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Customer-Centric

Open-Mindedness

Dedication

Excellence

2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

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Contents
About the Report

Chapter 1 Governance and Development
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Message From the Leadship 03·· Company Profile·· Corporate Governance·· Corporate Culture·· Communication with Stakeholders·· Materiality Analysis·· Support SDGs·· Challenges and Opportunities·· Awards

Chapter 4 Care for Employees·· Employees' Rights·· Employees' Development·· Listen to Employees·· Employees' Health·· Employees' Occupational
Health and Safety

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Chapter 2 Care for Our Earth·· Green Sustainable Development·· Solutions to Climate Change·· Environment-friendly Operation·· Biological Diversity Management

Chapter 5 Contribution 71·· Education Support·· Donations·· Volunteer Programs

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Chapter 3 Focus on Supply Chain

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About the Report
Range and Scope of the Report
Trina Solar compiled and issued the Corporate Social
Responsibility Report since 2011, and the last Report was
published and issued in August, 2016.
The Report elaborates on Trina Solar’s ideas, strategies
and concrete practices in relation to corporatesocial responsibility in 2016, covering all factories
and operating business units which were undermanagement control of Trina Solar. I t includes all
managed operations and consolidates our reporting on
economy, environment, people and community. In thisreport, we explain our vision and policy with respect
to corporate social responsibility and report on ourmanagement approaches, activities, initiatives and our
key performance indicators in this field during 2016.
The annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report isdedicated to providing information to all stakeholders,
including stockholders, potential investors, clients,
staff, the communities we live and work in, business
par tners, public welfare organizations, media andgovernment, to help them understand and evaluate Trina
Solar’s influence, risks and opportunities in relation tosustainable development. We will continue to improvethe disclosure quality of social responsibilities andgradually widen our sustainable development road.

Corporate Social Responsibility Report every year. The
2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report is based on
the Global Reporting Initiative's Sustainability ReportingStandards (GRI Standards) by revealing relevant
information at comprehensive level.

Data Measurement
The data in this Report mainly comes from the originalrecords of practical operation. The information in theReport will receive internal auditing by the company, andsome special content will be subject to external auditing.
We will periodically validate the effectiveness of the datacollection 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 weresuccessfully certified with ISO50001/GBT 23331- Energy
Management System. We validate the effectiveness ofthese systems through external auditing every year.
Our CSR report is prepared both in Chinese and English.
The report is retrievable at Trina Solar's website. We
appreciate your comments or feedbacks on this report via
e-mailing to EHS_Department@trinasolar.com.

Report Frame
Trina Solar refers to Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI)
Sustainability Repor ting Guidelines to compile our

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Message from the Leadership

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Care for Our Earth

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Dear Distinguished Stakeholders,

Message from the Leadership

The year of 2016 was extraordinary for renewable energies. Driven
by improving renewables technologies, reaching of high-profile
agreements (i.e., Paris Agreement, G20 Hangzhou Summit etc.),increasing environmental concerns, and growing demand for energy indeveloping and emerging economies etc., renewable energies are now
becoming one of the mainstream sources of energy around the wholeworld. Solar PV installation experienced another year of record growthin 2016, with about 71 GW[1] of new PV installation worldwide and 34.54
GW[2] domestically. This brings the cumulative PV installation capacity toabout 296 GW[2] worldwide and 77.42 GW[2] in China.
The year of 2016 was a both fruitful and challenging year for Trina
Solar. We continuously made advances in manufacturing capability, PV
technology, products’ efficiency, smart products, downstream businessas well as progress in energy storage and its commercialization. Our
new manufacturing facility in Thailand, with a designed capacity of
producing 700 MW solar cells and 500 MW of solar modules, had
successfully put into operation. Trina Solar has also completed its
construction of the most advanced solar cell manufacturing plant witha capacity of 700 MW solar cells in Vietnam. We broke world records in
PV cell and module efficiency thrice. In the downstream business, we
continued to make impressive progress with cumulative grid connected
projects of over 1.3 GW. We established a new Value Creation Unit (VCU)- Residential PV System. Trina Solar launched a range of products andsolutions to meet its global customers’ needs and expectations. Trina
Solar was evolving from a pure PV module manufacturer to a world’s top
solar energy solution provider. As of end of 2016, Trina Solar achieved
cumulative PV module shipments of above 23 GW to customers in over
70 countries and regions, ranked as number one worldwide.
Trina Solar actively engaged in various occasions to promote solar clean
energy. Just before the opening of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Trina
Solar took initiative to work with the Global Solar Council to send out
an open letter to the G20, seeking for support from G20 members todevelop environmental-friendly solar energy and to achieve a targetof creating 10 million job opportunities by 2030. In the Summer Davos
Forum 2016 in Tianjing, energy issue and fighting against climatechange became one of main discussion topics. Trina Solar appealed
governments to ramp up efforts to support the development of cleansolar energy. Trina Solar expressed that countries along the “One Belt,
One Road” initiative would be hot destinations for energy infrastructure.
Trina Solar called for a sophisticated system to support solar companies
expanding overseas, especially for those private companies.

Looking ahead, it is irreversible that the renewable energy will continue to takethe place of conventional energy. Trina Solar will accelerate implementation of
our six strategies – Innovation, Branding, Financing, Globalization, Intelligenceand Platform. Trina Solar will uphold its core corporate value of “CustomerCentric, Open-Mindedness, Dedication, and Excellence”. Together with our
stakeholders, we are in full confidence that we will be able to realize our solar
dream and achieve the harmony between human beings and the nature.

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While developing our business, we spared no efforts to take care of
the environment. We focused on energy efficiency improvement byidentifying and implementing energy-saving projects and optimizing
energy use. We achieved 32% and 39% reduction for electricity andwater consumption per MW module production in 2016 comparedto that of 2012. We made our efforts in establishing a greenhousegas verification system - ISO14064, to quantify, report and disclose
Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions, which helped us foster employees’
awareness for natural resources conservation and GHGs reduction.
We sustained a consecutive reduction of carbon dioxide emission
and achieved a reduction of 30% of GHG emission per MW module

Note:
1. Renewable Energy Capacity Statistics 2017, IRENA.
2. PV Energy Statistics 2016, National Energy Administration, P R China.

in 2016 (168 tones/MW) compared to that of 2012 (239.4 tones/MW).
In November, 2016, we were successfully passed carbon footprint
verification according to the requirements of ISO14067/PAS2050
international standard. We achieved significant reduction from a rangeof 18.7% to 25.4% for a portfolio of main products, including PD05, PD15
and PEG5. We unswervingly advocated and implemented low-carbon
development strategy and integrated green-manufacturing concepts
throughout all the stages of our company's operation.
Trina Solar was committed to creating safe, healthy and environmentallyfriendly workplace for all our employees. We dedicated to reducing
occupational injury and illness accidents and promoting employee
health and well-being. In March, 2016, Trina Solar was granted a Silver
Recognition Level in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance
survey conducted by EcoVadis. In June, 2016, Trina Solar was conferredwith the honor of “2015 Jiangsu Safety Culture Model Enterprise” by
Jiangsu Work Safety Administration Bureau. In November, 2016, Trina
Solar won a top regional award for sustainability reporting - Asia’s Best
Workplace Reporting Award at the 2016 Asia Sustainability ReportingAwards in Singapore. The achievements were resulted from our adheringto the "employee-oriented" workplace policy.
As a responsible enterprise, we always adhere to the mission of “Solar
Energy for All”. Early in 2003, Trina Solar built 40 solar off-grid power
stations, allowing those vulnerable groups in electricity - deficientregions enjoy modern conveniences with clean solar energy. In 2015,
Trina Solar donated RMB 10 million to set up the Siyuan Sunshine
Entrepreneurship Fund, aiming to empower the college students in theunderdeveloped and marginalized communities through PV-related
vocational education and entrepreneurship trainings. In August, 2016,
Trina Solar donated ambulances, worth of RMB 700,000, to Fengning
Manzou Autonomous County, Hebei Province for supporting local
medical rescue in remote area. In December, 2016, Trina Solar rolled
out two public photovoltaic training sessions in Xining, Qinghai andWuwei, Gansu, helping college students in western region cultivate
entrepreneurship and achieve success in photovoltaic industry. Trina
Solar will continue to hold the philosophy of giving back to society
through our technology and resources.
Looking ahead, we will face a series of the challenges, such as
international trade protectionism, fierce competition, FIT reduction
and PV power curtailment in China etc. However, it is irreversible thatthe renewable energy will continue to take the place of conventionalenergy. We will accelerate implementation of our six strategies –Innovation, Branding, Financing, Globalization, Intelligence andPlatform. Trina Solar will uphold its core corporate value of “CustomerCentric, Open-Mindedness, Dedication, and Excellence”. Together with
our stakeholders, we are in full confidence that we will be able to realize
our solar dream and achieve the harmony between human beings andthe nature.

Jifan Gao
Chairman & CEO of Trina Solar04

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Message from the Leadership

Corporate GovernanceCorporate Culture

Communication with Stakeholders

Governance & Development
Materiality Analysis

Support SDGs

Care for Our Earth
Challenges and Opportunities

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

GRI Index

AwardsGovernance & Development
Trina Solar is committed to achieving and maintaining the highest level of corporate
governance, maintaining sound and good corporate governance, so as to guarantee
the long-term interests of shareholders, customers and employees. We strictly comply
with applicable laws and regulations in the countries and regions where our business
is operated.

Trina Solar verifies its management system regularly.

The company

pays great attention to the compliance operation in good faith; follows the laws andregulations, international conventions and business ethics; sticks to taking care of therelationship with suppliers, clients, government departments, partners, competitors andother stakeholders with principles of fairness and honesty. We win customers' respectand market share with our credibility, quality, services, quick response and effective
management.

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Governance & Development
Materiality Analysis

Support SDGs

Care for Our Earth
Challenges and Opportunities

Focus on Supply Chain

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AwardsMissionCompany Profile

Solar Energy for All

Vision
The World Most Trusted and Respected Solar Energy
Company

Core Values
Customer-Centric, Open-Mindedness, Dedication, Pursuit of
Excellence

Strategic Objective

Founded in 1997, Trina Solar is the world’s

energy together with its installers, distributors,

leading total solution provider for solar energy.

utility and project developers worldwide. We

Trina Solar consistently aims to the mission ofare committed to taking initiatives to build a"Solar Energy for All". Our core commitment willsustainable solar industry and lead the industry

always be to provide customers with clean andin terms of technology innovation, productreliable solar energy.

quality, environmental protection and social

As one of China's earliest PV system integrators,

responsibility.

To be the Global Leading Overall Solution Provider of PV Smart Energy
and Energy Internet

Branding

Trina Solar devotes itself to the creation of smart

Cumulative Shipments Over

23 GW

Thailand Plant
Put into Operation

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Globalization

Platform

15,051
Employees

19 countries

Innovation

FinancingIntelligence

Manufacturing Bases/
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Legal compliance is not only the guarantee of theand aims to cultivate a management system withsuccess of an enterprise, but also the foundation

the highest standards and business ethics, soof its long-term, healthy and steady development.

as to build a responsible, honest and compliant

Trina Solar consistently adheres to business ethics,

corporate management mechanism.

Legal Compliance and Ethics

Internal Audit

Trina Solar always adheres to legal compliance. We have

The Company has built a comprehensive internal control
system based on SOX Act and COSO Internal Control-Integrated
Framework. We formulate an authorization framework basedon strategic objectives and operation planning. Trina Solar
implements internal control for our daily operation throughregular trainings and audits. Internal Audit (IA) Department
conducts internal audit twice a year to ensure that thecompany's internal control is effective. The audit findings will be
communicated to responsible departments immediately for taking
corrective and preventive measures. Besides, we also engage
third-party organizations to audit our internal control systemannually. Trina Solar has received positive audit conclusions fromthe third-party organization concerning the effectiveness of its
internal control.

integrated ethics construction and compliance requirements
into the company’s daily operation. We formulated a series ofrules and regulations to guide behaviors of employees andsuppliers, e.g., Trina Solar Code of Business Conduct and Ethics,
Anti-corruption Policy, Antitrust Compliance Policy, Reward andOrganizational Structure

Punishment Regulations on Employee Behavior, etc. We also

Our vision is to be "The World's Most Trusted and Respected& Coordination Center and Shared Service Platform. We urge

Solar Energy Company". To achieve the vision, we improved ourall employees to turn from passive management to be self-organizational structure according to the market demands. In

motivated, improve efficiency, make continuously innovation,

2016, focusing on value generation, we established Upstream

and create more value for our stakeholders.

Value Creation Unit (VCU), Downstream VCU, Finance Monitoring

set up Business Ethics Committee, being responsible for ethics
management. We have issued requirements and operation
guidance about corporate governance on the company’s official
website (www.trinasolar.com).
We ensure employees to abide by business ethics in a clear,simple and direct way, and ensure that the company’s operationand management is always in line with applicable businessCEOethics policies.

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Procurement

Provide codes of conduct and anti-corruption

Intellectual Property Rights
Brand Management
and Public Affairs

China PV System

Trina Capital

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ManufactureInternational PV System

Company Shared Services Platform

Sales

China Commercial System

Frontier PV Electricity

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

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Conduct annual self-disclosure of conflicts ofinterests for employees on key positions.

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Establish complaint channels for the publicthrough email and telephone.

Value Management Platform

China Residential PV System

Business Development

Upstream Value Creation Units

Downstream Value Creation Units

Monitoring, Service, Development

Value Creation UnitsIA Department strictly carries out audit based on audit plan
which is reviewed and approved by Company's Audit Committee.
IA Depar tment discloses potential misconduc t, identifies
improvement opportunities, proposes and follows up corrective
actions based on audit findings.

training for all employees.

Headquarters
CEO OfficeGRI Index

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Legal Affairs

Contribution to Society

Platforms

Trina Solar respects all intellectual property rights and commits tocomply with international conventions on intellectual property,
as well as local laws and regulations. We established Intellectual
Property Management Committee and formulated Intellectual
Property Management General Principles, Patent Management
System, and Business Secret Management Procedure, to protect
Trina Solar’s intellectual property rights.
As of end of 2016, Trina Solar has applied for 1,317 patents, including
11 international patents and 585 invention patents. We boast 747 valid
patents, among which 220 are patents for invention. In December,
2016, Trina Solar’s Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) silicon solar cell
was awarded the Excellence Award at the 18th China Patent Awards
hosted by State Intellectual Property Office and World Intellectual
Property Organization.

Complaint Channels:
Ethics Compliance Hotline: +86-519-85176933

Risk Management
Risk management and control are necessary for the stabledevelopment of the enterprise and the guarantee ofstakeholders' interests. In order to properly identify and avoid
various internal and external risks, and be responsible for our
stakeholders as well, Trina Solar has set up its Risk Management
Department to formulate a risk management system, optimize
our workflows and regularly monitor potential environmental,
corporate governance and economic risks in the daily operation.

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Anti-fraud Reporting Email: IA@trinasolar.com
Trina Solar has put its Board of Directors (BOD) and governancerules in place. BOD is sub-grouped into three special committees.
Major issues to be considered by BOD will be discussed in a
special committee to form a formal proposal. This is to ensurethat decision-making is made in a scientific, standardized andefficient way.

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Materiality Analysis

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Challenges and Opportunities

Contribution to Society

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Plans and Actions

Corporate culture is the soul of an enterprise. It“Solar Energy for All” is our common commitment for theis the inner drive for sustainable development.

future. Trina Solar’s vision of “Being the World's Most Trusted

Trina Solar always advances with the times, andand Respected Solar Energy Company” inspires us to advanceof development so that we can improve corporate

Care for EmployeesAwardsCorporate Culture

updates our corporate culture in different stages

Focus on Supply Chain

forward. "Customer-Centric, Open-Mindedness, Dedication, andExcellence" is the mission rooted deeply in our hearts. It is thecultural gene that we insist and believe in for the long term,

unity, ensure sound development, help employees

and the spiritual guidance leading us to achieve such a joint

realize self-values, and finally realize our missioncommitment.

and vision.
Trina 3.0 Value Statement

In order to integrate the core values in the daily behaviors of each

information of activities and training to employees in real time andTrina employee and put words into action, we continue to takeshare stories of employees related to the company’s core value.

a variety of programs to ensure that the core values are rooted
in every employee's mind and every aspect of our business. We
maintain consistency in both thought and action in daily operations,and provide effective services to our customers at the same pace.

In 2014, we organized the Employee Engagement Survey for all
management staff worldwide for the first time to identify the key
factors affecting employee engagement, so as to work out a plan
to make improvement. In order to verify the plan’s effectiveness,

We established Trina Solar Culture Construction Team to promote

we conducted the Employee Engagement Survey again in 2016.

the company’s cultural construction so that we have correct

2,131 management employees participated in the survey. We

guidance for thinking and action in daily work. We set up a mailbox

got a participation rate of 84%. The survey’s results indicatedfor corporate culture communication to collect each employee’sthat, compared to 2014, employee engagement was significantly

suggestions and comments regarding the cultural construction. We

improved in 2016 in aspects of transformation management,

also conduct 360-degree Trina Culture Evaluation to help employees

compensation and rewards, lear ning and development.

have a deeper understanding of Trina Solar’s culture and core values,

Meanwhile, it also revealed what we should enhance, such as inter-

get aware of the importance of corporate culture. Let employees

departmental cooperation, effective follow-up and implementation

know their own advantages and improvement opportunities inof improvement measures, etc. We formulated upgrading programs

the core value-related practice, and take this as the reference tobased on the survey’s results to support the realization of themake improvement. In April, 2016, our Wechat enterprise account,company’s strategic objective.

titled with "Trina Culture", was officially launched, which can update2016 Trina Family Day My Trina & My Love

Customer-Centric

Open-Mindedness

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Proactively seek to understand customer
needs
Quickly respond to customer requests
Provide superior products and services to ourcustomers••

Create exceptional customer experience

Dedication

Excellence•

Be proactive and take quick actions••

Dedicated to work and strive hard to achieve
goals

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Be fearless in the face of challenges anddifficulties

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Value honesty, integrity & candor, accept different
view
Focus on teamwork & synergy, create and shareteam successes
Practice self-reflection and self-criticism
Face the future and embrace change

Persevere and committed to achieve the mission•••

In September, 2016, we organized Trina Family Day. 3,000
employees and their family members participated in theevent. The purpose of the activities held on the family day was
to increase exchanges among the company, the employees
and employees’ families, which enabled employees to shareachievement and memorable moments with their families.
Employees and their families enjoyed themselves in various kindsof wonderful activities, and learnt Trina Solar’s corporate culture ina cheerful and relaxed atmosphere.

Children Wonderland

High-tech Experience

Vocational Experience

Folk Art

Seek transformational change and continuous
improvement
Courage to innovate and adopt rapid iteration
Be a fast learner and develop and surpass ourselves
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Materiality Analysis

Support SDGs

Care for Our Earth
Challenges and Opportunities

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Contribution to SocietyAwardsCommunication with Stakeholders

Stakeholders

Communication Methods

Communication Activities•

Facing the challenge of sustainable development,
we need to work together with all stakeholders,with each one giving full effor t to his strong
point. We believe that bilateral, transparent andregular communication will bring about closer ties
between us and stakeholders, and enhance mutual
trust and respect.
Trina Solar pledges to respect, consider and respond to theinterests of its stakeholders. Through systematic identification andclassification of stakeholders, Trina Solar has established stakeholder
communication channels. For many years, we have been listening toour stakeholders, responding to their needs in a comprehensive andtimely manner, so as to meet their expectations.

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We strengthen communication with employees via QuarterlyInternal Communications Conference, Roundtable Communication
Meeting, and Lunch Communication Meeting, etc. We timely
understand our customers’ requirements to provide high-quality
products and services by attending the Global Solar Energy
Exhibition and carrying out customer satisfaction questionnaires.
In June, 2014, Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar, waselected as the first Director of China Photovoltaic Industry
Association (CPIA). Mr. Jifan Gao was elected Co-chairman of Global
Solar Council (GSC) which was established in December, 2015.
Through these platforms, Trina Solar actively promote the healthy
development of the PV industry, and benefit mankind by fighting
against climate change.

Trina Solar showcased the leading photovoltaic technologies, products
and solutions of the latest research and development (e.g. Trinapeak
Intelligent Optimization) at SNEC 10th (2016) International Photovoltaic·
satisfaction survey·Customer··Meetings
Customers··Exhibitions

Power Industry Generation Conference & Exhibition in May, 2016.
Trina Solar was selected as the only one photovoltaic enterprise in the
National “The 12 th Five-Year Plan” Science and Technology Innovation
Achievement Exhibition and showcased IBC cells and other latest
innovations which researched and developed by State Key Laboratory of
PV Science and Technology of Trina Solar in June, 2016.

•··Website·
Meeting·Communication·
meeting / lunch·Roundtable•

HR conducted a survey of belongingness and engagement of global
management staff and identified their core factors in professional

communication
Employees· hotline·HR·suggestion scheme·Staffdedication and enjoyment of work in September, 2016.
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HR and Labor Union organized forty cultural and sports activities, e.g.
stage play competition, Trina PV knowledge contest, billiard competition·
platform·Wechatand outdoor hiking.

··Training··Training

No.

Name of Associations•

1·
meeting of shareholders·GeneralPosition

Global Solar Council

Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina
Solar, serves as the Chairman of the Joint
Committee

Shareholders•

The company website (www.trinasolar.com) issued press releases or·release operation·Periodicallyannouncements to disclose company’s operation irregularly.

performance·cooperation memorandum
·Sign

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"Proposal on Promoting Jiangsu PV 'Leader' Program", proposed by Jifan
Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar, was nominated as 2015-2016
outstanding proposal by Jiangsu Province People’s Political Consultative
Conference.

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Trina Solar signed strategic cooperation agreement with financial
institution (e.g. CITIC Bank, CZB, SCB) to obtain strategic credit extension
and promote Trina’s development.
Trina Solar organized 2016 Global Suppliers Conference. About 400 people
from Trina Solar's suppliers and Yanchang local municipal government
officials attended the conference.

·in policy research·Participate

2

United Nations
Development Programme(UNDP)

Government•

Founding member of the UNDP Private
Sector Advisory Board·
in government's project·Participate·
strategic partnership·Sign
agreement·
meeting·Supplier

3

4World Economic Forum

Boao Forum for Asia••

Business Partner in PV industry

Business Partners

Community

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China PV Industry Association

Chinese Renewable

Director Unit•

Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar,
serves as the Director.

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Energy Society (CRES)

Jiangsu Photovoltaic Industry
Association

Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar,
serves as the Standing Director.

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Director Unit•

Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar,
serves as the Chairman.

•·/ contractor training·Supplier

Plantinum Member•·
research / audit·Supplier·in community activities·Participate·
volunteer activities·Employee·
feedback from community·Collect·
local employees to improve·Hire
profits, and pay tax in accordancewith law·meeting·Supplier·in charity activities·Participate

Charity
Organizations

EHS Department conducted a EHS Satisfaction Survey for community
residents surrounding the company in June, 2016.

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Trina Solar denoted ambulances which valued RMB 700,000 to Hebei
province Fengning Manchu Autonomous Region to support medical care·participate in social·Volunteers

in remote area in August, 2016.

service activities·
information on social·Disclose

Public Media•

responsibilities on a regular basis•

Trina Solar released news regularly.

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Trina Solar released Corporate Social Responsibility Report annually.

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Trina Solar was selected as Changzhou Standardization Institution
Chairman Unit on 13th January, 2016.

·
association·Industry
Research
Institutions/Standards
Associations··Seminars·
Cooperation·Technical•

OSU Solar Car Team equipped with the solar car OSU-Model-S thatdeveloped by Trina Solar and Osaka Sangyo University, won the Dream
Team of 2016 FIA Alternative Energies Cup Solar Car Race.

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Message from the Leadership

Corporate GovernanceCorporate Culture

Governance & Development
Materiality Analysis

Communication with Stakeholders

Support SDGs

Care for Our Earth
Challenges and Opportunities

Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

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Support SDGs

Materiality analysis can help us have a thorough•knowledge of the topics that are of greatest interest

S o c i a l : o cc u p a t i o n a l h e a l t h a n d s a fe t y, e m e rg e n c y

In September, 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

goals, aims to create a more fair and environmental-

preparedness, human rights, supply chain responsibility,

Development was adopted by 193 member states onfriendly world, to eradicate extreme pover ty,

the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.

overcome inequality and unjust, and prevent climate

The agenda, including 17 sustainable developmentchange.

conflict minerals, community support, employee relationship,

to our stakeholders, so as to make our report reveal

talent development and retention, corporate culture,

relevant information at comprehensive level.

intellectual property right, security, labor union, genderequalization.

Identification of Materiality Issues
We identify issues from a wide range of stakeholders and sources

Priority of Materiality Issues

by customer satisfaction survey, company website, email, employee

We prioritize the significance of each issue based on the key

blogs and forums, social media channels and meetings with

criteria including business continuity, finance performance,

government officials.

business strategy, product brand, company reputation, competitive•

advantage, excellent management and community impact.

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Focus on Supply Chain

Economic: financial management, revenues, profits, taxes,
strategic investment, political conditions.

We develop a materiality matrix according to the importance

Environmental: climate change, biodiversity, natural resource

materiality matrix demonstrates the topics being of the greatest

to stakeholders and the impact on Trina Solar’s business. The

conservation, wastewater treatment, air emission, waterinterests to our stakeholders. We engage with our stakeholders torecycle, waste minimization, environmental compliance,

periodically review the materiality matrix to ensure that it remains

energy efficiency, carbon emission.

updated and continues to meet stakeholders' expectation.

IMPORTANCE TO MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS

MATERIALITY MATRIXHIGHRevenues & Profits
Reduce Product Carbon Footprint

Cost of Solar Power Generation

Education Support

Environmental Friendly ProductClimate Change

Employee Rights

Supply Chain Development
Business Ethics & Legal Compliance

Taxes

MEDIUM

Environment Compliance

Conflict Mineral
Support Community

Green Operation
Employee Health & Safety
Training and Talent Development

LOW

MEDIUMHIGH
IMPACT ON TRINA SOLAR'S BUSINESS

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Economy17 GOALS TO
TRANSFORM
OUR WORLD
Remark: The above contents are quoted from the United Nations website (http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment).

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AwardsJifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar, Elected as One of the Founding Members of UNDP Private Sector Advisory Board

An Open Letter from GSC to G20: Create 10 million solar jobs by 2030
On September 1 st, Global Solar Council (GSC) announced an

GSC is an international organization with members from advanced

open letter before Hangzhou G20 Summit in Beijing to urge

regions and national solar associations, aiming to share successful

leaders from 20 countries to support the target of creating 10

experience and promote global solar industry. GSC believes thatmillion solar jobs by 2030 and carry out close cooperation with

PV generation has been the cheapest and common used source of

GSC to build a national level data collection and communicationelectricity power. As clean energy, solar power costs much less in

network between governments and corporates in PV industry.

dealing with climate change. GSC proposes that PV generation is

The open letter was discussed and published by the Board of the

now an imperative solution to ensure that the global temperature

GSC on the basis of the initiative proposed in May, 2016 by Jifan

increase is less than 2°C. Guided by the correct market circumstance,

Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar, also Co-chairman of thethe percentage of solar generating capacity to global power

GSC and Director of China PV Industry Association.

generating market should increase from less than 1% at present to
10% in 2030.

To G20
Leaders

In January, 2016, Private Sector Advisory Board, United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), composed of influential Chinese
entrepreneurs, was founded, aiming to realize the 17 sustainable"Corporate can promote the reali-

development goals of United Nation in China. Jifan Gao, Chairman andzation of sustainable development

CEO of Trina Solar, was invited to be one of the founding members

goals in multiple ways, includingof the Advisory Board. All the founding members signed sustainable

creating new comprehensive
business model, seek ing fordevelopment declaration, committing to support the realization of
global sustainable development goals. The members negotiated theNoudehou,shared values and insisting incore issues confronted the sustainable development. The Advisory

UN Resident
Coordinator and
UNDP Resident
Representativein China

environmental operation ways, all

Board focuses on many aspects, such as Poverty Elimination,
Sustainable Cities, Climate Change, Low Carbon and Energy Efficiency,
Gender Equality, Disaster Response, Poverty Alleviation based on big-of which will definitely promote
the sustainable development in
China. "data, and solutions to other global issues.

Realization of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
In November, 2016, Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar, wasinvited to visit Shamshad Akhtar, under sectary general of United
Nation and executive secretary of ESCAP (UN Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific), in Bangkok, Thailand, where
headquarters of ESCAP was located. Both of them had a deep
conversation about how to promote development of new energy andhow to settle the shortage of electricity supply in Asia and Pacific area.
Currently, about 500 million people have no access to electricity and
350 million of them come from Middle-South Asia, which is really anurgent issue for each government to resolve. Both government andcorporate have to work together to find the best solution to resolve
the shortage of electricity supply and promote the popularity of clean
energy. Promoting the development of new energy industry is themost practicable solution.
Jifan Gao shows his strong willingness to cooperate with ESCAP topromote the popularity and application of new energy. Taking thevision of "Solar Energy for All", Trina Solar will devote to realizing the
UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Shamshad Akhtar,
Under Sectarygeneral of the
UN and executive
secretary of ESCAP"Among the UN 2030 SustainableD e ve l o p m e n t Ag e n d a , e n e rg y
popularity is defined as a significant
goal. With the fast development of
renewable energy and applicationof energy storage technology, a selfsufficient energy supply system willdefinitely be established to meetthe energy demand in developing
countries. China can utilize its
advantages in technology researchand development experience topromote establishment of newenergy system under the guidanceof "One Belt, One Road" initiative. "The industry of solar energy regained strong growth momentum
in 2015 worldwide. The global solar market in almost every region
restarted progressing with an overall growth rate of 25%, andannual shipments of 50 GW. More significantly, the Paris Agreement
was reached during the 21st session of Conference of Paris (COP21),
and was officially signed at the United Nations Headquarters on
April 22nd, 2016, the World Earth Day. The agreement representsinternational communities’ common commitment to fight climatechange, which will lead to a fundamental energy transformationfrom fossil fuels to renewable and clean energy. Solar energy ishighly valued by international communities as an important partof renewable and clean energy. Almost every member of the G20
has developed a majestic plan for the development of solar energy.
As one of the most influential global governance mechanisms, G20
has played an increasingly important role in addressing climatechange and promoting energy transformation. The leaders ofthe member states of the G20 are fully aware of the importanceof energy transformation, and passed G20 Principles on Energy
Collaboration, G20 Energy Accessibility Action Plan and Tool Kitof Voluntary Options for Renewable Energy Deployment, whichshow their leadership role and firm determination. The Global
Solar Council (GSC) is sincerely grateful for the efforts made by theG20 in promoting energy transformation. The Global Solar Council
hopes to make contribution to energy transformation in the aspectof PV industry.
On April 22 nd, 2016, the Global Solar Council made an official
declaration that plans to achieve a target of creating 10 million
job opportunities in global solar industry by 2030. The target is set
as a key index for evaluating GSC’s performance. The Global Solar
Council will also mobilize its extensive network of more than 2,000
solar energy companies covering more than 40 countries andregions to track the progress. To accomplish this goal, additional
support is required to achieve complete collection of data within
the network. Therefore, the Global Solar Council urges the G20 toprovide support in the following aspects:•

Support the Global Solar Council to create 10 million job
opportunities by 2030.

•

Promise the cooperation with the Global Solar Council

and the government institutions, including International
Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), International Solar
Alliance (ISA), and International Energy Agency (IEA), andto establish a national and public-private partnership in
the solar energy field for data collection and dissemination
network.
Promoting accessible, affordable and sustainable energy supply isa key agenda for the G20 Summit in 2016. Against the backdrop,
G20 has realized that 1.1 billion people still live without electricity,and energy poverty is a serious challenge to developing countries.
G20 should implement the Principles of Energy Collaboration
to deal with the challenges. The principles include that the G20
should encourage and facilitate the collection and disseminationof high-quality energy data and analysis.
The 2016 G20 Hangzhou Summit provides a platform for member
states to strengthen cooperation on energy access, renewableenergy and energy efficiency to ensure green, balanced andsustainable development. Based on these principles, the proposal
to establish a national data collection and dissemination networkin public-private partnerships is in line with the objectives of the
G20 Summit.
The participation of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) has also
facilitated the proposed data network initiative to help achieve thesecond principle of G20 Principles on Energy Collaboration, i.e.,making international energy institutions more representative andinclusive of emerging and developing economies. The mission of
ISA is to provide a platform for countries with sufficient sunshine
to make good cooperation. The platform also enables international
communities, including bilateral and multi-lateral organizations,enterprises, industries and stakeholders, to make positive
contribution to achieving the common goal of promoting the useof solar energy and meeting the energy needs of ISA’s member
states in a safe, convenient, affordable, fair and sustainable way.
Lastly, since China is both the rotating presidency of the 2016 G20
Summit and a global leader in manufacture and application of PV
products, the initiative will bring more opportunities for China.

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Challenges and Opportunities

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Aspects

Risks and Opportunities•

We believe that, an excellent enterprise can embrace
Trina Solar and Sino-Sri Lanka Company

demands in mind to explore a broader market as

Jointly Expanding Market in Sri Lanka

•

well.
The year of 2016 was full of challengs, and both opportunities
and risks are co-existing. On February 22 nd, 2016, more than 180
member states signed the Paris Agreement at United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), which ushered in a new era offighting against climate change. The implementation of “One Belt,
One Road” initiative exerts a positive influence on world economy
and brings great progress for Asian and world economy. China
National Energy Administration released the Thirteenth Five-year
Plan for Solar Energy Development, which further promoted theapplication of distributed PV systems and PV plus. While facing
various opportunities, PV industry also confronts many challenges,s u c h a s F I T ( fe e d - i n - t a r i f f ) p o s t p o n e m e n t a n d P V p o we r
curtailment in China. Local governments request enterprises toconstruct both PV power station and its related infrastructure
by taking advantage of PV quota. These challenges affected thehealthy development of PV industry in China.
As the world’s leading PV enterprise, Trina Solar is committed tofighting against global climate change. We take efforts to manage
opportunities and challenges worldwide and the locations where we
operate. We continuously promote the technological innovation andsustainable development of the PV industry, so as to achieve our solar
dream of "Solar Energy for All".

In November, 2016, Trina Solar signed the Strategic Cooperation
Agreement with Sino-Sri Lanka Economic and Cultural
Exchanges (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as
Sino-Sri Lanka Company). The two parties will make all-roundcooperation and jointly implement China’s “One Belt, One Road”
initiative, and expand market of new energy in other countries.

International
level

•

Sino-Sri Lanka Company mainly undertakes to explore theoverseas market, while Trina Solar will provide the best PV
products and pre-sale/after-sale services for the projects
contracted by Sino-Sri Lanka Company.
Sri Lanka, an important hub along the "One Belt, One Road"
initiative, launched the Million Solar Roofs Initiative in 2016. It
has great market potential. Trina Solar, with a significant market•

share of 70% in Sri Lanka, boasts a strong brand awareness

Opportunity: United Nations World Summit on Sustainable
Development ( WSSD) approved 2030 Sustainable
Development agenda in September, 2015, including 17
global sustainable goals.
Opportunity: Paris Agreement was reached on the 21st
United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC). It was
officially signed in UN headquarters on April 22 nd, 2016,
World Earth Day. The agreement significantly strengthens
the energy conservation awareness among the member
states.
Opportunity: The countries along the “One Belt, One Road”
initiative, located in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle
Asia, North Africa, etc., are developing countries. The
current power grid system is yet to improve. Based on the
figures released by International Energy Association (IEA) atthe end of 2013, about 200 million people in India and halfof Myanmar population lived in a status of no electricity
supply. In Indonesia, about 27% of local residents lived
without electricity supply as well.
Oppor tunity : In December, 2016, National Energy
for Solar Energy Development”.

Agreement integrates Trina Solar's products and services to1) Propel distributed PV project and "PV plus" application;

local market, which will bring more clean energy for local•

Formulate Trina Solar 2020 Sustainable Development
target; participate in the Sustainable Development
Advisory Committee initiated by United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP); promote torealize the UN’s 17 global sustainable goals.

•

Promote and participate in the enactment andimprovement of international and domestic climatechange policies.

•

Trina Solar actively responded to “One Belt,
One Road” initiative. We established either soleinvestment or joint venture projects in Thailand,
Vietnam and Malaysia.

•

Constantly pay attention to the energy demand in
impoverished areas; Promote solar energy in the
countries along the “One Belt, One Road” initiative;
Create a beautiful ecological environment in future.

•

Upgrade PV technology and improve efficiency tomeet the requests of "Top Runner Program".

•

Establish the Residential PV System Value Creation
Unit. Achieve the common development goals
together with famous enterprises, financial
agencies and investors by taking advantage of ourmanufacturing capability and brand popularity.

•

Accelerate innovation in PV development andapplication; forge a PV ecological chain with R&D,
manufacturing and PV application; resolve the issueof electricity shortage in impoverished area; benefit
every family and mankind with solar energy.

•

Continue to reduce the price of solar energy by

Establish 100 distributed PV model parks by 2020 with apeople and make contribution to the development of local

target of 80% of newly-built buildings and 50% existing

economy and society.

buildings being installed by PV power generation system;2) Implement "Top Runner Program" in PV industry;3) Develop poverty relief program with PV energy: a) Earn
RMB 3,000 per year for 2.8 million low income households

Domestic
levelarchived. b) Encourage to develop poverty relief byconnecting modern agriculture with PV projects.

•

Risk: FITs (feed-in-tariffs) postponement; Suspension
and curtailment of PV power generation; Requesting PV
enterprise to invest in both PV power plants and relatedrenovation and cooperation.
•

Trina Solar - Trina Solar (Thailand)
Science & Technology Co., Ltd,l o c a t e d i n C h i n a -T h a i R a y o n gIndustrial Park, was officially put into
production. The plant was equippedwith the most advanced facilities
worldwide and fully automatedproduction lines.

19"Thailand is an economic, financial and transportation hub inSoutheast Asia. Thailand plays an important role in ASEAN integration
process. As a pioneer in PV industry, Trina Solar made decision
to invest in Rayong Industrial Park. This demonstrates that ourinvestment policy, infrastructure and labor resources are recognized.
The investment will definitely be beneficial to renewable energy
Vesanu Kean,development in Thailand and Southeast Asia as well. Wish Trina Solara successful investment in Thailand. Trina Solar will make contribution
Deputy Prime
Minister of Thailand to the long-term friendship and further mutual cooperation between
China and Thailand."Enterprise
level

•

Opportunities:•
Provide technical training and income for employees.
•
Provide job opportunities for local communities.
•
Improve our suppliers' social and environmental
performance through supplier survey and audit.

•

Risks:•Be legal compliance in the locations where we
operate.
•Safety risks in the production and installation
processes.
•
Negative environmental impacts, including climatechange, caused by production, installation andtransportation.

Appeal government to resolve curtailment issue
and on-time FIT grant, so as to promote the healthy

infrastructure, leading to a higher solar energy price.

In March, 2016, as a subsidiary of

GRI Index

Counter-measures

Administration (NEA) issued the “Thirteenth Five-year Planand good reputation there. The signed Strategic Cooperation

Manufacturing Plant in Thailand Officially Put Into Operation

Contribution to SocietyAwardsChallenges & Opportunities
challenges, grasp opportunities and keep social

Care for Employees

development of PV industry.
•••

Provide better work condition and wellfare.
Provide more career development opportunities.
Pay attention to the social responsibility of
our global suppliers and partners. Push for thesustainable development of PV industry.

••

Strictly observe local laws and regulations.
Provide a safe and healthy work environment for our
employees and contractors.
Minimize negative environmental impact andproduct carbon footprint through technologicalinnovation and energy efficiency optimization.

•

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AwardsAwards
No.

Date

1

February 2016

2

April 20163

May 2016

4

May 2016

5

May 2016

Awards•Finance (BNEF).
•

Hubei Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. was awarded with 2015 Advanced Organization in Safe Production
by Shazui Street Committee of Xiantao City, Hubei Province.

•

Won Sustainable Development Enterprise Award in PV Industry by Shanghai New Energy Association.

•

Be granted a Silver Recognition Level in the Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) performance survey
conducted by EcoVadis.

•

Passed the quantification system certification of ISO14064 greenhouse gas emission conducted by
BSI.

•
6

Be named as the World's Most Bankable PV Module Manufacturer by Bloomberg New Energy

June 2016

Changzhou Trina Solar Co., Ltd. and Yancheng Trina Solar Science & Technology Co., Ltd. wasconferred with the honor of “2015 Jiangsu Safety Culture Model Enterprise” by Jiangsu Work Safety
Administration Bureau

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7July 20168

October 2016

9

October 201610

November 2016

11

November 2016

12

November 201613

December 201614

December 201615

December 2016•

Be selected to the 100 Global Challengers List in 2016 by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) at
Tianjin Summer Davos Forum.

•

Be named as Lighthouse Enterprise of Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing by Sino-German
Intelligent Manufacturing Alliance, Sino-German Industry City Alliance and Robot Industry magazine.

•

Won 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award of China Energy Enterprise at the 8th China Overseas
Investment Fair and 2016 China International Energy Leaders Summit.

•

Earned the title of Second Grade Safe Production Standardized Enterprise granted by Jiangsu Work
Safety Administration Bureau.

•

Passed PAS2050/ISO14067 Product Carbon Footprint verification conducted by British Standard
Institutes (BSI).

•

Won 2016 China Ten Green Responsibility Enterprise Award at the 7th China Green Development
Forum.

•

Won China Model New Employer Award in the 2016 China Model Employer Award Ceremony of
51job.

•

Won 2016 PV Poverty Alleviation Award in the second China Energy Development & Innovation
Forum and 2016 Energy Annual Conference.

•

Won Asia’s Best Workplace Reporting Award at the 2016 Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards in
Singapore.

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Message from the LeadershipGreen Sustainable Development

Dealing With Climate Change

Governance & Development
Environment-friendly Operation

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

GRI Index

Biological Diversity Management

Care for Our EarthO ur environment is the foundation for human b eings' sur vival anddevelopment. 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 activities on the environment. We have
setup our 2020 Environmental Sustainable Development Goals to ensurethat our business is developed in an environmental-friendly, responsible andsustainable way.

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Biological Diversity Management

Green Sustainable Development
Focusing on the mission of “Solar Energy for

Trina Solar has established ISO14001 Environment ManagementAll”, Trina Solar always upholds the concept ofSystem and formulated the Trina Solar's 2020 Sustainable

sustainable development. We’ll work unremittingly
to make our contribution towards UN’s 2030 Global
Sustainable Goal.

Development Goal. We also actively cooperate with global partners,
academic institutions, governments and NGOs to facilitate therealization of PV power parity by technological innovation. Trina
Solar is committed to improving energy efficiency and increasing
the share of renewable energy for sustainable development,
including dealing with climate change.

Green Sustainable Development Goals by 2020

Trina Solar's Green Sustainable Development Goals by 2020

2015

2016

Decreased
Percentage•

15% reduction of CO2 emissions per MW module compared to that of 2015

182.6

168.0

8%

•

10% reduction of consolidated energy consumption per MW module
compared to that of 2015

13.15

13.12

0.2%

No.
An estimated 1.1 billion people, about 15% of

As a leading PV enterprise, Trina Solar is dedicated

the global population, did not have access toto developing clean solar energy worldwide. Whileelectricity. According to the United Nation’s

providing affordable and clean solar energy, we pay

World Population Prospects Report, the world’smuch attention to environmental protection andpopulation is expected to reach 9.7 billion bysustainable development.

1

22050. Providing access to reliable and affordable
energy services for all people is a challenge goal.

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3

GHG Emission per MW Module
Production in 2016 reduced by
30% compared to that in 2012

Electricity consumption per
MW Module Production
in 2016 reduced by 32%
compared to that in 2012

Product carbon footprint
reduced by 18.7% compared tothat in 2012

Water Consumption per MW
Module Production in 2016
reduced by 39% comparedto that in 2012

4

5

•

18% reduction of product carbon footprint compared to that of 2015

PD05

18.7%

PD14

21.8%

PEG5

25.4%

•

15% reduction of electricity consumption per MW module compared tothat of 2015

221

187

15.4%

•

10% reduction of water consumption per MW module compared to that of
2015

1885

1744

7.5%

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EHS Policy

Environment Management System

We h a ve e s t a b l i s h e d a n d m a i n t a i n e d a c o m p re h e n s i ve

Occupational Health & Safety and Energy Management Policy,

environment management system and occupational health

Product Stewardship Policy, and advocate that all Trina Solar's

management system in line with international standards, i.e.,

employees have the responsibility of obeying and facilitating

ISO14001 and OHSAS18001. We have set up Environment,these policies.

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 the protectionof environment and sustainable development into our every
work process, including site selection, designing, construction
and plant 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 designing and manufacturing of solar
photovoltaic modules and related system-enhancing solutions
to lower the overall costs of installed solar system. Whilst
supplying clean energy products, we attach high importanceto the occupational health and safety of all our employees, as

Care for Employees

well as environmental protection and sustainable development
between our operating economies and environment. Our
vision is to create a safe, healthy and environmentally-friendly
workplace for employees and a harmonious green planet for
mankind. Herewith we pledge the following:

PlantsTrina 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

No.

PlantsEstablished ISO14001 Environment
Management System

Yes

5

Hefei Plant

Yes

Yes

6

Xinjiang Plant

No

Plants at Changzhou
Headquarters
Changzhou Yabang
Plant

3

Yancheng Plant

Yes

7

Thailand Plant

Yes

4

Hubei Plant

Yes

8

Vietnam Plant

No

ChainsMeasures•

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

Comply with all applicable EHS & energy management laws & regulations and meet interested parties’ requirements.
Site Selection, Designing andConstruction of Plants/PV Power Stations/
Promote sustainable manufacturing and build an environmentally-secure planet by making efficient use of energy
and resources and maximizing raw material recycling.
Commit to the prevention of pollution, occupational injury and illness to minimize its negative impact onenvironment and ensure employee’s health and safety.

Enhance employee EHS & energy conservation awareness and encourage employees to participate in EHS & energy
conservation programs.

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

Proactively reduce occupational injury and illness risks and promote employee health and well-being.

Consistently reduce energy consumption and carbon emission from production and commercial operations byenhancing energy efficiency.

•

Manufacturing

PackagingContinually improve EHS & energy management performance via perfecting EHS & energy management system.
Logistics
Provide transparent EHS reports to stakeholders and other relevant interested parties.

•

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;

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

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Product Recycling•

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

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Environment-friendly Operation

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Biological Diversity Management

Dealing with Climate Change
Global climate change is a serious environmental,
economic and social challenge which requires
governments and private sectors to make joint
efforts. We exercise our leadership both in reducing
our own carbon footprint and in working withothers to influence the development of soundpublic policies in fighting against climate change.

Focus on Supply Chain

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
SDG13: Take urgent action to combat

GHG Emissions(metric tonne CO2-e)

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Scope 1

19,00017,60014,90011,60015,100

Scope 2394,900

426,800

475,800

513,200

636,100

Total

413,900

444,400

490,700

524,800

651,200

climate change and its impacts

an increasingly important role and becoming one of the mainstream

The development of world economy is powered by energy.

sources of energy around the world.

Fossil fuels are the major energy source that are being usedin the world today. However, consumption of fossil fuels

As the world’s leading PV enterprise, we have been considering on

release greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as carbon dioxide,

how to take advantage of our resources and influence to promote

nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide etc. The

renewable energy worldwide. Trina Solar has establishedemission of GHGs can lead to serious environmental issues

ISO50001 Energy Management System, received ISO14064

such as air pollution and global warming. Besides, fossil

certification for Greenhouse Gas Emission Data Verification, andfuels are not renewable. Therefore, it is irreversible that thepassed PAS2050/ISO14067 Product Carbon Footprint Verification.

renewable energy, such as solar energy, will take the place

We are continuously dedicated to improving energy efficiency,of the conventional energy. The renewable energy is playing

reducing GHG emissions and saving resources.

CO2

CH4

N2O

HFCs

PFCs

SF6

GHG Emissions in 2016
(metric tonne CO2-e)645,000

40

4

5,100

0

1,030

2016 Product Footprint Verification: Composition of Product Carbon Footprint

TSM-PD05

Reduction of GHG Emissions and Product Carbon Footprint
Tr i n a S o l a r p a y s o n g o i n g a t t e n t i o n t o t h e h a r m o n i o u sTypes of GHG

TSM-PD14

projects of energy-saving and pollution reduction.

development of the enterprise and the environment. We

We have set the goals of reducing GHG emission per MW module

conduct ISO14064 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Verification

production by 15% and reducing product carbon footprint by

annually. We carry out PAS2050/ISO14067 Carbon Footprint

18% by 2020 compared to that of 2015. We will also follow up

Verification every two years and verify the greenhouse gas

the statistics every year. According to the requirements of Vienna

emissions throughout the whole life cycle, including acquisition

Silicon 0.7%

Other Activities 1.1%

Silicon 0.7%

Other Activities 1.1%

on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, all refrigerants andCasting 6.3%

Wafer 9.9%

Casting 6.4%

Wafer 10.1%

extinguishants used by Trina Solar contain no ozone-depleting

Cell 32.3%

Module 49.7%

Cell 33.0%

Module 48.7%

Convention for Protection of the Ozone Layer and Montreal Protocolof raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, packaging,etc. The verification allows us to seek opportunities to reducegreenhouse gas emissions in the process of product design,

substances (ODS).

manufacturing and packaging, and to explore the potential

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Th e f i g u re b e l ow s h ows G H G e m i s s i o n p e r M W m o d u l everification in 2017. With the expansion of business, our total

production ( T/MW ) for manufacturing plants in China. The

GHG emission amount has correspondingly increased. However,

figures on the next page show the Composition (%) of Carbon

the GHG emissions of per MW module production achieved aFootprint for our major produc ts. We also plan to cover

reduction of 30% compared to that of 2012, and a reduction of

our overseas plants to conduct greenhouse gas emissions

8% compared to that of 2015.

TSM-PEG14

TSM-PEG5GHG Emission per MW Module Production (T/MW)

239.4
173.8

2012

29

2013

182.7

2014

182.6

2015

168.0

Silicon 0.7%

Other Activities 1.1%

Silicon 0.7%

Other Activities 1.1%

Casting 6.3%

Wafer 9.9%

Casting 6.3%

Wafer 9.9%

Cell 32.3%

Module 49.7%

Cell 32.3%

Module 49.7%

2016

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Sustainable development requires not only clean

secondary energy and the consumption of indirect consumed

energy, but also higher energy efficiency. We focus

energy medium, and report the standard coal consumption permajor energy type used in our production process, followed byproducts.

nitrogen and natural gas.

In 2014, Trina Solar’s plant located in Changzhou Headquarters

I n 2 0 1 6 , we co nti n u e d to i mprove e n e rg y e f f i c i e nc y by

took a lead in PV industry to kick-off the establishment ofidentifying and implementing energy-saving projects andISO50001 Energy Management System. The establishment of

optimizing energy use. Due to the expansion of cell workshops

the system aims to reduce energy consumption, improve energy

in Changzhou plant, the consumption of natural gas, nitrogen

efficiency and implement energy conservation measures andand purchased electricity has shown a rise in 2016. However,technologies systematically.

the consumption of natural gas and nitrogen per MW module
production is still stable compared to that of previous years.

The primary energy mainly used in our company is natural gas,

Besides, both the electricity consumption per MW moduleand the secondary energy includes electricity and diesel. The

and the consolidated energy consumption in 2016 decreased

energy-consumed mediums include water, nitrogen, oxygen andEnergy Types

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Natural Gas（ten thousand m3）

403

321

272

271

455

Nitrogen（ten thousand m3）

1,756

2,130

2,371

2,580

4,205

Purchased Electricity（MWH）

478,265

527,074

589,501

634,931

861,112

2012

2013

1.02

2014

0.09

2015

0.10

2016

Electricity Consumption per MW Module Production(MWH/MW)

Energy-saving Projects from 2012 to2016

2012

2012

2013

219

2014

221

2015

13.54
187

2016

2014

•

Retrofit the running equipment based on actual load needs. For example, we
minimise to the amount of running machines, such as blowers, air compressors, water
pumps etc. based on the production needs. We connected vacuum pumps in parallel
way so that we are able to keep running vacuum pumps at minimum amount in
multi-crystalline workshops.

•

Continuously optimize the production process to reduce electricity consumption. For
example, casting workshop adopted silica sol process to replace high-temperature
stoving on the crucible; silicon workshop added drying machines to shorten thestoving time and reduce electricity consumption.

Yancheng
Plant

•
•

Perform PCW free cooling project in Yancheng plant to save electricity.
Improve the lighting system in the public areas to be optically controlled.

0.5

400

•
•

Replace fluorescent lights with energy-saving LED lights.
Update all air compressors to frequency convertors.

0.6

480

•

Replace chillers with closed cooling tower system to cool down the vacuum pumps soas to reduce energy consumption.

0.2

160

•

Install VSDs (Varied Speed Drivers) for air compressors to save electricity consumption.

•

The workshop roof in Heifei plant were made of colored steel plates without heatinsulation materials, which makes the workshop hot in summer and cold in winter.
The temperature in workshop could not meet the designing requirement (5-28°C),
so chilled water system was always running in full load. In order to reduce energy
consumption, we added insulation cotton on the inner side of the plates which not
only ensures the required workshop temperature but also reduces electricity.

0.5

400

•

According to the climate features in Xinjiang plant, we added the temperature
controlling system on cooling tower to save electricity.

0.05

40

•

Supply water for the storage tank according to the water level differences instead ofusing pump to save electricity.

•

Collect the residual heat of cooling water and minimize running time of electricheating system.

1.5

1,200

40.35

33,980Changzhou
Plant

0.90

0.91

Hubei Plant

2013

2014

2015

2016

Yabang Plant

2015

Hefei Plant

13.12

Xinjiang
Plant

2016

Thailand
Plant

Total
31

31,300

Collect residual heat and energy from chillers’ cooling water, air compressors andrefrigerators and use it for workshops to reduce natural gas consumption.

0.88

13.15

37

•

277
206

Reduction of
CO2 Emission(Tons/Year)

Replace high energy consumption equipment with energy saving and highefficiency equipment. For example, use energy saving and high efficiency motors,
replace angle grinders with sandblasters in silicon workshops, and replace
centrifuge with filter press at the wastewater treatment plant to save energy.

0.83

Consolidated Energy Consumption per MW Module
Production (TCE/MW)

EnergySaved(million
kWh/year)•

Nitrogen Consumption per MW Module Production(Ten Thousand m3/MW)

0.23

0.10

Plant

compared to that of the previous year.

argon. We record and analyze the consumption of primary and

0.13

To ensure safe operation of equipment, the multi-crystalline furnaces are cooled by process coolingwater (PCW). The temperature of cooling water entering the furnaces was set to 24±1°C in Trina
Solar’s Changzhou plant. To meet the water temperature requirement, chillers needed to be used insummer which consumed a large amount of electricity. Our equipment engineers, process engineers,
together with the equipment manufacturer made many experiments and found that the watertemperature could be set at 32±2°C. We made use of two idle plate heat exchangers to the main
coolant pump system, and added another two plate heat exchangers with a heat exchange area of
490m2. After modification, the exchanged and radiated heat from the cooling tower can be utilized toensure that the temperature of water entering the furnaces meets the requirement. The project could
lead to a saving of 1,220 MWh/year electricity consumption, equivalent to a reduction of 976 tons/
year of carbon emission.

energy consumption (Ton SCE/MW). Purchased electricity is the

CO 2 emission and produce more cost-competitive

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Upgrade of PCW System for Multi-crystalline Workshop in West Campus

MW module production on a monthly basis, i.e. consolidatedon enhancing energy efficiency in order to reduce

Care for Employees

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Enhancement of Energy Efficiency

Natural Gas Consumption per MW Module
Production (Ten Thousand m3/MW)

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Clean & Green Energy
Compared to conventional fossil energy, solar energy can greatly

provide solar clean energy for global users. Moreover, we

reduce carbon emissions. Our most pressing challenge is to findactively explore photovoltaic in agriculture, fishery, poverty

out how to produce cleaner energy with higher efficiency andalleviation, transportation and other applications. On the basis

lower carbon emissions. We are devoted to exploring and usingof not changing the original use of the land, these projects can

the technology that can improve product efficiency and reduce

not only benefit ecological environment protection, but alsocarbon emissions. We are committed to using low-carbon & eco-produce clean solar energy. Trina Solar accumulated nearly 1.5

friendly green energy to facilitate the changes in energy usage

GW of solar power stations by the end of 2016.

patterns, so as to provide a systematic solution to sustainable
development and to provide clean solar energy to the general

Environmental-friendly Operation
Creating a more sustainable future requires cleaner
energy. We not only operate in a responsible way,
but also are committed to providing clean solar
energy to meet the global energy demand throughpublic.
UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Accumulative
ModuleShipments of

As of the end of 2016, Trina Solar reached its accumulative
module shipments of more than 23 GW. The modules have been

SDG7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable,

=

23 GW

installed in various projects worldwide which may continuously

CO2 Emission of

27 Million
Tons

sustainable and modern energy for all

implementation of product stewardship policy,
technical innovation, improvement of product

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Trina Solar’s 120MW Fishing Farm Project

conversion efficiency, and adequate disposal of
defective or end-of-life PV products

Trina Solar implemented 120 MW photovoltaic project above a fish pond in Xiangshui, Jiangsu
Province. The project covered an area of 257 hectares and installed 480,000 pieces of modules. It was

Product Stewardship Policy

also the largest single capacity of photovoltaic power project in East China until now. The layout of

Trina Solar is committed to protecting our employees, customers and communities in a responsible manner. We have put Product

PV modules on the water can vastly improve the economic value of land, and achieve the sustainable

Stewardship Policy in place to ensure product safety and environmental protection throughout the product life span, including R&D,

development of economic efficiency, ecological efficiency and social efficiency.

manufacturing, transportation, use and end-of-life module disposal.

Trina Solar conducts business in a manner that ensures compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements
and industry standards. We commit to integrating environment, health and safety responsibilities into all stagesof our product life cycle.

Continuously Improving Solar Cell Efficiency
Trina Solar has partnered with Solar Energy Research Institutethe end of 2016, Trina Solar has broken the world record for 15of Singapore, Australian National University and other world's

times accumulatively.

leading PV research institutes and universities, to advance solar

In an innovation-driven PV industry, Trina Solar is always focusedtechnology and create cutting-edge solutions for our customers.

on developing leading-edge PV technologies and products with

Mono - cr ystalline cell developed by Trina Solar State Key
Trina Solar pledges to implement effective product stewardship management programs, and shows our commitment

improved cell efficiency and reduced system cost. Our goal is toLaboratory has reached a total-area efficiency of 22.61% which

and leadership to meet the customers' increasing demands on safer and more environmentally sustainable products.

created a new world record again on December 19th, 2016. As ofinsist on technological innovation, and transform as quickly as

We believe that product stewardship, the ongoing performance improvement of products in terms of environmental,
health and safety aspects, is one of the cornerstones of sustainable business. We act in a responsible manner to protect
our employees, customers and the communities in which we operate.

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 to conflict-free materials and products, and work diligently to promotesustainable development by way of ethical and green sourcing.
Trina Solar offers product guidance to customers, distributors and users so that our products are safely transported, stored andused. We voluntarily participate in take-back and recycling program for defective and/or end-of-life (EOL) solar modules.

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possible the laboratory technology into commercial production.

Trina Solar’s Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) Silicon Solar Cell Won China Patent Excellence AwardIn December, 2016, the 18th awarding ceremony of China Patent Award, co-sponsored by the StateIntellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization, was held in State Intellectual
Property Office (SIPO). The patent "Manufacturing method of interdigitated back contact silicon solar
cell (patent No.: ZL201210141633) ", submitted by Trina Solar, won the China Patent Excellence Award.

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 to ensure that it remains adequate
and continues to meet stakeholders’ expectations.

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The patent created a new world record that the mono-crystalline cell efficiency reaches 24.4%, which
has higher conversion efficiency than traditional product. It put forward a new filming method, which
successfully solved the difficulty that it takes long period and complicated technology to form P+
emitter and N+ surface field through multiple firming during traditional all back contact electrode solar
manufacturing, which has now been applied into solar energy powered race car and PV power station.

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Many companies have not considered the problem of compliant
disposal of scrapped PV modules which end product life cycle.
As a responsible company, Trina Solar actively undertakes the
responsibility to ensure compliant disposal of waste PV products.
Trina Solar strictly abides by the e-waste management laws andregulations 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 and electronicequipment must guarantee that waste products created in any EU
member states must be recycled and reused, in order to ensure
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Sustainable Use of Water Resourcethat 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 1 st,
2014 onwards, all photovoltaic manufacturers, distributors andinstallation contractors in Europe must fully abide by EU’s rules
on waste management, including providing necessary funds andadministration. All PV products must be labeled with the same
“wheelie bin” LOGO designed by WEEE.

According to the United Nation’s estimation, there are currently 770

water conservation management, we setup water saving goals

million people who cannot access clean drinking water, 1 billion

for each workshops and implemented various of water saving

people without toilets and other environmental sanitation facilities.

projects, such as reuse of RO rejected water, treatment and re-Water, being the necessary resource for maintaining humanuse of wastewater, collection of condensated water from air

development, is the foundation for human survival. Trina Solar

conditioning system etc. We setup a strict maintenance scheme toprotects water resource as one of its important tasks, and strives

clean RO membrane to increase DI (De-ionized) water yield. With

to reduce the consumption of water resource per MW module

various water conservation measures in place, we have achieved an

production through sustainable use of water resource.

increasing water use efficiency in spite of the total amount water

Trina Solar (Japan) Limited joined in the Glass Recycling Committeeof Japan (GRCJ) in 2015. The core members of the GRCJ consistof associations and companies who promote the use of waste
glass. The GRCJ was established for the promotion of recycling
PV modules, especially the recycling of waste glass. The recycling
process includes collection, transportation, disassembly, sorting,separation and glass production of waste modules. Glass and cell
scraps are mainly separated and collected by smashing and gravity
separation. Glass scraps can be used as raw materials for building
materials and ceramics. The metal component of cell scraps will berecycled and reused by specialized metal recycling companies.

Production of solar module consumes a lot of water. To carry out

consumption increase due to business expansion.

Water Consumption per MW Module Production (T/MW)
Continuously
improve theefficiency of water
resources

2,870
2,093

2012

2013

1.987

2014

1,885

2015

1,744

2016

Compliant Disposal of Waste PV Modules
Trina Solar always focuses on extended producer and has become a part of the non-profit
organization PV CYCLE (European Photovoltaic Module Take-back and Recycling Organization)founded in 2007. PV CYCLE is committed to centralized or customized services for the recyclingof global waste photovoltaic products.
••

EU member countries: PV CYCLE establishes a network consisting of hundreds of certified
and recycling points, waste transport firms and dedicated recycling facilities across theEurope. It provides solutions for sustainable PV module take-back and recycling, and uses
recycled materials for the making of various new products.

TypeUN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Reuse of RO
Rejected Water

protection, Trina Solar has always been committed

environment where human beings live. Trina Solar will spare

product life cycle, from product development,

Wastewater
Reuse

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 during the manufacturing process. The treated water was directedback to Trina Solar as supplementary raw water supply. At present, about 10,000
m 3/day wastewater is sent to Wuxi Depple. Approximately 6,500 m 3/day treated•

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.

•

Collec tion of condensate water from the air conditioners and use it assupplementary water supply for cooling tower and emission scrubber.

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

•

Use of biological-treated effluent water as solution preparation water inwastewater treatment plants.

•

no efforts to fulfill our commitment to all stakeholders, and will
always have concern for the sustainable development of humans

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.

Othersand mother earth. Green manufacturing and environmental

raw material procurement and manufacturing,protection has always been the lifeline of our company. We

to resource & energy utilization and waste

implement green operations through rational use of natural

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

resources, adequate treatment of wastewater and air emissions,Totalmanagement.

1.57

2.14

effluent water gets recycled.

production patterns

We believe that the most precious resource is the natural

to sustainable development through out the whole•

SDG12: Ensure sustainable consumption andAs an advocate and practitioner of environmental

Water Saved(million tones/year)

Measures Taken to Save Water from 2012 to 2016•

Other areas: PV CYCLE provides customized services, for example, whoever needsinternational parcel service can inquire on the PV CYCLE's website (www.pvcycle.com) or
can send an email to info@pvcycle.com.

Environment-friendly
Operation

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Biological Diversity Management

Compliant Disposal of Waste PV Products
The average lifespan of PV modules is approximately 25 years.
The solar modules installed in the 1990s have reached theiruseful lifespan and will then be scrapped. The compliant disposalof waste PV modules and the recycling of valuable resourcesof waste modules will be a significant research subject. The
investigation of relevant research institution demonstrates thatthe number of scrapped PV modules will increase tremendously
from 2020 and reach 800,000 T/year by 2030.

Focus on Supply Chain

0.15

3.86

waste recycling, and other environmental promotion activities.

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Wastewater Discharge
The wastewater from the manufacturing process which can't bereused or recycled will be adequately treated by our wastewater
treatment plant prior to being discharged into the municipal
sewer for fur ther treatment. There was no occurrence ofchemical leakage or wastewater limit-exceeding event in 2016.
As a company with a strong orientation towards social responsibility,
Trina Solar has been striving to lead the solar energy sector inproactively discovering wastewater de-nitrification and dephosphorization technologies. After a few years of experimental
exploration, Trina Solar has finally decided upon using theconventional technique-biochemical nitration and de-nitrification
technique to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater.
The manufacturing base of Trina Solar is located in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province within the reaches of Lake Taihu - one of themost developed areas in China. To meet the requirement of zero

emission of nitrogen and phosphorus for projects within Taihu
reserve regulated in Jiangsu Provincial Ordinance of Lake Taihu
Water Pollution Prevention and Treatment, we have completed thewastewater de-nitrification modification project in West Campus,
East Campus and Northeast Campus. We have successfully used
the organic matter from wastewater generated in the wafer
workshop as the necessary carbon source, and the small proportionof phosphoric acid generated in the diffusion process, as thephosphate source for biochemical nitration, thereby realizing thegoal of "treating waste with waste", and lowering the negative
impact on the environment.

Trina Solar has also built a range of scrubbers, such as acidic/

Trina Solar engaged an accredited third party to carry out annual

caustic scrubbers and organic scrubbers to remove pollutantsmonitoring of air emissions from our exhausts and scrubbers.

from air emissions according to relevant laws and regulations, toResults show that air emissions from exhaust and scrubbers arelower the concentration of emissions and to avoid or lessen thewell below the local standards.

hazards that arise from air pollution.

Fluoride Concentration in 2016 (mg/m3)

PM Concentration in 2016 (mg/m3)
Thailand Standard

400

PH Value of Effluent in 2016

Chinese Standard

COD Concentration of Effluent in 2016 (mg/L)
010Chinese Standard

700

ThailandStandardThailand Standard

500

ChineseStandard

0West
CampusWest
CampusThailand
Plant

East
CampusEast Northeast
Campus Campus

Hubei
Plant

NOx Concentrate in 2016 (mg/m3)
Chinese Standard

240

Thailand Standard

200

0
East
NortheastWest
Campus Campus Campus

Hubei
Plant

Thailand
Plant

West
CampusEast
CampusNortheast
Campus

Hubei
Plant

Thailand
Plant
0

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ChineseStandard

20

ChineseStandard

45

ThailandStandard

00WestCampusEast
CampusNortheast
Campus

Hubei
Plant

Thailand
Plant

West
CampusEast
CampusNortheast
Campus

Hubei
Plant

Thailand
Plant

Total Nitrogen Concentration of Effluent in 2016 (mg/L)

Fluoride Concentration of Effluent in 2016 (mg/L)

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The wastewater discharge per unit production (T/MW) in 2016 is1,319 T/MW, which reduced by 25% compared to 1,760 T/MW in
2012.
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Contribution to SocietyWestCampusEast
CampusNortheast
CampusReduce VOCs Emission in Cell Workshops
The paste used for ink printing in cell workshops
contains organic matter. The volatile organic compounds(VOCs) may be generated under the high temperature ofa welding furnace, which was originally disposed by anorganic scrubber and emitted within regulated limits. We
have implemented a modification project to reduce theemission of organic matter and lower negative impacts
on the environment. After rounds of communication andpractices, our Equipment engineers, EHS engineers andink printing andwelding processorganic matter

Combustor

Equipment suppliers have finally decided to add a hightemperature combustor at the bottom of equipment, so
as to turn organic compounds into CO 2 and H 2O. Aftermodification, more than 95% of the organic compounds
can be removed, which not only significantly lowers thenegative impacts on environment, but also preventsaccidents caused by organic matters accumulated in thehigh temperature air pipeline.

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Waste Management
The wastes from Trina Solar's manufacturing processes mainly

them based on the principle of "3Rs" - Reduce, Reuse andconsist of wooden pallets, plastic foam, paper waste, and used

Recycle. We adopt the following measures to reduce the amountoil and sludge from wastewater treatment. Trina Solar treatsof waste from manufacturing processes.

waste as a resource. We segregate different wastes, and manage

Stage

Measures•Take waste minimization into consideration at product design stage. Substitute or minimize those toxic
materials with less toxic or non-toxic materials.

Designning•

Put waste management procedure in place. Categorize the different wastes into general waste, resource
waste and toxic waste and manage them in different ways.

Manufacturing•

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

•

Setup an annual toxic waste disposal plan and maintain a disposal inventory according to environment
regulation.

•

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

•

Try to use the recyclable materials for packaging. Under the condition of being non-jeopardizing productBiological Diversity
Management

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
SDG15: Sustainably manage forests, combat
deser tification, halt and reverse landdegradation, halt biodiversity loss

safety, try to use light-weighted materials.
Packaging

How to balance the development between

Wastes Disposed per MW Module Production in 2016 (T/MW)

enterprise and ecology has been a serious issue

3

General Waste(Landfill)
Resource Waste(Recycling)
Dangerous Waste(Burning)of many enterprises. Trina Solar always conducts
environmental impact assessment according tolocal requirements to evaluate the positive andnegative environmental impact when developing
a new project or constructing a new solar powerp l a n t . We a r e c o m m i t t e d t o p r o t e c t i n g t h eecological environment and biodiversity of local
communities.

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Changzhou Plant

Hubei Plant

Yancheng Plant

Yabang Plant

Hefei Plant

Xinjiang Plant

Green Office
A quarter of our time each week is spent in the office. We

fine detail of our work, to greatly reduce the impact of officebelieve that green office not only means minimizing theactivities on the environment. We are gradually reducing theenvironmental impact of office activities, but also means

use of hard copies of documents, and promoting the use ofcreating an environment beneficial to the physical and mental

electronic documents. We established a video conference system

health of employees so that they feel physically comfortable andin order to reduce our average annual mileage by 15,000 km,

are spiritually uplifted.

thus reducing the carbon emissions generated during travels.

We work to gradually incorporate the “green office” theme into

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PV + Agriculture Project in Changzhou

Thailand Plant

We provide a lamp switch for each cubicle to remind employees
to turn off desk lamp when they leave their cubicle.

Trina Solar construc ted a 5 MWmodel project of photovoltaic andagriculture in New Menghe Town,
Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province in2016. The project covered an area of
20 hectares and developed ecologicalagriculture ( e.g. fruits, vegetables andChinese herbal medicine) and fishery.
The dual-glass modules were installedon the greenhouse roof to ensure thesufficient light that the crops need.

We conducted several projects by installing PV modules highabove fish ponds and farming land. In order to protect theevolution of local biodiversity, we place solar panel installations
at a sufficient height so that the land can continue to be usedwhile our photovoltaic system is in operation. For example, Trina
Solar built a solar farm in Dorset of London. We made nesting
places for birds and bats, and planted many types of wild
flowers in project locations. We kept a section of the land so thatit can be a home for native plants and animals. Moreover, wealways try to improve their living environment, and promote theevolution of biodiversity at the project location by conducting
aw a re n e s s - r a i s i n g a c t i v i t i e s t o i m p rove e nv i ro n m e n t a lprotection awareness.
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PV + Agriculture Project in Yunnan
Trina Solar constructed a 51 MW
model project of photovoltaic
and agriculture in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. The
dual-glass modules were
installed over the tea trees sothat the space could be useds u f f i c i e nt l y. Th e p ro j e c t i s
expected to generate electricityof 80 million kWh per year which
can reduce 60,000 tons of CO 2
emission.

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Focus on Supply Chain
Trina Solar believes that ever y step of progress depends on thecooperation with, and support of, the entire supply chain. A healthy andstable supply chain is the key to sustainable development of Trina Solar.
Not only we actively fulfill our social responsibilities, but also urge our
global suppliers and partners to shoulder their social responsibilities as
well, so as to lead the whole PV industry to a sustainable future.

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UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

We constantly focus on our suppliers’ performances

SDG17: Strengthen the means of implementationon corporate social responsibility, and take it as

and revitalize the global par tnership forthe base line of choosing suppliers. We encouragesustainable development.

our suppliers to make continuous improvementin overall per formance, so as to promote thesustainable development of the whole supply chain.
Our multi-tiered supply chain comprises more than 6,700 suppliersin over 10 countries, including China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia,
America, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. These suppliers provide more than
80 procurement items, covering raw materials, auxiliary materials,

infrastructure, equipment, spare parts, packaging, logistics
services, personal protective equipment, office suppliers,
certification services, etc. Our headquarters located in Changzhou
is responsible for purchasing raw materials, auxiliary materials,
infrastructure, equipment, installation and logistics services. Local
plant purchases those low-priced consumables, such as spareparts, personal protective equipment, office suppliers, etc.

Supplier Development
Trina Solar strives to integrate corporate responsibility factors
into our supply chain management system. We share our
expectations, our findings and best practices across the industry.
We continuously improve the competitiveness of our entire
supply chain through a comprehensive supplier review systemand frequent communication with them to create a mutually
beneficial mechanism. We classify our suppliers into three levels:
potential, potentially qualified and qualified.
Potential Supplier: a supplier who is able to produce produce ordeliver materials for Trina Solar but temporarily hasn’t obtained
Trina Solar’s recognition for its qualification and ability. Suchsupplier will be recorded into our potential supplier database.
Trina Solar will choose qualified supplier from that database andassess 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.
A complete supplier development procedure, covering supplierinvestigation, assessment, approval of new spare par ts/
materials, and approval of qualified suppliers has been set up.
The procedure is conducted by several responsible departments
jointly to ensure fairness and transparency, and helps us assess,select or even eliminate the suppliers.

Total Number of Qualified Suppliers from 2014 to 2016
1,175
926

2014

967

2015

2016

Supplier Development Procedure

A total of 6,700 suppliers,

4,023 suppliers cooperated with
Trina Solar for more than 3 years
Cooperated with Alibaba
Adopted 1688 key accountprocurement platform

More than 100 suppliers and 400
representatives attended Trina
Solar’s 2016 Supplier Meeting
OSU's solar car equipped with
Trina Solar's IBC cells won 2016
FIA Alternative Energies Cup
Solar Car Race

Supplier Investigation: Procurement Department will distribute Supplier Questionnaire to a potential supplier to confirm its
qualification. A Supplier Assessment Form will be completed through phone calls and in-person visits to make sure that thepotential supplier can meet our requirements.
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 systems, supply assurance ability, product performance and reliabilities, corporate social responsibilities andbusiness ethics, EHS management, new product development, costs, 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 (Conditionallyacceptable) and Grade D (Disqualified). Among them, suppliers of Grade C or above may become our potentially qualified suppliers.
Approval of New Spare Parts/Materials/Services: Before the formal procurement process, the material request process of the newpotential qualified supplier shall be approved. Only after sample assessments, batch test and examination of product reliability can the
new supplier go through the next step.
Approval of Qualified Suppliers: When a supplier passes the approval of new spare parts/material/service, Procurement Department will
add it to qualified supplier list and update its qualification status on a regular basis according to the practical performance results.

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Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Sustainable Supply Chain

Conflict-free Minerals

Contribution to Society

GRI Index

Cooperation for Win-win Situation

Management of Key Suppliers
Exerting an influence on highly risky suppliers is an effective

our goal of sustainable development are key ones on whom

approach to promote better social responsibility of suppliers.

such influence should be definitely assessed.

Tr ina S olar has for mulated a supplier CSR management
procedure. We carry out CSR investigations and on-site audit•

goal of sustainable development, significant environmentof new key suppliers, and request them to sign on a CSR

aspects or major risks;commitment to strengthen communication and cooperation. We
are devoted to building a stable, economical and reliable supply•

chain.

annually. Suppliers providing products and services related toChainsSupplier Management
suppliers, developing suppliers, abnormal suppliers, frozen
suppliers, and eliminated suppliers. We can only place a batch

trial.
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Approved: being approved as a qualified supplier to place abatch purchasing order.

•

•

•

In 2016, we investigated 140 suppliers in long-term cooperative relations with Trina Solar, about theircertificates of Environmental Management System, and Occupational Health and Safety Management
System (EHS system). More than 38% suppliers have established complete EHS management system.

•

We expect our suppliers to incorporate labor standards, environmental protection, occupational healthand safety, business ethics and other aspects into their management systems. In order to ensure that our
suppliers adhere to principles and values of Trina Solar, we request each of the new key suppliers to sign a
Supplier CSR Commitment, which specifies that suppliers must pursue integrity management, create safeand healthy working conditions for workers, adopt fair methods of employment and give due dignity andrespect to workers.

"disqualified", the supplier will be eliminated from the list.
Key Suppliers’
CSR Commitment

Developing: under development and only small order fora great effect on our energy performance.

A good social responsibility is a key criterion for the selection of suppliers. Trina Solar carries out acomprehensive CSR investigation on new key suppliers. We investigate their overall performancein guaranteeing safety, health and welfare of workers, honest operation, compliance with laws andregulations and other aspects. In case of failure to meet such criteria, the suppliers may never become
our qualified suppliers.

Frozen: with no deal for one year, the supplier will be frozen

Eliminated: with no deal for over two years or classified as

Suppliers providing products, equipment and services with•and limited for any new orders.

ones, we don’t place any order.

•

Content

CSR Investigation
on Key Suppliers

supplier will be classified as "abnormal".

purchasing order to an approved supplier and a small order toa developing supplier. For the abnormal, frozen and eliminatedAbnormal: being disqualified more than three times, theSuppliers providing products containing substances being
restricted in use or liable to cause occupational diseases;

Trina Solar assesses suppliers’ risks and identifies their risk grade

We classify our qualified suppliers into five status: approved

Suppliers providing products and services related to ourHigh Standards of Business Ethics
We believe that periodic audit is an effective approach to promote suppliers' self-management. We carryout on-site audit of our key suppliers on a regular basis via document review, site inspection and employee
interviews. In case of any problem encountered, we will 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 takecorrective actions to rectify it 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 fulfill our requirements, we may reduce the purchasing volume gradually or even disqualify
the supplier permanently.

Trina Solar considers business ethics as a key criterion for the selection of suppliers. The integrity agreement is an essential
part of the contracts signed with our suppliers, which aims to promote and maintain high standards of business ethics
among our suppliers. The integrity agreement prohibits suppliers from offering bribes to anyone in Trina Solar in any form.
Once it is found that the supplier violates business ethics or laws and regulation, Trina Solar will terminate cooperation withthe supplier immediately. Open compliant channels for suppliers are stated in the integrity agreement. Suppliers can reportto Trina Solar’s Internal Audit (IA) Department if there is any violation of business ethics, including offering, taking anddemanding bribes.
Open Complaint Channels:
Ethics Compliance Hotline:+86-519-85176933
Anti-fraud Reporting Email:CSR Audits for
Key Suppliers

Supplier Audit covers the following factors:•
Business ethics: following ethical standards of fairness and honesty.
•
Health and safety: providing employees with a healthy and safe workplace, reducing accidents and injury as
well as occupational health hazards.
••

IA@trinasolar.com
Reporting Platform:
http://wb.trinasolar.
com:8090/RCPFM/
Trinasolar/report

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•

Environmental protection: adopting environmentally responsible manufacturing process.
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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Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Sustainable Supply Chain

Suppliers’ Performance Evaluation
Trina Solar has established Supplier Performance Evaluation

with bilateral cooperation. We will provide training, guidance toProcedure. Based on their performance indicators, including

help suppliers make improvement on a regular basis.

quality, price, on-time delivery, services, innovation, risk levelsof materials/substances, EHS and social performance etc., wewill conduct an assessment to suppliers at different frequencies,
such as monthly, quarterly or randomly when necessary. We
classify our suppliers into different levels, five-star, four-star,
three-star, two-star and one-star level based on the evaluation
results, respectively representing excellent, good, normal, to be
improved and disqualified. In 2016, Trina Solar evaluated 149
suppliers with the result of 69 five-star suppliers, 73 four-star

Conflict-free Minerals

Cooperation for Win-win Situation
with our whole supply chain, we are committed to contributing
i n s p i rat i o n a n d i n n ovat i ve s o l u t i o n s to t h e s u s t a i n a b l eperformance through proper communication and guidance. If

goal of sustainable development to its global partners. Together

development of PV industry based on the actual situation.

suppliers fail to improve as required, we will restrict purchasevolume, stop purchasing or even eliminate the supplier from list
permanently. In 2016, one supplier was evaluated as a two-star
one because its process adjustment resulted in poor adhesion of

CASE
STUDY

Trina Solar's 2016 Annual Supplier Meeting

EVA and glass. The supplier failed to make improvement, so westopped cooperation with it.

Suppliers Evaluation Results in 2016
96

73
5

Excellent Supplier, Excellent Quality Supplier and Technology
Innovation Supplier, aiming to improve suppliers' performances

20Five-star Four-star Three-star Two-star One-star

Trina Solar’s First Excellent Quality Supplier Award

Trina Solar's 2016 Annual Supplier Meeting was held in Yancheng, where nearly 400

In October, 2016, Trina Solar organized the first Excellent Quality
Supplier Award. The aim of the award is to encourage our
suppliers to continuously improve product quality and reduce
production cost, so as to promote the sustainable development of
the whole supplier chain.

supplier representatives from 100 companies worldwide were invited to present. With thetheme of “Share Trina Solar’s Platform and Achieve Success in PV Industry”, Jifan Gao, Trina
Solar’s CEO and Chairman, and the leaders of Trina Solar's Technology Department, Quality
Department and Procurement Department shared the development trend, technology
direction, and quality and procurement strategy of Trina Solar and the industry. We set up

The suppliers providing raw and auxiliary materials for Trina
Solar’s casting, silicon, cell and module workshops proposed a
total of 29 excellent improvement projects. Finally, six projects
obtained the awards, including improvement of PERC wafer
efficiency, improvement of compound backsheet efficiency,
reduction of cell fragment rate on production lines, improvementof efficiency in process of module frame, etc.

mineral in our supply chain. We require our direct suppliers

tantalum, tungsten, gold and cobalt exploited from Democratic

to figure out sources of their used minerals. We take active

Republic of Congo and surrounding nations, which may produce

actions to cooperate with our shareholders and seek sustainableserious problems regarding human rights and environment

solutions for conflict mineral problem.
•

Formulate formal conflict mineral management policy;•

Establish management system and conduct conflict mineralsurvey for supply chain;

only materials from environmentally and socially responsible
diligently to promote sustainable development by way of
ethical sourcing. Copper strips coated with tin are used in the47

Cooperation Partner and Excellent Supplier Award. A total of 22 suppliers were granted withthe honors. These awards aim to encourage suppliers to make continuous improvement so
as to achieve win-win cooperation.

Trina Solar Signed Strategic Cooperative Framework"Conflict minerals" refer to metallic minerals, such as tin,

suppliers. We highly focus on conflict minerals and work

four awards, including Excellent Quality Supplier Award, Excellent Quality Award, Excellent

CASE
STUDY

Conflict-free Minerals

supply chains are conflict-free. We are committed to sourcing

Cooperation for Win-win Situation

development, but also takes initiative to convey its vision andAccording to the annual evaluation results, we select Annual

and processes in place that will enable to declare that its

GRI Index

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 nstar supplier.

during exploit and sales. Trina Solar has put its policy, systems

Contribution to Society

For suppliers at low levels, we will urge them to improve

suppliers, 5 three-star suppliers, 2 two-star suppliers and 0 one-

CASE
STUDY

Care for Employees•

Organize conflict mineral training for key suppliers;•

Inquire all suppliers to sign formal agreement to promise

production process of PV modules. We have taken actions

no conflict mineral in their products, and deliver theproactively since we realized that there is a possibility of conflictrequirement to downstream suppliers.

Agreement with CR PowerOn November 17th, 2016, Trina Solar signed a strategic cooperative framework agreement with China Resources
Power Holdings Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as “CR Power”). According to the agreement, the twoparties will further broaden cooperation by taking advantage of each other’s strengths to achieve a win-win
situation. The two parties will deepen cooperation in fields of module products, PV power stations and business
operation, and explore cooperation in international business, technology development and energy sources
complementarity.
By combining Trina Solar’s experience in module production, PV power stations and state-of-the-art technology
with CR Power’s advantage in power generation efficiency and benefits, we will endeavor to learn each other andachieve win-win cooperation.

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Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Sustainable Supply Chain

CASE
STUDY

CASE
STUDY

Trina Solar Signed Cooperation Agreement with NDRCEI

Care for Employees
Conflict-free Minerals

Contribution to Society

GRI Index

Cooperation for Win-win Situation

IBC Cells of Trina Solar Supported Osaka Sangyo University to Win the “Dream Group”
in 2016 FIA Alternative Energies Cup Solar Car Race

Trina Solar signed cooperation agreement with National Development and Reform Commission Energy Institute(NDRCEI) on June 3rd, 2016. The cooperation agreement stipulated that both parties will cooperate closely in fourareas, including demonstration projects, public welfare projects, public projects, as well as government projects atthe national level (such as low-carbon city, smart energy city, leader plan ). NDRCEI is a national research institution
to do comprehensive research on China's energy issues, and is a high-end think tank for central government
to develop energy development strategies, plans, policies, and the corresponding energy regulations, energy
standards.
Through this cooperation, Trina Solar can combine its advantages, such as technological innovation, efficient highquality module and system solutions, with macroeconomic policy, market planning, business model innovationand other work of National Development and Reform Commission Energy Institute. The future cooperation will befurther implemented into specific projects, such as Top Runner Program, research project of distributed PV power
plant business model design and project of "brand power station". This will promote the transformation of China's
clean energy, reshape the wisdom of energy structure, and fulfill the climate commitments of Paris Agreement.

On August 6th, 2016, the “OSU-Model-S” of Osaka Sangyo University in 2016 FIA Alternative Energies Cup Solar Car
Race has won “Dream Group” and the overall scores ranked the second in 22 teams of “Dream Group”, “Olympic
Group”, “Challenge Group”.
Since 2015, Trina Solar has been cooperating with OSU. The “OSU-Model-S” was 100% powered by interdigitated backcontact (IBC) cells developed by State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of Trina Solar, and won the “2015 FIA
Alternative Energies Cup Solar Car Race”. On the basis of 2015 winning car, the 2016 “OSU-Model-S” equipped with higher
conversion IBC cells which developed by State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of Trina Solar. The cells
matched the car’s shape better. And the optimized packaging materials also made the car much lighter.

CASE
STUDY

Adoption of Alibaba 1688 Key Account Procurement Platform
In 2016, Trina Solar signed a strategic agreement with Alibaba, adopting 1688 key customer procurement platform.
The platform allowed purchase requesting departments have their own flexibility of doing business and achieve
win-win cooperation with suppliers by making use of Internet.

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Push the enquiry forward to shorten the time interval between purchasing demand and purchasing execution,and improve efficiency of work.

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The 1688 platform has a large number of supplier resources. Purchase requesting departments may inquiry
suppliers' information in the platform, including quoted price, transport distance, supplier rating etc. They candetermine the best suppliers and achieve a best-buy option by evaluating the information.

•

The 1688 platform has a large number of supplier resources. Purchase requesting departments may inquiry
suppliers' information in the platform, including quoted price, transport distance, supplier rating etc. They candetermine the best suppliers and achieve a best-buy option by evaluating the information.

•

The whole process from enquiry to placing an order, approval and receiving goods can be traced back. It
ensures that the entire procurement process is transparent.
Conventional Procurement

Protocol Mall•

Raising of purchase requisition•

On-line operation mode•

Supplier sourcing and price bidding•

On-line pricing enquiry and bidding•

Negotiation , signing of contract,and placing purchase order•

On-line supplier selection andgoods order•

Goods receipt••

Making payment

Raise of purchase order andconfirmation•

Making payment by orders

IBC cell, meaning of full back electrode contact with crystalline silicon solar cells, is a highly efficient crystalline siliconcells. Compared with other solar cells, all electrodes are in the back of IBC cells, which could reduce the front shading loss,
equivalent to increasing the effective semiconductor area and improving cell efficiency. The cells use one-piece design inthe front which makes the appearance more beautiful.
Solar car racing has an extremely important meaning: Through researching how to combine efficient clean energy withlight cars, the racing car can run four to five hours. This is not just a speed race, but also inspires young people to use
renewable solar energy resources to create a cleaner future.

Ye Chen,President of Trina
Solar (Japan) Limited“Let's congratulate OSU in the ‘Dream Group’ to win the first prize. We are happy
that IBC cells, developed by Trina Solar, support OSU to win the car racing. The IBC
cells used this year is more advanced. The racing car makes victory by the resultsof 69 circles, which is 3 more circles than that in the same time last year. ‘Dream
Group’ as the highest level among three groups is mainly powered by solar cells,
not accumulators, so the impact of weather is more obvious than other groups.
Although the overall scores ranked the second in three groups, we are excitedthat they overcome the bad weather to complete the race. We also look forward tofurther cooperating with OSU in near future.”

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About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Employees' Rights

Care for Employees

Employees' Development

Listen to Employees

Contribution to Society
Employees' Health

GRI Index

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

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
to providing 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 thecompany and the employees.

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Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Employees' Rights

Care for Employees

Employees' Development

Listen to Employees

GRI Index

Contribution to Society
Employees' Health

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

SDG8: Promote sustained, inclusive andSDG5: Achieve gender equality and empower

sustainable economic growth, full andall women and girls.

productive employment and decent work forall.

Trina Solar treats talents as one of the mostimportant factors of long-lasting development.
I n order to meet the increasing demand fortalents, we recruit employees through Internet
and campus-oriented channels. Moreover, we
cooperate with domestic and overseas colleges,
e s t a b l i s h p ro fe s s i o n a l t ra i n i n g co u r s e s, a n dorganize Tr ina S olar exclusive job fairs. O ur
emplyees can really be regarded as a mini-UN.
Area

Male

As of the end of 2016, Trina Solar had a total of 15,051 staff
from 23 countries and regions around the world. We strictly
adhere to relevant international conventions, local laws andregulations, to ensure gender equality and prohibit employment
discrimination. The proportion of female employees in Trina
Solar remains quite stable during the past several years. In
2016, we have 5,540 female employees, occupying 36.8% of
the total. While facilitating the diversification of our staff, weare also actively promoting the localization of employment,
which widens our knowledge of local culture, and provides
more working chances for local people as well. Till the end of
2016, Trina Solar hired a total of 2,136 overseas employees work
locally.

FemaleAmerica29

20

Europe152

35

Africa20Asia Pacific & Middle East

914

1,359

Japan

18

7

China

8,396

4,119

Total

9,511

5,540

Proportion of Female Employees
100%

36.5%

34.9%

34.7%

34.3%

2013

2014

2015

36.8%

0
2012

2016

Employees' Rights
Trina Solar strictly adheres to international conventions on human rights and labor standards, as well as local labor laws and regulations,and is determined to protect each employee's legal rights according to such laws.

The competition in markets is never only about

retain outstanding talents through reasonable

sales or technology, but also about talents

performance evaluation, systematic training,strategy. We focus on employees’ personal

competitive salaries and incentive mechanisms.

development and has formulated a sustainable

Tr i n a S o l a r m a k e s e ve r y e f fo r t to o f fe r atalent cultivating strategy. We attract andplatform to match its talents.

Won Asia’s Best Workplace
Reporting Award in 2016 Asia
Sustainability Reporting Awards
Ceremony

2,483 Employees Honored withLong Service Award
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With the globalization of business, we learn local requirements about work time, holidays and social security systems
to ensure compliance with international conventions on human rights and labor standards and to be an attractive andlegitimate employer. We respect employees’ rights to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining andestablish labor union organizations 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 andwomen 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.

Won China Model New
Employer Award in 2016
China Model Employer Award
Ceremony

Employees enjoy paid vacations stipulated in the Measures for Employees’ Paid Vacation. We pay for endowments, work
injury, unemployment, medical and maternity insurance, housing fund and other insurances for all employees. Company
benefits also include birthday cake vouchers, health days, cash gifts for weddings, traditional festival allowances,accident insurance and medical hospitalization subsidies. We have formulated sound compensation policy to ensure our
employees' compensation higher than the lowest level of the regions our plants/offices located in.

OH&S Investment of US$ 3.189

Adhere to the fair and equal recruitment policy to promote good relations between employer and employee. Trina Solar
will never interfere 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 statushappened in Trina Solar.

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Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Employees' Rights

Employees' Development

Employees' Development

Listen to Employees

Contribution to Society
Employees' Health

GRI Index

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Development and Motivation
To attract, retain and motivate employees, Trina Solar has

We set objectives for management staff and leaders throughestablished an effective performance management mechanism.

performance management. Employees who are competent for their

Employees are required to set personal development plan

work can make their choices to take a technical or a managerial(PDP) every half year, and their leaders will evaluate and rate

position by the advantage of the training system. Trina Solarand development and treasure the efforts madetheir performances. PDP is composed of business objectives

will award and encourage excellent employees and teams every

and key tasks, employee management objectives and personal

year. Employees with outstanding performance will be promoted

Training and Education

development goals to achieve balance between individual

according to the company’s regulations. Trina Solar helps its

growth, team development and organizational goals.

employees to achieve individual values and keep same pace with

Employees’ passion and contribution is anby them. We provide training courses and setup

inexhaustible source for the success of Trina Solar.

awards to motivate them and encourage them tokeep same pace forward with the company.

We focus on our employees’ personal growth

Training and education helps employees to get improved andlecturer club to cultivate and motivate lecturers inside the company.

realize their value. Hence, Trina Solar continuously increases

The lecturers will share their professional experience and knowledge

investment in training, education and culture cultivation towith others. Along with the development of mobile internet andprovide a strong career support system for our employees. We

smartphones, employees are more inclined to use scattered time

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

to learn their interested courses. Therefore, we launched the UMU

We have established a mature and complete training system,
including institutions, courses, lecturers, etc. In 2016, we set up aWays of Learning
and Training••
Leadership Academy•

Regular Face to Face
Training

UMU Online Learning
SystemCASE
STUDY

Photovoltaic Quiz Competition

online learning system and various micro-lectures in 2016 to meet

I n 2 0 1 6 , Tr i n a S o l a r o rg a n i ze d t h e P h o t ovo l t a i c Q u i z

those needs in a simpler, more convenient and efficient way.

Competition, including war ming-up Q&A, preliminar ycompetition, semi-final and final. Knowledge of photovoltaic,
Internet of energy, PV power station and smart grid etc. arecovered in the competition. These activities can broaden their
PV knowledge in a happy and relaxed mode.

Library

New Employee
Training

the company.

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Care for Employees

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 of over 20,000 books. This library shares thesame management system as the one used in Changzhou Library, and readers can borrow and returnbooks to either one, as they are linked with each other.
There is also a dedicated electronic reading area for employees to read electronic journals and e-books.
We organize book sharing activities on a regular basis to raise employees’ interests in reading.
Trina Solar Leadership Academy aims to develop and conduct learning programs for middle and senior
management. In 2016, the academy conducted various training projects according to different needs of
middle and senior-level leaders.
In 2016, we conducted 24 training sessions with a total of 540 participants.

To help each new comer quickly perceive our corporate culture and start their career in Trina Solar, we organize a
two-day intensified training course for them. The contents of the training include:•
Welcoming: Company milestones review through communication with top leaders;•Team building: Promoting employee communication and enhancing team cohesiveness;•
Policy and process introduction: Relevant positions introdution;•
Exhibition hall and workplaces visit: Products and process introduction.
In 2016, a total of 164,870 training hours are provided for employees, covering the following areas:•
Purchasing, finance, sales, HR, EHS and other professional skills;•
Time, cost and team management;•
Stress and emotion management, EQ management, effective communication, software applications and othertraining to improve employees’ overall abilities.
To provide convenient learning resources for employees worldwide, Trina Solar’s Learning and Development
Department launched the multi-functional UMU app.
•
Employees worldwide can log in through smart mobile phone, ipad, etc. to search, share and learncourses online;•
Learners can create learning groups, interact with lecturers and learners online, which promotes collaboration
spirit;•
UMU can make micro-lectures by presenting pictures, voices, passages and texts. It also supports video
micro-lecture and live broadcasting. Trina Solar’s employees can use their scattered time to learn theirinterested courses anytime, anywhere.

Rewards

Qualifications

Excellent Employee

Employees who have a strong sense of responsibility and outstanding performance will beawarded. In 2016, 192 employees were honored with Outstanding Trina Culture Awards, 194
employees with Outstanding Contribution Awards, and 18 new employees with Outstanding
New Employee Awards.

Long Service Award

In order to appreciate employees who worked hard for a long term at Trina Solar, we awarded
2,270 employees who have been working for Trina Solar for 5 years, 189 employees for 10
years and 24 employees for 15 years. We encourage our employees to develop together with
Trina Solar to create a bright future.

Excellent Team Award

Teams with excellent performances will be awarded. In 2016, 13 teams were awarded with Excellent
Team Award.

Stocks Granting

Grant stocks to employees with excellent performance, key talents or rare talents.

Performance Prize

Set up quarterly, annual and individual performance prizes to encourage and acknowledge
employees’ contribution.

Model Worker

Set awards for employees who have outstanding performances in work, reasonable proposals,
cost reduction, resources conservation, environmental protection and safe production. In
2016, 19 employees were awarded with the title of “Model Worker”.

Female Model Workers

Set awards for female employees with professional competence and excellent performance. In
2016, 29 female workers were awarded with the title of “Female Model Workers”.

Model Team and Star Employee

Teams and employees with excellent performance in energy-saving, cost reduction and safe
production will be honored. In 2016, 139 teams were awarded with Model Teams, and 365
workers were honored with Star Employees.

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About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Employees' Rights

Care for Employees

Employees' Development

Listen to Employees

Contribution to Society
Employees' Health

GRI Index

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Listen to Employees
Trina Solar attaches high importance to employees’

exercise their democratic rights as a real member

involvement, and encourage them to join theof the company.

Labor Union. We have created many efficient

We reply to employees’ questions and provide solutions to fix

and transparent communication channels in the

any problem that has arisen. For the problems that cannot becompany. The purpose of these multi-channel andresolved temporarily, we will acknowledge the problems andmulti-level communication ways is to promote

admits that the company will try to find a way to address them,so as to win empployees’ recognition and forgiveness.

culture construction and allow employees to fully
ChannelsContents of Communication

Quarterly Communication The management communicates with employees about the company development, status in industry,
Meetingchallenges and opportunities, and the senior management answers employees' questions at the meeting.
Round-Table Meeting

The management communicates with workers about company management, compensation and welfare,working environment, health & safety, and employees’ daily life.

Lunchtime
Employees can have face-to-face lunch together with management and communicate about company
Communication Meeting management, life and family. The meeting helps the management to know the concerns of employees.
HR Hotline

Employees can get information about company activities, systems and policies, compensation and welfare,working environment, health & safety, etc.

Lync Internal
Employees worldwide can communicate with each other by Lync, which helps promote work efficiency.
Communication Platform
Enterprise Wechat Account"Trina Culture"

Update company news, information of activities and training, workflows, for employees in real time andshare stories of employees related to the company’s core value.

Trina Talk APP

All staff can install "Trina Talk APP", an internal communication app and developed by our IT Department,on their mobile phones. Employees can use the app to communicate with others, propose suggestions
and accomplish tasks effectively and timely.

Employees' Health
Employees with sound body and mind will havehigh efficiency and great passion in work. Trina
Solar is continuously concerned about employees’
mental and physical health. We tr y to create arelaxed and friendly working atmosphere and help

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

SDG3: Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.

employees make a good balance between work andlife.
Trina Solar has established the Employee Assistance Program

health examination for those senior management staff and the(EAP) and invited experts periodically to give guidance in terms

employees who are over 40. We organize health examinationof stress management, occupational mental health, and healthy

once every two years for other employees. We also organize

lifestyles to help employees ease the work pressure, which helps

health examinations for women annually and provide free

to eliminate psychological distress and improve work efficiency.

traditional acupuncture therapy for employees. In brief, we spare

We have established an internal clinic to provide the employeeswith medical and health counseling services. We provide annual

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no efforts to create a healthy, safe and comfortable workplacefor our employees to make their life more enjoyable.

Flexible Benefits Program
In 2015, we integrated employer’s liability insurance, accidental
injury insurance, and supplementary commercial medical insurance,and launched the flexible benefit program to provide physicalhealth insurance choices for management staff and their families.
Employees can choose insurance items for themselves and theirfamilies according to their own demands. Besides the insurance
items, employees can make phone calls to doctors, and receive

discounts through the flexible benefits platform. In 2016, weupgraded the program and paid more attention to employees'
satisfaction evaluation. According to employees’ demands, we
expand the coverage of the welfare program to include dental
treatment, so that employees’ welfare can be fully guaranteed andthey can balance their work and life.

Comfortable and Efficient Work AtmosphereWe believe that creating a good work atmosphere can help
employees balance their work and life. Employees can releasestress by participating in various kinds of cultural activities.
Trina Solar has many sports clubs such as football, basketball,badminton, table tennis, swimming, fishing, etc. We organize
spor ts competitions ever y year according to employees’interests. For example, we held basketball league games forconsecutive 8 years, badminton games for consecutive 7 years,
tug-of-war events for 6 years, Ping-Pong matches for 5 years,
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and snooker competitions and marathon for 3 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, Yoga classes, and flower
arrangement classes especially for female employees. The
relaxing, soft movements can help people calm down amidst
the hustle and bustle of life, cultivating their minds and making
them more confident in their work and life.

Thailand's Songkran Festival
In Thailand, people celebrate the Songkran Festival, also known as the water-splashing festival, from
April 13th to 15th to celebrate the traditional Thai New Year. On April 12th, 2016, Trina Solar's Thailand plantcelebrated its first Songkran Festival since its official operation. The factory organized a baptism ceremonyof sprinkling water according to local customs. Employees sprinkled water on the hands of their leadersand gave their sincere blessings. The General Manager of Trina Solar’s Thailand plant prayed for successand prosperity for everyone in the New Year. After the ceremony, employees both from China and Thailand
splashed each other to celebrate the New Year. They washed away worries and received the blessings by
splashing water on each other.

Health of Employees' Children
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. In 2016, weorganized the painting and calligraphy competition titled with"My Technology Dream", and held the summer camp for our
employees' children. We also gave Wechat courses with the topicof "Grow with Your Children", and organized parents-children
reading clubs. These activities are enjoyable and educational.
They not only promote emotional exchanges between parents
and children, but also require employees' more attention on
children's physical and mental health.

Trina Solar in Europe Area holds a day called "Future Career Planning
Day" every year. On this day, parents can take their children to
workplaces and spend the whole special day with their children.
Children can also get to know their parents' work content, and havean opportunity to know how the real world works, and understandthe value and meaning of labor. We deeply believe that taking
children to their parents' workplaces can not only help employees
and their children to understand each other better , but also help
employees make a good balance between work and life.

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Care for Our Earth

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Employees' Rights

Employees’ Occupational Health and Safety

Care for Employees

Employees' Development

Listen to Employees

Employees' Healthdecrease of 5% of total recordable accidents rate (TRR) towards

0.81

2020 compared to that of 2015. We take safety performance

health is always one of our top priorities. Health andimprovement as an essential part of our daily operation.

creating a safe, healthy and environmentally-friendly

safety allow employees enjoy a better quality of life, so

However, in 2016, increasing automation in workshops and theworkplace for our employees. Employees' safety andas to grow and develop together with Trina Solar.

newly operated plants at home and abroad caused a rise in thecompany’s total recordable accidents. Thus, TRR raised accordingly.

Occupational Health and Safety Management System

EHS Department and responsible departments jointly carriedout a detailed analysis of the causes for TRR rising, and prepared

We believe that the establishment and implementation of a

Occupational Health and Safety Management System. In 2017, we

corrective and preventive measures to lower TRR according togood occupational health and safety management system is anplan to certify OHSAS18001 for our newly built Vietnam plant. We

types and causes of accidents, so as to lower TRR continuously.

important way to care for our employees and, more importantly,

continuously improve the system, and promote it in our whole

for their family members. We also care for our suppliers andwork stream, including plant design, construction, research andlocal communities. That's an essential and only path to the realdevelopment, manufacturing and packaging. We are dedicatedsuccess of Trina Solar.

to ensure the health and safety of our employees, contractors,

Most of our manufacturing plants have established OHSAS18001

customers and other interested parties.

No.

Plant

Established OHSAS18001
Occupational Health and Safety
Management System

No.

Plant

Established OHSAS18001
Occupational Health and Safety
Management System

1

Plants at Changzhou
Headquarters

Yes

5

Hefei Plant

Yes

2

Changzhou Trina
Yabang Plant

Yes

6

Xinjiang Plant

No

3

Yancheng Plant

Yes

7

Thailand Plant

Yes

4

Hubei Plant

Yes

8

Vietnam Plant

No

ChainsMeasures•

Designing and Constructionof Plants•

Occupational health and safety assessment and evaluation of potential negative impacts of the
proposed projects on the employees and communities are provided and corresponding measures aretaken to ensure safety and occupational health;
Safety and occupational health facilities are designed, constructed and put into use simultaneouslywith the main part of a construction project.

•

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

•
•

•
•
•

Identify hazards of every work process, and take protective measures according to the risk levels;
Compile work instructions, improve and implement the responsibility system of safety andoccupational health, and promote safety performance gradually;
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•
Manufacturing

Packaging

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Trina Solar's Total Recordable Rate (TRR)

We have set up the medium and long term objective of a

As stated in our EHS policy, Trina Solar is committed to

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0.56

0.39

2012

2013

2014

1.02
0.72

2015

2016

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 forthe reporting period by 106 and dividing by the total working
hours in that period (H).

Trina Solar Won Asia’s Best Workplace Reporting Award
Trina Solar is a leading global provider of photovoltaic solar modules, systemsolutions and services. We are committed to providing clean solar energy andrelentlessly working to achieve our mission of "Solar Energy for All". We makeefforts to create the best workplace for employees and improve employees’
health and wellness. In November, 2016, Trina Solar won a top regional award forsustainability reporting - Asia’s Best Workplace Reporting Award at the 2016 Asia
Sustainability Reporting Awards in Singapore.
Hosted in Singapore, the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) is the highest
recognition for sustainability reporting in the region. To encourage more Asiancompanies to embrace sustainability reporting, CSRWorks International, a Singaporebased sustainability firm, has created the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards.
The Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards are the only Asia-level recognition forsustainability reporting excellence, and are aimed at celebrating best practices
by honouring the leaders. The Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards are organisedby csrmatters, a unit of CSRWorks International, a leading provider of corporatesocial responsibility services. It aims to encourage sustainability reporting in moreorganizations. An impressive 68 companies from 14 countries made it to the final
round of the 2016 Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards. The finalists were shortlistedby the members of an independent judging panel following rigorous criteria, so as tochoose enterprises with best performances of each category.

“I am great honored to receive this prestigious award.
As a global leading provider of photovoltaic modules,
solutions, and services, while supplying clean energy
products worldwide, Trina Solar is committed to creating
safe, healthy and environmentally-friendly workplace
for all our employees. Employees are our greatest assets.
Trina Solar has established and maintained its mature
Jifan Gao,
Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Management
Chairman & CEO System. We always dedicate to reducing occupationalof Trina Solar
injury and illness accidents and promoting employee
health and well-being. Trina Solar adheres faithfully to
the “employee-oriented” workplace policy to attract,
grow and retain talent to stay competitive. We are firmly
dedicated to creating the best workplace for employeess o a s to d e ve l o p a t r u l y e n g a g e d, m o t i vate d a n d
productive workforce and to achieve our mission of 'Solar
Energy for All'.”Rajesh Chhabara,
Managing
Director,
CSRWorks
International“Sustainability reportinghas become a key indicator
to assess a company’s longterm success. Trina Solar’s
win at ASRA 2016 reflects
the company’s leadershipin sustainability reporting
and a commitment to longterm value creation for all
stakeholders.”

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Employees' Development

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Employees' Health

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Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Employees’ Workplace Safety
Trina Solar is dedicated to providing a safe workplace for all employees. Our goal is to continue
to reduce work-related injuries in the workplaceand make efforts to promote the safety culture
construction so that our health and safety
performance is continuously improved.
Trina Solar proactively conducts risk assessments in relation to
the health and safety risks posed to any person who may be

ChainsEmployees’ Occupational HealthNo occurrence of occupational diseases is one ofoccupational health funds to protect our employees

Trina Solar’s long-term objectives. Trina Solar hasfrom developing occupational diseases arising fromestablished and implemented occupational healththeir exposure to occupational health hazards.

Risk
Identification

Safety Management•

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.
Hazard identification is the recognition process of sources or situations that can cause harm to people (accident
or illness). Risk assessment is the process of estimating the risk levels for the hazards and their acceptability.
Based on risk level determined, risks are categorized as major risks, medium risks and minor risks.

•

Safety Inspection: Trina Solar has established the EHS Inspection and Management Procedure to assess thestrengths and weaknesses in the plant’s safety system by the identification of unsafe acts and unsafe conditions.
The procedure gives the notification of line management for appropriate, effective and prompt corrective actions.

•

Near Miss Reporting: Trina Solar adheres to an open and effective reporting mechanism to encourage correct behaviors,
practices and processes in order to avoid the occurrence of accidents and personal injury. Trina Solar has launched the
Near miss reporting system plant-wide since 2010 to encourage all employees to report near misses. To ensure thesuccessful implementation of the program, we provide different channels for employees to report near misses, such as
an EHS reporting card, near miss reporting database in E-flow system, email and telephone notification.

•

Safe Production Responsibility: According to the principle of “Responsibility-oriented Management”, EHS Responsibility
Agreement was signed to ensure safety precautionary measures 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, Job
Training, Professional Safety Training (e.g. chemical safety, electricity safety, fire safety). That could help improve theemployees and suppliers' safety and health awareness, so they can take precautionary or porper measures in case of an
emergency.
Hazardous Work Management: We set up a permit-to-work system to ensure the safety of contractors
and employees. This system requires employees and contractors to get an Area Work Permit prior to thecommencement of any work within Trina Solar premises. We strictly control activities that may cause major injury
or losses, such as working at a height, working with open flames and in a confined space. The responsible person
for a project needs to complete a permit for such work, which must then be approved by relevant parties prior tocommencement of the work.

policies and programs. We maintain adequate

Steps

Occupational Health Management•

Occupational Health Risk Identification: We evaluate occupational potential health risk regularly for every post ofoperations annually. We also take adequate risk control measures;•

Occupational Hazards Monitoring: We carry out occupational hazards monitoring at the workplace in accordancewith local laws and regulations every year, and take engineering and management measures to ensure a healthy
working environment.

Risk
Identification•

Risk Control

Emergency
Management

Occupational Risk Notification: We set notification card of potential occupational hazards in the operation site
to remind employees of potential occupational hazardous aspects and corresponding protective measures, so
as to improve employees’ self-protection awareness;•

Risk Control•

Occupational Health Examination: We conducts health examinations for employees who may be exposed tooccupational health hazards, and adjust their posts for employees exhibiting occupational illness symptoms toprevent occupational diseases.

•

Chemical Management: We strictly adhere to all the applicable rules of not to use the prohibited or restricted chemicals
in the places where we operate. We formulated “Chemical Management Procedure” to ensure the introduction, purchase,storage, usage and discard of chemical are adequately supervised and the related risks are well controlled.

•

Emergency Equipment: We set up emergency equipment in the posts that occupational injuries may occur, such as
first-aid kits, eye-wash station;••

Medicare Green Channel: We pay for industrial injury insurance for all workers. To ensure employees get timely
medical treatment, 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 “Trina Solar Medicare Green
Card”. Trina Solar will pay for medical expenses afterwards to make sure that employees receive timely treatment.

EHS Management of Change (MOC): EHS Management of Change (MOC) is an essential building block to maintain
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 to people, the environment,
safety or quality of products.

•

Emergency Management Plan: In case of an emergency, our response makes the difference between a positive and anegative outcome. We believe that effective contingency plans and periodic drills will play a crucial role in stabilizing thesituation upon emergency. Therefore, we have developed a comprehensive emergency response plan, including fires,
chemical spills and burns, power outages accidents, etc., to ensure that we are able to promptly and effectively respondto 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 our emergency response capabilities.

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affected 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.

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Ventilation in Welding Post to Reduce Occupational Health Risk

Installation of Protective Guard for EVA Cutting Machine in Module Workshop

Potential Occupational Health Risk: The framing post generates a lower level of hazardous smoke during welding
junction box on the module. Although the monitoring results from our annual industrial hygiene monitoring showthat the concentration of hazardous substance is far below the national limit, we still put additional engineering
control measure to reduce the health risk.

Near Miss: There are some remaining EVA stuck on the EVA cutting machine due to static electricity in the Module
workshop after a roll of EVA is used up. Employees are regularly required to remove the remaining EVA from themachine. They are prone to get cut by blade of cutting machine.
Engineering Measure: Protective guard is installed around the blade of cutting machine. The guard prevent
employees from getting injured during cleaning up the remaining EVA.

Engineering Measure: Ventilation fans are installed for the post to further improve workplace air quality and reduce
the potential health risk. Besides, the employees who work in the post are required to wear masks.

Before Improvement

Before Improvement

After Improvement

After Improvement

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Installation of Protective Panel and Interlock for PECVD Machine in Cell Workshop
Near Miss One: Employees who work in PECVD post are required to check whether the broken wafer debris is
struck in the PECVD machine chamber. When employees remove the debris in the chamber, employees are prone
to get injured by moving machine arm due to low height of protective panel.
Near Miss Two: Employees may by-pass the PECVD safety interlock by removing the protective panel and get
injured by moving machine arm when they try to clean the broken wafer debris in the machine chamber.
Engineering Measures:
1. Install a higher protective panel to prevent employees from by-passing safety interlock and entering into themachine while the machine is still running;

Thailand Plant Organized a Joint Fire Emergency and Evacuation Drill with Local Fire
BrigadeIn order to improve the emergency preparedness, Thailand plant established an Emergency Response Team (ERT) in
early 2016. The members of the team consists of the employees from production, facility, EHS and administration.
In June, 2016, Thailand plant invited local fire brigade to conduct fire safety training for our employees. In October,
2016, our Thailand plant organized a joint fire emergency and evacuation dill together with local fire brigade in
Mabyangporn. We simulated that there was a fire emergency in the production building. A plant-wide evacuation
was initiated. The drill tested the actions to be taken for each individual in event of a fire emergency, including
activation of alarm, evacuation, ERT response, assembly etc. The drills not only improved ERT response skills, butalso raised fire safety awareness for all employees.

2. Install additional protective panels to prevent employees from reaching the point of moving machine arm;
3. Install infrared interlock on both sides for the machine. The machine stops automatically when employees aredetected.

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After Improvement

Fire Hose Usage

Putting-out Fire

Activation of Local Fire Brigade

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Safety Culture Development
Caring for employee’s work safety is one of the key performancecommittee meeting, annual EHS promotion month and EHS

indicators of our corporate culture. Trina Solar always sticks totraining program etc., to raise employee’s safety awareness. The

the “Safety First” principle. We persistently make our effort toaim is to improve employee’s safe behavior and promote thefoster a people-oriented culture. We have established various

corporate culture of “safety first”.

organized a series of EHS activities with the theme of “Strengthen Safety Development, Promote Safety Quality”.

EHS Quiz: Each employee submitted an answer sheet in hard copy or electronic form. The content of thequiz covered chemical safety, electricity safety, occupational health, fire safety, traffic safety and so on. There
were a total of 2,491 employees participated in the activity.

•

ERT Competition: This was a preliminary contest covering fire, chemical spill, gas leakage, evacuation, firstaid, emergency knowledge of elevator accident and use of emergency suppliers. 10 teams were selectedfrom the preliminary contest. The final stage was to test the ERT's operation skills, including physical fitness
test, selection and gowning of PPE, first aid and fire-fighting etc.

•

First-aid Lecture: Professional first-aid doctors were invited to give lectures on first-aid methods likecardiopulmonary resuscitation and extra thoracic compression, to improve our ERT members' emergency
response abilities. In 2016, 33 employees received the primary first aid certificate issued by the Changzhou
Red Cross.

•

Public Environmental Satisfaction Survey: EHS department conducted an environmental survey to thesurrounding residents of the factory. The purpose of the survey is to seek for the opinions and views to thesurrounding residents on Trina Solar’s operations. In 2016, there were more than 200 residents who fed backquestionnaires.

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

conducted a series of traffic safety improvement measures.
Formulate the Traffic Safety Management Procedure, which defines the responsibilities of each department
in traffic safety management and summarizes the common violations of traffic safety, so as to regulate
employees’ behaviors in the campus and on the way to or from work;
Invite traffic patrolmen to explain about the traffic situation, common traffic violations, correct driving habits,
and how to handle a hit-and-run accident, etc.;
Provide reflective strips for motorcycles and electric bicycles to employees so as to reduce traffic accident
rate at night;
Deploy volunteers to guide the vehicle drivers and cyclists to follow traffic rules at crossroads;
Inspect licenses of motorcycles and electric vehicles regularly;
Distribute road safety phamphlets to our employees and post posters about traffic safety on promotion
windows.

••

Employees' Healthdaily commute. To minimize injuries and losses caused by traffic accidents on the way to and from work, we

We carry out EHS Promotion Month in June every year to strengthen employee's safety awareness. In 2016, we

Opening Ceremony of EHS Promotion Month: The head of each department signed an agreement on EHS
responsibility, and the responsibility system was put into practice at all levels. Five groups were awarded
with Excellent Safety Performance awards, and 18 individuals were awarded for their outstanding safety
performance.

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Trina Solar not only focuses on employee's work safety, but is also concerned about their traffic safety on their••

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communication channels and programs, including monthly EHS
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•
•
•

Traffic Safety Training

Pasting Reflective Strips for Electric Bicycles

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Quarterly EHS Risk Committee Meeting
We convene quarterly EHS risk management meeting to manage EHS risks from daily operations. The discussion
topics include:•

Formulate EHS risk control policy and EHS risk matrix;•

Establish an EHS risk control mechanism. Assess risk level based on its severity and potential occurrence
frequency;

Mr. Michael Hua, Vice-president of manufacturing
VCU, signed 2016 EHS Responsibility Agreement with
Mr. Xiaofeng Jin, Yangbang Plant Manager.

2016 Excellent Safety Performance Team•Take different risk control measures based on different risk levels, labeled as red, yellow and green;•

As of end of 2016, EHS Risk Committee identified 29 EHS risks and successfully resolved 22 of them.

EHS Committee Meeting
We establish an EHS Committee. The committee consists of representatives of both the employees andthe management from the departments/groups of production, equipment, technology, facility, HR andadministration. We hold the meeting on a monthly basis. All EHS issues are discussed and communicatedduring the committee meeting.
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First Aid CPR Training

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Potential risks and improvement measures;
Proper work process and safe work procedure;
EHS accident and performance indicator review;
EHS continuous improvement proposals and suggestions;
EHS objectives and future work plan;
In 2016, 73 action items were put forward in EHS committee meetings and 68 of them got resolved.

Public Environmental Satisfaction Survey

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Contribution to Society
As a responsible corporate citizen, we always adhere to the concept of returning
to society, bringing positive change to the local economy, environment andcommunities, actively taking advantage of our own technical and resourcerelated superiority. We hope to promote a harmonious development between
society and business through investment in education, public charities, andemployee volunteer services.

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UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
SDG4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote lifelong learning

Trina Solar pays constant attention on education

opportunities for all.

of the local communities and the next generation.
We have invested in constructing the Trina Solar

In 2016, Siyuan Sunshine Entrepreneurship Fund, sponsored byInternational School in order to promote the

Trina Solar, launched the first public welfare Teacher Training

cultivation of innovational talents and provide

Project in the PV industry in China. Trina Solar rolled out two

a power for the sustainable development of the

public photovoltaic training sessions in Xining, Qinghai andworld economy and the local communities.

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Wuwei, Gansu, helping college students in West China cultivate
entrepreneurship and achieve success in photovoltaic industry.

Trina Solar International School

Trina Solar International School has adopted a high-quality international curriculum and hires experienced native teachers. The
school has a 15-year international curriculum ranging from kindergarten to senior school education. It provides good educationalchances to children with different cultural backgrounds and this in turn promotes their optimal development.

The World Earth Day
On April 22 nd, 2016, the World Earth Day, students together with teachers in Trina Solar
International School carried out a series of activities to promote environmental protection

Trina Solar is devoted to building mutual trust,and implement public welfare programs

respect and support with its local communities.

and try to achieve the target of a sustained

We take environmental impact on communities

prosperity and development together with local

into full consideration. We persistently promote

communities.

awareness. Children drew a picture of the ideal earth where people living in harmony
with the nature. Through participating in these activities, children are encouraged to saveenergy in daily life and protect our mother earth anytime, anywhere.

Volunteering in Changzhou Wujin People’s Hospital

Establish Siyuan Sunshine Fund
Teacher Training Base

Provide Financial Support for
130 Impoverished Students

From December 23rd to 24th, 2016, 30 students from senior years of Trina Solar International
School volunteered in Changzhou Wujin People’s Hospital to experience social roles.
Under the guidance of professional medical staff, they assisted doctors to measure blood

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Won 2015 Best Charitable
Organization Award

glucose and blood pressure for patients. They served as guides in the Health Examination
Center and helped old people to do check-ups. Students experienced happiness andsatisfaction by helping others. They also learnt to love, care and share.

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In July, 2015, Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship was

paying back to the society", the Fund desires to roll out public

founded by Trina Solar. The fund donated 10 million to China

training courses and help poor college students cultivate

Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. By adhering to theentrepreneurship and achieve success in the PV industry.

philosophy of "being grateful for the favour received, andCare for Employees
DonationsContribution to Society
Volunteer Programs

Public Photovoltaic Training Sessions Help College Students in Western Regions Start
Business in PV Industry

Provinces in western China have long lagged in economic
development, but rich in solar energy resources which enable them
to be hot spots for developing PV industry. As the world’s leading
PV enterprise, Trina Solar takes it as its own responsibility to help

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the impoverished western regions get rid of poverty.

Set Up Siyuan Sunshine Entrepreneurship Fund Teacher Training BaseGRI Index

From December 15th to 16th, 2016, Trina Solar rolled out two public
PV training sessions respectively in Qinghai College of ArchitecturalColin Yang,

Technology and Renewable Energy and Power Engineering College,

Chief Brand
Officer of
Trina Solar

Lanzhou Jiaotong University. We shared the development trend of PV
industry and introduced entrepreneurial opportunities in PV-relatedindustries, so as to help students in western China to start their own"We are honored to have the opportunity to participate in poverty
alleviation work in western China
to help college students realize
their entrepreneurial dreams inemerging industries such as the PV
industry. Trina Solar will continue
to actively fulfill our corporatesocial responsibility and achieve
our mission of 'Solar Energy for
All'."

business.

Donations
As a corporate citizen, Trina Solar actively joins the

In 2016, Trina Solar donated modules to earthquake disasterpublic charity. Together with local communities, we-suffered area in Nepal, and participated in reconstruction oforganize public welfare activities to build a safe,
harmonious and green community.

disaster area together with British Prince Harry. Trina Solar
took practical action in public welfare, disaster relief andinfrastructure to create a better world.

CASE
STUDY

Trina Solar Donated Modules to Earthquake-stricken Area in Nepal
On April 15th, 2016, Teacher Training Project was officially launched in Changzhou University and Changzhou Vocational Instituteof Light Industry sponsored by Siyuan Sunshine Entrepreneurship Fund. "Siyuan Sunshine Entrepreneurship Fund Teacher
Training Bases" was formally established in these two colleges in the opening ceremony.
Teachers participated in the Project were from ten colleges and universities of Qinghai and Gansu Provinces, including Qinghai
University, Lanzhou University of Technology, etc. In this ten-day Training Project, they will learn basic knowledge about PV
industry, solar cell, designing, construction and maintenance of distributed PV power station, application of PV products, etc.
The ten colleges and universities will offer an optional course in photovoltaic area which allows more students to learn about PV
system systematically.

Ming Tao,
Executive Vice
Secretary-Generalof China Siyuan
Foundation for
Poverty Alleviation

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73" We b e l i e v e t h a t r e l i e v i n g"Teacher training is only apoverty by education can notstarting point. We will ex-

o n l y e n co u ra g e m o re p o o rtend the scope of teacher

college students cultivate

training to other colleges

entrepreneurship and achieve
success in PV industry, but also
make contribution to achieving
the goal of a well-off society in

Jifan Gao,
Chairman & CEO
of Trina Solar

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Nepal in April, 2015. The village of Lapubesi in the Gorkha area was closer tothe epicenter and suffered serious damage. The village has 3,000 inhabitants and 95% of the homes were destroyed anddisplaced.
Trina Solar donated about 7,000 watts solar modules to International Disaster Emergency Response Team (Team Rubicon)
to build an off-grid solar power system for the villagers' lighting and daily electricity. And the British Prince Harry
participated in the installation of modules personally.
International Disaster Emergency Response Team (Team Rubicon), a nonprofit organization, is comprised of experienced
veterans who specialize in helping to rebuild the areas affected by natural disasters. The British Prince participated in
the reconstruction of the earthquake-stricken area. As the local infrastructure was severely damaged by the earthquake,volunteers of Team Rubicon, including Prince Harry, made a lot of clean-up work at the scene to lay a flat site for theconstruction of solar modules. After completing the installation of modules, the volunteers also taught the villagers to
use the solar power system.

and universities in westernregion in China, and strive
to cover 10,000 poor college
stu-dents in five years."

western region in China."

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Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Education Support

Care for Employees
DonationsContribution to Society

GRI Index

Volunteer Programs

Volunteer Programs

CASE
STUDY

Donation of Ambulances to Fengning to Support Local Medical Rescue in Remote Area
Fengning Manchu Autonomous County, located in the west of Chengde, Hebei Province, is the second largest countyof Hubei province. The county was nominated as one of the key targeted counties for poverty alleviation in 2010 by theState Council.
In August, 2006, Trina Solar donated 10 ambulances, worth of RMB 700,000, to Fengning County, Hebei Province through
China Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. The donation aims to support local medical rescue in the remote area
and relief the shortage of local medical resource.

Trina Solar focuses on mutual development with its

strengthens its volunteer fostering. We actively

local communities. We encourage our employees toi nvo l ve d i n va r i o u s co m m u n i t y s e r v i ce s a n dvoluntarily participate in public welfare activities,

sustainable development projects, so as to inheriti.e., “left-behind” and impoverished children caring,

the volunteer spirit of contribution, friendship,

vulnerable group helping etc. Trina Solar vigorously

mutual help and progress.

CASE
STUDY

Trina Solar Won the Award of "2015 Best Charitable Organization"
Trina Solar won the honorable award of “2015 Best Charitable Organization” during the Public Welfare Thanksgiving Party,
which was jointly held by Changzhou Public Welfare Association, Changzhou Tian'ai Rehabilitation Center, Changzhou
Women and Children Activity Center on January 24th, 2016.
Trina Solar’s Tian’an Volunteer Team was established in 2014 by Labour Union. The team consists of 30 volunteer
members. They often bring school supplies, daily necessities and educational toys etc. to the children in Changzhou
Tian'ai Rehabilitation Center. They also made lectures and talks for the children and help them get out of autism.

CASE
STUDY

Chenzhou PV Poverty Alleviation Pilot Project Connected to Power Grid
Chenzhou was a key demonstration city for PV poverty alleviation program in Hunan province in 2016. A PV poverty
alleviation pilot project, located in Qingzhu village, Guidong county, Chenzhou in Hunan Province, was officiallyconnected to power grid in September, 2016. This was the first village-level PV power station constructed by Trina Solar.
PV power station generates green energy and stable income. The station is simple to operate and maintain. PV power
station has a guarantee operation period of 25 year. It is a new model of poverty alleviation in China. Poor households
can increase their income by selling the green power to the power grid. There are 498 poor villages in Chenzhou. Eachvillage has a plan to install a 60 kilowatts PV station. PV power, generated by the PV station, is then connected to local
power grid, so that those poor households can earn up to more than 60,000 RMB annually. This is an effective way to
alleviate poverty for those unfortunate villagers, especially for the areas with good lighting conditions.

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CASE
STUDY

Caring Students
Since 2009, the volunteers from Trina Solar have started to subsidize the students whose families have financial
problems in Daibu Primary School and Hengjian Primary School in Liyang City. In the last 8 years, the volunteers
subsidized 130 students with a total donation amount of RMB 300,000. Among them, thirty-seven students
completed the nine-year compulsory education. The volunteers brought their loving donations for the students
and encouraged them to live happily and confidently. The volunteers hope to build an ideal growing environment
for students by economic help and psychological comfort, so as to help the students to complete the 9-year
compulsory education.

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About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our EarthGRI Index
To enable stakeholders fully understand Trina Solar's social
responsibility, Trina Solar's Social Responsibility Report 2016
Indicator
NumberFocus on Supply Chain

Description

StatusReport Section(s)Page(s) Explanatory
Notes

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

102-40—102-44··Company Profile07

Information on employees and other workers··Care for Employees

54

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

42

102-11

Precautionary Principle or approach··Corporate Governance··Challenges & Opportunities

09
19

102-12External initiatives··Support SDGs

102-13

Membership of associations··Communication with
Stakeholders

102-1—102-7
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

13··About the Report

01

102-46

Defining report content and topic Boundaries··About the Report

0116102-47

List of material topics··Materiality Analysis

15

13

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

03
09
19

··Corporate Governance··Corporate Culture

09
11102-49—102-56··Corporate Governance··Employees' Occupational Healthand Safety··Corporate Governance··Green Sustainable Development

Governance structure
Delegating authority

09
59··Corporate Governance··Materiality Analysis

09
15··Corporate Governance··Materiality Analysis

09
15··Corporate Governance09

Conflicts of interest··Corporate Governance09

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

15

103-2

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

03
19

103-3

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

01
13

09
26

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

03

201-2

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

03
29

201-3

Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement
plans

201-4

Financial assistance received from government

09

09
15

··About the Report

01··Communication with
Stakeholders··Challenges & Opportunities

13
19

Not Covered in the ReportMarket Presence
202-1

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

54

202-2

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

54
55··Contribution to Society

67-74

Indirect Economic Impacts
203-1

Infrastructure investments and services supported

Covered in the Report

75

09
13

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

StatusGRI Index

Stakeholder Engagement

Organizational 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

Contribution to Society

Indicator
Numberdiscloses relevant information as the comprehensive disclosure
plan based on GRI (Global Reporting Initiative).

Care for Employees

Partially Covered in the Report

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About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Indicator
Number203-2

Governance & Development

Description

StatusSignificant indirect economic impacts

Report Section(s)··Challenges &Opportunities

Care for Our EarthPage(s) Explanatory
Notes
19

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
Management40

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
Change29

305-6

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS)··Dealing with Climate
Change29

305-7

Nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur oxides (SOX), and othersignificant air emissions··Dealing with Climate
Change35

Proportion of spending on local suppliers··Sustainable Supply Chain

44

Operations assessed for risks related to corruption;
Communication and training about anti- corruption
policies and procedures; Confirmed incidents of corruption
and actions taken··Corporate Governance09

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

15

103-2

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

23-40
44

103-3

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

23-40
44

Materials

306-1

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

35

306-2

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

35

306-3

Significant spills

306-4

Transport of hazardous waste··Environment-friendly
Operation

35

306-5

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

35
40

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

35

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

29

No suchincident

Environmental Compliance
307-1

Energy302-1—302-5

StatusEmissions

Anti-competitive Behavior

301-1—301-3

GRI Index

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

44

308-2

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

44

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

15

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

33
44
51-66
67-74

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

33
42
51-66
67-74

SOCIAL

Water
Management Approach303-1—303-3

35

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

40

304-2

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

40

Habitats protected or restored··Biological Diversity
Management

40

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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Message from the Leadership

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)GRI Index

Page(s) Explanatory
Notes

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

401-1

New employee hires and employee turnover··Care for Employees

54

401-2

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

54

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

54

412-2

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

55

412-3

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

54

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

59

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

59

403-3

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

59

403-4

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

57
59

Training and Education
404-1

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

55

404-2

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

55

404-3

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

55

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

70
74

413-2

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

35
74

Supplier Social Assessment
414-1

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

44

414-2

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

44··Product Stewardship
Policy33

Public Policy
415-1

Customer Health and Safety

405-1

Diversity of governance bodies and employees··Care for Employees

54

405-2

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

54

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

54

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

44
54

Child Labor
408-1

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

44
54

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

44
54

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 suchincident

33

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

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Independent Assurance Statement
Introduction:
TÜV Rheinland (China) Ltd., (hereinafter referred to as TÜV Rheinland, We) has beencommissioned by Changzhou Trina Solar Limited（hereinafter referred to as Trina
Solar）to conduct independent assurance of Trina Solar Corporate Social
Responsibility Report 2016 (Hereinafter referred to as the CSR Report 2016). All
contractual contents for this assurance engagement rest with Trina Solar. Our task was
to give a fair and adequate judgment on Trina Solar Corporate Social Responsibility
Report 2016.
The intended readers of this assurance statement are stakeholders having relevance to
Trina Solar’s overall sustainability performance and impacts of its operations during
2016 (1 Jan 2016 to 31 Dec 2016). We have maintained complete impartiality andindependence during the assurance engagement and were not involved in the
preparation of report contents.
Principles for External Assurance:
1. Trina Solar’s internal policy and regulations for Corporate Social Responsibility
Report.
2. With reference to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards.
Scope of Assurance:
Our Assurance engagement covers the following:

Trina Solar’s sustainability performance as described in the CSR Report 2016;
and performance indicators and according disclosure on the general disclosuresand key performance indicators (KPIs) from Environment aspects, as well as
the reporting boundaries;

Evaluation of disclosed information in the CSR Report 2016 as per theassurance methodology.

Limitation:
The assurance engagement was carried out at Trina Solar Headquarters at No. 2, Trina
Road, Trina PV Industrial Park, Xinbei District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province,
P.R.China. The consultations with external stakeholders were not carried out. We
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did not observe any significant situations to limit our assurance activity. The
verification was carried out based on (i) the data and information provided by Trina
Solar, assuming they are complete and true; and (ii) interview of the Trina Solar’sreport preparation team, assuming information reliable.
Assurance Methodology:
The Independent Assurance was carried out based on the current best practices andthe CSR Report 2016 was reviewed against the general reporting principles ofMateriality, Quantitative, Balance and Consistency.
TÜV Rheinland has examined the report contents and assess the process undertaken
by Trina Solar from source to aggregate in disclosure of information/data related tosustainability performance. Our judgment is based on the objective review of reported
information as per the assurance principles mentioned above.
Analytical methods and the performance of interviews as well as verification of data,
were done by random sampling to verify and validate the correctness of reported dataand contents in light of contractual assurance agreement. Our work included
interviewing about 20 Trina Solar’s representatives including senior management andreport preparation staff. The approach deemed to be appropriate for the purpose ofassurance of the Report since all data therein could be verified through document
evidences, direct response, and verified database entries.
The Assurance was performed by our multidisciplinary team of experienced
professionals in the field of Corporate Sustainability, Environment, Social andStakeholder Engagement. Our work offers a sufficient and substantiated basis toenable us to come to a conclusion mentioned below and based on the content of ourcontract.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, we can mention that no instances or information came to our attention
that would be to the contrary of the statement made below:
Trina Solar Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2016 is preparedaccording to GRI Standards in respective of Comprehensive Option.

For stakeholders to assess balance and overall sustainability performance ofTrina Solar , the positive and necessary negative aspects are showcased to acertain degree in the CSR Report 2016 with its statements and claims in2

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respective of especially carbon emission control, energy efficiency andpollution management.


The information provided in the CSR Report 2016 is accurate and consistent
with documentary evidences and internal records.

The performance presented in the CSR Report 2016 is focused on that are
occurred during 2016.

The CSR Report 2016 with its statements and claims is understandable andaccessible in the Trina Solar official website.

The performance showcased in the CSR Report 2016 is comparable to thatprovided in the previous annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report of
Trina Solar in some context for stakeholder assessment of its changes
overtime.

The performance data is collected, stored and analyzed in a systematic andprofessional manner and were reasonable and reliable.

TÜV Rheinland shall not bear any liability or responsibility to a third party forperception and decision based on this Assurance Statement.

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