from China Quality Certification (CQC) with a high score of 97 and wasawarded with the honour of “Green Factory Model”.
As a leader in the global solar industry, Trina Solar is committed to green
manufacturing in terms of plant construction, raw material selection, production
processes, waste utilization, and energy consumption, and strives to build a green
factory with intensified plants, harmless raw materials, clean production, waste
recycling and low carbon emission. In the future, Trina Solar will actively play ademonstration role in green manufacturing, actively implement green strategies,
green standards, green management and green production, and strive to build agreen manufacturing system that is efficient, clean, low-carbon, and ecological.
Trina Solar will lead the green culture.

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13.54

2014

13.15

2015

13.12

2016

11.00

10.81

2017

2018

20.2%

Renovation Project for 35 KV Electrical Substation
The 35KV substation, located in southwestern campus in Changzhou, was put into
operations in 2005. There were two main transformers, model of S9-5000 and S910000 respectively, in the substation. The transformers were old models with low
energy efficiency and low load ratio. After evaluation, it was decided that the load for
35KV substation could be directly connected to a upstream 110KV substation and thetransformers could be switched off, thus reducing both power consumption and 35KV
variable power. Besides, the safety and reliability of electricity supply were improved. The
renovation project was completed in December 2018. After the renovation, we saved
200,000 kWh/year of electricity consumption, which was equivalent to a reduction of 160
tons/year of carbon emission.

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2018

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Description

200 MWh/year
electricity

160

Thailand Plant, •ThailandOperating blowers intermittently to reduce the cost of wastewater treatment by
utilizing the climatic advantages of high temperature in Thailand.

300 MWh/year
electricity

240•

Replacing 1500 T5 fluorescent lamps in the production workshop with energyefficient LED lamps.

100 MWh/year
electricity

80•

After the dryer system in air compressor operated for long-time, the absorption
ability of desiccant alumina was getting weaker, and the resistance becomed
larger when the compressed air passed through the dryer system. After replacingwith the new alumina, the resistance was reduced, so the power consumption
was reduced.

70 MWh/year
electricity

56•

Replacement of oven with drying machine to reduce electricity consumption incleaning process in Silicon Workshop.

500 MWh/year
electricity

400•

Collection and reuse of residue heat from chillers and air compressors.

5,000 MWh/year
electricity

4,000

•

Replacement of axial flow compressors with centrifugal compressors, which havehigher COP and capaicity, to enhance energy efficiency.

1,400 MWh/year
electricity

1,120

•

The lighting control in the warehouse was modified and equipped with the subarea control switches, which allowed to switch on the lighting based on area
needs, so as to help save electricity.
Fine-tuning and optimization of operation parameters of air compressors, chillers,cooling water pumps and air-conditioning system, so as to reduce electricity
consumption while giving guarantee operation conditions in workshop.

70 MWh/year
electricity

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1,690 MWh/year
electricity

1,352

Modification of cooling water process to Multi-crystall furnances was done.
Additional two sets of cooling water heat exchangers, which made heat exchangewith cooling towers directly, were installed. The electricity consumption was
reduced resulted from reduction of chillered water consumption during theperiod from May to September each year.

1,220 MWh/year
electricity

976

Implementation of PCW (procee cooling water) free-cooling process to reduce
electricity consumption.
Installation of lighting auto-control sensors in the public areas, including
warehouse, packaging material shelter and rain shelter, where the lighting wasalways on before installation.

500 MWh/year
electricity

400•

Installation of VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) for air compressors so as to achieve
electricity saving purpose.

600 MWh/year
electricity

480•

Instead of pumping water, the water tank was designed in such a way, so thatwater replenishment is fulfilled by gravity and electricity consumed by water
pumps was saved.
Residue heat from process cooling water (PCW) was collected to heat the processwater, so as to reduce electricity consumption.

1,500 MWh/year
electricity

1,200

The low power-rated air compressors were replaced with high power-rated air
compressors, so that the compressed dry air (CDA) was supplied in centralized
way. The energy efficiency was raised and electricity was saved.

333 MWh/year
electricity

266

Upgraded multi-crystalline furnace from model G5 to G6 in Wafering workshops.
G6 multi-crystalline furnace has a big charging capacity, so that energy efficiency
was raised significantly.

6,000 MWh/year
electricity

4,800

Collection and reuse of residue heat from refrigerators (chillers) to raise the watertemperature for UPW (Ultra-pure Water) plant, leading to a saving of natural gas
consumption.

300,000 Nm3/
year natural gas

650

2018

Hefei, China

2017

Changzhou,
China

2017

Changzhou,
China

2017

Yangcheng,
China

2017

Hefei, China

2017

Vietnam Plant ,Vietnam••
2016

Changzhou,
China

•
2016

Yangcheng,
China

2016

Hubei, China

2016

2015

CO2 Reduction
Energy Saved（tons/year）

35 KV substation renovation in Southwest Campus•

Thailand Plant,
Thailand

Changzhou,
China

2015

Changzhou,
China

2014

Changzhou,
China

•

•
•

•

•

Total

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Appendix

Biological Diversity Management

Trina Solar Energy Conservation Project Statistics
Year

Care for Employees

Environment-friendly Operation
Creating a sustainable future requires cleaner
energy. As the world’s population continues toincrease, the dealing of the world population’s
demand for energy has become an unprecedented
challenge.

We not only conduct our operation in a responsible manner,
but also contribute to meet the rising demand for clean energy
by establishing Product Stewardship Policy, technologicalinnovations, efficiency improvement, and adequate disposalof end-of-life PV products, so as to actively respond to global
climate change.

Clean Solar Energy

16,236

Global energy system is accelerating the transition to low
carbon. The large-scale utilization of renewable energy andthe cleanliness & low carbonization of conventional energy willbe the basic trend of energy development. Accelerating thedevelopment of renewable energy has become the mainstreamof global energy transformation. Compared with traditional
coal-fired power generation, solar energy can significantly
reduce CO 2 emission. How we can produce more clean energy,
which can significantly reduce CO2 emission, is regarded as oneof the biggest challenges we face. Trina Solar is committed tocontinuously exploring and applying technologies that increase
PV product efficiency and help reduce CO 2 emission. We strive
to use the clean solar energy to promote energy transformation.
We are committed to systematically addressing the issues of
economic development, environmental protection and energy
security and providing the clean solar energy to the public.

As of end of 2018, the cumulative shipments of Trina Solar's PV
modules exceeded 40 GW. The PV modules conversed sunlightinto electricity, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by
40 million tons per year compared to thermal power generation, assuming each panel is operating normally. Trina Solar strives
to explore innovative solar energy application model andimplement 'PV +' strategy. We make our contributions to theconstruction of ecological civilization and the response to global
climate change. As of the end of 2018, the cumulative gridconnection of Trina Solar's solar power plants in China exceeded
1.6 GW. In 2018, after the sales of solar plants, the solar plants
owned by Trina Solar generated 775 million kWh of clean solar
power, which exceeded the total power consumptions (722
million kWh) for Trina Solar’s manufacturing operations and
R&D activities in China. This means that Trina Solar has once
again achieved “zero” carbon emissions, enabling the goal of
producing our clean energy products with clean energy.

Energy storage project successfully connected to grid in Alice Springs, Northern Territory,
Australia

In September 2018, Trina Solar's commercial energy storage
project, Bunnings Warehouse, was successfully connected
to grid in Alice Springs, Northern Territory of Australia. As
one of the largest commercial energy storage projects in
Alice Springs, Trina Solar provided customers with 560 kWhcontainerized energy storage system and 375 kW PV modules,
which not only enhanced the energy efficiency and powerstability through energy storage technology, but also reduced
electricity cost and maximized economic benefits by making
use of peak-to-valley price difference and optimizing energy
management.
Alice Springs is famous for its surrounding desert scenery andhistorical heritage. The maximum temperature during daytime
can reach 45 °C. The long-term air-conditioner running resultsin the demand of large power load and high power stability
on local grid. As the largest DIY (Do it yourself ), horticulturaland hardware chain store in Australia, it was decided to installan energy storage system for Bunnings Warehouse in Alice
Springs to cope with the high load, high electricity price andgrid instability issue resulted from high ambient temperature.
It helps to reduce the dependence on local power grid andimprove power stability.
Trina Solar has developed customized solutions from design,
spare parts procurement, system integration, installation,commissioning, etc., which effectively solve the problems ofhigh temperature operating environment and grid instability.
The project has become a model application case for theenergy storage industry. After the project is connected to
the grid, it is estimated that the annual power generation
reaches 560 MWh, which saves about AU$ 180,000 (about RMB
900,000).
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Product Stewardship Policy
Trina Solar is committed to protecting our employees, customers and communities in a
responsible manner. We have put Product Stewardship Policy in place to ensure productsafety and environmental protection throughout the product life span, including R&D,
manufacturing, transportation, use and end-of-life module disposal.

Innovation & Sustainable Development
Innovation promotes sustainable development. Trina Solar has
partnered with Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore(SERIS), Australian National University (ANU) and other world's
leading PV research institutes and universities, to advance solar
technology and create cutting-edge solutions for our customers.
Trina Solar’s State Key Laboratory (SKL) of Photovoltaic Scienceand Technology (PVST) has successively created 18 world records
in the conversion efficiency and output power of photovoltaic
cells and modules.
In an innovation-driven PV industry, Trina Solar always focuses··
on developing leading-edge PV technologies and products withimproved cell efficiency and reduced system cost. Trina Solar
insists on technological innovation, and strives to transform thelaboratory technology to commercial application as quickly as
possible. In February 2018, certified by JET Japan, the 6 inch (area243.18 cm2) IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact) solar cell, developed
independently by Trina Solar’s State Key Laboratory (SKL), had set
a new record of 25.04% conversion efficiency. Innovation helps
expand our business scope, enhance our resource use efficiency,
as well as protect environment and promote the sustainable
development of the global economy.

Trina Solar conducts business in a manner that ensures compliance with all applicableregulatory requirements and industry standards. We are committed to integrating
environment, health and safety responsibilities into all stages of our product life cycle.

··

We believe that product stewardship, the ongoing per formance improvementof products in terms of environmental, health and safety aspects, is one of thecornerstones of sustainable business. We act in a responsible manner to protect ouremployees, customers and the communities in which we operate.

··

Trina Solar pledges to implement effective product stewardship management programs,
and shows our commitment and leadership to meet the customers' increasing demands
on safer and more environmentally sustainable products.

··

Trina Solar actively strives to develop new raw materials and products in a responsible
manner by assessing their risks for current and future generations. We commit toconflict-free materials and products, and work diligently to promote sustainable

Trina Solar won the "China Grand Award for Industry"development by way of ethical and green sourcing.
··

In December 2018, the 5th Conference of China Grand Awards for Industry
was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Due to its outstanding
performance and strength, Trina Solar was conferred with the award of the
China Grand Award for Industry. The award honors industrial enterprises
and projects acting as role models in entrepreneurship, self-dependent
innovation and globalization in China's reform and opening-up. Trina Solar
was the first PV company to receive this honor in China.

Trina Solar offers product guidance to customers, distributors and users so that our
products are safely transported, stored and used. We voluntarily participate in takeback and recycling program for defective and/or end-of-life (EOL) solar··

We pledge to actively engage in fighting against climate change by way of continuously
enhancing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emission.

··

Trina Solar engages with stakeholders to periodically review the policy statement toensure that it remains adequate and continues to meet stakeholders’ expectations.

Innovation-driven has always been one of core strategies for development.
In 2018, together with domestic and international leading enterprises andresearch institutions, Trina Solar established Trina Energy IoT Industrial
Development Alliance and IoT innovation center, providing our partners
with an innovation platform to establish an energy IoT ecosystem.
China Grand Award for Industry, approved by the State Council, is thehighest award in China's industrial sector and is known as the "Oscar" inChinese industry. Led by the China Federation of Industrial Economics,
the award was established in 2007, and was held once ever y two
years, aiming to recognize enterprises that have achieved outstanding
results in innovation-driven development and adhering to the new era
industrialization path with Chinese characteristics, leading the high quality
development for China's industrial enterprises.

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Reliability Test
Longer life-span product can reduce the exploitation of the earth's resources.
Laboratory reliability test uses rigorous testing methods to simulate module
performance under real environmental conditions to assess whether it meetsthe expected quality and reliability:

Compliant Disposal of Scrapped PV Modules
The average lifespan of PV modules is approximately 25 years.

founded in 2007. PV CYCLE is committed to centralizing and

The solar modules installed in the 1990s have reached their usefulcustomizing services for the recycling of global waste photovoltaic

lifespan and will then be scrapped. The compliant disposal of

products.

scrapped PV modules and the recycling of valuable resourcesof scrapped modules will be a significant research subject. The•

regulations of the countries in which it operates, and proactively
pushes for the recycling and reuse of waste electronic products.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive ( WEEE,
2012/19/EU) specifies that manufacturers of electrical andelectronic equipment must guarantee that waste products
created in any EU member states must be recycled and reused,in order to ensure that electrical and electronic equipment,
including PV modules, is properly managed by means of recycling,
reusing, reclamation and regeneration. In 2012, for the first time,
the Directive took PV modules and equipment into account.
From February 1st, 2014 onwards, all photovoltaic manufacturers,
distributors and installation contractors in Europe must fully
abide by EU’s rules on waste management, including providing
necessary funds and administration. All PV products must belabeled with the same “wheelie bin” LOGO designed by WEEE.
•

Phase I (As of August 14 th, 2015):

Scrapped PV modules

recycling rate reaches 75%, reuse rate reaches 65%;••

Photovoltaic Module Take-back and Recycling Organization)

Exposure and hot spot test;•

Environmental aging test: UV test, moist & heat test, moist & freezing test;•

Ammonia, salt spray test.

Extended Producer Responsibility - Proactive Research on Recycling of Scrapped PV Module

example, whoever needs international parcel service caninquire on the PV CYCLE's website (www.pvcycle.com) or cansend an email to info@pvcycle.com.
Cooperated with Veolia and French Renewable Energy Union,
PV Cycle built a PV module recycling plant in Roosset, south ofFrance. The recycling plant was put into operation in 2018. The PV
Recycling Plant uses robots to disassemble and sort PV modules.
95% of the materials can be disassembled, sorted, processed
and recycled. Typical PV modules are made of 65-75% glass, 1015% aluminum frame, 10% plastic and 3-5% silicon. The sorted
materials are processed, packaged and sent to different industries.
Among them, two-thirds of the glass is processed to become
shattered glass, which is sent to the glass manufacturing industry.
The aluminum frame is sent to the aluminum refinery. The waste
plastic can be used as a fuel in cement plant. The recovered silicon
can be used in the precious metal industry. Finally, the remaining

Most of valuable materials in PV module, such as silicon, silver, copper and aluminum, can be recycled. The recycling of thematerials saves resources and reduces energy consumption. As a leader in PV industry, Trina Solar firmly believes that the recyclingof scrapped PV module has significant economic and environmental value. The progress made so far in the field is as followings:

cables and connectors are crushed and sold as copper beads.

•

Development of module disassembly device is currently undergoing prototype debugging.

Tr ina S olar ( Japan) Limited joined in the Glass R ec ycling•

Development of backboard plastic material recycling is in “separation + centrifugal system integration” phase.

Committee of Japan (GRCJ). The core members of GRCJ consist•

Experiment of recycling of solar cell (silicon) has been completed. The silicon powder purification experiment is in theprocessing.

of associations and companies who promote the reuse of waste
PV modules, especially the recycling of waste glass. The recycling

become a part of the non-profit organization PV CYCLE (European•

Other areas: PV CYCLE provides customized services, forrecycling rate reaches 80%, reuse rate reaches 75%;

Trina Solar always focuses on ex tended producer and has

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glass. The GRCJ was established for the promotion of recycling

modules recycling rate reaches 85%, reuse rate reaches 80%.

Mechanical performance test: hail and impact performance test;

for the making of various new products.

Phase II (As of August 15 th , 2018) : Scrapped PV modules

Phase III (from August 15 th , 2018 onwards): Scrapped PV•

module take-back and recycling, and uses recycled materials

Many companies have not considered the problem of compliant

Trina Solar strictly abides by the e-waste management laws andSafety test: test on grounding, insulation, voltage withstand;across the Europe. It provides solutions for sustainable PVfrom 2020 and reach 800,000 ton/year by 2030.

responsibility to ensure compliant disposal of waste PV products.

•

EU member countries: PV CYCLE establishes a network
waste transport firms and dedicated recycling facilities

the number of scrapped PV modules will increase tremendously

As a responsible company, Trina Solar actively undertakes theElectrical performance test: module performance test under standard
illumination and low illumination conditions;consisting of hundreds of certified and recycling points,

investigation of relevant research institution demonstrates that

disposal of scrapped PV modules which end product life cycle.

•

process includes collection, transportation, disassembly, sorting,separation and glass production of waste modules. Glass andcell scraps are mainly separated and collected by smashing andgravity separation. Glass scraps can be used as raw materials forbuilding materials and ceramics industry. The metal componentof cell scraps will be recycled and reused by specialized metal
recycling companies.
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Dealing With Climate Change

Governance & Development
Environment-friendly Operation

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

Appendix

Biological Diversity Management

Sustainable Use of Water Resource

Environment-friendly Operation
As an advocate and practitioner of environmental
protection, Trina Solar has always been committed
to sustainable development throughout the whole
product life cycle, from product development,
raw material procurement and manufacturing,
to resource & energy utilization and waste
management.
We believe that the most precious resource is the naturalenvironment on which human beings depend. Trina Solar will

Trina Solar regards protecting water resource as one of its

rejected water, treat and reuse of wastewater, collection ofimportant tasks, and strives to reduce the consumption of water

condensated water from air conditioning system etc. We setup a

resource per MW module production through sustainable use

strict maintenance scheme to clean RO membrane to increase DI

of water resource. Solar module production consumes a lot of(De-ionized) water yield. With business expanding, total amountwater. To carry out water conservation management, we setup

of water consumption is in increasing trend. But as we continue

water saving goals for each workshops and implemented various

to develop and implement water conservation projects, our waterof water saving projects, such as reuse of RO (Reverse Osmosis)

use efficiency continues to increase.

Water Consumption

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Water Consumption (million m3)

5.338

5.418

8.043

9.703

8.919

spare no efforts to fulfill our commitment to all stakeholders,
and will always concern for human beings and the sustainable
development of the earth. Green manufacturing andenvironmental protection has always been the lifeline of ourWater Consumption per MW Module Production(T/MW)

company. We implement green operations through rational use
of natural resources, adequate treatment of wastewater and air
emission, waste recycling, and other environmental promotion
1987

activities.

1885

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Beautifying China - Trina Solar is a Practitioner
2014

2015

Type

Reuse of RO
Rejected Water/

The day on 5 June each year is the World Environment
Day. People all over the world express their longing for andpursuit of a beautiful environment on the day.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the themefor 2018 World Environment Day: “Beautifying China, I ama practitioner”, aiming to promote the public participationin nurturing of ecological civilization, and work together
to build China with blue sky, green earth and clean water.
As an advocate and a practitioner of green development,
Trina Solar is committed to providing clean energy products
and using energy and natural resources efficiently andresponsibly. We advocate green sustainable production anddo our utmost to contribute to the beautiful vision of “Clean
Water & Green Mountains”.

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On June 2 , 2018, Eco-Environmental Protection Seminar,organized by Changzhou Eco-Environment Bureau – Hightech Division, was held in the Dinosaur City Theater (Phase 5).
Zhenxiang Zhao, Environmental Protection Director of Trina
Solar, was invited to attend the seminar. Mr. Zhao sharedenvironment management experience with thousandsof participants, including Trina Solar’s EHS management
system, clean energy generation, pollution control facilities
and sustainable supply chain etc.
Trina Solar always adheres to the sustainable development
concept, respects nature, and protects nature. We protect
eco-environment like protecting our eyes. We treat theeco- environment like our life. To build a beautiful China
together with community to have a blue sky, green earthand clean water, Trina Solar is a practitioner!

2017

1360

31.6

%

2018

A lot of ultra-pure water is needed in the wafering and solar cell manufacturing
processes. A lot of RO (Reverse Osmosis) rejected water is discharged from UPW(ultrapure water) plants. We collect those RO rejected water, and use it in those
processes where high water quality is not required, such as pre-cleaning, alkaline
cleaning, surface grinding, angle grinding in wafering workshops.

•

The Hubei plant uses 300 tons RO rejected water every day for wastewater station
dispensing, scrubber replenishment, landscaping, flushing and other things.

•

Trina Solar worked together with Wuxi Depple Water Investment to build a new water
recycling plant. The plant was built using advanced dual-membrane (ultrafiltration
and reverse osmosis) technology to treat industrial wastewater generated fromthe manufacturing process. The treated water was directed back to Trina Solar as
supplementary raw water supply. In the five years from 2014 to 2018, Trina Solarcollected a total of 1.511 million tons of industrial wastewater, and produced andreused 9.2 million tons of new-water (or recycled water). The water can meet theannual water consumption for 50,000 households in China.

Wastewater
Reuse

Others2016

1592

Measures Taken to Save Water from 2014 to 2018•thWater consumption decreased in 2018
compared to that of 2014•

Implementation of internal water recycle for wafer cleaning baths – water used in the
post-cleaning bath was diverted and reused in the pre-cleaning bath.

•

Collection of condensate water from the air conditioners and use it as supplementarywater supply for cooling tower and emission scrubber.

•

Circulating water of vacuum pump as supplement water for cooling tower in cellworkshop.

•

Collection and reuse of humidifying water for air conditioners in module workshop.

•

Regularly clean RO ( Reverse Osmosis) membrane so as to raise DI water yield andreduce RO rejected water.

Water Saved (million
tones/year)

1.57

1.80

0.15

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Biological Diversity Management

Waste Management
I nadequate waste management may not only cause soil
pollution and damage eco-balance, but also lead to waterpollution and air pollution. Trina Solar treats wastes as resources.
We segregate different wastes, and manage them based on

Stage

Wastewater Discharge
The wastewater from the manufacturing process which can't
be reused or recycled will be adequately treated by our internal
wastewater treatment plants prior to being discharged into themunicipal sewer for further treatment. There was no occurrenceof chemical leakage or wastewater limit-exceeding event since
our operations started.
As a company with a strong orientation towards social
responsibility, Trina Solar has been striving to lead the solar
energy sec tor in proac tively discover ing wastewater de nitrification and de -phosphorization technologies. After a
few years of experimental exploration, Trina Solar has finallydecided upon using the conventional technique-biochemical
nitration and de-nitrification technique to remove nitrogen and

PH Value of Effluent in 2018

phosphorus from wastewater. The manufacturing base of Trina
Solar is located in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, belonging to
the Lake Tai basin - one of the most developed areas in China.
To meet the stringent requirement of “zero” emission of nitrogenand phosphorus for projects within Taihu reserve regulated
in Jiangsu Provincial Ordinance of Lake Taihu Water Pollution
Prevention and Treatment, we have completed the wastewaterde-nitrification update project in West Campus, East Campus andNortheast Campus. We successfully used the organic matter fromwastewater generated in the wafer workshop as the necessary
carbon source. We also used the small amount of phosphoric acidgenerated in the diffusion process as the phosphate source forbiochemical nitration. Thereby, we achieved the goal of "treating
waste with waste", and lower down the environment impact.
500

9Thailand Vietnam
Plant
Plant

East Northeast Hubei Thailand Vietnam
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant
Plant
Plant

Total Nitrogen Concentration of Effluent in 2018 (mg/L)

Fluoride Concentration of Effluent in 2018 (mg/L)
20

40

16

32

12

24

8

16

4

8

0

0

East Northeast Hubei Thailand
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant
Plant

Vietnam
Plant

In order to meet the on-going stringent emission requirement,

Setup and implement a recycle scheme for resource wastes, such as carton boxes, paper, plastics, metal
scraps and woods.

Manufacturing•

Setup and implement an annual toxic waste disposal plan, and maintain a disposal inventory according toregulatory requirements.

•

Conduct environment awareness training for employees on waste minimization and segregation.

•

Use the recyclable materials for packaging. Under the condition of not being jeopardizing product safety,

A quarter of our time each week is spent in the office. We
believe that green office not only means minimizing theenvironmental impact of office activities, but also means
creating an environment beneficial to the physical and mental
health of employees so that they feel physically comfortable andare spiritually uplifted.

West
CampusEast
Northeast Thailand
Plant
Campus Campus

VietnamPlant

the plants in headquarters, Changzhou invested RMB 7.4 million
to upgrade the acidic scrubbers. Trina Solar engaged accredited
third parties to carry out annual monitoring of air emission fromour exhausts and scrubbers. Results show that air emission fromexhaust and scrubbers are well below the limits of local standard
and solar industrial standard .

NOx Concentrate in 2018 (mg/m3)

10

100

8

80

6

60

4

40

2

20
Vietnam
Plant

into fine detail of our work, to greatly reduce the impact ofoffice activities on the environment. We are gradually reducing
the use of hard copies of documents, and promoting the useof electronic documents. We established a video conference
system, thus reducing the carbon emission generated during
travels. We install a lamp switch for each cubicle to remind
employees to turn off desk lamp when they leave their cubicle.

Biological Diversity Management
How to balance between the economic

Fluoride Concentration in 2018 (mg/m3)

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resource waste and toxic waste, and manage them in different ways.
•

development and ecological protection has been
one of key issues many enterprises face. Trina
Solar always conduc ts environmental impac t

Trina Solar has built a range of scrubbers, such as acidic/caustic
scrubbers, organic scrubbers etc. to remove pollutants from air
emission according to relevant laws and regulations, to lower
down the concentration of emission and to avoid or lessen thehazards that arise from air pollution.

East Northeast Hubei Thailand
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant
Plant

Establish and implement Waste Management Procedure. Categorize different wastes into general waste,

We work to gradually incorporate the “green office” theme

Air Emission

0•Green Office

100
East
Northeast Hubei
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant

materials with less toxic or non-toxic materials.

Designning/

try to use light-weighted materials.

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0Take waste minimization into consideration at product design stage. Substitute or minimize those toxic

Packaging

2000Measures•

COD Concentration of Effluent in 2018 (mg/L)

400

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the principle of "3Rs" - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We adopt
the following measures to reduce the amount of waste frommanufacturing processes.

0East Northeast Hubei Thailand
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant
Plant

Vietnam
Plant

assessment (EIA) according to local requirements.
E I A i s to e va l u ate t h e p o s i t i ve a n d n e g at i ve
environmental impact when developing a new
project or constructing a new solar power plant.
We are committed to protecting the ecologicalenvironment and biodiversity of local communities.
To protect ecological environment, we build PV projects withoutchanging the original use of the land, such as PV plus agriculture, PV
plus fishery etc. while providing clean energy to local communities:•
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, thus achieving sustainableeconomic, ecological and social benefits.
•
Trina Solar successfully built a 5MW ‘PV plus agriculture’
project in Menghe, Changzhou. A shed is constructed for
ecological agriculture, where the roof is made of double-glass
PV modules for clean power generation. The double-glass PV
modules have strong permeability, thus keep the required
illumination for the growth of crops.
•
Trina Solar built a 51MW ‘PV plus agriculture’ project in thetea 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 tons.
Our plants always keep a section of the land so that it can be a homefor native plants and animals. Moreover, we always try to improvetheir living environment, and promote the evolution of biodiversity
at the project location by conducting environmental awarenessraising activities.
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Focus on Supply Chain
Trina Solar believes that every step of progress depends on thecooperation with, and support of the entire supply chain. A healthyand stable supply chain is the key to sustainable development of
Trina Solar. We integrate sustainable development into procurementbusiness and process, and take it as the basic line of choosing
supplier. We not only actively fulfill our social responsibilities, butalso urge our global suppliers and partners to shoulder their social
responsibilities as well, so as to lead the whole PV industry to asustainable future.

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Focus on Supply Chain• Sustainable Supply Chain• Conflict-free Minerals• Cooperation for Win-win Situation

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Sustainable Supply Chain
The effective supply-chain management can help us reduce risks, improve products quality, achieve
strategic objectives, enhance the overall performance of suppliers, and create commercial values
for ourselves and customers. We constantly focus on our suppliers' performance on corporate social
responsibility, and take it as the base line of choosing suppliers. We drive suppliers for continuous
improvement through supplier assessment, audit and capability-building. We strive to continuously
raise the overall performance of our suppliers and enhance their sustainability, so as to promote thesustainable development of the entire PV industry chain.

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Our supply chain covers more than 80 procurement items, including raw materials, auxiliary materials,
infrastructure, equipment, spare parts, packaging, logistics services, personal protective equipment, officesuppliers, certification services, etc. The purchase team in headquarters in Changzhou is responsible forpurchasing raw materials, auxiliary materials, infrastructure, equipment, installation and logistics services.
The purchase team in local plants purchases those low-priced consumables, such as spare parts, personal
protective equipment, office suppliers, etc..

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Care for Our Earth

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Sustainable Supply Chain

Care for Employees
Conflict-free Minerals

Contribution to Society

Appendix

Cooperation for Win-win Situation

Supplier Development
Trina Solar focuses on suppliers' sustainable development
capabilities. We continuously improve the overall
competitiveness of the supply chain through a comprehensive
supplier review and evaluation process, as well as the fullrange of supplier communications and interactions. We focus
on building a sustainable and win-win supply chain system. At
present, the main suppliers are divided into: potential suppliers,
potential qualified suppliers, and qualified suppliers.
Potential Supplier: a supplier who is able to produce or delivermaterials for Trina Solar but temporarily hasn’t obtained Trina

Solar’s recognition for its qualification and ability. The supplier
will be recorded into our potential supplier database. Trina Solar
will choose qualified supplier from that database and assess it
through questionnaire and formal on-site evaluation.
Potentially Qualified Supplier: a supplier who has obtained Trina
Solar’s recognition for its qualification/ability and is added to
Trina Solar’s procurement system.
Qualified Supplier: once a potentially qualified supplier passes
the assessment, it will be upgraded to qualified supplier.

Supplier Management
We implement ‘status’ management on suppliers. The status of
suppliers is divided into five states in the procurement system:
approval, R&D, abnormal quality, freezing, and elimination. We

to place a batch purchasing order.
•

only small order for trial.

can only issue bulk POs (purchase orders) to the suppliers with‘approval’ status, and POs in small quantities to the suppliers with

Supplier Development Procedure•

digital quality management system, which helped us manage••

Eliminated Supplier: with no deal for over two years orclassified as 'disqualified', the supplier will be eliminatedsuppliers make continuous improvements.
•

Frozen Supplier: with no deal for one year, the supplier will
be frozen and limited for any new orders.

all suppliers’ information, status and performance appraisal
effectively. We interacted online with suppliers to promote ourAbnormal Supplier: being disqualified more than threetimes, the supplier will be classified as 'abnormal'.

‘R&D’ status. We cannot issue POs to the suppliers with ‘abnormal
quality’, ‘freezing’, and ‘elimination’ status. We developed DQMS

Developing Supplier: in the process of development andfrom the supplier list.

Approved Supplier: being approved as a qualified supplierHigh Standards of Business Ethics
Trina Solar considers business ethics as a key criterion for theselection of suppliers. The integrity agreement is an essential part
We have established a standardized supplier development
process, which includes supplier survey, supplier assessment,
new parts/materials approval, qualified supplier approval etc..
The several related departments jointly discuss and decideon supplier selection, evaluation and elimination to ensure
fairness and transparency.
Supplier Sur vey : The procurement depar tment issues a‘ Vendor Assessment Form’ to the potential suppliers toevaluate their qualifications. The department completes theform by telephone call and on-site audit to assess whether the
potential suppliers satisfy Trina Solar’s requirements basedon the marks: 1) <60 marks, not meeting the development
requirements; 2) 60-70 marks, conditionally suppliers fordevelopment; 3) 71-80 marks, suppliers for development; 4)>80 marks, preferred supplier for development.
Supplier Assessment: Trina Solar has established detailed
assessment guidelines to evaluate suppliers. For those potential
suppliers that need on-site assessment, our procurement
department will review and assess their integrated abilities
in many aspects, such as quality management system, supply

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assurance ability, product performance and reliability, corporatesocial responsibility and business ethics, EHS management, newproduct development, cost, and technical support and sales
service. Based on the assessment results, we classify the potential
suppliers into four grades: Grade A (Acceptable), Grade B (Basically
acceptable), Grade C (Conditionally acceptable) and Grade D(Disqualified). Among them, suppliers of Grade C or above may
become our potentially qualified suppliers.
Approval of New Spare Par ts/Materials: Prior to formal
procurement, the new suppliers approval processes, including
sample evaluation, batch testing, and reliability verification
approval, need to be completed before they become qualified
suppliers for bulk purchases.
Approval of Qualified Suppliers: After the supplier passes the
sample evaluation, batch testing and reliability verification, theprocurement department will add it to the qualified supplier list,
and update the status of the qualified supplier according to theperiodic performance evaluation results.

of the contracts signed with our suppliers, which aims to promote

Ethics Compliance Hotline:

and maintain high standards of business ethics among our suppliers.

+86-519-85176933

The clause in business ethics requires that the supplier promise not

Anti-fraud Reporting Email:to bribe any person of Trina Solar in any way. Once any violation of

IA@trinasolar.com

the business ethics or laws and regulations is found, Trina Solar will
immediately terminate all cooperation with the supplier. The clause inbusiness ethics also provides suppliers with open complaint channels.
Once suppliers discover that Trina Solar employees have violated

Reporting Platform:
http://wb.trinasolar.com:8090/RCPFM/
Trinasolar/reportbusiness ethics, including bribery, extortion etc., they can report to
Trina Solar's Ethics and Compliance Department.

Management of Key Suppliers
Exerting an influence on key suppliers is an effective way to
improve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance.
Trina Solar formulated ‘Supplier CSR Management Procedures’to continuously strengthen communication with suppliers
by conducting CSR survey and on-site audit. The procedurerequires key suppliers to sign CSR commitments, so as tostrengthen communication and cooperation with them andstrive to establish a stable, honest and reliable supply chain.

and services are closely related to Trina Solar Sustainable
Development Goals as key suppliers, including:

Trina Solar evaluates suppliers risk and identifies risk levels
annually. Trina Solar categories the suppliers whose products•

Providing products and services related to our goal ofsustainable development, significant environment aspects
or major risks;•

Providing products containing substances being restricted
in use or liable to cause occupational diseases;•

Providing products, equipment and services with a great
effect on our energy performance.

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Sustainable Supply Chain

ChainsCSR Survey
on Key Suppliers

Key Suppliers’
CSR Commitment

Conflict-free Minerals

Supplier audit covers the followings:•
Business ethics: following ethical standards of fairness and honesty.
•
Health and safety: having valid health and safety licenses, providing employees with a healthy and safe
workplace, reducing accidents and injury as well as occupational health hazards.
•
Environmental protection: having valid environmental protection licenses, complying with all relevant
environmental protection requirements, and adopting environmentally responsible manufacturing processes;•
Elimination of discrimination: maintaining a workplace without discrimination, physical or verbal harassment.
•
Prohibition of child labor, forced labor and labor abuse: prohibiting corporal punishment and forced labor,
including use of prisoner labor, indentured labor, bonded labor, military labor or slave labor.
•
Free association and collective negotiation: respecting employees’ rights for joining, organizing or not joining
labor unions.

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Good corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance is an important criterion for our selection of
suppliers. Trina Solar conducts a comprehensive CSR survey on all newly-introduced key suppliers, which
includes assessment of their performance in safeguarding workers' rights and interests, environmental
impact, workers' safety, health and welfare, business integrity, and legal compliance etc.. The suppliers who
fail to meet entry standards in CSR will not be qualified as our qualified suppliers.
We expect our suppliers to incorporate labor standards, environmental protection, occupational health and safety
and business ethics etc. into their management systems. In order to ensure that our suppliers adhere to Trina Solar’s
principles and values, we request each of the key newly-introduced suppliers to sign a Supplier CSR Commitment,
which stipulates that suppliers must pursue integrity management, create safe and healthy working conditions forworkers, adopt fair employment and give due dignity and respect to workers.

Contribution to Society

Suppliers Evaluation Results

Content

We believe that periodic audit is an effective approach to promote suppliers' self-management. We carry out on-site
audit on our key suppliers on a regular basis via document review, site inspection and employee interviews. In caseof any problem encountered, we request the supplier to rectify it within a reasonable time frame. In case of a major
non-conformity during audit, Trina Solar will request the supplier to take corrective actions within a time frame. The
supplier is also required to establish its management system and procedure to prevent the similar non-conformity
from happening again. In case that the supplier fails to fulfil our requirements, we may reduce the purchasing
volume gradually or even disqualify the supplier permanently.
CSR Audits for
Key Suppliers

Care for Employees

2017

115

10
Five-star

19

Four-star3

1

Three-star

20
Two-star00One-star

Supplier Quality Training

Trina Solar has been organizing quality training for suppliers
every year since 2013, including the topics of QC Seven Tools,
8D, Measurement System Analysis, Lean Six Sigma etc.. From2013 to 2018, about 360 people from Trina Solar's suppliers
participated in the training and obtained the certificate
issued by Trina Solar. In addition, we organized Trina Solar
Cup - Supplier Improvement Project Competition annually
to push suppliers for continuous quality improvement, cost

reduction, result sharing, and excellent quality products
creating. During the period from 2016 to 2018, we had 54
improvement projects from 50 suppliers participating in
the competition. Among them, 14 improvement projects
submitted by 14 suppliers were received in 2018, and the
project of “Reducing the Poor Appearance of PV Module
Back-sheet” submitted by Zhongtian PV Materials Co., Ltd.
won the first prize for its significant improvement.

Matured Supplier Management System

Suppliers’ Performance Evaluation
Trina Solar established a ‘Management Regulation for Supply

gradually enhanced the suppliers’ performance in all aspects.

Chain Business Performance Evaluation’, which evaluated the

We regularly conducted supplier training, counseling andsuppliers’ performance in terms of quality, cost, delivery, service,improvement programs to improve the suppliers' capabilities.

innovation etc.. The suppliers were periodically evaluated based

For suppliers with lower stars, we focused on communicationon their risk levels, including monthly evaluation, quarterly

and counseling to encourage improvement. For the suppliers

evaluation or random evaluation. Based on the results of thehaving no improvement for a long time, we gradually reduced

evaluation, we divided the suppliers into categories of five-star,

the purchase volume, froze the procurement, or up to disqualifyfour-star, three-star, two-star and one-star, which represented

them.

excellent, good, general, pending improvement and disqualified
suppliers respectively. We awarded suppliers the Annual
Excellent Supplier Award, Quality Excellence Award, Technology
Innovation Award etc. based on their annual per formance
evaluation, so that we turned one -way guidance into theactive two-way collaboration and communication. Thus we

In 2018, we added intellectual property (IP) clauses in thecompany's standard contract template to enhance the supplier's
IP protection awareness and improve their IP protection
management skill.

We developed DQMS digital quality management system
in 2017, which helped us manage all suppliers’ information,
status and performance appraisal effectively. We interacted
online with suppliers to improve communication. We
developed SRM Supplier Management System in 2018,
which covered management modules such as supplierdevelopment, purchase requisition, contract signing, reconciliation, payment, supplier status, etc.. The overall
efficiency was improved significantly.
•

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Improve procurement strategy: access to supplierperformance data, improve supply quality, and reduce
procurement risk;•

Reduce cycle time: automate Request for Proposal(RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) processes toaccelerate procurement execution through online
approval;•

Reduce procurement cost: consolidate the needs ofmultiple BU (Business Units), obtain preferential prices
through competitive quotations, and reduce overallprocurement cost.

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Sustainable Supply Chain

Care for Employees
Conflict-free Minerals

Contribution to Society

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Cooperation for Win-win Situation

Clean Solar Energy Development in Africa
The 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held in
September 2019. Rongfang Yin, Executive Vice-President of Trina Solar and Boca,
Senior Representative of Beijing Office, African Trade Center signed "Trina Solar African Trade Center Strategic Alliance Agreement". The two parties were committed
to establishing a long-term relationship to jointly develop and utilize the cleansolar energy in Africa. By taking advantage of Trina Solar’s brand, technology andglobalization, Trina Solar will provide African customers with competitive products,
solutions and high-quality services to meet the needs of customers in African
market. African Trade Center will use Trina Solar as its primary partner in PV-related
project development and provide local resources support. The two parties will also
explore potential investment opportunities in the fields of PV + solutions, energy
storage, smart energy and energy IoT etc., aiming to jointly promote the applicationand development of low-carbon, green and clean solar energy in Africa.

2018 Trina Solar Supplier Conference

Conflict-free Minerals“Conflict minerals” refer to metallic minerals, such as tin, tantalum,
tungsten, gold and cobalt exploited from Democratic Republicof Congo and surrounding nations, which may produce serious
problems regarding human rights and environment during exploit
and sales. Trina Solar has put its policy, systems and processes
in place to ensure that its supply chains are conflict-free. We arecommitted to sourcing only materials from environmentally andsocially responsible suppliers. We highly focus on conflict minerals
and work diligently with suppliers to promote sustainable
development by way of ethical sourcing. The copper strips, coatedwith tin, are used in the production process of PV modules. We

have proactively taken actions since we realized that there is apossibility of conflict:•

Formulate formal conflict mineral management policy;•

Establish management system and conduct conflict mineralsurvey for supply chain;•

Organize conflict mineral training for key suppliers;•

Inquire all suppliers to sign formal agreement to promise
no conflic t mineral in their produc ts, and deliver therequirement to downstream suppliers.

Cooperation for Win-win Situation
Tr i n a S o l a r n o t o n l y p a y s a t t e n t i o n t o i t s o w n g r e e n

Solar is committed to working with global partners to gather

development, but also takes initiative to convey its vision andideas and contribute inspiration and innovative solutions for thegoal of sustainable development to its global partners. Trinasustainable development of the photovoltaic industry.

Joint Development of Energy Micro-grid with CM-IoT and Haibin GroupIn June 2018, together with CM-IoT, Haibin Group in
Jiangsu, Trina Solar signed a tripartite strategic cooperationagreement in Trina Solar headquarters in Changzhou. Jifan
Gao, Chairman of Trina Solar, Xingxiang Xu, Chairman of
Jiangsu Haibin , Xiaoyu Qi, President of CM-IoT., and Yongjun
Xu, Dean of Jiangsu Low-carbon Research Institute, attended
the signing ceremony. Through the strategic cooperation,
we achieved synergy in the five areas including incremental

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distribution network project, energy service, energy storage,
thermo-electricity generation and energy IoT. Combinedwith the local resource endowments, we built energy IoT
demonstration projects. We are committed to being aleader in the aspects of energy IoT planning, science andtechnology park construction, energy cloud platform andenergy IoT solutions.

The 2018 Trina Solar Supplier Conference was held in Changzhou with the theme of “Connecting, Sharing, Wisdom - Building a
New Dream Chapter”. More than 320 representatives from all over the world attended the conference. Jifan Gan, Chairman & CEO
of Trina Solar, attended the conference and made a keynote speech. Mr. Gao shared participants with PV industry trend, Trina
Solar development history and its concept of “Co-creation, Sharing, Partnership, and Win-win together”. He emphasized that
Trina Solar always adhered to the principle of “Technology Co-creation, Information Sharing, Supply and Demand Matching, andQuality Leading”, and stuck to transparency, visualization, digitization, standardization, and multi-dimensional collaboration withall suppliers.Mr. Gao called for working together to create a sharing platform, so as to to become a market leader and achieve awin-win goal. The Conference established two awards, Joint Innovation Award and Long-Term Strategic Cooperation ExcellenceAward, which recognized those suppliers who had achieved joint-innovation with Trina Solar in 2018 and had a long-term
strategic cooperation.
With the advent of the PV grid-parity around the world, Trina Solar strives to build energy innovation platform to be in line withnational innovation needs and green development trends. Trina Solar is committed to becoming the world's leading energy
IoT company. Looking ahead, Trina Solar is looking forward to cooperating with all suppliers and friends to develop a win-win
situation!

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Care for Employees

Employees are essential force for pushing forward Trina Solar’s sustainable
development. We believe that it depends on every employee’s support anddedication to achieve our mission and vision. Therefore, we are committed toproviding our employees with safe and healthy working conditions. We also
provide highly professional training, a competitive salary and benefit package,and open communication channels for our employees, hoping to stimulate
their enthusiasm and to create a win-win future between the company and theemployees.

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Care for Employees - Promote
Harmonious Growth• Talent Sustainable Management• Employees' Rights• Employees' Development• Listen to Employees• Employees' Health• Employees' Occupational Health and
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Talent Sustainable Management

Care for Employees

Employees' Rights

Employees' Development

Appendix

Contribution to Society
Listen to Employees

Employees' Health

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Talent Sustainable Management
Trina Solar treats talents as the driving

through Internet and campus-oriented

p r o p o r t i o n o f fe m a l e e m p l o y e e s i nforce for sustainable innovation. We focus

channels. Moreover, we cooperate with

Trina Solar remains quite stable during

on employees’ personal development

domestic and overseas colleges, establish

the past several years. In 2018, we haveand has formulated a sustainable talent

professional training courses, and

4 , 9 6 4 fe m a l e e m p l oye e s, o cc u py i n gcultivating strategy. We attract and retainorganize Trina Solar exclusive job fairs.

36.3% of the total. While facilitating

outstanding talents through reasonable

Our employees can really be regarded as

the diversification of our staff, we arep e r fo r m a n ce e va l u at i o n , s ys te m at i ca mini-UN.

also actively promoting the localization

training, competitive salaries andincentive mechanisms. Trina Solar makes
ever y effor t to offer an international
platform for our employees to become
comprehensive management talents.

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As of the end of 2018, Trina Solar had atotal of 13,679 staff from 40 countries
a n d r e g i o n s a r o u n d t h e w o r l d . We
strictly adhere to relevant international
conventions, local laws and regulations,

In order to meet the increasing demand

to ensure gender equality and prohibit

for talents, we recruit employees

employment discrimination. Theof employment, which widens ourknowledge of local culture, and provides
more working chances for local people as

Area

Male

FemaleAmerica26

17Europe85

22

Asia Pacific, Middle
East & Afica

864

1,213

China

7,740

3,712

34.7%

34.3%

2014

2015

36.8%

35.3%

36.1%

2016

2017

2018

0

well. As of end of 2018, Trina Solar hireda total of 2,227 overseas employees work

Proportion of Female Employees
100%

Total

8,715

4,964

locally.

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Employees' Development

Contribution to Society
Listen to Employees

Employees' HealthAppendix
Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Establishment of Trina University
In April 2018, Trina University was officially established. The unveiling ceremony was held at
the headquarters of Trina Solar in Changzhou. Shaoyang, the chief human resources officerof Trina Solar, presided over the opening ceremony and introduced the background andplanning of Trina University to all attendees. Headquartered in Changzhou, China, Trina
University has 10 different types of professional classrooms and open spaces in order to meetdifferent learning and communication needs. Trina University has six colleges: Leadership
Institute, Business School, Photovoltaic Institute, Future College, Energy IoT Academy,
and International College. Based on the orientation of “strategic landing, performance
improvement, capacity development and cultural construction”, and taken “active in learning,brave in practice, good at summarizing and willing to share” as the learning culture, Trina
University is committed to becoming a first-class enterprise university , and providing talentcultivation and empowerment services for Trina Solar, its partners and customers.

Employees' Rights
Trina Solar supports the UN Global Compact, and strictly adheres to international conventions on human rights and labor standards, aswell as local labor laws and regulations. We protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees according to law.
•With the globalization of business, we learn local requirements about work time, holidays and social security systems to ensurecompliance with international conventions on human rights and labor standards and to be an attractive and legitimate employer.

Methods

We respect employees’ rights to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining and establish labor union organizations

Descriptions•

To build a better learning platform to support employees’ development, Trina Solar
has cooperated with Changzhou Library to jointly open a library with a collection ofover 20,000 books. The library shares the same management system as the one used in
Changzhou Library. The readers can borrow books from and return books to either one.

•The library regularly organizes reading and sharing activities to foster employees' interestin reading and learning.

in every plant at home and abroad.
•

Comply with local laws in the region where our factories or offices are located. Child labor is strictly forbidden. Men and women

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enjoy equality in the workplace. Resolutely eliminate forced labor in the production or service provision process. There has been no
occurrence of forced labor event in Trina Solar’s operation process.
•We formulate the regulation of ‘Management of Paid Leave’ to allow employees take paid vacation. We provide all employees with

There are six sub-colleges:

pensions, insurance for work-related injuries, unemployment, medical care, maternity and housing provident funds. Company•

Leadership Institute: being oriented to the leadership development for internal
employees;•

Photovoltaic Institute: serving the popularization of photovoltaic system knowledge andtechnology;•

Energy IoT Academy: aiming to help Trina 3.0 target;•

Business School: offering a curriculum for general management courses;•

Future College: focusing on cutting-edge science and technology applications;•International College: being a learning and communication platforms for overseas
employees.

benefits also include birthday cake vouchers, health days, cash gifts for weddings, accident insurance and medical hospitalization
subsidies. We have formulated sound compensation policy to ensure that our employees' compensation is higher than the lowest
level of the regions our plants/offices located in.
•

Trina University

Adhere to the fair and equal recruitment policy to promote good relations between employer and employee. Trina Solar will neverinterfere with employees’ freedom of belief or discriminate any employee in terms of nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, age,disability or marital status. Till now, no discrimination incidents related to gender and health status happened in Trina Solar.

Employees' Development
Employees’ passion and contribution is aninexhaustible source for the success of Trina Solar.
We focus on our employees’ personal growthand development and treasure the effor ts

made by them. We provide training courses andsetup awards to encourage employees to make
improvements and obtain common developmentswith the company.

Training and Education

To help new employees adapt the company's corporate culture and start their career quickly, we
provide them with a two-day’s intensified training, which covers company and product introduction,
environment, health and safety, corporate culture, and ethical compliance.
In 2018, the total training hours is 131,372 hours, covering the following training contents:

Face-to-face Training•

Echelon Talents and Starlight Cradle Training Program Course;•

Training in stress and mood management, EQ management, effective communication, andsoftware applications etc.;

Training and education can help employees grow and realize

a n d s k i l l s tra i n i n g fo r i nte r n a l e mpl oye e s, d i s tr i b utor s,

their own value. Hence, Trina Solar continuously increases

suppliers, etc., and fully support the capacity improvement and•Cutting-edge technology learning courses related to Energy IoT;

investment in training, education and culture cultivation toorganizational culture of employees and partners. In April 2018,•

Empowering team leadership and new manager growth courses.

provide a strong career support system for our employees. We

Trina Solar won the “2017 China Talent Development Elite Award

hope that they can make further progress in their daily work.

– Best Learning Project Award” at the 14 th China Enterprise

We have established a mature training system, including
training regulations, courses, lecturers, etc.. In 2015, theLeadership Institute was established, which aims to develop andimplement learning programs for senior and middle managers
in the company, as well as build a management team withinternational operation capability. In 2018, we established Trina
University to provide industry or occupation-related knowledge

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New Employee Training

In 2016, the UMU Interactive Learning Platform of Trina Solar was launched to meet thelearning needs of employees in a simpler, more convenient and more efficient way throughvarious micro-courses. The key online learning projects in 2018 are as follows:

Training and Development Annual Conference, which is a fullrecognition of Trina Solar's learning development and training•

Cutting-edge technology courses such as artificial intelligence and big data•

Learning programs of various specialized technical courses in units of value groups

Value Case Award” by the Human Resources Intelligence Society•

Online learning and sharing activities in units of value groups and leadership projects(HREC) for its practice case of “Construction of Strategic Talent•

As of end of 2018, there were more than 1000 UMU online courses and 36,439 people
participated in the training.

empowerment work. In July 2018, Trina Solar was awarded
with the “2018 China Learning and Development Value Award –Cultivation System in Era 3.0”.

UMU Interactive Learning Platform

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Development and Motivation
To attract, retain and motivate employees, Trina Solar has
established an effective performance management mechanism.
Employees are required to set personal development plan
(PDP) every half year, and their leaders will evaluate and rate
their per formances. PDP is composed of three aspects ofappraisal, including business objectives and key tasks, employee
management objectives, and personal development goals toachieve balance among individual growth, team development
and organizational goals.

We set objectives for management staff and leaders throughperformance management. Employees who enter the company
can make their choices to take a technical or a managerial
position for career development. Tr ina S olar will award
and encourage excellent employees and teams every year.
Employees with outstanding performance will be promoted
according to the company’s regulations. Trina Solar helps its
employees to achieve individual values and keep same pace ofdevelopment with the company.

Employees' Development

Employees with sound physical and mental healthwill have a higher wor k enthusiasm and wor k
efficiency. Trina Solar continuously pays attention
to employees’ mental and physical health. We strive
to create an efficient, relaxed and caring work
environment for our employees, and help themmake a good balance between work and life, so as toimprove their work performance and quality of life.

Description

Excellent Employee

Employees who have a strong sense of responsibility and outstanding performance will be awarded.
In 2018, 535 employees were awarded as department-level excellent employees. 90 employees wereawarded as company-level excellent employees, including 10 employees as Excellent Contribution
Award, 12 employees as Best Business Development Award, 28 employees as Unique Originality
Award, 34 employees as Best Synergy Award and 6 employees as Best Growth Newcomer Award.

Excellent Team Award

Teams with excellent performances will be awarded. In 2018, 15 teams were awarded with Excellent
Team Award.

Model Worker Award

Set up awards for employees who have outstanding performances in work, reasonableproposals, cost reduction, resources conservation, environmental protection and safe
production. In 2018, 21 employees were awarded with the title of 'Model Worker'.

Relaxing and Efficient Work Atmosphere

Outstanding Female Employee Award

Set up awards for dedicated female employees who work in production, scientific research andhave good professional ethics. In 2018, 21 female employees were awarded with Outstanding
Female Employee Award.

We believe that creating a good work atmosphere can help
employees balance their work and life. Employees can relieve theirstress by participating in various kinds of cultural activities, andpromote their professionalism, dedication and work enjoyment.

We value the communication and par ticipation of
employees, and encourage them to join the Labor Union.
We have established a variety of efficient and transparent
communication channels within the company to build
multi-channel and multi-level employee communication,s o a s to p ro m o te c u l t u re co n s t r u c t i o n a n d a l l ow
employees to fully exercise their democratic rights as a

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real member of the company.
We respond to the questions raised by employees and try
to resolve them promptly. For the problems that cannot be
resolved temporarily, we will acknowledge the problems
and admit that the company will try to find a way to address
them, so as to win employees’ recognition and forgiveness.

Contents•

Enterprise Wechat can effectively support internal communication, communication, collaborationand file sharing among employees, improve work efficiency and promote communication andcollaboration.

•

Enterprise Wechat can timely release company news, events, training, work processes, excellent
deeds of outstanding employees, etc. to all employees of Trina Solar.

Enterprise Wechat

Staff Communication
Meeting

Organizing internal communication activities between new employees and old employees, newemployees and excellent employees, and communication between team leader and other staff, so as toestablish exchange platform, understand employee voices and promote corporate culture.

Vulnerable Group
Meeting

Caring for the company's vulnerable employees, such as organizing communication activities for deaf
employees and minority employees. Bringing the warmth and care for the vulnerable group.

HR Hotline

Through the HR hotline, employees can consult issues like company activities, policies, salaries andbenefits, workplace environment, safety and health, etc.

'Lync' Communication
Platform

Employees worldwide can use ‘Lync’ internal communication platform to identify issues in their daily
work, so as to enhance work efficiency.

Contribution to Society
Listen to Employees

Employees' HealthAppendix
Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Employees' Health

Rewards

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Employees' Rights

Care for Employees

We have established an internal clinic to provide the employeeswith medical and health counseling services. We regularly organize
health examination for employees and annual health checkup forfemale employees to show our caring for them. We also provide
free traditional acupuncture therapy for employees. In brief, we do
our utmost to create a healthy, safe and comfortable workplace forall employees and help them improve their work performance andquality of life.

Trina Solar has many sports clubs such as football, basketball,badminton, table tennis, swimming, fishing, etc. We organize
sports competitions every year according to employees’ interests.
For example, we held basketball league games for consecutive
10 years, badminton games for consecutive 9 years, tug-of-war

In 2017, Trina Solar launched a wonderful welfare platform based on
its existing flexible welfare program. Employees can choose their own
welfare items for themselves and their families according to their own
needs, such as telephone-doctor, physical examination, critical illness
insurance, accident insurance and other self-paying programs, tomeet their different hearth-care needs. Employees are given their own
decision-making rights to guarantee their welfare so that they canfully be engaged in enjoyment of work and life.
In order to facilitate relationships between parents and children,
Trina Solar persists in conducting parents-children activities
to benefit children's physical and mental health, such as Trina
children summer camp, art training class, painting and calligraphy
show, parent-child reading club, mother's day activities, etc. The
activities are both fun and entertaining. The activities not only
help promote emotional communication between parents andchildren, but also allow employees pay more attention to theirchildren’s healthy growth.

events for 8 years, Ping-Pong matches for 7 years, and snooker
competitions and marathon for 5 years.
In order to popularize local cultures and enrich employees’ cultural
life outside of work, we prepare various activities to celebrate local
traditional festivals. Moreover, we also have reading clubs, Taichi classes, and Yoga classes and flower arrangement classes forfemale employees. The relaxing, soft movements can help people
calm down amidst the hustle and bustle of life, cultivating theirminds and making them more confident in their work and life.

Awarded with "China’s Most Healthy Employee Award” in the “2018 Asia's Best Workplace” competition
In December 2018, Asia's Best Workplace (China Mainland) Awards Ceremony
was held in Shanghai, and Trina Solar was awarded with "China’s Most Healthy
Employee Award” in the “2018 Asia's Best Workplace” competition by AIA China,
Peking University and China's leading human resources media HRoot. This
professional selection campaign is dedicated to promoting the work philosophyof “Healthy and Long-Term Life”, helping enterprises monitor the health statusof employees, building healthy organizations and improving the sustainable
development of enterprises.
Trina Solar always pays attention to employees’ health and regards employees’
health as one of the most important assets of the company. Shaoyang, the CHOof Trina Solar, said that Trina Solar always pays close attention to the physicaland mental health of employees while introducing excellent talents fromall over the world, strives to create a good cultural atmosphere, and createsa vibrant and future-oriented organization that leads the industry throughorganizational strategy and talent strategy.

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Employees' Development

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Contribution to Society
Listen to Employees

Employees' Health

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Trina Solar's Total Recordable Rate (TRR)

We have set established a medium-term OH&S goal of a 15%
reduction in the Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRR) in 2020

0.81

compared to that in 2015. Continuous improvement in OH&S

1.02
0.72

0.68

performance is an integral part of our operations. TRR in 2017

0.72

decreased by 5.6% compared to that in 2015. The company's
TRR slightly increased in 2018 due to equipment automationtransformation.

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Note: Total Recordable Rate (TRR ) is calculated by multiplying the sum of dangerous occurrence, lost time injuries (LTIs), fatalities (Fs),
restricted work injuries (RWs) for employees for the reporting period by 106 and dividing by the total working hours in that period (H).

ChainsDesigning and Construction of Plants/

Measures•

Carry out OH&S assessment, assess the potential impact on employees’ OH&S and thecommunities, and ensure establishment of adequate OH&S protection facilities;•

Safety and occupational health facilities are designed, constructed and put into use
simultaneously with the main part of a construction project.

•

Only safe process and materials with no or low occupational hazards are used.

•

•
•
•

Identify hazards of every work process, and take protective measures according to therisk levels;
Compile work instructions for each post, improve and implement the responsibility
system of safety and occupational health, and promote safety per formancecontinuously;
Ensure sufficient investment in safe production and occupational health to protect
employees' occupational health;
Provide occupational health and safety training for employees;
Conduct emergency evacuation drills;
Promote employees' safety awareness and cultivate safety culture.

•

Utilize recycled and non-toxic package materials to ensure customers' safety.

Research & Development

Employees’ Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S)
The employees’ safety and health is the foundation of
our business. We integrate occupational health andsafety (OH&S) management requirements into every
aspect of the company's operation management.
We are committed to creating a safe, healthy and•environmentally-friendly workplace for our employees,
helping them enjoy a better quality of life, andallowing them grow and develop together with Trina
Solar.

•
Manufacturing

OH&S Management System
We b e l i e ve t h a t a s o u n d O H & S m a n a g e m e n t s y s t e m c a n

While providing clean energy products to the world, Trina Solarcontinuously help us improve OH&S performance. Most of ouris committed to creating a safe, healthy and environmentally-

manufacturing plants, both domestic and overseas plants,

friendly workplace for its employees. Employees are our greatest

have established OH&S Management System – OHSAS 18001.

asset. We have put a EHS management procedure in place to

We implement OH&S improvement programs in every stage,ensure that all incidents/accidents occurring in the factories or

including plant design, construction, research and development,

BUs are invested and communicated promptly. The effective andmanufacturing and packaging. We do our utmost to protect thepractical remedial measures are taken to prevent recurrence. The

health and safety of our employees, contractors, customers andresponsible managers are liable for any serious accidents occurred,

other stakeholders.

so as to promote their self-management and self-improvement.

No.

Plant

OH&S Management System

No.

Plant

OH&S Management System

1

Plants in Changzhou
Headquarters

Yes

5

Heifei Plant

Yes

2

Changzhou Trina
Yabang Plant

Yes

6

Energy Storage
Solution Plant

Yes

3

Yancheng Plant

Yes

7

Thailand Plant

Yes

4

Hubei Plant

Yes

8

Vietnam Plant

Yes

Packaging

Granted Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Gold Award for Two Consecutive Years
Headquartered in Paris, EcoVadis is a world-renowned independent
third-party assessment agency. EcoVadis has been operating aplatform to provide sustainability ratings for global supply chainssince 2007. The platform delivers simple and reliable scorecards tomonitor supplier practices, covering 150 purchasing categories,
110 countries, and 21 CSR indicators in four themes: environment
protection, labour practices, fair Business practices and sustainableprocurement.
Due to its outstanding performance in environmental protection,
labor practices, fair business practices, and sustainable procurement,
Trina Solar was granted with Global Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) Gold Award in Ecovadis CSR assessment in two consecutive
years of 2017 and 2018. The achievement of being granted with
Global Gold Award for two consecutive years from EcoVadis fully
affirms Trina Solar’s contributions and long-term commitments topromoting sustainable development as a responsible corporate
citizen.

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Tr i n a S o l a r i s d e d i c a t e d t o p ro v i d i n g a s a fe
and healthy work place for all employees andcontractors. Our goal is to continuously reduce
work-related injuries in the workplace throughhazard identification and risk control, and makeefforts to improve OH&S performance.
Trina Solar proactively conducts risk assessments in relation to
the health and safety risks posed to any person who may beaffected by his undertaking in our workplace. A procedure has
been established and implemented to systematically identify
the hazards and assess the risks related to manufacturing
activities, products and services. Risk control strategies havebeen implemented, focusing on elimination/replacement,
engineering measures, administrative measures and personal
protective equipment controls. Trina Solar maintains an active
emergency response plan. The plan is to ensure, to the best of
our abilities, that the site facilities are maintained and operated
in a safe way.

EHS Knowledge Quiz

Emergency Drill – Fire
Evacuation & ConfinedSpace Operation•

Together with Changzhou Xinbei Safety Supervision Bureau, Changzhou Xinbei Fire Brigade,
Trina Solar conducted fire emergency and evacuation drill and confined space operation drill.
The drills familiarized employees with the response procedure in event of an emergency, andassesse the preparedness of ERT (Emergency Response Team) members and employees.

•

Professional first-aid doctors were invited to give lectures on first-aid methods like CPR(cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to improve our ERT members' emergency response abilities. 40
ERT members received the Primary First-aid Certificate issued by the Changzhou Red Cross in
2018.

•

EHS Department conducted an environmental survey to the surrounding residents of the factory.
The purpose of the survey is to seek for the opinions and views from the surrounding residents
on Trina Solar’s operations. In 2018, there were 150 residents surveyed. 85% of the residents werein favor of this kind of the environmental survey. 87% of the residents had a positive feedback
towards the development of Trina Solar.

First-aid Lecture

Public Environmental
Satisfaction Survey

Each employee visited EHS exhibits placed in the canteen, and then answered the quiz either
in hard-copy or electronic form. The content of quiz covered chemical safety, electricity safety,
occupational health, fire safety, traffic safety and so on. There were a total of 1,858 employees
participated in the program.

Risk Control

•

•

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Fire Emergency and Evacuation Drill: The drill simulated a fire emergency occurred at workshop corridor, which led toa plant-wide evacuation. The drill accessed the effectiveness of fire emergency response plan. Together with external
professional team, the drill improved the cooperation and emergency response capabilities of ERT members, employees
and external fire brigade.
Confined Space Operation Drill: One of two technicians was suffocated due to insufficient ventilation while repairing
scraper in wastewater treatment pond. An emergency case was activated to assess ERT members on their roles,
responsibilities and abilities as defined in emergency response plan. The drill also assessed the preparedness of the teamfor prompt and effective response to the confined space rescue capabilities.

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety•

Safety Inspection: Trina Solar has established the EHS Inspection and Management Procedure to assess thestrengths and weaknesses in the plant’s safety management system by the identification of unsafe acts andunsafe conditions. The procedure gives the notification of line management for appropriate, effective andprompt corrective actions to ensure that the potential safety hazards are eliminated and risk level are reduced.

•

Near-miss Reporting: Trina Solar adopts an open and effective reporting mechanism to encourage correct
behaviors, practices and processes in order to avoid the occurrence of accidents and personal injury. We
encourage all employees to report near misses they observe around them via different channels, such as EHS
reporting card, near miss reporting database in E-flow system, email and telephone notification etc.

•

Industrial Hygiene Monitoring: We carry out industrial hygiene monitoring each year based on legal requirements.
Engineering and administrative measures will be taken to ensure that employees are provided with a healthy work
environment.

•

Safe Production Responsibility Rule: According to the principle of 'Responsibility-oriented Management' and 'One
Post, Double Responsibilities', EHS Responsibility Agreement was signed to ensure Safe Production Responsibility
Scheme to be implemented in every location and every department.

•

EHS Training: We make EHS Trainings for employees, contractors and suppliers, such as New Employee Training, Onthe-job Training, Professional Safety Training (e.g. chemical safety, electricity safety, fire safety). The trainings help
employees and contractors understand the safety hazards, precautions and their safety responsibilities during thecourse of their work.

•

Hazardous Work Management: We set up a permit-to-work system to ensure the safety of contractors andemployees. This system requires employees and contractors to apply for an Area Work Permit prior to thecommencement of any work within Trina Solar premises. We strictly control activities that may cause major
injuries or losses, such as working at a height, hot work and confined-space work. The responsible person
for a project needs to complete a permit for such works, which shall be approved by relevant parties prior tocommencement of the work.
Chemical Management: We strictly adhere to all the applicable rules of not to use the prohibited or restrictedchemicals in the places where we operate. We formulated 'Chemical Management Procedure' to ensure theintroduction, purchase, storage, usage and discard of chemical are adequately supervised and the related risks arewell controlled.

••

EHS Management of Change (MOC): EHS Management of Change (MOC) is an essential building block tomaintain operation integrity and prevent serious EHS accident. Trina Solar set up a MOC procedure. An
evaluation should be conducted if the changes have a strong relation with those that may be harmful topeople, the environment, safety or quality of products.

•

Occupational Hazard Notification: We set up occupational hazard notice cards in workplace to allow employees toknow the possible occupational health hazards and the related protective measures, so as to improve employees’
self-protection awareness.

•

Occupational Health Examination: We arrange employees who are exposed to occupational hazards to haveoccupational health examinations every year. In case of occupational contraindication symptom, we promptly takecorrective measures, such as swap of positions.

•

Emergency Management Plan: In case of an emergency, the way how to response makes the difference between apositive and a negative outcome. We believe that effective contingency plans and periodic drills will play a crucialrole in stabilizing the situation upon emergency. Therefore, we have developed a comprehensive emergency
response plan, including fire emergency, chemical spill and burn, power outage, etc., to ensure that we are able topromptly and effectively respond to a variety of safety and environmental incidents. We also conduct emergency
drills regularly in each responsible area to ensure our emergency response plan can work well while improving ouremergency response preparedness. We regularly conduct fire evacuation drills together with local fire brigade toensure that our emergency plan are effective.
Medicare Green Channel: Trina Solar sets up Medicare Green-card Scheme with local hospitals in Changzhou
for our employees. Employees can receive immediate medical attention after showing their 'Medicare Green
Card'. Trina Solar will pay for medical expenses afterwards to make sure that employees receive timely
treatment.

Emergency Drills at Changzhou Headquarters

Together with Changzhou Xinbei Safety Supervision Bureau, Changzhou Xinbei Fire Brigade, Trina Solar conducted fire
emergency & evacuation drill and confined space operation drill in June 2018.

Employees' Health

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment: We have put Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Procedurein place to identify the hazards and assess the risks related to manufacturing activities, products and services.
Based on risk level determined, risks are categorized as major risks, medium risks and minor risks. Adequate
control measures are taken to ensure workplace safety.

Content•

Listen to Employees

Appendix•2018 Trina Solar Safety Promotion Month

Activity

Employees' Development

Contribution to Society

Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management

Risk Identification

We have been organizing Safety Promotion Month for 10 consecutive years to raise all employees’ EHS awareness. In June 2018,
we organized a series of promotion activities with the theme of “Life First, Safe Production”:

Employees' Rights

Care for Employees

Emergency
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Talent Sustainable Management

Employees' Rights

Care for Employees
Employees' Development

Contribution to Society
Listen to Employees

Employees' HealthAppendix
Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

EHS Committee

Safety Culture Development
Caring for employee’s work safety is one of the key performance

EHS committee meeting, annual EHS promotion month andindicators of our corporate culture. Trina Solar always sticks to

EHS training program etc., aiming to raise employee’s safety

the 'Safety First' principle. We persistently make our effort toawareness, improve employee’s safe behavior and promote thefoster a people-oriented culture. We have established various

corporate culture of 'Safety First'.

To promote and improve EHS management, we establish an EHS committee. The committee consists of representatives of boththe employees and the management from the department/ groups of production, equipment, technology, facility, EHS, HR,administration, labor union, etc. We hold the meeting on a monthly basis. All EHS issues are discussed and communicated duringcommunication channels and programs, including monthly

the EHS committee meeting:

Trina Solar Safety Promotion Activities•

Potential EHS hazards, risks and control measures;•

Updates of EHS laws and regulations;•

Proposal of correct work-flow and safe-work procedure;•

Review of EHS accidents and EHS performance indicators;•

Update and identification of the latest EHS risks, and formulation control measures;•

Formulating EHS objectives and future work plans;•

Safety management advice from Labor Union.

Traffic Safety on Daily Commute
Chemical Spillage Drill at
Headquarters in Changzhou

Chemical Emergency Drill at Vietnam

Fire Safety Training at Thailand Plant

We uphold the principle of 'People-oriented, Care for life' in our operations. Trina Solar not only cares for employee's safety at workplace,but also pay attention to traffic safety in daily commute. To minimize injuries and losses caused by traffic accidents on the way to andfrom work, we implemented a series of traffic safety improvement measures.

Fire Emergency and Evacuation
Drill at Thailand Plant

Training of SCBA gowning at
Hubei Plant
First-aid Training at Headquarters
in Changzhou

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Traffic Safety Management Procedure is established. The procedure defines the responsibilities in traffic safety management, andsummarizes the typical traffic safety violations, aiming to standardize employees’ driving behaviour in the factory and on the way toor from work;•

Invite traffic patrolmen to conduct traffic safety training session, and explain about the traffic situation, common traffic violations,correct driving habits, and how to handle a hit-and-run accident, etc.;•

Placing reflective strips for employees' motorcycles and electric bicycles to reduce the occurrence of night traffic accidents;•

Deploy volunteers to guide the vehicle drivers and cyclists to follow traffic rules at crossroads;•

Inspect driving licenses of motorcycles and electric vehicles regularly;•

Distribute road safety pamphlets to our employees and post traffic safety posters.

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Contribution to Society

Trina Solar fully takes our operation impact on the community into consideration andtakes effective measures to reduce the impact, so as to establish mutual trust with the05

community and win their support and respect. Trina Solar is devoted to promoting
economic and social development of local communities while expanding our business.
We consistently promote and implement public welfare programs and try to achieve
the goal of common prosperity with local communities. We work together with ourpartners to bring long-term benefits to local communities through investing in
education, promoting public welfare and implementing volunteer programs.

Contribution to Society Build a Beautiful Community• Education Support• Donations• Volunteer Programs

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Education Support

Care for Employees
DonationsContribution to Society

Appendix

Volunteer Programs

Donations
As a corporate citizen, Trina Solar actively engages
in public charity. Together with local communities,
we organize public welfare activities to build a safe,
harmonious and green community.

Education Support
Trina Solar constantly pays attention to educationo f l o c a l c o m m u n i t i e s . We m a k e i n v e s t m e n tclean energy. Upholding the tradition of repaying the society,innovative talents, so as to facilitate the sustainable

Trina Solar always support the development of social welfareYear

and the graduate entrepreneurial projects, aiming to be a

2014

Trina Solar donated 4 kilowatts photovoltaic modules to the hybrid power system Sun Star located at the mountaintop of
Signal Hill, Cape Town, South Africa, providing energies for local educational activities, movie projection, sports events,
exhibitions etc.

2015

Trina Solar donated RMB 2.5 million to Changzhou Honored Enterprise Promotion Association to set up the Trina Tongxin
Million Public Welfare Fund to support the filming of documentary of Mr. Liu Guojun, an outstanding Chinese entrepreneur
and a famous patriotic businessman.

2015

Trina Solar donated 213 pieces of PV modules to Japanese Asahi Welfare Association located in Hokuto, Yamanashiken,Japan.
The 54 kilowatts PV power station will not only bring earnings by selling electricity power but also improve the agricultural
facilities and reduce the association’s welfare budget.

2016

Trina Solar donated about 7 kilowatts solar modules to International Disaster Emergency Response Team (Team Rubicon)
to build an off-grid solar power system in the village of Lapubesi in the Gorkha area which was affected by a 7.8-magnitude
earthquake occurred in Nepal in 2015. The power system was established for the villagers' lighting and daily electricity. And
the British Prince Harry participated in the installation of modules personally.

2016

Trina Solar donated 10 ambulances, worth of RMB 700,000, to Fengning County, Hebei Province. The donation aims to
improve local emergency rescue ability in primary health care institutions.

2017

Trina Solar donated RMB 1 million to Poverty Alleviation and Development Office of Dongxiang Autonomous County in
Gansu Province for poverty alleviation.

2017

Trina Solar donated 30 kilowatts (KW) solar modules to Nagarjuna Institute in India to help carry out the construction ofsolar-powered parking shed.

2018

Trina Solar donated RMB 375,000 to the People's Government of Linxian County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province for theconstruction of a village-level PV power station.

2018

Trina Solar built a 600KW PV plus fishery poverty alleviation project in Xiaoshiqiao Village, Bieqiao Town, Liyang, Changzhou
City. The earnings of the power station would be used for poverty alleviation, which could provide reliable, stable and longterm poverty alleviation funds for local poor residents, so as to help them get rid of poverty as soon as possible.

2018

Trina Solar donated 5 sets of off-grid photovoltaic power generation systems to Pu Village, Tading Township, Xietongmen
County, Shigatse City. The average elevation of Pu Village is 4,400 meters, and some villagers live without electricity for along time. Off-grid photovoltaic power generation system will help herders to use home appliances, which could significantly
improve their living quality.

responsible and outstanding corporate citizen.

Education Support Projects during 2014-2018
Trina Solar united with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Brian D Robertson Memorial Solar Energy

2014

Donation Projects during 2014-2018environmental protection, popularization and application ofin education and promote the cultivation ofdevelopment of the society.

Year

As the global leading PV smart energy integrated solution
provider, Trina Solar will continue to actively promote education,

School Foundation (BDR Foundation) to donate a total of 11.2 kilowatt solar modules to Coral Academy of Sciences. It
provided 9% of the total energy of the school, and saved the school about 1,400 dollars in electricity every year. Coral
Academy of Sciences in Las Vegas is a school mainly focusing on education in the STEM fields.
Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship was founded by Trina Solar. The Fund donated RMB 10 million to China

2015

Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. By providing public training and entrepreneurship and employment assistancecourses, the Fund aims to help poor college students get a skill and start their businesses in emerging industries, so as tohelp their families in poverty-stricken areas in western China to achieve poverty alleviation.
Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship launched the first public PV training program for teachers, and rolled out two

2016

public PV training sessions in Xining, Qinhai Province and Wuwei, Gansu Province. We provide education support for poor
areas and help college students in western China to start their own business.

2017

2018

2018

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Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship held 2017 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Final Competition in Lanzhou.
12 teams from new energy major of six colleges in western China entered the final. The themes of submitted programs
covered new energy buildings, residential distributed solar power project, recycling and reuse of PV modules, and solar
energy applications.
The Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association and the Aide Foundation
jointly launched the “Siyuan Aimin Public Welfare Fund”, and Trina Solar donated RMB 900,000 to help carry out social
service work. “Siyuan Aimin Public Welfare Fund” was established by Trina Solar, Jiangsu Construction Engineering Group
Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Jinbai Construction Group, Hong Kong Ping An Group Co., Ltd., Youcheng Investment Group and otherenterprises with a total investment of more than RMB 4 million, which will be used for targeted poverty alleviation,
student assistance, disability support service, disaster relief, and medical assistance for serious illness, and other social
welfare projects.
Donated teaching and living materials worth of RMB 500,000, such as computer, school uniform, to the primary andsecondary School in Luojue Town, Jinyang County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

In 2018, Trina Solar donated RMB 375,000 to the People's
Government of Linxian County, Shanxi Province for the constructionof a village-level PV poverty alleviation power station, and built a
600KW “PV plus fishery” poverty alleviation project in Xiaoshiqiao
Village, Changzhou City. The power station project will help local
residents get rid of poverty as soon as possible.

Volunteer Programs
Trina Solar focuses on mutual development with its
local communities. We encourage our employees tovoluntarily participate in public welfare activities,
i . e. , ' l e f t- b e h i n d ' a n d i m p ove r i s h e d c h i l d re n
caring, vulnerable group helping, etc. Trina Solar
vigorously strengthens its volunteer fostering. We
actively involved in various community services andsustainable development projects, so as to inherit
the volunteer spirit of contribution, friendship,
mutual help and progress.

departments of Trina Solar. The volunteer team established a

Trina Solar established Tian’ai Volunteer Team in 2014. The teamwith a total donation amount of RMB 380,000. Among them, 55

consists of more than 40 volunteer members from various

students completed the nine-year compulsory education.

long-term voluntary cooperation with Tian'ai Autistic Children
Rehabilitation Center. They persist in helping children in Tian’ai
Rehabilitation Center with their study every week. They also
bring school suppliers and daily necessities to the children to
help them get out of autism.
Since 2009, the volunteers from Trina Solar have started tosubsidize the students whose families have financial problems
in Daibu Primary School and Hengjian Primary School in Liyang
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Care for Our EarthGRI Index
To enable stakeholders fully understand Trina Solar's social

discloses relevant information as the comprehensive disclosure

responsibility, 2018 Trina Solar Social Responsibility Reportplan based on GRI (Global Reporting Initiative).

Indicator
NumberDescription

StatusReport Section(s)Page(s) Explanatory
Notes

Focus on Supply Chain

Description

102-35—102-39

Remuneration policies; Process for determining
remuneration; Stakeholders’ involvement in remuneration;
Annual total compensation ratio; Percentage increase inannual total compensation ratio

09

Information on employees and other workers··Care for Employees

59

Supply chain; Significant changes to the organizationand its supply chain··Sustainable Supply Chain

49

102-11

Precautionary Principle or approach··Corporate Governance··Challenges & Opportunities13
23

102-12External initiatives··Support SDGs

102-13

Membership of associations··Communication with
Stakeholders

102-8
102-9—102-10

102-14—102-15

102-19102-20102-21

102-22—102-24

102-25102-26—102-28

102-29—102-31

102-32102-33—102-34

L i s t o f s t a k e h o l d e r g ro u p s ; Co l l e c t i ve b a rg a i n i n g
agreements; Identifying and selecting stakeholders;Approach to stakeholder engagement; Key topics andconcerns raised··Communication with
Stakeholders

17··About the Report

01

102-46

Defining report content and topic Boundaries··About the Report

0121102-47

List of material topics··Materiality Analysis

1917

102-48

Restatements of information··About the Report01

No restatements of
information

Changes in reporting; Reporting period; Date of mostrecent report; Reporting cycle; Contact point for questions
regarding the report; Claims of reporting in accordancewith the GRI Standards; GRI content index; External
assurance··About the Report01

No significant
change in previous
reports··Message from Leadership··Corporate Governance··Challenges & Opportunities

05
13
23

··Corporate Governance··Corporate Culture

13
15102-49—102-56··Corporate Governance··Employees' Occupational Healthand Safety··Corporate Governance··Green Sustainable Development

Governance structure
Delegating authority

13
65··Corporate Governance··Materiality Analysis

13
19··Corporate Governance··Materiality Analysis

13
19··Corporate Governance13

Conflicts of interest··Corporate Governance13

Communicating critical concerns; Nature and total
number of critical concerns

Partially Covered in the Report··Corporate Governance··Corporate Governance··Materiality Analysis

103-1

Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary··Materiality Analysis

19

103-2

The management approach and its components··Message from Leadership··Challenges &Opportunities

05
23

103-3

Evaluation of the management approach··About the Report··Communication with
Stakeholders

01
17

13
29

Executive-level responsibility for economic,
environmental, and social topics
Consulting stakeholders on economic, environmental,
and social topics
Composition of the highest governance body and its
committees; Chair of the highest governance body;
Nominating and selecting the highest governancebody

Role of highest governance body in setting purpose,values, and strategy; Collective knowledge of highest
governance body; Evaluating the highest governancebody’s performance
Identifying and managing economic, environmental,
and social impacts; Effectiveness of risk management
processes; Review of economic, environmental, andsocial topics
Highest governance body ’s role in sustainability
reportingManagement Approach

Economic Performance
201-1

Direct economic value generated and distributed··Message from Leadership

05

201-2

Financial implications and other risks and opportunities
due to climate change··Message from Leadership··Dealing with Climate
Change

05
33

201-3

Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement
plans

201-4

Financial assistance received from government

13

13
19

··About the Report

01··Communication with
Stakeholders··Challenges & Opportunities

17
23

Not Covered in the ReportMarket Presence
202-1

Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender comparedto local minimum wage··Employees' Rights

61

202-2

Proportion of senior management hired from the local
community··Employees' Rights··Employees' Development

61
61··Contribution to Society

71

Indirect Economic Impacts
203-1

Infrastructure investments and services supported

Covered in the Report

75

13
17

ECONOMIC

Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior;
Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics

Covered in the Report··Corporate Governance··Communication with
Stakeholders

Entities included in the consolidated financial statements

Governance102-18Page(s) ExplanatoryNotes

102-45

Ethics and Integrity
102-16—102-17

Report Section(s)Reporting Practice

StrategyStatement from senior decision-maker; Key impacts,
risks, and opportunities

StatusAppendix

Stakeholder Engagement102-40—102-44··Company Profile

102-1—102-7

Contribution to Society

Indicator
NumberOrganizational Profile
Name of the organization; Activities, brands, products,
and services; Location of headquarters; Locationof operations; Ownership and legal form; Markets
served; Scale of the organization

Care for Employees

Partially Covered in the Report

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Indicator
Number203-2

Governance & Development

Description

StatusSignificant indirect economic impacts

Report Section(s)··Challenges &Opportunities

Care for Our EarthPage(s) Explanatory
Notes
23

Procurement Practices
204-1

Focus on Supply Chain

304-4

IUCN Red List species and national conservation list
species with habitats in areas affected by operations··Biological Diversity
Management

46

Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions; Energy indirect (Scope 2)
GHG emissions; Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions;
GHG emissions intensity; Reduction of GHG emissions··Dealing with Climate
Change33

305-6

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS)··Dealing with Climate
Change33

305-7

Nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur oxides (SOX), and othersignificant air emissions··Dealing with Climate
Change43

Proportion of spending on local suppliers··Sustainable Supply Chain

49

Operations assessed for risks related to corruption;
Communication and training about anti- corruption
policies and procedures; Confirmed incidents of corruption
and actions taken··Corporate Governance13

Report Section(s)Page(s) Explanatory
Notes

Effluents and Waste

Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust,andmonopoly practices

ENVIRONMENTAL
Management Approach
103-1

Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary··Materiality Analysis

19

103-2

The management approach and its components··Care for Our Earth··Sustainable Supply Chain

27-46
49

103-3

Evaluation of the management approach··Care for Our Earth··Sustainable Supply Chain

27-46
49

Materials

306-1

Water discharge by quality and destination··Environment-friendly
Operation

43

306-2

Waste by type and disposal method··Environment-friendly
Operation

43

306-3

Significant spills

306-4

Transport of hazardous waste··Environment-friendly
Operation

43

306-5

Water bodies affected by water discharges and/or runoff··Environment-friendly
Operation··Biological Diversity
Management

43
46

Materials used by weight or volume; Recycled input
materials used; Reclaimed products and their packaging
materials··Environment-friendly
Operation

43

Energy consumption within the organization; Energy
consumption outside of the organization; Energy intensity;
Reduction of energy consumption; Reductions in energy
requirements of products and services··Dealing with Climate
ChangeWater withdrawal by source; Water sources significantly
affected by withdrawal of water; Water recycled and reused··Environment-friendly
Operation

33

No suchincident

Environmental Compliance
307-1

Energy302-1—302-5

StatusEmissions

Anti-competitive Behavior

301-1—301-3

Appendix

Description

Anti-corruption

206-1

Contribution to Society

Indicator
Number

305-1—305-5

205-1—205-3

Care for Employees

No suchincident

Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations

Supplier Environmental Assessment
308-1

New suppliers that were screened using environmental
criteria··Sustainbale Supply Chain

49

308-2

Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain andactions taken··Sustainbale Supply Chain

49

Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary··Materiality Analysis

19

The management approach and its components··Product Stewardship
Policy··Sustainbale Supply Chain··Care for Employees··Contribution to Society

40
49
57-70
71-74

Evaluation of the management approach··Product Stewardship
Policy··Sustainbale Supply Chain··Care for Employees··Contribution to Society

40
49
59-70
71-74

SOCIAL

Water
Management Approach303-1—303-3

43

103-1

Biodiversity
Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacentto, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value
outside protected areas··Biological Diversity
Management

46

304-2

Significant impacts of activities, products, and services on
biodiversity··Biological Diversity
Management

46

Habitats protected or restored··Biological Diversity
Management

46

304-3

Covered in the Report

77

103-2

304-1

Partially Covered in the Report

103-3

Not Covered in the Report

Covered in the Report

Partially Covered in the Report

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Indicator
NumberDescription

Governance & Development

StatusReport Section(s)Care for Our EarthPage(s) Explanatory
Notes

Employment

Focus on Supply Chain

Indicator
NumberCare for Employees

Contribution to Society

Description

StatusReport Section(s)AppendixPage(s) Explanatory
Notes

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

401-1

New employee hires and employee turnover··Care for Employees

59

401-2

Benefits provided to full-time employees that are notprovided to temporary or part-time employees··Employees' Rights

61

401-3

Parental leave

411-1

No suchincident

Incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous peoples

Human Rights Assessment
412-1

Operations that have been subject to human rights reviews
or impact assessments··Employees' Rights

61

412-2

Employee training on human rights policies or procedures··Employees' Development

61

412-3

Significant investment agreements and contracts that include
human rights clauses or that under went human rights
screening··Employees' Rights

61

Labor/Management Relations
402-1

Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes

Occupational Health and Safety
403-1

Workers representation in formal joint management–worker
health and safety committees··Employees' Occupational
Health and Safety

65

403-2

Types of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases,lostdays, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities··Employees' Occupational
Health and Safety

65

403-3

Workers with high incidence or high risk of diseases
related to their occupation··Employees' Occupational
Health and Safety

65

403-4

Health and safety topics covered in formal agreementswith trade unions··Employees' Health··Employees' Occupational
Health and Safety

64
65

Training and Education
404-1

Average hours of training per year per employee··Employees' Development

61

404-2

Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition
assistance programs··Employees' Development

61

404-3

Percentage of employees receiving regular performanceand career development reviews··Employees' Development

61

Diversity and Equal Opportunity

Local Communities
No workrelated
fatalities

413-1

Operations with local community engagement, impact
assessments, and development programs··Education Support··Volunteer Programs

73
74

413-2

Operations with significant actual and potential negative
impacts on local communities··Environment-friendly
Operation··Volunteer Programs

43
74

Supplier Social Assessment
414-1

New suppliers that were screened using social criteria··Sustainable Supply Chain

49

414-2

Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken··Sustainable Supply Chain

49··Product Stewardship
Policy40

Public Policy
415-1

Customer Health and Safety

405-1

Diversity of governance bodies and employees··Care for Employees

59

405-2

Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men··Employees' Rights

61

416-1

Assessment of the health and safety impacts of product andservice categories

416-2

Incidents of non-compliance concerning the healthand safety impacts of products and services

Non-discrimination
406-1

Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken··Employees' Rights

61

Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
407-1

Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedomof association and collective bargaining may be at risk··Sustainable Supply Chain··Employees' Rights

49
61

Child Labor
408-1

Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents ofchild labor··Sustainable Supply Chain··Employees' Rights

49
61

Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents offorced or compulsory labor··Sustainable Supply Chain··Employees' Rights

49
61

Security personnel trained in human rights policies orprocedures

Covered in the Report
79··Product Stewardship
Policy417-1

Requirements for product and service information and labeling

417-2

Incidents of non-compliance concerning product and service
information and labelingNo suchincident

417-3

Incidents of non-compliance concerning marketing
communications

No suchincident40

Customer Privacy
418-1

Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer
privacy and losses of customer data

No suchincident

Socioeconomic Compliance

Security Practices
410-1

No suchincident

Marketing and Labeling

Forced or Compulsory Labor
409-1

Political contributions

Partially Covered in the Report

419-1

Not Covered in the ReportNon-compliance with laws and regulations in the socialand economic area

Covered in the Report

Partially Covered in the Report

No suchincident

Not Covered in the Report80