Solar Energy for All2017 Trina Solar
Corporate Social Responsibility Report
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Contents
About the Report ---------------------- 01
Message From the Leadership -------- 03
Chapter 1 Governance and Development

Chapter 4 Care for Employees

Company Profile ------------------------------------- 07

Talent Sustainable Management - 55

Corporate Governance ----------------------------- 11

Employees' Rights ------------------- 56

Corporate Culture ----------------------------------- 14

Employees' Development --------- 56

Communication with Stakeholders ------------ 17

Listen to Employees ----------------- 59

Materiality Analysis --------------------------------- 19

Employees' Health ------------------- 60

Support SDGs ---------------------------------------- 21

Employees' Occupational Health

Challenges and Opportunities ------------------ 23

and Safety ------------------------------ 61

Awards ------------------------------------------------- 26

Chapter 2 Care for Our Earth

Chapter 5 Contribution

Green Sustainable Development -------------- 29

Education Support ------------------ 69

Dealing with Climate Change -------------------32

Donations ------------------------------ 70

Environment-friendly Operation -------------- 41

Volunteer Programs ----------------- 70

Biological Diversity Management ------------- 44

Chapter 3 Focus on Supply Chain
Sustainable Supply Chain ----------------------- 47
Conflict-free Minerals ---------------------------- 52
Cooperation for Win-win Situation ----------- 52

Appendix
Appendix I GRI Index ---------------- 712017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Trina Solar compiled and issued the
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
report since 2011, and the last report
was published and issued in August,2017.
T h e r e p o r t e l a b o r a t e s o n Tr i n a
Solar’s ideas, strategies and concrete
prac tices in relation to corporatesocial responsibility in 2017,
covering all factories and operating
business units which were undermanagement control of Trina Solar.
It includes all managed operations
and consolidates our reportingon economy, environment, supply
chain, people and communit y. I n
this repor t, we explain our visionand policy with respect to corporatesocial responsibility and report on ourmanagement approaches, activities,
initiatives and our key performanceindicators in this field during 2017.
The annual CSR report is dedicatedto providing information to all
stakeholders, including stockholders,potential investors, clients, staff,

the communities we live andwork in, business par tners, publicwelfare organizations, media andgovernment, to help them understandand evaluate Trina Solar’s influence,risks and opportunities in relation
to sustainable development. We willcontinue to improve the disclosure
quality of social responsibilities andgradually widen our sustainable
development road.

Report Frame
Trina Solar refers to Global ReportingI n i t i a t i v e ’s ( G R I ) S u s t a i n a b i l i t y
R e p o r t i n g G u i d e l i n e s to co m p i l e
our CSR report every year. The 2017
CSR repor t is based on the Global
Reporting Initiative's Sustainability
Reporting Standards (GRI Standards)
by revealing relevant information atcomprehensive level.

Data Measurement
The data in this report mainly comesfrom the original records of practicaloperation. The information in theCare for Employees

Contribution to Society

Appendix32

About the Report
Range and Scope of the Report

Focus on Supply Chain

report will receive internal auditingby the company, and some special
content will be subject to external
auditing. We will periodically validate
the effectiveness of the data collection
process and data managements ys te m . We o b t a i n e d I S O 1 4 0 0 1
Environmental Management
Sys te m ce r t i f i c at i o n i n 2 0 0 8 a n d
OHSAS18001 Occupational HealthManagement System cer tificationin 2010. In 2011, we got ISO14064
ce r t i f i c at i o n fo r G re e n h o u s e G a s
Emission Data Verification. In 2012,
we passed Product Carbon Footprint
Verification PAS2050. In 2015, we weresuccessfully certified with ISO50001/
G BT 2 3 3 3 1 - E n e rg y M a n a g e m e n t
System. We validate the effectivenessof these systems through external
auditing every year.
Our CSR report is prepared both inChinese and English. The report isretrievable at Trina Solar's website(www.trinasolar.com) . We appreciate
your comments or feedbacks on thisreport via e-mailing to CSR@trinasolar.
com.

Cumulative module shipments reached over 32GW,
ranked No.1 globally. In 2017, shipments reached
9 GW.

100+
As of end of 2017, the upstream and downstream
business covered 100 countries and regions.

2
G l o b a l c u m u l at i ve g r i d - co n n e c te d PV p owe r
stations reached 2 GW.

14,666
The number of employees worldwide reached14,666.

10%+
Cumulative module shipments occupied 10% of
global market share.

'Zero' Carbon Emission
Achieved 'zero' carbon emission since 2016.

20.8%
Electricity Consumption per MW Module
Production in 2017 reduced by 20.8% compared tothat in 2012.

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Care for Employees

committed to providing customers with
one-stop system integration solution for
project development, financing, design,
construction, operation and maintenanceetc. We strive to implement “PV+” strategy,
integrating photovoltaic application withcommercial, agriculture, construction,transportation, communications and otherindustries. As of the end of 2017, Trina Solarachieves the cumulative PV grid-connected
projects of nearly 2 GW worldwide.

Trina Era 3.0:
A Global Leaderof the Energy
Internet of Things(IoT)

We believe that beautiful
tomorrow comes from ourjoint efforts of today. Ourcommitment to corporatesocial responsibility re mains as strong as ever. We
will integrate our effor ts
and practices into the collab o rat i ve p a r t n e r s h i p to wards the UN’s sustainabled e v e l o p m e n t g o a l s . We
will make our unremitting
efforts to forge ahead forthe better and sustainable
future.

Focus on Supply Chain

Sustainable Development
Strategy: Trina Era 3.0
Time flies. I n 2017, Tr ina S olar entered
the milestone of 20 th anniversar y since
its establishment. 2017 was a successful
and remarkable year for Trina Solar and its
more than 14,000 employees. We not only
achieved a healthy, steady and sustainablegrowth in our various businesses, but also
forged ahead into Trina Era 3.0: A Global
Leader of the Energy Internet of Things (IoT).
From the founding of Trina Solar in 1997 to
2006, Trina Era 1.0, we laid the foundation
fo r t h e m a n u f a c t u r i n g o f p h o t ovo l t a i cmodules and achieved the globalization ofmarket, capital and talent. From Trina Era
2.0 of 2007 to 2016, we became the world's
leading provider of photovoltaic modules
and solar energy overall solutions’ leader.
In 2017, we successfully opened up a newera of Trina Era 3.0 - A Global Leader ofthe Energy Internet of Things (IoT ). Energy
IoT makes the use of energy system andIT integration to establish a smart energy
cloud platform. We believe that energy
IoT is bound to bring a revolutionary andbreakthrough impact to the energy industry
over the next two decades. As a global leader
in solar industry, Trina Solar will seize theopportunity to keep pace with the times
and open up a new chapter in bringing
solar energy into the tens of thousandsof homes and fac tories in Trina Era 3.0.
In 2017, we put forward the six strategies
of innovation, branding, globalization,
intelligence, platformization and industry
and financial integration. Our businesses
have spread to more than 100 countries
and regions. Our annual module shipments
exceed 9 GW. Our accumulated shipments,
continuously maintaining the number
one position in the world, amount tomore than 32 GW, which is equivalent tosum of the capacity of the Three Gorges
Power Station and the Gezhou Dam Power
Station. We are actively responding to thecountry's "Belt and Road Initiative". Trina
Solar invested USD 100 million to build
the largest 1 GW solar photovoltaic cellmanufacturing facilities in the Yun-Zhong
Industrial Zone, Beijiang Province in Vietnam.
We are both a distributor of solar energy
industry and a propagator of photovoltaic
te c h n o l o g y i n Vi e t n a m . We b r i n g m o rethan 1,000 jobs and widely disseminate
clean energy application in the region.
We are always adhering to the concept ofinnovative development and ex tending
our business to the downstream. We are

In 2017, we launched the world's firstresidential PV brand – Trinahome andachieved shipments of more than 20,000
sets of residential PV system. We provide
total solutions to our customers byproviding integrated ser vices such as
quality assurance, insurance, operation andmaintenance, and financing. We put a planin place to implement the "Million Solar
Roofs Plan" over the next five years. The
plan will install Trina Solar's PV system forone million households to help millions ofhomes around the world meet their dreamof photovoltaic green energy.

Care for the Earth: Win Green
Future Together
Trina Solar makes our efforts to support
the UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). We believe that PV clean energy
will play an impor tant role in drivingt h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s 2 0 3 0 Ag e n d a fo r
Sustainable Development. In 2017, Trina’s
three ‘Top Runner’ projects, with the total
designed capacity of 220 MW, have beensuccessfully connected to grid. The two
projects, named as Huaibei 40 MW Floating
PV Project and Yingshang Ancient City
130 MW Floating PV Project, were built onwater surface in coal mining subsidence
area. Another 50 MW ‘Top Runner’ project,located in Yangquan City, Shanxi Province,made full use of the abandoned areas ofcoal mining subsidence area, coal gangue
hill and mining backfill area. These projects
not only realized the reuse of abandoned
subsidence area, provided clean power tothe localities, but also improved the local
ecological environment and increased
income for peasants who lose their land.

Contribution to Society

We strive to reduce the impact on theenvironment and minimize carbon
emission and energy consumption fromour business operations. We achieved
20.8% and 23.9% reduction for electricity
and water consumption per MW module
production in 2017 compared to that of in2013. Trina Solar has achieved 'zero' carbon
emission for operations in China since2016. In 2016 and 2017, the solar power
stations owned by Trina Solar in China
contributed additional 1.1 billion kWh ofsolar clean power to the world, reducing
CO 2 emission by approximately 900,000
tons.

Focus on Supply Chain: Share
Sustainable Development
We integrate sustainable development
concept into our sourcing businessand processes. While actively fulfilling
our social responsibilities, we urge our
global suppliers and partners to shoulder
their social responsibilities. We reduce
our carbon emission related to ourt ra n s p o r t a t i o n a n d l o gi s t i c s n e t wo r k
by optimizing the packaging, lowering
shipping weight and increasing local
sourcing. We continue to improve supply
chain sustainability through our supplierreview, assessment and sk ill-building
scheme. We are committed to going handin hand with global suppliers to jointly
promote the sustainable development
and share the value of sustainable
development.

Care for Employees: Promote
Harmonious Growth
Tr i n a S o l a r p a y s a t t e n t i o n t o t a l e n tdevelopment. We have attracted talentsfrom over 30 countries worldwide andestablished a global integrated culture.
Through establishing salar y incentive
mechanism and professional development
channels, we explore various ways tomake our employees to achieve their own
value and career development. In 2017,
Trina Solar won the award of 2017 Best
Companies to Work from Business MediaInternational, an Asia's leading business

Appendixmagazine and won the Best Employer
Brand Building Award from HR ExcellenceCenter (HREC).

Contribute to Society: Build a
Better Home
Trina Solar is committed to achieving thetarget of a shared prosperity together withlocal communities. In 2017, Trina Solar
actively developed the targeted poverty
alleviation projects. By making use of thecharacteristics of long-term and stabilityof PV projec ts, Trina S olar transforms
poverty alleviation from 'blood transfusion'mode to ‘targeted pover ty alleviation'and ‘hematopoietic poverty alleviation’.
The 20 MW PV poverty alleviation projectin M inqin Hongshagang, Trina S olar ’s
Phase II project in Wuwei, was successfully
connected to the grid. The project madefull use of the annual 1,420 hours of lightresources from the wasteland. It undertook
800 households’ poverty alleviation task
for annual 3,000 RMB/household poverty
alleviation funds in Dongxiang County,
Linxia, Gansu Province. In early 2017, we
donated 30 K W PV modules to I ndia's
Nagarjuna Institute to help them to build a‘solar powered parking shed’.
I n 2 0 1 7 , Tr i n a S o l a r w a s g r a n t e d aGold Recognition Level in Ecovadis’
2 0 1 7 Co r p o rate S o c i a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y(CSR) assessment, a global suppliersustainability ratings organization. The
Gold Recognition Level in EcoVadis’ CSR
assessment demonstrates Trina Solar ’s
c o m m i t m e n t t o p ro m o t e s u s t a i n a b l edevelopment. We believe that beautiful
tomorrow comes from our joint efforts oftoday. Our commitment to corporate social
responsibility remains as strong as ever.
We will integrate our efforts and practices
into the collaborative partnership towards
the UN’s sustainable development goals.
We will make our unremitting efforts toforge ahead for the better and sustainable
future.
Jifan Gao
Chairman & CEO of Trina Solar

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Governance & Development Trina Era 3.0

In 2017, Trina Solar successfully opened up a Trina Era 3.0. In Trina Era 3.0,
we will devote ourselves to a higher standard corporate governance byincorporating social sustainability into corporate strategy, management
and long-term development. Driven by the six strategies of "Innovation,
Branding, Globalization, Platformization, Intelligence and Industry &Financial Integration", Trina Solar operates in good faith. We are committed tocomplying with laws and regulations, international conventions and businessethics. Trina Solar sticks to tackling the relationship with suppliers, clients,
governments, partners, competitors and other stakeholders with principles
of fairness and honesty, aiming to achieve the sustainable development
together.

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Cumulative module shipments reached over 32
GW, ranked No. 1 globally. In 2017, shipments
reached 9 GW.

100+
As of end of 2017, the upstream and downstream
business covered 100 countries and regions.

2
G l o b a l c u m u l at i ve g r i d - co n n e c te d PV p owe r
stations worldwide reached 2 GW.

14,666
The number of employees worldwide reached14,666.
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Our Businesses

Company Profile

Tr i n a S o l a r, fo u n d e d i n 1 9 9 7 , h e a d quartered in Changzhou, China, was oneof the earliest solar enterprises listed
in NYSE. As the world's leading solar
solution provider, Trina Solar developed aportfolio of solar solutions, such as smart
module, energy storage system, smart
system, smar t maintenance, etc. andprovided our clients with integrated onestop system solutions for development,
financing, designing, construction andmaintenance. In 2017, Trina Solar opened
up a new era 3.0 - to become a global
leader of the Energy Internet of Things.

Trina Solar has established regional
headquar ters in Zurich, Switzerland
for Europe area, in San Jose, CA, USA
for Amer ican area and in Singapore
for Asian-pacific & Middle - east area.
We also has offices in Tokyo, Madrid,
Milan, Sydney, Beijing, Shanghai, etc.
O u r b u s i n e s s cove r s m o re t h a n 1 0 0
countries and regions worldwide.
Trina Solar devotes itself to building asustainable solar industry together with
its installers, distributors, utility andproject developers worldwide. Trina Solaris committed to leading solar industry interms of technology innovation, productquality, environmental protection andsocial responsibility and providing its
clients with clean & reliable energy. Asof the end of 2017, Trina Solar achieved
cumulative module shipments of over
32 GW, ranked No.1 globally, occupying
10% of global market share. With eachsolar module operating normally, these
solar modules conver t sunlight into
electricity, which can reduce carbon
dioxide emission by 32 million tons per
year compared to that of thermal power
generation.

PV Module Manufacturing

PV Power Station Development
and O & M

Energy Storage and Off-grid
SystemStrictly adhere to international quality
standards. Continuously improve
product efficiency and quality throughtechnological innovation.

Provide one-stop system integrations o l u t i o n s, i n c l u d i n g d e ve l o p m e nt,
financing, designing, construc tion,
operation & maintenance (O&M).

Provide energy storage solutions tocommercial & residential users, mediumlow speed new energy vehicl es andcommunication industry.

Branded Residential PV System

Energy Internet of Things

Provide branded PV products and solutions to residential
users, aiming to build the first brand of global residential PV
system.

Establish smart energy cloud platform to provide solutions
to energy generation, storage, distribution, use and cloudservice.

Global Layout
New Delhi,India
China

Headquarters
Marketing & Service Center

San Jose,CA（Headquarters of North America）

Switzerland,Zurich（Headquarters of Europe）

Xiantao,Hubei

Madird,Spain
Milan,Italy

Chile

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Johannesburg,South Africa

Tokyo,Japan
Changhou,Jiangsu Global Headquarters

Munich,Germany

MexicoBeijingEnglandChengduXinjiang

Manufacturing Base

Large scale ground PV station

Commercial PV system

Residential PV system

Shanghai, Yancheng,Jiangsu

Bangkok, Thailand
VienamMalaysia

Singapore（）
Abu Dahbi,UAE

Sydney,Australia

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Sustainable milestones during Trina Solar's 20 years
development••

Foundation of Trina
Solar

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Opened up Trina Era
1.0

Built 39 solar-powered
off-gri power stations in
Changdu, Tibet, allowing
those rural people without electricity supply to
enjoy the modern life
brought by solar power

1999
1997

2006

Built the first
demonstration house
powered by solar
panels in China

Opened up Trina Era
2.0

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2007
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2010

2002
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Listed in NYSE•

Released the first Corporate
Social Responsibility report
Installed PV system for Visezi
c l i n i c i n Ta n z a n i a , A f r i c ato improve local medical
condition•

Sponsored the constructiono f Tr i n a R o a d i n W u q i a ,Xinjiang•

Established Green
house Gas Management
System and passed
ISO14064 Green
House Gas Emission
Verification

Granted with "2013 Pover ty
Alleviation Loving Heart
Award" by China Foundation
for Poverty Alleviation

2013

•

Established Global Solar
Council (GSC). Jifan Gao, CEOof Trina Solar, was elected asa Co-Chairman of the GSC
Awarded with "2015 Asia
Photovoltaic Award" by
Asia Photovoltaic Industry
Association (APVIA)
Donated 10 million to set up"Siyuan Sunshine Fund for
Entrepreneurship"

Opened up Trina Era 3.0 -- to be a global
leader of the Energy Internet of Things
(IoT)

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Launched Trina's Million Roof Plan•

J i f a n G a o, C E O o f Tr i n a S o l a r, j o i n e d
Sustainable Urbanization CEO Council topromote urbanization development•

Passed the Corporate Social Responsibility
Review by Ecovadis and be granted a Gold
Recognition Level

2017

2015

Built State Key Photovoltaic
Science & Technology Laboratory•

Ranked No.1 for global module
shipments•

Donated PV modules to Haiti
to help handle the shortage ofelectricity after disaster•J i f a n G a o , C E O o f Tr i n a S o l a r, w a selected as the first president of China
Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA)•

J i f a n G a o, C E O o f Tr i n a S o l a r,
w a s i nv i t e d t o a t t e n d t h e U N
Conference on Sustainable
Development in Rio de Janeiro,•

Granted with the "Outstanding Low
Ca r b o n G re e n M a n a g e m e n t Aw a rd "issued by BSI

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2016

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Brazil

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2014

2012

Became the first solar
industry shaper on
World Economic Forum•

Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC)

2011•

Ranked No.1 in environmentand social responsibility
per formance appraisal on2013 Solar Energy Enterprises
Rankings issued by the Silicon

S e t u p 2 0 2 0 Tr i n a S o l a r S u s t a i n a b l e
Development Goals•

Started Thailand factory operations•

Jifan Gao, CEO of Trina Solar, was invited
to be the founding member of NUDP
Private Sector Advisory Board to supportt h e re a l i z at i o n o f t h e 1 7 s u s t a i n a b l edevelopment goals in China•

Won Asia's Best Work place Repor tingAward at the 2016 Asia Sustainability
Reporting Awards

Trina Era 1.0（1997-2006）

Trina Era 2.0（2007-2016）

Trina Era 3.0（2017~）

World's Leading Module
Manufacturer

World's Leading Solar Solutions Provider

Global Leader of the Energy
Internet of Things (IoT)
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Corporate Governance

Strategies

Legal compliance is not only the guarantee for the

Trina Solar sticks to the philosophy of upholding integrity first. We

survival of an enterprise, but also the foundation

consciously abide by laws and regulations, international conventions
and business ethics, and build our integrity throughout the whole

for the long-term healthy development. Trina Solarprocess of production and business activities. Trina Solar promises

always adheres to legal compliance and businessto continuously create value for our stakeholders, and strives toethics. We strive to protect intellectual property

build a brand image of both ‘model management’ and ‘integrity first’.

rights and cultivate an ethical mechanism, so

In December 2017, Trina Solar was awarded the award of Provincial
Credible Enterprise by Jiangsu Administration Bureau for Industry

as to build a responsible, honest and compliant

and Commerce.

corporate governance mechanism.

MissionStrategies

VisionSolar Energy for All

Be a Global Leader of Energy
Internet of Things (IoT)

Be the World's Most Trusted and Respected
Solar Energy Company

Organizational Structure
In order to adapt to the ever-changing of solar industr y,
Trina Solar continuously makes organizational struc turetransformation, aiming to enhance core competitiveness andvitality. In 2017, Trina Solar adopted a "Platform + Value Creation
Unit (VCU)" business model to achieve a flatten organizational
structure transformation, which motivated internal employees,
and attracted external resources. The "Platform + Value Creation
Unit ( VCU)" business model is the key to Trina Era 3.0. Withfocusing on the value creation, we setup Monitoring and
Coordination Platform, Shared Service Platform, Upstream
VCU and Downstream VCU. The employees were motivatedfrom being passively managed to self-driven. The operational
efficienc y gets significantly improved. We continuously
synchronize all resources for entrepreneurship, innovation andvalue creation.

China
China
China PV International
Smart Energy
Commercial Residential
SystemPV System
Microgrid
Cloud
PV System PV System

Smart Energy Management
Platform

Monitoring &Coordination Platform

Legal
Affairs

CEO
OfficeShared Service
Platform

EnergyStorage Electricity &System Electronics

Energy Internet Management
Platform

Strategic Innovation
Platform

VCU

Platform

Branding and Strategetic
Public Affairs Development

Headquarters
CEO11

Branding•    Formulate Innovation Committee & WorkingGroup•    Formulate Branding Promotion Committee•    Continuously realize the value of innovation
by making use of innovative capabilities

Mission, Vision and Strategies

ModuleGlobal Sales
Manufacturing and Oversea
Unit
Solutions Unit

Innovation

Globalization•    Globalize talents, markets, R&D, andmanufacturing bases•   Use 'Achieving our Dream with Sunlight' as
our slogan for brand promotion•     Promote solar energy grid parity•    Build brand capabilities from all our aspects•    Strengthen and deepen international
cooperation in solar industry•    Achieve the target of millions of households
using solar energy•    Improve Trina’s brand from ‘Tier One’ to ‘Being
the First Choice’ in the industry•    Achieve mutual benefit and win-win
situation for global partners

Platformizaton

Intelligence

Industry and Financial
Integration•    Establish ‘Platform + Value Creation Group(VCG)’ business model•    Make use of new technologies, such as theInternet, Big Data, Cloud, and IoT•    Focus on value creation and managing
employees from being passively managed toself-driven•    Fully integrate the power of technology,
industry and capital•    Build intelligent business, intelligent
management, as well as intelligent
cooperation platform•    Enhance overall strength•    Improve operational efficiency•    Synchronize all resources for entrepreneurship, innovation and value creation

Risk Management & Internal Audit
R i s k m a n a g e m e nt a n d co nt ro l i s a n e ce s s a r y co n d i t i o n fo r t h e s t a b l edevelopment of the company and the security of its employees. Trina Solar sets
up a Board of Directors (BOD), and formulates a series of corporate-level rules
and regulations, such as General Manager Discussion Procedure, Internal Audit
Procedure. The BOD is sub-grouped into three special committees. The important
issues submitted to the BOD must be discussed by the special committees
to form a formal proposal, so that it is ensured that the decision is made in ascientific, standardized and efficient way.
Trina Solar's BOD has an Audit Committee and an Internal Audit Department.
Internal Audit Department strictly abides by the International Internal Audit
Standard and Trina Solar Internal Audit Procedure to ensure business complianceand risk control needs. The audit plan approved by the Audit Committee andmanagement is carried out independently. The scope of audit covers R&D,
procurement, manufacturing, sales, customer service, human resource, finance,and other aspects and functions. The audit scope and plan are adjusted annuallyin order to continuously meet the company's business development needs.
Besides, Trina Solar establishes a Risk Control and Compliance Department inorder to identify and respond to both external and internal risks adequately. We
formulate a Risk Control Working Committee. The members of the committee
consist of management representatives from various departments. We regularly
identify the various company risks including strategic risks, operational risks,financial risks, compliance risks, the company's platform transformation risks
and others. Meanwhile, a risk control plan must be developed to ensure that abalance between potential risks and benefits is reached. We established a Trina’s
Risk Control and Tracking System (RCTS) in 2017 to ensure that all audit findings
were properly and effectively closed.

Risk Control & Tracking System (RCTS)

01

Identify responsible persons,deadline for corrective actions, andaction plan for all audit findings.

02

Audit findings will be closed after
verification of evidence submitted toInternal Audit Department.

03

All findings will be analyzed andevaluated from different aspects
of depar tments, func tions andresponsibilities.

04

The findings that can't be closed
within deadline will be reported to
top management quarterly.

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Corporate Culture

Legal Compliance and Ethics
Trina Solar always adheres to legal compliance. We have integrated ethics
and compliance requirements into the company’s daily operation. We
formulated a series of rules and regulations to guide behaviors of employees
and suppliers, e.g., Trina Solar Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, AntiCorruption Policy, Antitrust Compliance Policy, Reward and Punishment
Regulations on Employee Behavior, etc. We also set up Business Ethics
Committee, being responsible for ethics management. We have issued
requirements and operation guidance about corporate governance on thecompany’s official website (www.trinasolar.com).
We ensure employees to abide by business ethics in a clear, simple anddirect way. We operate our company to ensure that our operation andmanagement are always in line with applicable business ethics.

Corporate culture is the soul of an enterprise

In 2017, we conducted a series of interviews and questionnaires

and an inexhaustible source of sustainable

for corporate culture, so as to collect the understandings of coredevelopment. Trina Solar always advances with
Complaint Channels:
Ethics Compliance Hotline: +86-519-85176933
Risk Management Anti-fraud Reporting Email:IA@trinasolar.com

the times, and updates our corporate culture

values and suggestions of corporate culture construction andimprovement from employees in different positions, grades andregions. We finalized Trina Solar 3.0 core values by interviews

in different development stages so that we canand questionnaires.: C-customer-centric, O-open-mindedness,

improve company's cohesiveness, ensure soundD-dedication, E-excellence, abbreviated as CODE, which meansdevelopment, help employees realize self-values,'A Successful Password for the Future'.

and finally realize our mission and vision.
C: Customer-Centric

O: Open-Mindedness
Embrace change openly.

Serve our customers with full heart.
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Establish complaint channels for the public through email, telephone and "Trina Solar
Reward, Complaint and Reporting Platform", to protect employees' legitimate interest
and give appropriate rewards.

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Understand customer' needs•

Quickly respond to customer requests•

Provide superior products and services•

Create excellent customer experience

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

Require new employees to learn and sign on the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
Conduct annual self-disclosure of conflicts of interests for key management staff.
Provide codes of conduct and anti-corruption training for all employees to enhance
employees' compliance awareness. In 2017, we made a course of ethics compliance on
the UMU interactive learning platform. It is a compulsory course for new employees
and the training rate for new employees is 100%.

Intellectual Property Rights

As of the end of 2017, Trina Solar has applied for 1,387
patents, among which 220 are invention patents (including
32 PCT patents, 11 international patents). We boast 802 valid
patents, among which 263 are invention patents (including
1 patent in America, 1 patent in Japan, 1 patent in Taiwan).
The number of valid invention ranks in the front of Chinese
PV industry. In December 2016, Trina Solar’s Interdigitated
Back Contact (IBC ) silicon solar cell was awarded the
Excellence Award at the 18 th China Patent Awards. In
December 2017, Trina Solar’s Back Bridge Type Contact
Electrode of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell and Preparation
Method was awarded the Excellence Award at the 19th China
Patent Awards.
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Win the Excellence Award at the 19th China Patent Awards

Intellectual Property Rights

Trina Solar respects all intellectual property rights. We arecommitted to complying with international conventions on
intellectual property, as well as local laws and regulations.
We e s t a b l i s h e d I n t e l l e c t u a l P r o p e r t y M a n a g e m e n t
Committee and formulated Intellectual Proper tyManagement General Principles, Patent Management
System, and Business Secret Management Procedure, toprotect Trina Solar’s intellectual property rights.

In December 2017, Trina Solar’s Back Bridge Type Contact
Electrode of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell and Preparation
Method was awarded the Excellence Award at the 19th China
Patent Awards. The method has successfully solved the key
technical problem such as the formation of the backfieldof the back-passivated cell and metal contact, which cangreatly improve the structure and per formance of thecrystalline silicon solar cell, so as to improve the conversion
efficiency of the crystalline silicon solar cell. The productproduced by this technology are widely used in various
large power stations, roof-top installations and agricultural
shed projects. The method can also provide customers withhigher efficiency and lower cost of crystal silicon solar cell
products.

••••

D: Dedication

E: Excellence

Dedicated to creating values forcustomers, and our company.

Pursue higher goals.

Be proactive and take quick actions
Dedicated to work and strive hard toachieve goals
Be fearless in the face of challenges anddifficulties
Persevere and committed to achieve themission••••Seek transformational change andcontinuous improvement
Courage to innovate and adopt rapid
iteration
Learn fast and surpass ourselves
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2017 Trina Family - My Trina & My Love
The purpose of the activities held on thefamilies.

family day was to increase exchanges among

We organized Trina Family Day in Changzhou Trina

the company, the employees and employees’

I nternational School on 4 th November, 2017. Therefamilies, which enabled employees to enhancewere about 2,600 employees and their family members

cohesion and inspire pride of employees'

participated in the event.

Corporate Culture Communication
In order to integrate the core values
into the daily behaviors of each
Tr i n a e m p l o y e e a n d p u t w o r d s
into actions, we continue to take avariety of programs to ensure thatthe core values are rooted in every
employee's mind and every aspectof our business. We ensure that we
maintain our unified thoughts andactions in our day-to-day operations
and provide customers witheffective services.

Establish Trina Solar Culture Construction Team to promote the company’s
cultural construction.
Launch Wechat enterprise account, titled with "Trina Culture", to send
company news, push office guides and event notifications. Employees
could participate in corporate cultural activities more actively.

Flying balloon: open Trina Family Day event

Visiting Company: know more about thegreen solar energy industry

Assembling solar racing cars: understand theprinciples of solar racing car

Old photos exhibition: introduce thedevelopment history of Trina Solar

Set up a mailbox for corporate culture communication to collec teach employee’s suggestions and comments regarding the cultural
construction.

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Conduct 360-degree Trina Culture Evaluation to help employees havea deeper understanding of Trina Solar’s culture and core values. Let
employees know their own advantages and improvement opportunities ,and make improvements.

Trina Culture Stars

Dedication
The interpretation of “Dedication” is:Be proactive and take quick actions;

Trina Story-telling Contest

Dedicate to work and strive hard to achieve goals;
Be fearless in the face of challenges and difficulties;
Persevere and commit to achieve the mission.
In August 2017, we initiated the Trina Culture Star Seeking
Program. The program is to seek for employees who were
fully dedicated and responsible. We push for integrating
the core values of Trina Era 3.0 into employees’ minds andactions.

Yufei Zhang

Project Manager of Industry
and Commerce VCUArea Manager of Residential PV
Value Creation Units

He drove thousands kilometers He exploited the new market of
to eusure construction period. Sinkiang in spite of difficulties.

Weiqian He

Guanjun Wu

Jun HuShu ZhangSenior Manager of PV System

Manager of Sales in Europe andLatin America

Facility Supervisor inLaboratory

Manager of High Efficiency
Module R&D Department

In December 2017, Trina Solar organized the Trina Story-telling Contest, which is one of the events of Trina Solar’s 20th anniversary

He never stopped surpassing
himself.

He is always conscientious
at his work.

She was devoted to science andtechnology industrialization.

spirit of striving and pioneering. The speeches delivered by the participants encouraged all Trina Solar’s employees to continually

He overcome any difficulties towin victory.

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Zhimin LI

celebration. The participants told the stories about Trina Solar’s history of hardworking and spoke highly of Trina Solar’s employees’
move forward.

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Communication with Stakeholders
We regard stakeholders’ communication andp a r t i c i p a t i o n a s t h e f o c u s o f Tr i n a S o l a r ’s
sustainable development. We believe that bilateral,transparent and regular communication will bringabout closer ties between us and stakeholders, andenhance mutual trust and respect.

Th ro u g h s ys te m at i c i d e nt i f i c at i o n a n d c l a s s i f i c at i o n o f
s t a k e h o l d e r s, we h ave e s t a b l i s h e d s t a b l e, m u l t i - a s p e c tcommunication channels, such as various activities, productlaunches, face-to-face communication meeting, questionnaires,e - m a i l s, a n d o f f i c i a l we b s i te e tc. We co n s t a nt l y co l l e c t
stakeholders’ expectations, needs, and suggestions. Whileactively and effectively responding, we also prioritize thefeedbacks from stakeholders as an important input for ourcontinuous improvement.

Customers

Continuously Promote Sustainable Development
Employees

Trina Solar is not only a manufacturer of clean energy, but also striving to provide sustainable solutions for climatechange and energy crisis. Under the severe situation of global climate change, Trina Solar has continuously
promoted the sustainable development of economy, society and ecological environment through joint efforts andglobal cooperation with government agencies, photovoltaic associations and other stakeholders.
Shareholders

Communication Methods
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Product launch
Customer satisfaction survey
Customer audit
Meeting
Exhibition
Website

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

Communication Meeting
Roundtable meeting / lunch

Communication Activities•

In August 2017, Trina Solar launched a new brand of household PV brand"Trina Home" at Beijing National Conference Center, and announced
that Trina Solar's plan of "Million PV Roof" will be completed in the next
5 years. Trina Home is the first brand of original household PV system
in PV industry. It is committed to bringing household PV into the tensof thousands of homes. It provides more reliable guarantee and better
green energy experience for users with new brand image, upgradedbrand standard, high quality products and perfect service.

•

Trina Solar held the 20th anniversary celebrations & 2017 annual meeting,with the theme of 'Grateful to You, Create Greater Glories'. Trina Solar’s
executives, manufacturing employees, overseas employees, employees'
families and other representatives were gathered together to participate
in the activities of the 20th anniversary celebration.
In 2017, HR Employee Relation Department has organized cultural andsports activities, e.g. interested activities, traditional cultural, reading
and traditional festivals.

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Government
United Nations Development
Programme(UNDP)
Founding Member of Private
Sector Advisory Board

World Economic Forum
Business Partner in PV
Industry

Sino-U.S. CEO Council of Sustainable
Urbanization
MemberBusiness Partners

Boao Forum for Asia
Platinum Member

Global Solar Council
Jifan, Gao, Chairman and CEO of
Trina Solar, seves as Co-chairman
Chinese Renewable Energy
Society
Jifan, Gao, Chairman and
CEO of Trina Solar, seves asStanding Director

Nongovernmentalorganizations andCommunities•••

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

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Sign strategic partnershipagreement
Supplier meeting
Supplier research / audit
Supplier / contractor training•

In February 2017, Trina Solar signed “Strategic Cooperation Framework
Agreement” with Jiangsu Traffic Holding Co., Ltd.. The two companies
made full use of their own leading technology in the transportation
infrastructure and PV industry, and carried out a deep and multidirectional cooperation with "PV + transportation".

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Participate in community activities
Employee volunteer activities
Participate in charity activities
Collect feedback from community
Hire local employees to improve
profits, and pay tax in accordancewith law•

In March 2017, Trina Solar was invited to formally become a member of
the Sino-U.S. CEO Council of Sustainable Urbanization. The Council iscommitted to creating more economic and social benefits for the society
on philosophy of clean environment and harmonious development.
In March 2017, we donated 30 KW PV modules to India's Nagarjuna
Institute to help them build a ”solar powered parking shed”.
In June 2017, EHS Department conducted a EHS Satisfaction Survey forcommunity residents surrounding the company.

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Public Media

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Asia PV Industry Association

China PV Industry
Association

Chairman Unit

Director Unit

Jifan, Gao, Chairman and
CEO of Trina Solar, sevesas Chairman of Executive
Committee

Jifan, Gao, Chairman and
CEO of Trina Solar, seves as
Director

Disclose information on social
responsibilities on a regular basis

Jiangsu PV Industry Association

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Trina Solar released Corporate Social Responsibility Report annually.
In January 2017, Trina Solar held a media appreciation meeting withmore than 20 national mainstream media, e.g. CCTV, Xinhua News
Agency, People’s Daily, and Xinhua Daily, and discussed how to better
communicate with the public and the media.

•

In February 2017, Trina Solar's new standard proposal, EVA Crosslinking Degree Test method, was officially released to the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), filling the gap in EVA Cross-linking
Degree Test for green environmental testing in PV industry.
In September 2017, the project of “Silicon Solar Cell Micro-nanostructure
Manufacturing and Interface Passivation Key Technologies andApplications”, launched by Trina Solar, Changzhou University and Jiangsu
University, won the first prize of "China Machinery Industry Science& Technology Award", sponsored by the China Machinery Industry
Federation.

Director Unit
Jifan, Gao, Chairman and CEO of
Trina Solar, severs as Chairman

Research
Institutions/Standards
Associations

The company's website (www.trinasolar.com) publishes press releases
and announcements from time to time to disclose the news of company
operations.
In April 2017, Trina Solar signed a cooperative memorandum on
the ‘Super Top Runner’ PV project with the Chenzhou Municipal
government. The project effectively integrates renewable energy with
tailings treatment and vegetation restoration. We tried to build a ‘SuperTop Runner’ PV demonstration base in Chenzhou.
In December 2017, Trina Solar signed the “Framework Agreement on PV
Power Generation and Smart Energy Internet Project Cooperation” with
Hegang City Xingshan District Government and Xinghua New EnergyCo., Ltd., to help Hegang City achieve a better energy transformation
goal.

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Industry association
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Materiality Analysis
the concerns of stakeholders.

knowledge of the topics that are of greatest interest

Trina Solar makes use of a variety of internal and external sources

to our stakeholders, so that we can reveal moreand channels to identify and prioritize the material issues that are ofcomprehensive and relevant information to address

greatest interest to our stakeholders.

1. Identification of Materiality Issues

We identify material issues from a wide range of

In defining the material issues, we take into•

reasonably estimable economic,
environmental and social impacts•

interests and expectations of stakeholders•

main topics and future challenges of solar
industry•

key applicable laws and regulations•

corporate’s vision, mission, core values,
strategies and goals

Identification Sources

Factors Considered

account the factors including：sources including：•customer and supplier survey•

company website, email, quarterly•

employee blogs, forums and feedbacks•

company news release, social media channels•

meetings with customers, suppliers and•We review issues and consider both the potential impact on

issues we identified include：

stakeholder decisions and impact on Trina Solar’s business•Business and Economy : business strategy, overcapacity,

development. We prioritize the significance of each issue based

financial performance, revenues, profits, tax and incentives,on the criteria including business continuity, finance performance,

political condition, corporate governance, talent development,

business strategy, product brand, company reputation, competitive

talent retention, trade barrier, changes in China PV policies

advantage, excellent management and community impact. We

recycle, waste minimization, environmental compliance, water
consumption, chemical consumption, energy efficiency, green
building, biodiversity•

Social Impact : corporate culture, occupational health andCorporate Governance
Carbon Emission
Education Support

Conflict Mineral

Business Strategy

Climate Change
Supply Chain Responsibiity

Employee Rights

Trade Barrier

Support Community
Intellectual Property Right

MEDIUM

Changes in PV Policies

Overcapacity
Natural Resource Conservation

Biodiversity

Environmental Compliance

Waste Minimization

RecycleEmergency Preparedness

Occupational Health and Safety
Talent Development & Retention

third-party audit on management system

With a combination of internal and external sources, the material

resource conservation, wastewater treatment, air emission,

Revenues & Profits

government officials

3. Priority of Materiality Issues

Environment : climate change, carbon emission, natural

HIGH

communication meeting

2. Determination of Materiality Issues•

MATERIALITY MATRIXIMPORTANCE TO MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS

Materiality analysis can help us have a thorough

LOW

MEDIUMHIGH
IMPACT ON TRINA SOLAR'S BUSINESS

EconomyEnvironment

Socialdevelop a materiality matrix according to the importance tomultiple stakeholders and the impact on Trina Solar’s business. The
materiality matrix demonstrates the topics being of the greatest
interests to our stakeholders. We engage in stakeholders toperiodically review the materiality matrix to ensure that it remains
updated and continues to meet stakeholders' expectation.

safety, emergency preparedness, supply chain responsibility,
conflict minerals, community support, employee relationship,labor union, human rights, intellectual property right, security,
gender equalization.

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UN’s Sustainable Goals

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

Trina Solar identifies the goals that are consistent with thecompany's strategic objective, and makes 2030 sustainable
development goals achieved with practical actions. In 2016,
Trina Solar was invited to be one of founding members ofPrivate Sector Advisory Board launched by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), and signed sustainable
development declaration. Trina Solar promised to make its efforts
and contributions for the realization of the 17 UN’s sustainable
development goals in China.

UN’s Sustainable Goals

Our Actions•

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

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While facilitating the diversification of our staff, Trina Solar is striving
to provide our employees with good working conditions and welfare

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

benefits. It is also actively promoting the localization of employment,
and providing more working chances for local people.
•

In 2016, Global Solar Council (GSC) put forward to create 10 million
solar jobs by 2030. This goal will serve as a key indicator to evaluate theeffectiveness of the Global Solar Council’s activities in the future.

Our Actions
Energy could help people get rid of poverty and develop local economy. We helped the poor
areas to improve their economic and living standards by establishing entrepreneurial funds and•PV poverty alleviation, and promote the sustainable development of agriculture and fishery by

as reuse of RO rejected water, treatment and reuse of wastewater,

installing PV modules high above fish pond and farming land.
•collection of condensated water from air conditioning system etc. In

In 2015, Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship was founded by Trina Solar. The fund2017, water consumption per MW module production has decreased bydonated 10 million to China Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. The Fund desires

23.9% compared with that of 2013. The water-saving project has saved

to help 10,000 poor college students cultivate entrepreneurship and achieve success in PV
industry through training.
•

3.86 million tons of water from the year 2013 to 2017.

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

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 years.

Gorges Power Station and the Gezhou Dam Power Station.

Chenzhou in Hunan Province, was officially connected to power grid in September,•2016. This was the first village-level PV power station constructed by Trina Solar. In

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security
and improve nutrition and promotesustainable agriculture

USD 100 million to build the largest 1 GW solar photovoltaic cellproject, was successfully connected to the grid. The poor families could increase their

manufacturing facilities in the Yun-Zhong Industrial Zone, Beijiang

income by selling electricity. Trina Solar transforms poverty alleviation from “blood-

Province in Vietnam. We bring more than 1,000 jobs and widely

poverty alleviation”.
Trina Solar constructed a 5 MW model project of photovoltaic anagriculture in New
Menghe Town, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province in 2016. The project developed
ecological agriculture. The dual-glass modules were installed on the greenhouse roof•

Trina Solar actively responds to "Belt and Road Initiative". It invested

2017, the 20 MW PV poverty alleviation project, Trina Solar’s second phase of Wuwei

disseminate clean energy application in the region.

transfusion poverty alleviation” to “targeted poverty alleviation” and ”hematopoietic•

By the end of 2017, Trina Solar’s accumulated shipments were morethan 32 GW, which is equivalent to sum of the capacity of the Three

A PV poverty alleviation pilot project, located in Qingzhu village, Guidong county,
Goal 1: End pover ty in all its forms
everywhere

Trina Solar has implemented various water-saving projects, such

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

Trina Solar are always adhering to the concept of innovation anddevelopment, We strive to implement “PV+” strategy, integrating
photovoltaic application with commercial, agriculture, construction,transportation, communications and other industries. As of the end of
2017, Trina Solar achieves the cumulative PV grid-connected projects ofand the strong permeability ensures the sufficient light that the crops need.
Trina Solar has established the Employee Assistance Program(EAP) and invited experts

nearly 2 GW worldwide.

periodically to give guidance in terms of stress management, occupational mental
health, and healthy lifestyles to help employees relieve the work pressure, which helps•

to eliminate psychological distress and improve work efficiency.
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received ISO14064 certification for Greenhouse Gas Emission

Trina Solar has established an internal clinic to provide the employees with medical

Verification, and passed PAS2050/ISO14067 Product Carbon Footprint

and health counseling services.
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote
well-being for all at all ages••

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

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In 2016, Trina Solar launched the UMU online learning system and various microlectures to meet those needs in a simpler, more convenient and efficient way.

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efficiency, reducing GHG emission and saving resources.

the flexible benefit program to provide physical health insurance choices. Employeesdemands.

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

Verification. We are continuously dedicated to improving energy

Trina Solar provides annual health examination for employees. In 2015, it launched
can choose insurance items for themselves and their families according to their own

Trina Solar has established ISO50001 Energy Management System,•
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption andproduction patterns
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climatechange and its impacts

Trina Solar continued to focus on energy efficiency improvement byidentifying and implementing energy-saving projects and optimizing
energy use. The electricity consumption per MW production decreased
by 20.8% compared with that of 2013. The energy-saving project has
saved electricity 19,400 MWh, and reduced carbon dioxide emission by
17,000 tons from the year 2013 to 2014.

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 9 years, the volunteers subsidized 375 students.
Among them, 46 students have completed the nine-year compulsory education.
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Energy and environmental problems are t wo

While enjoying the tremendous achievements brought byprominent problems that restrict the sustainableeconomic growth, scientific and technological progress, anddevelopment of the world economy and society. We
believe that an excellent enterprise can embracesocial development, humankind has also gradually and clearlyrecognized the energy shortage, climate change, and ecologicaland environmental challenges brought by the excessive use ofchallenges, grasp opportunities and keep social

fossil fuels. As a world leading photovoltaic company, Trina Solar

demands in mind to explore a broader market as

will take this opportunity to address climate change and use solar

well. Trina Solar always puts the responsibility forsustainable development on top of commercial

Business
Strategyenergy for the benefit of all mankind. We will always pay attention

strategies and goals, we fully take into accountdevelopment in the photovoltaic industry. We push photovoltaic

the risks and opportunities, and consider them as

power generation for thousands of households, aiming to benefit all
mankind by coping with climate change and improving ecologicalenvironment.

manufacturing, and product delivery.
Belt and Road Initiative — Build the Largest Solar PV Cell Plant in Vietnam

ClimateChangeTrade Barrier

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Jifan Gao,
Chairman & CEO
of Trina Solar"Trina Solar built a clean and tidy plant on a deserted grassland
just in a few months, and meanwhile achieved full production.
The achievement fully demonstrates Trina Solar’s hardworking
spirit and entrepreneurship. It is also inseparable from the strong
support of the Chinese Embassy, Vietnam government as wellas other relevant parties. The plant has not only demonstrated
another success of Trina Solar in the globalization of its
manufacturing base, but also introduced the advanced solar cellmanufacturing technology to Vietnam. It created nearly 1,000
job opportunities for the local community. As an importantmember of ASEAN, Vietnam has always maintained a rapid
economic growth, and actively participated in China’s ‘Belt andRoad Initiative’. The cooperation between China and Vietnam has
kicked off a wonderful start and will bring a mutual benefit andwin-win situation. I am fully confident and looking forward to abright future."

Overcapacity

Counter-measures

The factors, including overcapacity, cyclical change
in supply and demand, fluctuations in raw material
price, increased project development and financing
cost, product price decline etc., have led to fierce
competition and reduced profitability of enterprises.
They post the challenges to the sustainabled e v e l o p m e n t o f e n t e r p r i s e s i n s o l a r i n d u s t r y.

Trina S olar adopts a new business strategy. We
successfully open up a new era of Trina Era 3.0 : to bea Global Leader of the Energy Internet of Things (IoT).
Trina Solar vigorously develops smart energy and energy
Internet of Things (IoT). Trina Solar strives to create an
integrated solution for ‘Energy Generation, Storage,
Distribution, Energy Use and Cloud’ and promote thetransformation of solar energy into digital and intelligent
energy. We make full use of various resources toaccelerate the differentiation of our products, services
and brands, and break through fierce competition.

The challenge of climate change has become major
fo c u s a re a s fo r b o t h g ove r n m e nt s a n d p r i vatesectors. It presents one of the biggest threats tos u s t a i n a b l e d e ve l o p m e n t . D r i ve n b y t h e Pa r i s
agreement, increasing environmental concerns, andfavorite energy policies, expectations for renewableenergies and emission reduction to address theclimate issues have increased. Domestically, China has
setup a climate pledge including the goals for 2030:•
Lowering carbon intensity by 60% to 65% from2005 level;•
Peaking carbon dioxide emission by around 2030
and making best efforts to peak earlier;•
Increasing the share of non-fossil energy, including
renewable and nuclear energy, to around 20% of
total energy consumption;•
Increasing forest stock volume by around 4.5 billion
cubic meters from 2005 levels.

The increasing focus on climate change presents a golden
opportunity for us to apply our expertise and capabilities
to tackle on climate issues, including clean PV power
products, technology, power station development ,energy storage. This year in 2017, Trina Solar opened up
a new era 3.0 – to become a global leader of the Energy
IoT (Internet of Things). Trina Solar Energy IoT technology
will further enhance its capabilities to support fighting
climate change. We play our part in helping to build aclean, more prosperous world and offer solutions for'zero' carbon emission.

Trade protectionism being raised by some countries
in PV industry, mainly in U.S. and European Union,
posts a challenge for healthy development of PV
industry. For example, early 2016, Suniva, an U. S.
based solar manufacturer, filed a petition with U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) and called
for new tariffs on PV products imported from otherc o u n t r i e s. U. S . Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n a n n o u n c e d t h eprotection measures under the Section 201 tradeclause, which imposed an unreasonable tariff onimport of solar cells and modules from other counties.

As a key member of the global photovoltaic industry,
Trina Solar resolutely opposes to the US Section
201 investigations and imposition of the harsh tariff
on imported photovoltaic products. Trina Solar willcontinuously play an active role in promoting freetrade and healthy PV industry development. Trina
Solar implemented an overseas expansion strategy
and established manufacturing facilities in countries
and regions along the 'Belt and Road Initiative', such as
Thailand and Vietnam. We work tirelessly to lower down
overall cost of our PV products and solutions toward
reaching the milestone of grid parity. We are committed
to continuing to deliver our high quality PV products
and solutions to consumers worldwide, including theconsumers in the U. S. market.

Solar power generates electricity with no global warming
pollution, no fuel cost, and no risks of fuel price spikes.
It has the advantages of moving world toward cleaner,reliable, and affordable source of electricity. With supportof favorite policies and technology improvement, PV
industry has experienced a rapid development during
past a decade. However, overall favorite backgroundleads PV manufacturing overcapacity and products
oversupply, which leads to a fierce competition and
PV products price decline. The situation affects thecompany’s profit margin and posts challenges of healthysustainable development for PV industry.

Trina Solar tackles the challenge by deploying a
differentiated strategies including innovation, branding,globalization, intelligence, platformization and industry
and financial integration. We expand our capacity
prudentially and actively focus on the technology
advancement to increase power conversion efficiency
and energy yield. Trina Solar excises a variety of cost
reduction programs to raise our competitive capabilities.
We develop a portfolio of modules and solutions to fit
various solar project needs including Allmax, TallMax,
Duomax and smart PV modules, so as to differentiate
Trina Solar from other peers and avoid homogenous
competition. Besides, Trina Solar seizes the opportunity
to open up a Trina Era 3.0. Trina Era 3.0 well positions itself
to become a leader in energy Internet of Things.

take the initiative to cope with risks and embrace opportunities. We
will continue to promote technological innovation and sustainable

Trina Solar actively responded to China’s‘Belt and Road Initiative’ and invested 100
million U.S. dollars in Yunzhong Industrial
Zone, Beijiang Province, Vietnam in2017 to build the largest 1 GW solar
photovoltaic cell manufacturing facilities.
Trina Solar's Vietnam plant has introduced
the most advanced photovoltaic
manufacturing technology for the local
area. Equipped with 14 production lines,
the plant produces a variety of monocrystalline and multi-crystalline solar cells
to meet the US and European market
needs. This project not only brings morethan 1,000 job opportunities to the local
community, but also widely spreads theclean solar energy application.

Risks and Opportunities

to opportunities and risks facing the world and where we operate,interests. When formulating sustainable development

important factors in product design, procurement,

Aspects

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Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

AppendixCompany Profile Corporate Governance Corporate Culture Communication with Stakeholders Materiality Analysis Support SDGs Challenges and Opportunities Awards

AwardsAspects

Risks and Opportunities
With development of I nter net andinformation technology, as well as theever-changing of market competition,
the traditional pyramid organization has
many shortcomings, such as bloatedorganization, operational inefficiency

Organization
Capability

and high management cost etc. The
shortcomings have become obstacles andchallenges for enterprises’ sustainable
development in the new economic
era. Enterprises are required to take aneffective organizational transformation toturn challenges into opportunities.

Environmental protection has been
increasingly valued by governments
around the world. Known as the moststringent law in history, Environmental
Protection Law of the People’s Republicof China has been in effect since 1st
Environmental
Protection

January, 2015 in China. Public awarenesson environmental protection continues
to increase. It has become the trendof sustainable development that allenterprises are required to constantly
transform and upgrade to reduce theemission intensity. These requirements
pose new challenges for the sustainable
development.

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No.

Date

1

January 2017

2

January 2017

3

January 2017

4February 2017

5

March 2017

6

March 20177

June 20178

July 20179September 201710

September 201711

October 2017

12

November 201713

December 201714

December 201715

December 201716

December 201717

December 201718

December 2017

Awards•Won the 2016 Outstanding Public Relations Award at the China Energy Communication Conference
and Awards Ceremony.

•"High-efficiency and Low-cost P-type Crystalline Silicon Module Research and Industrialization"
project was awared the second prize of 2016 Science and Technology Progress Award by China
National Federation of Industry and Commerce.

•

Ranked second in the Top 100 Innovative Enterprises in Jiangsu Province.

•

Trina Solar PV System Test Center is accredited by the China National Accreditation Service (CNAS) for
laboratory assessment qualification.

•Awarded the Jiangsu Manufacturing Outstanding Contribution Award and the honor of TechnicalInnovation Model Enterprise by the Jiangsu Provincial Government.

•

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

•

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

•

Won the Best Employer Brand Building Award at the 2017 China Recruitment and Appointment
Award Ceremony organized by HREC.

•

Won the list of 2017 top 500 Chinese Enterprises and top 500 Manufacturing Industries issued by
the China Enterprise Federation and the Chinese Entrepreneurs Association, for Trina's excellent
technological innovation , robust financial indicators and contributions to PV industry development.

•

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

•

Won the 2017 Asia Best Employer Award from the Asian authoritative business magazine company.

•

The scientific project, Key Technology and Application of Microcrystalline Nanostructure Fabrication
and Interface Passivation of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, co-developed by Trina Solar, Changzhou
University, and Jiangsu University, won the First Prize of the China Machinery Industry Science andTechnology Award by China Federation of Machinery Industry .

•In the award ceremony of "2017 Best Corporate Universities in China" organized by Overseas
Education Academy of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Trina Leadership Academy won the 2017 Most
Growable Corporate University Award.

•

Ranked the 13 th in 2017 Global Top 500 New Energy Companies published by China Energy
Economics Institute, China Energy News and People’s Network and other mainstream media.

•

Back Bridge Type contact Electrode of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell and Preparation Method wasawarded the Excellence Award by State Intellectual Property Office.

•

Trina Solar was on the list of Chinese Manufacturing Individual Champion Companies which wasin the Announcement of the Second Batch of Manufacturing Individual Champion Companies andSingle Champion Product List issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

•

Successfully passed the surveillance audit of ISO14001 Environmental Management System and
OHSAS18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System conducted by TUV Rheinland.

•

Yancheng factory was awarded with "Safe Enterprise" by the Group of Safe Enterprise Construction of
Yancheng city.

Counter-measures
Trina Solar adopts a 'Platform + Value Creation Unit' strategy to achieve aflatten organizational structure transformation. After implementing the“Platform+ Value Creation Unit” organizational structure transformation,
every employee is business operation owner. Driven by markets andcustomers, every employee observes the operational rule of 'selfmanagement, cost-orientated', so that the operational efficiency getssignificantly improved. Meanwhile, Trina Solar enhances the management
efficiency through artificial intelligence (AI) technology. We adopt thelight-asset strategy and brand concept to improve capability of sustainable
development. In the transformation of organizational structure, it brought
impacts on employees, performance management, compensation systemand corporate culture etc. Trina Solar adopts the value-orientated conceptof 'sharing profits and responsibilities together, and win-win' to improve
the synergy among Value Creation Units. By the organizational structuretransformation, we improve our market competitiveness and realize themaximization of the company’s overall interests.
Trina Solar has established, maintained and implemented a strict
environmental management system. We have implemented ourcompany-wide environmental protection responsibility system. With our
sophisticated pollution control facilities, we strengthen manufacturing
process control, including procurement, R&D, manufac turing,transportation and use, etc., to ensure that our operations meet therequirements of environmental protection laws and regulations.
Trina Solar has continuously reduced the impact on the environment andthe product carbon footprint through technological innovation and energy
use optimization. We are committed to providing clean solar energy for
all mankind. As of the end of 2017, the cumulative capacity of PV projects
we developed in China has reached 1.6 GW. The projects generated 1.18
billion KWh and 1.55 billion KWh of clean solar energy in 2016 and 2017
respectively, which is much more than what we consumed for our China
operations.
Trina Solar pays attention to the sustainable development of the entire
supply chain. We work with customers and suppliers in both upstream anddownstream to create a green and high-efficiency supply chain, so as toenhance our efficiency and competitiveness.

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Care for Our Earth

Care for Our Earth - Make a
Green Future

Our environment is the foundation for human beings' survival anddevelopment. As an advocate of green energy and a practitioner ofgreen development, Trina Solar is committed to promoting sustainable
development through continuous innovation. We have established
ISO14001 Environment Management System and ISO50001 Energy
Management System to minimize the negative impact of our business
operations on the environment. We have setup our 2020 Environmental
Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our business is developedin an environmental-friendly, responsible and sustainable way.

20.8%
Electricity consumption per MW
module production in 2017 reduced
by 20.8% compared to that in 2013.

'Zero' Carbon Emission
Achieved 'zero' carbon emission since
2016.

23.8%
GHG emission per MW module
production in 2017 reduced by
23.8% compared to that in 2013.

US$ 13.7 M
Environmental input in 2017 totaled
US$ 13.7 million.
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Biological Diversity Management

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

Appendix

EHS and Energy Management Policy

Green Sustainable
Development

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. We

environment management system and occupational healthadvocate each employee of Trina Solar to observe and publicize themanagement system in line with international standards,

policy.

i.e., ISO14001 and OHSAS18001. We have set up Environment,

EHS and Energy Management Policy

Energy and environmental issues have

As a leading PV enterprise, Trina Solarand NGOs to facilitate the realization

become the major threat to worldis dedicated to developing clean solarof PV power parity by technologicaleconomy and sustainable development.

e n e rg y wo r l d w i d e. W h i l e p rov i d i n ginnovation. Trina Solar is committed

While enjoying the benefits of economic

affordable and clean solar energy, weto i m p rov i n g e n e rg y e f f i c i e n c y a n d

Trina Solar is committed to being the world’s leading smart energy and energy Internet solutions’ provider. We pay

growth, technological progress andpay much attention to environmental

increasing the share of renewable energy

attention to employees’ health & safety and sustainable development. We are dedicated to creating a safe, healthy ands o c i a l d e ve l o p m e n t , h u m a n b e i n g s

protection and sustainable development.

for sustainable development, including

environmentally-friendly workplace for employees and a harmonious green planet for mankind. We promise to use energy

dealing with climate change. Focusing

and natural resources responsibly and efficiently. Herewith we pledge the following:also realized the challenges broughtby over-consumption of fossil energy.
Nowadays, human beings are facing
a series of problems, such as energy
shortage, climate change and ecologicalenvironment challenge.

Trina Solar has established ISO14001
Environment Management Systemand formulated the Trina Solar's 2020
Sustainable Development Goal. We also
actively cooperate with global partners,
academic institutions, governmentson the mission of 'Solar Energy for All',
Trina Solar always upholds the conceptof sustainable development. We’ll work
unremittingly to make our contribution
towards UN’s 2030 Global Sustainable
Goal.

No.

1

2

3

4

29
23

Development Goals

Be committed to prevention of pollution and minimizing negative impact on environment. Promote sustainable
development and build a green and low-carbon planet.
Be committed to prevention of occupational injury and illness. Provide a safe, healthy and environmentallyfriendly workplace for employees.

2020 Green Sustainable Development Goals
2020 Trina Solar's Green Sustainable

Comply with all applicable EHS & energy management laws & regulations and meet interested parties’
requirements.

2015

2016

2017

Decreased
Percentage

Make efficient use of energy and resources. Consistently reduce energy consumption and carbon emission fromproduction and commercial operations.
Enhance employees’ EHS & energy conservation awareness and encourage employees to participate in EHS &energy conservation programs.

•

15% reduc tion of CO 2 emission per MW module
compared to that of 2015

182.6

168.0

132.3

27.5%

•

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

13.15

13.12

11.00

16.3%

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

•

15% reduction of electricity consumption per MW
module compared to that of 2015

221

187

163

26.2%

Provide transparent EHS report to stakeholders and other relevant interested parties.

•

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

1,885

1,744

1,592

15.5%

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

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Contribution to Society

Appendix

Dealing with Climate Change

Environment Management System
In our continuing efforts to enhance and ensure protection of

Trina Solar commits to work together to promote sustained

the environment, Trina Solar has always adhered to the highest

and inclusive economic growth, social development andstandards of environmental protection in our daily operations.

e 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

Most of our manufacturing plants have established ISO14001

Management System is designed to help us improve ourEnvironment Management System. We integrate the protection

environmental performance. It gives us a systematic, organizedof environment and sustainable development into our every

approach to address the issues of environment protection andwork process, including site selection, designing, construction

sustainable development. The system is part of our overall

and plant operation. We effectively manage the environmental

management system that includes organizational structure,aspects of products, activities and related services through ourplanning activities, responsibilities, procedures, processes

established environmental management system.

and resources for achieving and maintaining environmental

The development of world economy is poweredby energy. Fossil fuels are the major energy sourcethat are being used in the world today. However,consumption of fossil fuels release greenhousegases (GHGs), such as carbon dioxide, nitrogendioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide etc. The
emission of GHGs can lead to serious environmental
issues such as air pollution and global warming.

Besides, fossil fuels are not renewable. Therefore,
it is irreversible that the renewable energy, such as
solar energy, will take the place of the conventionalenergy. The renewable energy is playing an
increasingly important role and becoming oneof the mainstream sources of energy around theworld.

Trina Solar's Engagement in Global Emission Reduction Initiative

performance.

No.
1
2

PlantsEstablished ISO14001 Environment
Management System

No.

PlantsEstablished ISO14001 Environment
Management System

Yes

5

Hefei Plant

Yes

Yes

6

Xinjiang Plant

Yes

Plants at Changzhou
Headquarters
Changzhou Yabang
Plant

3

Yancheng Plant

Yes

7

Thailand Plant

Yes

4

Hubei Plant

Yes

8

Vietnam Plant

No

ChainsGlobal climate change is a serious environmental, economic and social challenge that warrants an equally serious response bygovernments and the private sectors. As a global leader in energy IoTs (Internet of Things), Trina Solar is committed to providing
clean solar energy for the world. We promise to promote sustainable manufacturing and build an environmentally-secureplanet by using energy and natural resources efficiently. We consistently reduce energy consumption and carbon emission fromproduction and commercial operations by enhancing energy efficiency, and work tirelessly to achieve our mission of 'Solar
Energy for All'.

Measures•

Environment Impact Assessment, evaluate the positive and negative impacts of the•

Set up 2020 Green Sustainable Development Goals：In response to China's commitment to carbon reduction for the 'Thirteenth
Five-year Plan (2016 to 2020)' for coping with climate change, Trina Solar formulated the 2020 Sustainable Development Goals,
which include 18% reduction of carbon footprint compared to that of 2015 (kg CO2-e/KW) and 15% reduction of CO2 emission per
MW module compared to that of 2015 (TCO2-e/MW).

•

Establishment of EHS Management System：We have established our matured greenhouse gas inventory and energy
management system (ISO14064, ISO14067 and ISO50001) to systematically manage carbon emission and energy consumption.
We actively explore and implement energy saving projects, and try our best to reduce carbon emission from our operations. In
2017, Trina Solar’s electricity consumption and water consumption per MW module decreased by 20.8% and 23.9%, respectively,
compared to that in 2013.

•

Clean Solar Power：As of the end of 2017, the total cumulative module shipments of Trina Solar exceeded 32 GW, ranked the first
position in the world. The PV modules will have about 30 years of life span and will be able to reduce carbon dioxide emission
by approximately 960 million tons compared to that of thermal power generation over the 30-year’s life span. As of end of 2017,
the solar power plants that Trina Solar invested in China had a cumulative capacity of 1.6 GW. In 2016, Trina Solar consumed 780
million kWh of power for all factories and R&D centers’ operations in China. The solar power plants owned by Trina Solar in China
generated 1.18 billion kWh of clean solar power. In 2017, the power consumption for all operations in China was 850 million kWh,and the clean solar power generation reached 1.55 billion kWh. This means that Trina Solar has achieved 'zero' carbon emission for
operations in China since 2016. In 2016 and 2017, the solar power stations owned by Trina Solar in China contributed additional 1.1
billion kWh of solar clean power to the world, reducing CO2 emission by approximately 900,000 tons.

•

Pollution Control Facilities：In recent years, Trina Solar has established sophisticated wastewater and waste gas treatment facilities
to ensure that discharge of wastewater and emission of waste gas stably meets environmental standard limits. In 2017, Trina
Solar's total environmental protection inputs reached US$ 13.6 million (about RMB 87 million). In the four years from 2014 to 2017,
Trina Solar collected a total of 12 million tons of industrial wastewater, and produced and reused 7.6 million tons of new-water (orrecycled water), which could meet the annual water consumption for 41,500 households in China.

•

Internal Carbon Trade Scheme：Trina Solar actively participates in global GHG emission reduction activities and programs
to increase employees' awareness of emission reduction. We establish an internal carbon trade scheme. We setup an annual
integrated energy consumption target for each department and carry out assessments monthly. We award carbon emission
bonuses for those departments who have achieved their targets, and impose carbon emission penalties for those who have notfulfilled their carbon emission targets.

•

Supply Chain Sustainability：Trina Solar has always been both a clean energy promoter and a low/zero carbon practitioner.
We actively participate in global emission reduction initiatives. In 2017, Trina Solar took part in the CEOs’ Council of China-US
Sustainable Urbanization of the Paulson Foundation, being a member for the CEOs’ Council. This provides advantage for us topromote the development of clean energy technologies and make our outstanding contributions to worldwide emission reduction
campaign worldwide. We pay attention to the social responsibility of our global suppliers and partners. We continuously reducecarbon emission in supply chain by promoting the optimization of the packaging methods, transportation modes, and increasing
local supply of products and raw materials, so as to jointly promote the sustainable development of photovoltaic industry.

proposed projects on the community's environment;
Site Selection, Designing andConstruction of Plants/PV Power Stations/•

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

Manufacturing

Packaging

Logistics•

Ensure sustainable use of resources;•

Continuously promote the energy efficiency;•

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

Promote recycling of resources;•

Promote green office.

•Reduce packaging materials without affecting package safety;•

Utilize recycled and degradable package materials.

•

Develop a resourceful transportation route;•

Choose the best mode of transportation;•

Improve the utilization rate of containers.

•

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

Product Recycling

31•

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

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Care for Employees

Contribution to Society

AppendixEnhancement of Energy Efficiency

Global climate change is a serious environmental,

verification annually in accordance with international standard

Sustainable development requires not only cleanconservation responsibilities, as well as implementing energy

economic and social challenge which requires

ISO14064 requirements. The scope of verification includes scopeenergy, but also higher energy efficiency. Trinaconser vation projec ts. We systematically applied energy

governments and private sectors to make joint
efforts. Trina Solar has been paying attention to

1- direct GHG emission and scope 2 - indirect GHG emission.
We continuously monitor and improve our GHG management

Solar focuses on reducing environmental impact

performance. As our business continues to expand, total GHG

from its operations. We strive to enhance oursustainable development. We conduct ISO14064

emission have increased in recent years. However, our GHG

energy use efficiency while using our energy in

GHG emission verification and disclose ouremission per MW module production in 2017 have been decreaseda responsible manner. Trina Solar continuously

car bon emission annually. We always look foropportunities to reduce GHG emission in productdesign, produc tion, and pack aging processes.
We continuously identify potential energy-saving

23.9% since 2013.

reduces CO 2 emission and makes our best efforts

Total greenhouse gas emission for Trina Solar’s China operationsin 2017 are 705,900 tons of CO 2-e, which is approximately 8.4%
higher than that of 2016. This is due to the overall growth ofto produce more cost-competitive products andcontribute to climate change mitigation.

Trina Solar’s businesses in China. In 2017, Trina Solar achieved

Trina Solar headquarters’ plants in Changzhou took an leadprojects, aiming for fulfilment of our commitment tomodule shipments of 9.0 GW, which represents an increase of

to establish Energy Management System ISO50001 in thesustainable development.

approximately 26.2% compared to that in 2016. Based on thephotovoltaic industry in accordance with the requirements

requirements of ‘The Vienna Convention for the Protection of

Trina Solar established its 2020 Sustainable Development Goals,

of international standards. We continuously reduce energy

the Ozone Layer’ and ‘The Montreal Protocol on Substances thati.e., 15% reduction of CO2-e emission and 18% reduction of carbon

consumption and improve our energy use efficienc y by

Deplete the Ozone Layer’, all the refrigerants and fire extinguishingfootprint per MW module compared to that of 2015. We track theestablishing energy targets, defining and refining energy

agents used in Trina Solar plants do not contain ozone depleting

status of GHG reduction goals annually. Trina Solar conducts GHG

substances (ODS).

conservation measures and energy saving technologies to realpractice.
The consumption of electricity is the most important energy
used in our production, followed by the consumption of
nitrogen and natural gas.
I n 2017, we conti nued to i m p rove energy efficienc y byidentifying and implementing energy-saving projects andoptimizing energy use. Due to the expansion of cell workshops
in headquarters’ plants in Changzhou, the consumption ofnatural gas, nitrogen and electricity has shown a rise in 2017.
However, the consumption of natural gas and nitrogen per MW
module production was still stable compared to that of 2016.
Besides, both the electricity consumption per MW moduleand the integrated energy consumption in 2017 decreased
compared to that of 2016.

Internal Carbon Trade Scheme

CO2-e Emission Per MW Module (T/MW)
2017 GHG Emission Per Unit Production
decreased Compared to that of 2013
182.7

173.8

23.8

182.6
168.0
132.3

2013

2014

2015

2016

%

2017

GHG Emission CO2-e (1,000 tons)

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Scope 1

17.6

14.9

11.6

15.1

13.0

Scope 2

426.8

475.8

513.2

636.1

692.9

Total

444.4

490.7

524.8

651.2

705.9

The primary energy mainly used in our company is natural gas. The secondary energy includes electricity and diesel. Theenergy-consumed media include water, nitrogen, oxygen and argon. We record and analyze the consumption of primaryand secondary energy. Meanwhile we calculate the consumption of indirect energy-consumed media. We report them in theform of standard coal-equivalent (SCE) consumption per MW module production on a monthly basis, i. e., integrated energy
consumption (Ton SCE/MW).

Types of GHG

CO2

CH4

N2O

HFCs

PFCs

SF6

In 2017, we implemented an internal carbon trade scheme for all domestic and overseas plants. We setup an annual integrated
energy consumption target for each department and then performed monthly assessments. Based on the average carbon

GHG Emission CO2-e in 2016 (1,000 tons)

645.0

GHG Emission CO2-e in 2017 (1,000 tons)

699.5

0.04

0.004

5.1

0

1.03

price in the domestic carbon trade market, we awarded carbon emission bonuses for those departments who have achieved
their targets, and imposed carbon emission penalties for those who have not fulfilled their carbon emission targets. We senta monthly message to department managers, reminding them to be aware of the impact of their operating activities on the

0.04

0.03

5.1

0

1.30

environment. We encouraged them to develop technologies and carried out energy conservation project, so as to continuously
reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from operations.

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Biological Diversity Management

Trina Solar Energy Conservation Project Statistics
Types of Energy

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Natural Gas (1,000 m3)

3,210

2,720

2,710

4,550

3,270

3

Energy Saved

CO2 Reduction（tons/year）

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

500 MWh/year
electricity

400

Changzhou,•
China

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

5,000 MWh/year
electricity

4,000

2017

Yangcheng, •China

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

1,400 MWh/year
electricity

1,120

Natural gas consumption in 2017 decreased
compared to that of 20152017

Hubei, China •Replacement of T5 fluorescent lamps with LED lamps in the workshop.

100 MWh/year
electricity

80

38.5

2017

Hefei, China

70 MWh/year
electricity

56

2017

Vietnam Plant, Vietnam

1,690 MWh/year
electricity

1,352

Modification of cooling water process to Multi-crystall furnances wasdone. Additional two sets of cooling water heat exchangers, which madeheat exchange with cooling towers directly, were installed. The electricity
consumption was reduced resulted from reduction of chillered water
consumption during the period from May to September each year.

1,220 MWh/year
electricity

976

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

500 MWh/year
electricity

400

All fluorescent lamps in the factory were replaced with energy-savinglamps.
Installation of VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) for air compressors so as toachieve electricity saving purpose.

600 MWh/year
electricity

480

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

1,500 MWh/year
electricity

1,200

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

333 MWh/year
electricity

266

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

6,000 MWh/year
electricity

4,800

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

300,000 Nm3/
year natural gas

650

Implementation of free-cooling project for producing of PCW (Process
Cooling Water) in Yancheng, so as to save electricity.

245 MWh/year
electricity

200

Formation of internal air circulation in module workshop by adjusting
HVAC system, allowing warm air (warm zone) in laminating process area
flow to sorting / soldering process area (cool zone), leading to a saving of
natural gas consumption.

130,000 Nm3/
year natural gas

284

Reuse of cooling water energy from multi-crystalline workshop in West
Campus for air-conditioning system of solar cell workshop during winterseason, leading to a saving of electricity consumption.

789 MWh/year
electricity

650

Nitrogen (1,000 m )21,30023,71025,80042,05055,150Electricity Purchased (1,000 kWh )527,074

589,501

634,931

861,112

998,869

Natural Gas Consumption (1,000 m3/MW)

1.3

1.0

2013

1.0

0.9

2014

2015

2016

0.8

2013

8.3

8.8

2014

2015

9.0

2016

Location

2017

Changzhou, •
China

2017

•

•
2016

Nitrogen consumption in 2017 decreased
compared that of 2013

7.5

26.5

Changzhou,
China

•

%

2016

Yangcheng,
•
China

•

2017
2016

Hubei, China

2016

Thailand
Plant,
ThailandElectricity Consumption (MWh/MW)Electricity consumption in 2017 decreased
compared to that of 2013
221

219

206

187
163

2013

2014

2015

2016

13.15

2015

13.12

2016

•

•
•

%
2015

Changzhou,
China

2015

Changzhou,
China

2014

Changzhou,
China

2013

Yangcheng, •
China

2013

Changzhou,
China

2013

Changzhou,
China

Integrated energy consumption in 2017
decreased compared to that of 2014

11.00

2014

20.8

•

2017

Integrated Energy Consumption (TSC/MW)

13.54

Description

•

2017

Nitrogen Consumption (1,000 m3/MW)

10.2

%

Year

2017

18.8

%

•

•

•

•

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

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Total 220 MW of Three "Top Runner Projects" Connected to the Grid Successfully

Recovery and Reuse of Residue Heat from Chillers and Air Compressors
Energy Management Department in Trina Solar is responsible for exploring and implementing energy conservation projects. Afterinvestigation, the department found that the heat from chillers and air compressors in west campus can be recovered and reused
to replace the existing heat pumps. The recovered heat could be used to provide as heat source for the workshops in winter. They
installed a heat recovery system to collect the condensation heat from chillers, and implemented a residue heat recovery project
for air compressors. The amount of heat recovered is sufficient to replace the heat-supply from air-cooled heat pumps. The project
saved 5 million KWh of electricity annually and reduced 4,000 tons/year of carbon dioxide emission.
•

Installed the heat recovery system for cooling water and air compressor and supplied the recovered heat to the airconditioning system. The designed temperature for supply water was 33°C with the maximum of 35°C.

•

Installed PLC automatic control and monitoring system for the heat recovery project to ensure that the system was operated
efficiently.

•

Installed PLC automatic control system to monitor the running condition of heat pumps and circulating pumps. The project
was equipped with the automatic switch function between the heat recovery project and the heat pumps to improve thesystem reliability.

Environmental-friendly Operation
Creating a sustainable future requires cleaner

We not only conduct our operation in a responsible manner,

energy. As the world’s population continues tobut also contribute to meet the rising demand for clean energy

increase, the dealing of the world population’s
demand for energy has become an unprecedented
challenge.

by establishing Product Stewardship Policy, technologicalinnovations, efficiency improvement, and adequate disposalof end-of-life PV products, so as to actively respond to global
climate change.

Clean Solar Energy
Global energy system is accelerating the transition to low
carbon. The large-scale utilization of renewable energy andthe cleanliness & low carbonization of conventional energy willbe the basic trend of energy development. Accelerating thedevelopment of renewable energy has become the mainstreamof global energy transformation. Compared with traditional
coal-fired power generation, solar energy can significantly
reduce CO 2 emission. How we can produce more clean energy,
which can significantly reduce CO2 emission, is regarded as oneof the biggest challenges we face. Trina Solar is committed tocontinuously exploring and applying technologies that increase
PV product efficiency and help reduce CO2 emission. We strive
to use the clean solar energy to promote energy transformation.
We are committed to systematically addressing the issues of
economic development, environmental protection and energy
security and providing the clean solar energy to the public.
By the end of 2017, the cumulative shipments of Trina Solar's PV
modules exceeded 32 GW, which is equivalent to the sum of thecapacity of the Three Gorges Power Station plus the Gezhouba
Power Station. These solar PV modules had been installed in

PV power stations worldwide, providing incessant solar energy
for the global users. Trina Solar strives to explore innovative
solar energy application model and implement 'PV +' strategy.
We make our contributions to the construction of ecologicalcivilization and the response to global climate change. Trina
Solar has developed and invested its own PV power plants. Asof end of 2017, the solar power plants that Trina Solar invested in
China had a cumulative capacity of 1.6 GW. In 2016, total electricity
consumption of all manufacturing facilities and R&D centres of
Trina Solar in China was 780 million kWh. The PV power plants,
owned by Trina Solar in China, had generated 1.18 billion kWhsolar energy. In 2017, total electricity consumption was 850
million kWh, and the solar power generation amounted to 1.55
billion kWh. This means that Trina Solar not only has achieved‘zero’ carbon emission for our China operations since 2016, butalso contributed 1.1 billion kWh clean solar energy for the worldin 2016 and 2017, being equivalent to a reduction of 900,000
tons CO2 emission.

Generation of solar
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The project was the first ‘ Top Runner
Project’ in the Huaibei District, Anhui
Province and was connected to the gridon 27th September, 2017. It made full use
of more than 250 acres of water surface
formed by coal-mining subsidence inSuixi County, Huaibei, Anhui province.
The project achieved the goal of
integrated treatment for coal-mining
subsidence areas and reuse of theabandoned subsidence land. More than
120,000 Trina Solar’s dual-glass modules
were used in the project, of which morethan 10,000 pieces were PERC highefficiency mono-crystal modules. The
total power generation hours will be
about 27,227 hours in 25 years with total
power generation of approximate 1.09
billion kWh.

The project was located in the ancient
town of Yingshang County, Puyang,
Anhui Province, which makes full use
of more than 775 acres of water surface
formed by coal-mining subsidence. It
provided local people with clean solar
power and increased the proportion ofrenewable energy. More than 400,000
Trina Solar's dual-glass modules wereused in the PV project, of which morethan 34,000 pieces were PERC highefficiency mono-crystal modules. Afterthe completion of the project, it wasestimated that the average annual
power generation hours was 1,035.7
hours, and the total power generationin 25 years was about 3.04 billion kWh.

The 50 MW PV project, located in
Ya n g q u a n , S h a n x i P r o v i n c e , w a s
successfully connected to the grid on
29 th September, 2017. The project madefull use of abandoned areas in coalmining subsidence areas, coal gangue
hills and mining backfill areas. It not only
achieved the goal of reuse of abandoned
land and increased utilization rate of
the land, but also provided green power
to local people and improved the local
ecological environment. The project
covered an area of more than 280 acres,and used more than 10,000 pieces ofd u a l - g l a s s m o d u l e s a n d m o re t h a n
160,000 pieces of PERC high-efficiency
mono-crystal modules. It was estimatedthat total power utilization hours in 25
years were 29,627 hours, and total power
generation was about 1.24 billion kWh.

Continuously Improving Conversion Efficiency
Trina Solar has partnered with Solar Energy Research Institute ofSingapore (SERIS), Australian National University (ANU) and otherworld's leading PV research institutes and universities, to advancesolar technology and create cutting-edge solutions for ourcustomers. The State Key Laboratory (SKL) of Photovoltaic Scienceand Technology (PVST) established by Trina Solar has created 18
consecutive world records in the conversion efficiency and output

power of photovoltaic cells and modules.
In an innovation-driven PV industry, Trina Solar is always focusedon developing leading-edge PV technologies and products withimproved cell efficiency and reduced system cost. Our goal is toinsist on technological innovation, and transform as quickly as
possible the laboratory technology into commercial production.

Trina Solar's IBC Cell Conversion Efficiency Setting a New Record
Trina Solar has set a new record of 25.04% conversion efficiency for an N-type monocrystalline IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact)solar cell with an open-circuit voltage Voc of 715.6 mV. The IBC solar cell was developed independently by Trina Solar’s State Key
Laboratory (SKL). The test results were independently certified by Japan Electric Safety and Environmental Technology Laboratory

metallization lines for deriving current are designed on the back of the solar cell. It is currently the most difficult technology inthe commercialization of c-Si cells, representing the highest level of c-Si R&D and manufacturing technology. As there are noContributed additional

0.85

clean solar energy of 400
million kWh in 2016.

Total electricity
consumption for China
operations in 2016(billion kWh)

50 MW ‘Rop Runner’ PV Base Project inYangquan, Shanxi

The IBC solar cell is named for its full back-electrode structure design. In its structural design, the positive and negative electrodeContributed additional

0.78

130 MW Floating PV Project inYingshang Ancient Town, Anhui(JET).

. 1.55

1.18

40 MW Floating PV Projectin Huaibei, Anhuiclean solar energy of 700
million kWh in 2017

Generation of solar
energy in 2017(billion kWh)

Total electricity
consumption for China
operations in 2017(billion kWh)electrodes on the front of the IBC cell, it has the advantages of beautiful appearance, especially being suitable for BIPV (Building
Integrated Photovoltaic). The IBC cell has a prominent commercial outlook for high-end application. It has been demonstrated tobe the first single-junction c-Si solar cell developed in China to attain an efficiency above 25%, and also has been demonstrated tobe the highest efficiency c-Si single junction solar cell based on a 6-inch large-area c-Si substrate. The highest conversion efficiency
indicates that Trina Solar has taken an important step in the research of differentiated high-end photovoltaic cell technology.

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Product Stewardship Policy

Compliant Disposal of Waste PV Products
Trina Solar is committed to protecting our employees, customers and communities in a responsible manner. We have put

The average lifespan of PV modules is approximately 25 years.

Trina Solar always focuses on extended producer and has

The solar modules installed in the 1990s have reached their

become a par t of the non-profit organization PV CYCLE

useful lifespan and will then be scrapped. The compliant disposal(European Photovoltaic Module Take -back and Rec ycling

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 allstages of our product life cycle.

of waste PV modules and the recycling of valuable resources

Organization) founded in 2007. PV CYCLE is committed toof waste modules will be a significant research subject. The

centralizing and customizing services for the recycling of global

investigation of relevant research institution demonstrates thatwaste photovoltaic products.

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 toprotect our employees, customers and the communities in which we operate.

the number of scrapped PV modules will increase tremendously

Product Stewardship Policy in place to ensure product safety and environmental protection throughout the product life span,
including R&D, manufacturing, transportation, use and end-of-life module disposal.

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

Trina Solar actively strives to develop new raw materials and products in a responsible manner by assessing theirrisks for current and future generations. We commit to conflict-free materials and products, and work diligently topromote sustainable development by way of ethical and green sourcing.

from 2020 and reach 800,000 ton/year by 2030.

waste transport firms and dedicated recycling facilities
across the Europe. It provides solutions for sustainableAs a responsible company, Trina Solar actively undertakes the

PV module take-back and recycling, and uses recycled

responsibility to ensure compliant disposal of waste PV products.

materials for the making of various new 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.

2012/19/EU) specifies that manufacturers of electrical andelectronic equipment must guarantee that waste products
in order to ensure that electrical and electronic equipment,
including PV modules, is properly managed by means ofrecycling, reusing, reclamation and regeneration. In 2012, for

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

the first time, the Directive took PV modules and equipment
into account. From 1st February, 2014 onwards, all photovoltaic
manufacturers, distributors and installation contractors in
Europe must fully abide by EU’s rules on waste management,
including providing necessary funds and administration. All PV
products must be labeled with the same “wheelie bin” LOGO
designed by WEEE.

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consisting of hundreds of certified and recycling points,

disposal of scrapped PV modules which end product life cycle.

created in any EU member states must be recycled and reused,
We pledge to actively engage in fighting against climate change by way of continuously enhancing energy efficiency
and reducing greenhouse gas emission.

EU member countries: PV CYCLE establishes a network

Many companies have not considered the problem of compliant

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive ( WEEE,
Trina Solar offers product guidance to customers, distributors and users so that our products are safely transported,
stored and used. We voluntarily participate in take-back and recycling program for defective and/or end-of-life (EOL) solar••

Other areas: PV CYCLE provides customized services, forexample, whoever needs international parcel service caninquire on the PV CYCLE's website (www.pvcycle.com) or
can send an email to info@pvcycle.com.

Trina Solar ( Japan) Limited joined in the Glass Rec ycling
Committee of Japan (GRCJ) in 2015. The core members of the
GRCJ consist of associations and companies who promote theuse of waste glass. The GRCJ was established for the promotionof recycling PV modules, especially the recycling of waste
glass. The recycling process includes collection, transportation,
disassembly, sor ting, separation and glass production ofwaste modules. Glass and cell scraps are mainly separated andcollected by smashing and gravity separation. Glass scraps canbe used as raw materials for building materials and ceramics.
The metal component of cell scraps will be recycled and reusedby specialized metal recycling companies.

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As an advocate and practitioner of environmental

environment where human beings live. Trina Solar will spare

protection, Trina Solar has always been committed

no efforts to fulfill our commitment to all stakeholders, andproduct life cycle, from product development,

Measures Taken to Save Water from 2013 to 2017•

will always have concern for the sustainable development of
human beings and mother earth. Green manufacturing andenvironmental protection has always been the lifeline of ourraw material procurement and manufacturing,company. We implement green operations through rational use

to resource & energy utilization and wasteof natural resources, adequate treatment of wastewater and air

management.

Contribution to Society

Appendix

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Environment-friendly Operation

to sustainable development throughout the whole

Care for Employees

Reuse of RO
Rejected Water/

emission, waste recycling, and other environmental promotion

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

•

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

•

Trina Solar worked together with Wuxi Depple Water Investment to build a new water
recycling plant. The plant was built using advanced dual-membrane (ultrafiltration
and reverse osmosis) technology to treat industrial wastewater generated fromthe manufacturing process. The treated water was directed back to Trina Solar as
supplementary raw water supply. In the four years from 2014 to 2017, Trina Solarcollected a total of 12 million tons of industrial wastewater, and produced and reused
7.6 million tons of new-water (or recycled water), which can meet the annual water
consumption for 41,500 households in China.

activities.

We believe that the most precious resource is the natural
Wastewater
Reuse

•

Water Saved (million
tones/year)

1.57

2.14

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.

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

•

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

•

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

•

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

•

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

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Sustainable Use of Water Resource
Trina Solar regards protecting water resource as one of its

projects, such as reuse of RO rejected water, reuse of wastewater,

important tasks, and strives to reduce the consumption of watercollection of condensated water from air conditioning system etc.

resource per MW module production through sustainable use of

We setup a strict maintenance scheme to clean RO membrane towater resource.

increase DI (De-ionized) water yield. With business expanding,Solar module production consumes a lot of water. To carry out
water conservation management, we setup water saving goals
for each workshops and implemented various of water saving

the total amount of water consumption is increasing. But we
continuous to develop and implement water conversation
measures to increase water use efficiency.

Water Consumption

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Water Consumption (million m3)

5.353

5.338

5.418

8.043

9.703

Water Consumption per MW Module Production(T/MW)

Water consumption in 2017 decreased
compared to that of 2013

2,093
1,987

2013

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Wastewater Discharge

2014

1,885

2015

1,744

1,592

2016

2017

23.9

%

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 2017.
As a co m p a ny w i t h a s t ro n g o r i e nt at i o n towa rd s s o c i a l
responsibility, Trina Solar has been striving to lead the solar
energy sec tor in proac tively discovering wastewater de nitrification and dephosphorization technologies. After a
few years of experimental exploration, Trina Solar has finallydecided upon using the conventional technique-biochemical
nitration and de-nitrification technique to remove nitrogenand phosphorus from wastewater. The manufacturing base of
Trina Solar is located in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province within

the reaches of Lake Taihu - one of the most developed areas in
China. To meet the requirement of zero emission of nitrogenand phosphorus for projects within Taihu reserve regulated
in Jiangsu Provincial Ordinance of Lake Taihu Water Pollution
Prevention and Treatment, we have completed the wastewaterde-nitrification update project in West Campus, East Campus
and Northeast Campus. We have successfully used the organic
matter from wastewater generated in the wafer workshop as
the necessary carbon source. We also used the small proportionof phosphoric acid generated in the diffusion process as thephosphate source for biochemical nitration. Thereby, these could
realize the goal of "treating waste with waste", and lower thenegative impact on the environment. The wastewater discharge
per unit production (T/MW) in 2017 is 832 T/MW, which reduced
by 36% compared to 1,301 T/MW in 2013.

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COD Concentration of Effluent in 2017 (mg/L)

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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
East
Northeast Hubei
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant

Thailand Vietnam
Plant
Plant

0

East Northeast Hubei
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant

Measures•Thailand Vietnam
Plant
Plant

•

Manufacturing

East Northeast Hubei
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant

Thailand Vietnam
Plant
Plant

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

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

Designning/

Total Nitrogen Concentration of Effluent in 2017(mg/L)

Fluoride Concentration of Effluent in 2017 (mg/L)

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5000Contribution to Society0

EastCampusWest
CampusNortheast
Campus•

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 productsafety, try to use light-weighted materials.

Waste Gas Emission

Packaging

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 emission from our exhausts and scrubbers.

from air emission according to relevant laws and regulations, toResults show that air emission from exhaust and scrubbers are

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

into fine detail of our work, to greatly reduce the impact ofwell below the local standards.

believe that green office not only means minimizing theoffice activities on the environment. We are gradually reducing

environmental impact of office activities, but also means

the use of hard copies of documents, and promoting the use

creating an environment beneficial to the physical and mentalof electronic documents. We established a video conference

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

are spiritually uplifted.

km, thus reducing the carbon emission generated during travels.

lower the concentration of emission and to avoid or lessen theGreen Officehazards that arise from air pollution.

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PM Concentration in2017 (mg/m3)

NOx Concentrate in 2016 (mg/m3)

Fluoride Concentration in 2017 (mg/m3)
9240

We work to gradually incorporate the “green office” theme

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

Biological Diversity Management
0

East
West
ThailandCampus Campus
Plant

0

East Northeast Hubei
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant

Thailand
Plant

Vietnam
Plant

0

East Northeast Hubei
West
Campus Campus Campus Plant

Thailand
Plant

Upgrade Waste Gas Treatment Facilities to Reduce Pollutant Emission
As a company with a strong orientation towards social
responsibility, Trina Solar has been striving to reduce theenvironmental impact of its own operations. In 2017,
the acidic scrubbers in both west campus and southeast
campus, located in headquar ters in Changzhou, were
upgraded in order to meet more stringent requirements.
•
3.8 million RMB was invested to upgrade the acidic
scrubbers in west campus from originally being single
treatment tower with single-layer sprinkler to twotreatment towers with multi-layer sprinkler;•
3.6 million RMB was invested to upgrade theconcentrated acid-scrubbers in southeast campus fromsingle treatment tower to four-stage treatment tower.

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Vietnam
Plant

How to balance the development between

We conducted several projects by installing PV modules highenterprise and ecology has been a serious issue

above fish ponds and farming land. In order to protect theof many enterprises. Trina Solar always conducts
environmental impact assessment according toevolution 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

local requirements to evaluate the positive andSolar built a solar farm in Dorset of London. We made nestingnegative environmental impact when developing

places for birds and bats, and planted many types of wild

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 eflowers 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 theecological environment and biodiversity of local

evolution of biodiversity at the project location by conducting

communities.

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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Focus on Supply Chain - Share
Sustainable Development
Trina Solar believes that every step of progress depends on the cooperation with, andsupport of the entire supply chain. A healthy and stable supply chain is the key to sustainable
development of Trina Solar. We integrate sustainable development into procurement businessand process, and take it as the basic line of choosing supplier. We not only actively fulfill oursocial 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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There are 38 suppliers who havebeen on the list of qualified suppliers
for more than 5 years.

120
120 suppliers were rated as five star among 131 suppliers in 2017
Trina Solar's suppliers performance
evaluation.

400
More than 400 representatives
attended 2017 Trina Solar Annual
Supplier Conference
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Supplier Development Procedure

Sustainable
Supply Chain

The effective supply-chain management
can help us reduce risks, improve
produc ts qualit y, achieve strategic
objectives, enhance the overall
performance of suppliers, and create
commercial values for ourselves andcustomers. We constantly focus on our
suppliers' performance on corporatesocial responsibility, and take it as thebase line of choosing suppliers. We drive
suppliers for continuous improvement
through supplier assessment, audit

a n d c a p a b i l i t y - b u i l d i n g. We s t r i ve
to continuously raise the overallp e r fo r m a n c e o f o u r s u p p l i e r s a n denhance their sustainability, so as topromote the sustainable developmentof the entire PV industry chain.
Our supply chain covers more than
80 procurement items, including
r a w m a t e r i a l s, a u x i l i a r y m a t e r i a l s,
infrastructure, equipment, spare parts,
packaging, logistics services, personal
protective equipment, office suppliers,

Supplier Survey: The procurement department issues a ‘Vendor Assessment Form’ to the potential suppliers to evaluate
their qualifications. The department completes the form by telephone call and on-site audit to assess whether the potential
suppliers satisfy Trina Solar’s requirements based on the marks: 1) <60 marks, not meeting the development requirements;
2) 60-70 marks, conditionally suppliers for development; 3) 71-80 marks, suppliers for development; 4)> 80 marks, preferredsupplier for development.

certification services, etc. The purchaseteam in headquarters in Changzhou
is responsible for purchasing raw
materials, auxiliary materials,
infrastructure, equipment, installationand logistics ser vices. The purchaseteam in local plants purchases those
low-priced consumables, such as spareparts, personal protective equipment,
office suppliers, etc.

Supplier Assessment: Trina Solar has established detailed assessment guidelines to evaluate suppliers. For those potential suppliers
that need on-site assessment, our procurement department will review and assess their integrated abilities in many aspects,
such as quality management system, supply assurance ability, product performance and reliability, corporate social responsibility
and business ethics, EHS management, new product development, cost, and technical support and sales service. Based on theassessment results, we classify the potential suppliers into four grades: Grade A (Acceptable), Grade B (Basically acceptable), Grade
C (Conditionally acceptable) and Grade D (Disqualified). Among them, suppliers of Grade C or above may become our potentiallyqualified suppliers.
Approval of New Spare Parts/Materials: Prior to formal procurement, the new suppliers approval processes, including sample
evaluation, batch testing, and reliability verification approval, need to be completed before they become qualified suppliers for bulk
purchases.

Supplier Development
Trina Solar focuses on suppliers' sustainable development
capabilities. We continuously improve the overall
competitiveness of the supply chain through a comprehensive
supplier review and evaluation process, as well as the fullrange of supplier communications and interactions. We focus
on building a sustainable and win-win supply chain system. At
present, the main suppliers are divided into: potential suppliers,
potential qualified suppliers, and qualified suppliers.
Potential Supplier: a supplier who is able to produce or delivermaterials for Trina Solar but temporarily hasn’t obtained Trina
Solar’s recognition for its qualification and ability. The supplier
will be recorded into our potential supplier database. Trina Solar
will choose qualified supplier from that database and assess it
through questionnaire and formal on-site evaluation.
Potentially Qualified Supplier: a supplier who has obtained Trina
Solar’s recognition for its qualification/ability and is added to
Trina Solar’s procurement system.

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Approval of Qualified Suppliers: After the supplier passes the sample evaluation, batch testing and reliability verification, theprocurement department will add it to the qualified supplier list, and update the status of the qualified supplier according to theperiodic performance evaluation results.

Qualified Supplier: once a potentially qualified supplier passes
the assessment, it will be upgraded to qualified supplier.
We have established a standardized supplier development
process, which includes supplier survey, supplier assessment,
new parts/materials approval, qualified supplier approval etc..
The several related departments jointly discuss and decide on
supplier selection, evaluation and elimination to ensure fairness
and transparency.

Supplier Management
We implement ‘status’ management on suppliers. The status ofapproval, R&D, abnormal quality, freezing, and elimination. We
can only issue bulk POs (purchase orders) to the suppliers with

The number of suppliers who havebeen on the list of qualified suppliers
for more than 5 years

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suppliers is divided into five states in the procurement system:

order for trial.
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Approved Supplier: being approved as a qualified supplier
to place a batch purchasing order.

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

‘abnormal quality’, ‘freezing’, and ‘elimination’ status.
•

Abnormal Supplier: being disqualified more than threetimes, the supplier will be classified as 'abnormal'.

‘approval’ status, and POs in small quantities to the supplierswith ‘R&D’ status. We cannot issue POs to the suppliers with

Developing Supplier: under development and only small•

Eliminated Supplier: with no deal for over two years orclassified as 'disqualified', the supplier will be eliminatedfrom the supplier list.

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About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain

Care for Employees

Sustainable Supply Chain

High Standards of Business Ethics

Conflict-free Minerals

Contribution to Society

Appendix

Cooperation for Win-win Situation

ChainsContent

CSR Investigation
on Key Suppliers

Good corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance is an important criterion for our selection of
suppliers. Trina Solar conducted a comprehensive CSR survey on all newly-imported key suppliers, which
includes assessment of their performance in safeguarding workers' rights and interests, environmental
impact, workers' safety and health and welfare, business integrity, and laws and regulations complianceetc.. The suppliers who fail to meet entry standards in CSR will not be qualified as our qualified suppliers.

Key Suppliers’
CSR Commitment

We expect our suppliers to incorporate labor standards, environmental protection, occupational health and safety,
business ethics and other aspects into their management systems. In order to ensure that our suppliers adhere toprinciples and values of Trina Solar, we request each of the new key suppliers to sign a Supplier CSR Commitment,
which stipulates that suppliers must pursue integrity management, create safe and healthy working conditions
for workers, adopt fair methods of employment and give due dignity and respect to workers.
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 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 within a time frame. The supplier is also required to establish its management system

Trina Solar considers business ethics as a key criterion for theand 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 supplierpermanently.

selection of suppliers. The integrity agreement is an essential partof the contracts signed with our suppliers, which aims to promoteand maintain high standards of business ethics among our

Ethics Compliance Hotline:

suppliers. The clause in business ethics requires that the supplier+86-519-85176933

promise not to bribe any person of Trina Solar in any way. Once

Anti-fraud Reporting Email:any violation of the business ethics or laws and regulations is

Supplier audit covers the followings:•
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.

CSR Audits for
Key Suppliers

IA@trinasolar.com

found, Trina Solar will immediately terminate all cooperation withthe supplier. The clause in business ethics also provides suppliers

Reporting Platform:

with open complaint channels. Once suppliers discover that

http://wb.trinasolar.com:8090/RCPFM/
Trinasolar/report

Trina Solar employees have violated business ethics, including•••

bribery, extortion etc., they can report to Trina Solar's Ethics andCompliance Department.

•

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.

Suppliers’ Performance Evaluation
Trina Solar established the ‘Management Procedure for Supply

compared to that of in 2016.

Chain Business Per formance Evaluation’, which was based

Based on the annual appraisal results of suppliers, we conferredon the per formance of suppliers in terms of quality, cost,

suppliers with the awards, including the Year's Outstanding

delivery, service, innovation and other aspects. The suppliers

Supplier Award, Outstanding Quality Award, and Technology

were periodically evaluated according to the levels of material

Innovation Award. We turned one-way guidance into two-way

risks, including monthly evaluation, quarterly evaluation andcollaboration and communication, so as to gradually enhance

randomly evaluation. According to the results of the evaluation,

the suppliers’ performance. We regularly conducted supplier

we divided the suppliers into categories of five-star, four-star,training, counseling and improvement programs to improvethree-star, two-star and one-star, which represent excellent,Management of Key Suppliers
Exerting an influence on high-risk suppliers is an effective way to
improve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance.
Tr i n a S o l a r f o r m u l a t e d t h e ‘ S u p p l i e r C S R M a n a g e m e n t
Procedures’ to continuously strengthen communication with
suppliers by conducting CSR survey and on-site audit. The
procedure requires the key suppliers to sign CSR commitments,
so as to strengthen communication and cooperation with themand strive to establish a stable, honest and reliable supply chain.
•

Trina Solar evaluates its suppliers' risks every year andidentifies suppliers' risk grades. We rank those suppliers

that provide products and services in relation to Trina
Solar's sustainable development goals as the key suppliers:•••

Suppliers providing products and services related to ourgoal of sustainable development, significant environment
aspects or major risks;
Suppliers providing products containing substances being
restricted in use or liable to cause occupational diseases;

will focus on communication and counseling to encourage

In 2017, Trina Solar conducted a performance appraisal for 131

improvement. For the supplier having no improvement for a

suppliers, including suppliers of silicon materials, EVA, junction

long time, we will gradually reduce the purchase volume, freeze

boxes, silica glue, TPT, and tempered glass. The assessment

the procurement, or up to disqualify the supplier.

results were 120 suppliers with five-star, and ten with fourstar, one with three-star. The result has improved significantly

Suppliers Evaluation Results

2017

120

2016

96
73

Suppliers providing products, equipment and services witha great effect on our energy performance.

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the suppliers' capabilities. For suppliers with lower stars, wegood, general, pending improvement and disqualified suppliers.

Four-star

5

1

Three-star

20

Two-star00One-star
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Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Sustainable Supply Chain

In 2017, we developed a Digital Quality Management System (DQMS). One of the modules is the Digital Supplier Information
System (DSMS), which helps us effectively manage all related supplier information, such as supplier’s status, performance &appraisal etc. We can interact with suppliers and drive them for improvement.

Update the suppliers’
information and status,
including Approval,
R&D, Abnormal Quality,
Be Frozen, Be Excluded
and MOC

Conflict-free Minerals

Contribution to Society

Appendix

Cooperation for Win-win Situation

Conflict-free Minerals

Digital Supplier Information Management System (DSIS)

Supplier Information
Management

Care for Employees

Supplier Improvement
Management

Supplier Performance
Assessment

Record the supplierimprovement and pushsupplier for rectification

Carry out monthly appraisal for
supplier’s overall performance.
The suppliers whose appraisal
are below 60 are required
to submit an on-line improvement report.

Supplier Site Audit
Audit reports are uploaded
online. Suppliers are
required to submit on-line
improvement reports.

'Trina Cup' Supplier Improvement Project Competition‘Conflict minerals’ refer to metallic minerals, such as tin, tantalum,
tungsten, gold and cobalt exploited from Democratic Republicof Congo and surrounding nations, which may produce serious
problems regarding human rights and environment during exploit
and sales. Trina Solar has put its policy, systems and processes
in place to ensure that its supply chains are conflict-free. We arecommitted to sourcing only materials from environmentally andsocially responsible suppliers. We highly focus on conflict minerals
and work diligently with suppliers to promote sustainable
development by way of ethical sourcing. The copper strips coatedwith tin are used in the production process of PV modules. We
have proactively taken actions since we realized that there is apossibility of conflict:•

Formulate formal conflict mineral management policy;•

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

Organize conflict mineral training for key suppliers;•

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

Cooperation for Win-win Situation
Tr i n a S o l a r n o t o n l y p a y s a t t e n t i o n t o i t s o w n g r e e nideas and contribute inspiration and innovative solutions for thedevelopment, but also takes initiative to convey its vision andsustainable development of the photovoltaic industry.

goal of sustainable development to its global partners. Trina
Solar is committed to working with global partners to gather

2017 Trina Solar Annual Supplier Conference

In November 2017, Trina Solar organized the first ‘Trina Cup’ Supplier Improvement Project Competition. The purpose of thecompetition is to encourage suppliers to continuously improve product quality and reduce manufacturing costs. The competition
also provides suppliers with a platform for communicating, learning, sharing improvement results, so as to create excellent quality
together.

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AwardsCompany

Name of ProjectFirst prize

Xihua Run Huajing Microelectronics Co., Ltd.

Reduction of Broken Rate for Wave Soldering

Second Prize

Suzhou Zhonglai Photovoltaic New Material Co., Ltd.

Improvement for KFB-30 Inter-layer Peel Strength

Second Prize

Qiang Mao Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.

Increase of Diameter CPK for SMAP Surface Dispensing

Third Prize

Kangweiming Engineering Film (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd.

Reduction of Dirt During Cutting Process

Third Prize

Nanjing Hongfa Non-ferrous Metals Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Improvement for Product Yield

Third Prize

Zhongtian Photovoltaic Materials Co., Ltd.

Reduction of Stencil Prints after Replacement of Glue

Regardless of difficulties or dangers, we have been hand-in-hand and move forward together for 20 years to create a brilliant future.
In November, 2017, Trina Solar held annual global supplier conference in Changzhou. More than 400 global suppliers attended theconference. Together with senior management team, including Feng Zhiqiang, VP of Strategic Open Innovation Platform, Wei Zhou,
VP of Quality, Minhong Hua, VP of Manufacturing etc., Jifan Gan, Chairman & CEO of Trina Solar, attended the conference and made akeynote speech. Trina Solar shared participants with its perspectives of strategy, brand, innovation, quality, supply chain, downstream
business development and energy IoT (Internet of Things). Four categories of award were established and awarded during theconference: Excellent Innovation Award, Excellent Service Award, Excellent Quality Award and Excellent Supplier Award. Thirteen
suppliers including Longji Green Energy and GCL-Poly won the awards. Trina Solar demonstrated its leadership position in the PV
industry by openly sharing the suppliers with products information and the industry development trend, which allowed suppliers
have a full understand on Trina Solar’s strategy. Looking ahead, Trina Solar is committed to working hand-in-hand with all suppliers
and striving to create a brilliant future together.

Trina Solar's Solar Race Car Wins World Championship for the Third Time
On 5 th August, 2017, Trina Solar's Solar Race Car won the WorldChampionship for the Third Time during the ‘2017 FIA Electronics and
New Energy Solar Racing Championship’, the world's largest solar carcompetition. Since 2015, Trina Solar has been cooperating with Osaka
Sangyo University (OSU) to develop the 'OSU-Model-S' solar racing car.
The car was 100% powered by Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) solar cells
developed by Trina Solar's State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Scienceand Technology. The car consecutively won two championships in the FIA
Solar Racing Competition in 2015 and 2016.

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Care for Employees

Care for Employees - Promote
Harmonious Growth
Employees are essential force for pushing forward Trina Solar’s sustainable
development. We believe that it depends on ever y employee’s suppor t anddedication to achieve our mission and vision. Therefore, we are committed toproviding our employees with safe and healthy working conditions. We also provide
highly professional training, a competitive salary and benefit package, and open
communication channels for our employees, hoping to stimulate their enthusiasm
and to create a win-win future between the company and the employees.

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278,038

838

The training hours totaled 278,038
hours in 2017.

838 employees were honored withLong Service Award.

0.68

US$ 1.9 M

The Total Recordable Rate ( TRR) in
2017 was 0.68, reduced by 5.6%
compared to that in 2016.

The occupational health & safety iputs
totaled US$ 1.9 million in 2017.

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2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

About the Report

Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Talent Sustainable Management

Care for Employees

Employees' Rights

Contribution to Society

Employees' Development

Listen to Employees

Employees' HealthAppendix
Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Employees' Rights

TalentSustainable
Management

Trina Solar strictly adheres to international conventions on human rights and labor standards, as well as local labor laws and regulations.
We protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees according to law.
•With the globalization of business, we learn local requirements about work time, holidays and social security systems to ensurecompliance with international conventions on human rights and labor standards and to be an attractive and legitimate employer.
We respect employees’ rights to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining and establish 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 and womenenjoy equality in the workplace. Resolutely eliminate forced labor in the production or service provision process. There has been no
occurrence of forced labor event in Trina Solar’s operation process.

•We formulate the regulation of ‘Management of Paid Leave’ to allow employees take paid vacation. We provide all employees withpensions, insurance for work-related injuries, unemployment, medical care, maternity and housing provident funds. 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 that our employees'

for talents, we recruit employees

propor tion of female employees in

the most impor tant factors of long-through Internet and campus-oriented

Trina Solar remains quite stable during

l a s t i n g d e ve l o p m e n t . We fo c u s o n

c h a n n e l s. M o re ove r, we c o o p e r a t e

the past several years. In 2017, we haveinterfere with employees’ freedom of belief or discriminate any employee in terms of nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, age,

employees’ personal development andwith domestic and overseas colleges,

5,183 female employees, occupying

disability or marital status. Till now, no discrimination incidents related to gender and health status happened in Trina Solar.

has formulated a sustainable talentestablish professional training courses,

35.3% of the total. While facilitating

cultivating strategy. We attract anda n d o rg a n i ze Tr i n a S o l a r e xc l u s i ve

the diversification of our staff, we areretain outstanding talents throughjob fairs. Our employees can really bealso actively promoting the localization

reasonable per formance evaluation,

regarded as a mini-UN.

of employment, which widens our

Employees’ passion and contribution is an

made by them. We provide training courses andknowledge of local culture, andinexhaustible source for the success of Trina Solar.

setup awards to encourage employees to makesystematic training, competitive
salaries and incentive mechanisms.
Trina Solar makes every effort to offer
an international platform for our
employees to become comprehensive
management talents.

As of the end of 2017, Trina Solar had atotal of 14,666 staff from 36 countries
a n d re g i o n s a ro u n d t h e wo r l d. We
strictly adhere to relevant international
conventions, local laws and regulations,provides more working chances for local

Male

FemaleAmerica24

18

Europe69

26

Asia Pacific, Middle
East & Afica

779

1,102

China

8,611

4,037

Total

9,483

5,183

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

Employees' Development

We focus on our employees’ personal growth

Solar hired a total of 1,785 overseas

and development and treasure the effor ts

employees work locally.

Proportion of Female Employees

effectively accumulate valuable company-specific expertise.

their own value. Hence, Trina Solar continuously increases

With the rapid development of mobile networks and smart

investment in training, education and culture cultivation tophones, employees are inclined to use their scattered hours toprovide a strong career support system for our employees. We

learn the courses they are interested in. Therefore, we launchedhope that they can make further progress in their daily work.

the UMU online learning system and various micro-courses totraining regulations, courses, lecturers, etc. In 2016, we setup
a lecturer club to foster and encourage internal lecturers toshare their professional work experience with others, so as to
34.7%

34.3%

36.8%

35.3%

0
2013

2014

2015

2016

with the company.

Training and education can help employees grow and realize

We have established a mature training system, including

100%

34.9%

improvements and obtain common developments

Training and Education

employment discrimination. The

Area

•

people as well. Till the end of 2017, Trina

to ensure gender equality and prohibit

In order to meet the increasing demand

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compensation is higher than the lowest level of the regions our plants/offices located in.

Tr ina S olar treats talents as one of

2017

meet their learning needs in 2016. In 2017, we started Individual
Development Plan to encourage our employees to set up theirindividual development plan together with their supervisor for
further improvement.

'Almightty King' Training Program
Trina Solar organized a series of 'Almighty King' training program todevelop management talents, being capable of meeting future challenges.
The training program included courses of financial management of nonfinancial managers, HR management of non-HR managers, products andtechnology, legal management for non-legal managers, IT management of
non-IT managers, etc. These courses were conducted by internal company
elites in the related professional fields. 223 employees participated in
the training program. The trainees expressed that the curriculum wascomprehensive, well-organized, and combined with the actual application
scenarios, which was very helpful for their future work.

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Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Talent Sustainable Management

Methods

Descriptions•

Library•

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

The Leadership Institute aims to develop and implement learning programs for seniorand middle managers in the company. In 2017, the Institute launched various training
programs according to different needs of middle and senior managers.

•

In 2017, a total of 33 leadership training sessions were conducted with a total of 608
participants.

To help new employees adapt the company's corporate culture and start their career quickly, we
provide them with a two-day’s intensified training:

New Employee Training

•
•
•
•

Welcoming: Company milestones review through communication with top leaders;Team building: Promoting employee communication and enhancing team cohesiveness;
Policy and process introduction: Allow new employees get acquainted with workflows andprocedures;
Exhibition hall and workplace visit: Understanding the company's products and production
processes.

•

Professional skill training such as procurement, finance, sales, HR, EHS, etc.;•

Time, cost, team management;•

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

To provide convenient learning resources for employees worldwide, Trina Solar’s Learning andDevelopment Department launched a multi-functional UMU App;•

Employees worldwide can log in through smart mobile phone, ipad, etc. to search, shareand learn the online courses;•

Learners can create online learning groups, interact with lecturers and learners, 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 theirscattered time to learn their interested courses anytime, anywhere;•

As of end of 2017, there were 358 UMU online courses and 3,985 people participated in
the training.

UMU Interactive Learning Platform

Development and Motivation

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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 enter the company

Employees are required to set personal development plancan make their choices to take a technical or a managerial(PDP) every half year, and their leaders will evaluate and rate

position for career development. Tr ina S olar will award

their per formances. PDP is composed of three aspects ofand encourage excellent employees and teams every year.

appraisal, including business objectives and key tasks, employee

Employees with outstanding performance will be promoted

management objectives, and personal development goals toaccording to the company’s regulations. Trina Solar helps its

achieve balance among individual growth, team development

employees to achieve individual values and keep same pace ofand organizational goals.

development with the company.

Listen to Employees

Employees' HealthAppendix
Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Description

Excellent Employee

Employees who have a strong sense of responsibility and outstanding performance will be awarded.
In 2017, 776 employees were awarded as department-level excellent employees. 159 employees
were awarded as company-level excellent employees, including 21 employees as New SailingAward, 33 employees as Voyage Award, 33 employees as Excellent Expedition Award, 18 employees
as Outstanding Business Leadership Award, and 54 employees as Excellent Culture Award.

Long Service Award

In order to appreciate employees who worked hard for a long term at Trina Solar, we awarded
838 employees with Long Service Award in 2017, including 559 employees who have beenworking for Trina Solar for 5 years, 254 employees for 10 years, 11 employees for 15 years and
14 employees for 20 years. We encourage our employees to develop with Trina Solar to createa bright future together.

Excellent Team Award

Teams with excellent performances will be awarded. In 2017, 16 teams were awarded with Excellent
Team Award.

Stock Granting

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

Performance Award

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

Model Worker Award

Set up awards for employees who have outstanding performances in work, reasonableproposals, cost reduction, resources conservation, environmental protection and safe
production. In 2017, 24 employees were awarded with the title of 'Model Worker'.

Safety Model Award

Set up awards for employees who have strong sense of safety accountability, strictly abide bysafety rules, and actively participate in safety training and emergency exercises. In 2017, 16
employees were awarded with the title of 'Safety Model Employee’.

Model Team and Star Employee

Teams and employees with excellent performance in energy-saving, cost reduction and safe
production will be honored. In 2017, 83 teams were awarded with 'Model Team', and 264
workers were honored with 'Star Employees'.

In 2017, the total training hours is 278,038 hours, covering the following training contents:
Face-to-face Training

Employees' Development

Contribution to Society

Rewards

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

•
Leadership Institute

Employees' Rights

Care for Employees

Trina Solar Awarded with ‘2017 Asia's Best Corporate Employer Award’
On 27th October, 2017, the HR Asia Awards list, launched by Business Media International, an Asia’s leading business magazine, wasannounced. As a leader in the global energy internet of things (IoT), Trina Solar stood out from among 158 candidates and won the ’2017
Asia’s Best Corporate Employer Award’.
HR Asia Awards, which has been held for 5 consecutive years since 2013, is an Asia’s prestigious award in the field of human resource
management. Candidates were assessed from nine dimensions for the award, including employee engagement, employee satisfaction,company brand and employer brand building, talent attraction and retention, workplace safety and social responsibility, training anddevelopment, global development platform, work-life balance, and employee communication. 28 world-renowned companies, suchas Bloomberg, KPMG, Schneider and Trina Solar, won the award. Trina Solar will continuously strive to attract outstanding talents andprovide employees with global development opportunities. We will build a good cultural atmosphere and enhance employees' sense of
mission, belonging, and happiness.

Stephanie Shao
CHO of Trina Solar"We greatly appreciate Business MediaInternational and the judging panel for
their trust and recognition of our company.
Under the guidance of the mission of “Solar
Energy for All”, we will continue to embracechanges, encourage innovation, and createa low-carbon, green and sustainable living
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Message from the Leadership

Governance & Development

Care for Our Earth

Focus on Supply Chain
Talent Sustainable Management

Employees' Rights

Contribution to Society

Employees' Development

Listen to Employees

Employees' HealthAppendix
Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Employees' Health

Listen to Employees
We value the communication and participation ofcompany.

employees, and encourage them to join the Labor

We respond to the questions raised by employees andUnion. We have established a variety of efficient

try to resolve them promptly. For the problems thatand transparent communication channels withincannot be resolved temporarily, we will acknowledge

the company to build multi-channel and multi-level

the problems and admit that the company will try toemployee communication, so as to promote culture

find a way to address them, so as to win employees’

construction and allow employees to fully exercise

recognition and forgiveness.

their democratic rights as a real member of the
ChannelsContents

Quarterly Communication
Meeting

A quarterly communication meeting between the management and employees on the topics of company
development, current status, future missions, objectives and challenges, strategies, etc. There is an on-site
Q&A session between senior management and employees.

Round-table Meeting

Communication meeting between management and employees on management, salaries and benefits,
workplace environment, safety and health, employee life, etc.

Employees with sound physical and mental healthwill have a higher wor k enthusiasm and wor k
efficiency. Trina Solar continuously pays attention
to employees’ mental and physical health. We strive
to create an efficient, relaxed and caring work
environment for our employees, and help themmake a good balance between work and life, so as toimprove their work performance and quality of life.
We have established an internal clinic to provide the employeeswith medical and health counseling services. We regularly organize
health examination for employees and annual health checkup forfemale employees to show our caring for them. We also provide
free traditional acupuncture therapy for employees. In brief, we do
our utmost to create a healthy, safe and comfortable workplace forall employees and help them improve their work performance andquality of life.

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

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Trina Solar provides employees with Employee Assistance Program (EAP), andperiodically invites psychological counselors and senior mental-health practitioners
to provide guidance and training on work and life balance. In 2017, we provided
psychological counseling and assistance to more than 50 employees to help them
alleviate work stress and eliminate psychological distress.

Staff Communication
Meeting

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

Vulnerable Group
Meeting

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

•

EAP Counseling Scope: workplace stress, love and marriage, parent-childeducation, family relationships, psychological emotions, etc.;

HR Hotline

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

•

EAP Consulting Method: psychological counseling hot-line, face-to-faceconsultation, hypnosis, special lectures, etc.

'Lync' Communication
Platform

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

'Corporate Culture'
Communication Platform‘Corporate-culture’ Communication Platform can promptly release company news, activities, training,
work flow, and outstanding employees' excellent deeds to all employees worldwide.

Communication Between Excellent Employees and New Employees
Trina Solar regularly organizes communication between excellent
employees and new employees to ensure that new employees are
adapted to the work environment quickly and efficiently. In April
2017, we invited Kai Sun and Haiming Zhuang, winners of the 2016
Outstanding Newcomer Award, to share their experience and feelings
on winning the Outstanding Newcomer Award with new employees.
For example, they had good learning habits, earnest and meticulous
work attitude, and good teamwork sprits. The main purpose of thecommunication is to enhance the communication between excellent
employees and new employees. We strive to lead new employees tolearn the excellent employees through the power of role models andachieve the inheritance of corporate culture.

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Care for Employees

Relaxing and Efficient Work AtmosphereWe believe that creating a good work atmosphere can help
employees balance their work and life. Employees can relieve theirstress by participating in various kinds of cultural activities, andpromote their professionalism, dedication and work enjoyment.
Trina Solar has many sports clubs such as football, basketball,badminton, table tennis, swimming, fishing, etc. We organize
sports competitions every year according to employees’ interests.
For example, we held basketball league games for consecutive
9 years, badminton games for consecutive 8 years, tug-of-war

events for 7 years, Ping-Pong matches for 6 years, and snooker
competitions and marathon for 4 years.
In order to popularize local cultures and enrich employees’ cultural
life outside of work, we prepare various activities to celebrate local
traditional festivals. Moreover, we also have reading clubs, Taichi classes, and Yoga classes and flower arrangement classes forfemale employees. The relaxing, soft movements can help people
calm down amidst the hustle and bustle of life, cultivating theirminds and making them more confident in their work and life.

Trina Solar 20th Anniversary Celebration

Jifan Gao, Chairman & CEO of Trina Solar, led senior
executives to take the oath: ‘Regardless of 20 years’
hardships and rains, Trina employees stand together.
We set off again to create brilliant future’.

In 2017, Trina Solar celebrated its 20th anniversary with the theme of'Thank You for Your Perseverance, and We’ll Create Brilliant Future
Again' at the Changzhou Grand Theatre. Together with thousandsof employees and their families, Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of
Trina Solar, reviewed the hardships of Trina’s 20-year entrepreneurial
development history, and depicted Trina's future mission andvision. Mr. Gao expressed his sincere appreciations to employees
and their families for their hard-working, dedication, understanding
and support. Meanwhile, he encouraged all employees to put thecompany’s core values into actions, be dedicated to work and strive
to achieve the goal of 'Solar Energy for All’.
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Contribution to Society

Employees' Development

Listen to Employees

Employees' Health

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

Employees’ Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S)
The employees’ safety and health is the foundation of

We are committed to creating a safe, healthy andour business. We integrate occupational health andenvironmentally-friendly workplace for our employees,

safety (OH&S) management requirements into every

so as to allow employees enjoy a better quality of life

aspect of the company's operation management.

and grow and develop together with Trina Solar.

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

Trina Solar is committed to providing clean solar energy andcontinuously help us improve OH&S performance. Most of ourcreating a safe, healthy and environmentally-friendly workplace

manufacturing plants have established OHSAS18001 Occupationalfor our employees. We always keep in mind that our people are

Health and Safety Management System. We implement OH&S

our most important asset. We have established a mature OH&S

improvement projects in every operation step, including plant

Management System (OHSAS18001) to reduce work-related

design, construction, research and development, manufacturing

accidents and occupational diseases.

and packaging. We are dedicated to ensure the health and safety

Trina Solar's Total Recordable Rate (TRR)

We have established a medium-term OH&S goal that the totalof our employees, contractors, customers and other interested

recordable rate (TRR) in 2020 will be 15% lower than that in 2015.

parties.

0.81

Continuously improving OH&S performance is an integral part of

No.

Plant

OH&S Management System

No.

Plant

OH&S Management System

1

Plants at Changzhou
Headquarters

Yes

5

Heifei Plant

Yes

2

Changzhou Trina
Yabang Plant

Yes

6

Energy Storage
Solutions Plant

Yes

3

Yancheng Plant

Yes

7

Thailand Plant

Yes

4

Hubei Plant

Yes

8

Vietnam PlantNo

our production operations.

1.02
0.72
0.68

0.39

The total recordable accident rate (TRR) rose in 2016 due to thestart-up of domestic and overseas new plants and the introduction

2013

of automation equipment. Based on the type of each accident, we

2014

2015

2016

2017

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).

analyzed in detail the reasons for the rise in TRR, and implemented
corrective and preventive measures as well as special safety
improvement projects. TRR in 2017 decreased by 5.6% comparedto that in 2015.

Trina Solar Granted Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Gold Award
ChainsMeasures•

Designing and Construction of Plants/•

Headquartered in Paris, EcoVadis is a world-renowned independent third-party assessment agency. Since 2007, EcoVadis has
been operating a platform to provide sustainability ratings for global supply chains. The platform delivers simple and reliable

Carry out OH&S assessment, assess the potential impact on employees’ OH&S and thecommunities, and ensure establishment of adequate OH&S protection facilities;scorecards to monitor supplier practices, covering 150 purchasing categories, 120 countries, and 21 CSR indicators in four

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

Due to its outstanding performance in environmental protection, labor practices, fair business practices, and sustainable

themes: environment protection, labor practices, fair Business practices and sustainable procurement.

procurement, Trina Solar was granted a Global Corporate Social Responsibility Gold Award in Ecovadis’ 2017 Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) assessment. We have obtained its best-ever result of top 5% suppliers of ranking in all categories and top 9%•

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

Jifan Gao, Chairman & CEO of Trina Solar, said that the Global Corporate Social Responsibility Gold Award from EcoVadis fully

Research & Development
•

•
•
•

Identify hazards of every work process, and take protective measures according to therisk levels;
Compile work instructions, improve and implement the responsibility system of safety
and occupational health, and promote safety performance continuously;
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.

••
Manufacturing

Packaging61of suppliers in Manufacture of electronic components and boards.

affirms Trina Solar’s contributions and long-term commitments to promote sustainable development as a responsible corporate
citizen.

Jifan Gao
Chairman & CEO
of Trina Solar“We are very honored that our unremittinge f fo r t s g o t re c o g n i z e d b y i n t e r n a t i o n a lprofessional organization. Trina Solar pledges
our commitment to provide clean renewableenergy to the world. We strive to promotesustainable development by continuously
raising energy supply security, improving
environmental friendliness, and creating job
opportunities. We’ll work tirelessly to achieve
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Chains

Tr i n a S o l a r i s d e d i c a t e d t o p ro v i d i n g a s a fe

been established and implemented to systematically identify

and healthy work place for all employees andthe hazards and assess the risks related to manufacturingcontractors. Our goal is to continuously reduce
work-related injuries in the workplace throughefforts to improve OH&S performance.
Trina Solar proactively conducts risk assessments in relation to

in a safe way.

our abilities, that the site facilities are maintained and operated

Safety Inspection: Trina Solar has established the EHS Inspection and Management Procedure to assess
the strengths 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. We
encourage all employees to report near misses they observe around them via different channels, such as an
EHS reporting card, near miss reporting database in E-flow system, email and telephone notification etc.

•

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

•

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 locationand every department.

•

EHS Training: We make EHS Trainings for employees, contractors and suppliers, such as New Employee Training,
On-the-job Training, Professional Safety Training (e.g. chemical safety, electricity safety, fire safety). That could
help improve the employees and suppliers' safety and health awareness, so they can take precautionary or porpermeasures 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, hot work and confined-space work. The responsible person fora project needs to complete a permit for such works, which shall be approved by relevant parties prior tocommencement of the work.

•

Chemical Management: We strictly adhere to all the applicable rules of not to use the prohibited or restrictedchemicals in the places where we operate. We formulated 'Chemical Management Procedure' to ensure theintroduction, purchase, storage, usage and discard of chemical are adequately supervised and the related risks arewell controlled.

•

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

•

Occupational Hazard Notification: We set up occupational hazard notice cards in workplace to allow emplyees toknow the possible occupational hazard factors and the protection measures.

•

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

•

Emergency Management Plan: In case of an emergency, the way how to response makes the difference between apositive and a negative outcome. We believe that effective contingency plans and periodic drills will play a crucial rolein stabilizing the situation upon emergency. Therefore, we have developed a comprehensive emergency responseplan, including fire emergency, chemical spill and burn, power outage, etc., to ensure that we are able to promptly
and effectively respond to a variety of safety and environmental incidents. We also conduct emergency drills regularly
in each responsible area to ensure our emergency response plan can work well while improving our emergency
response preparedness.

•

Medicare Green Channel: Trina Solar sets up Medicare Green-card Scheme with local hospitals in Changzhou
for our employees. Employees can receive immediate medical attention after showing their 'Trina Solar
Medicare Green Card'. Trina Solar will pay for medical expenses afterwards to make sure that employees receive
timely treatment.

affected by his undertaking in our workplace. A procedure has

A Fire Emergency and Evacuation Drill in Trina Solar’s Vietnam Plant
Trina Solar’s Vietnam plant organized a factory-wide fire emergency and evacuation drill on 1st December, 2017. The drill
aimed to test the employees’ self-rescue ability, the Emergency Response Team’s (ERT) emergency preparedness and theircapability to cope with local fire brigade. ERT includes commander team, communication team, evacuation team, first-aid
team, rescue team, alert team and logistics team. 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.

Fire Extinguisher Usage

Evacuation and Assembly

Activation of Local Fire Brigade
Risk Control

Use Hydraulic Barrel Clamp-forklift Instead of Hydraulic Flat-bed
Vehicle to Reduce Employees’ Risk of Being Pinched
Workers who work on the module-framing post need to use silica gel, which is about 270 kilograms per barrel. It requires twoworkers to move the silica gel barrel together to the hydraulic flat-bed vehicle. Since the hydraulic flat-bed vehicle holds twobarrels of silica gel, workers’ fingers are inclined to be pinched when moving the second barrel on the vehicle.
Engineering Measure: use hydraulic barrel clamp-forklift instead of hydraulic flat-bed vehicle to reduce employees’s risk ofbeing pinched.

Emergency
Management

Risk of fingers pinched at the point of two barrels’ contact

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Use of hydraulic barrel clampforkliftvehicle

Employees' Occupational Health and Safety•

Risk Identification

the health and safety risks posed to any person who may be

Employees' Health

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment: We have put Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Procedurein place to identify the hazards and assess the risks related to manufacturing activities, products and services.
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.

engineering measures, administrative measures and personal
emergency response plan. The plan is to ensure, to the best of

Listen to Employees•

been implemented, focusing on elimination/replacement,
protective equipment controls. Trina Solar maintains an active

Employees' Development

Appendix

Contribution to Society

Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management

activities, products and services. Risk control strategies havehazard identification and risk control, and make

Care for Employees

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Employees' Development

Contribution to Society
Listen to Employees

Employees' HealthAppendix
Employees' Occupational Health and Safety

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

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

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

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

corporate culture of 'safety first'.

EHS Committee

communication channels and programs, including monthly

2017 EHS Promotion Month
We carry out EHS Promotion Month in June every year to strengthen employee's safety awareness. In 2017, we organized aseries of EHS activities with the theme of 'Full Implementation of the Enterprise’s Responsibility for Safe Production'.

Activity

Content•

Zhenxiang Zhao, Senior EHS Director, reported Trina Solar’s safety performance in 2016 andEHS work plan in 2017.

•

Mr. Zhigang Hu, Chairman of Labor Union, made a speech with the theme of ‘Safe Production
is a Base for Enterprise Development‘, stressing that Labor Union would safeguard theemployees' legitimate rights and interests in safe production.

Opening Ceremony of
EHS Promotion Month••EHS Quiz•Emergency
Response Team (ERT)
Competition•
First-aid Lecture•
Public Environmental
Satisfaction Survey

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

Together with Minghong Hua, President of Manufacturing VCU, Mr. Jifan Gao, Chairman & CEO,awarded honorary certificates to 16 individuals from wafering, cell and module workshops fortheir outstanding safety performance. Mr. Gao encouraged them to make persistent efforts,
hold the ‘Safety First’ principle, and act as a safe production model for all employees.
Each employee can answer the quiz in hard-copy or electronic form. The content of quiz
covered chemical safety, electricity safety, occupational health, fire safety, traffic safety and soon. There were a total of 1,561 employees participated in the program.
ERT competition included preliminary screening and final content. The preliminary contest
covered emergency knowledge of fire, chemical spill, gas leakage, evacuation, first-aid,
elevator accident, and use of emergency suppliers. There were 10 teams selected from thepreliminary contest. The final contest was to test the ERT operation skills, including physicalfitness test, selection and gowning of PPE, first-aid, fire-fighting, etc.
Professional first-aid doctors were invited to give lectures on first-aid methods likecardiopulmonary resuscitation, to improve our ERT members' emergency response abilities.
In 2017, 40 employees received the Primary First-aid Certificate issued by the Changzhou Red
Cross.
EHS Department conducted an environmental survey to the surrounding residents of thefactory. The purpose of the survey is to seek for the opinions and views from the surrounding
residents on Trina Solar’s operations. In 2017, there were 155 residents surveyed. 93% of theresidents were in favor of this kind of the environmental survey. 91% of the residents had apositive feedback towards the development of Trina Solar.

•

Potential EHS hazards, risks and control measures;•

Updates of EHS laws and regulations;•

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

Review of EHS accidents and EHS performance indicators;•

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

Formulating EHS objectives and future work plans;•

Advice from Labor Union.

Traffic Safety on Daily Commute
We uphold the principle of 'People-oriented, Care for life' in our operations. Trina Solar not only focuses on employee's work safety, butalso pay attention to traffic safety in their daily commute. To minimize injuries and losses caused by traffic accidents on the way to andfrom work, we conducted a series of traffic safety improvement measures.
•

Formulate a Traffic Safety Management Procedure. The procedure defines the responsibilities in traffic safety management, andsummarizes the typical traffic safety violations, aiming to regulate employees’ driving behaviors in the factory and on the way to orfrom 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.;•

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

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

Inspect licenses of motorcycles and electric vehicles regularly;•

Distribute road safety pamphlets to our employees and post posters about traffic safety on promotion windows.

Mr. Jifan Gao, Chairman & CEO of Trina Solar presented awards to safety
pacesetters with Mr. Michael Hua, President of manufacturing VCU.

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Contribution to Society

Contribution to Society - Build a
Beautiful Community
Trina Solar fully takes our operation impact on the community into consideration andtakes effective measures to reduce the impact, so as to establish mutual trust with thecommunity and win their support and respect. Trina Solar is devoted to promoting
economic and social development of local communities while expanding our business.
We consistently promote and implement public welfare programs and try to achieve
the goal of common prosperity with local communities. We work together with ourpartners to bring long-term benefits to local communities through investing in
education, promoting public welfare and implementing volunteer programs.

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1,000

30

I nve s t e d R M B 1 0 M i l l i o n Yu a n t oEstablish Siyuan Sunshine Fund for
Entrepreneurship

Donated 30 kilowatts (KW) PV Modules
to Nagarjuna Institute in India to Builda Solar-powered Parking Shed

46

40+

Sponsored 46 Students to Complete
9-year Compulsory Education

Tianai Volunteer Team, consisting of
more than 40 Trina employees, hasbeen volunteered to teach children
in Tianai Rehabilitation Center since
2014.

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Education Support

Education Support
Trina Solar constantly pays attention to educationo f l o c a l c o m m u n i t i e s . We m a k e i n v e s t m e n t
in education and promote the cultivation of
innovative talents, so as to facilitate the sustainable
development of the society.
In 2015, Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship was
founded by Trina Solar. The Fund donated RMB 10 million to
China Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. By adheringto the philosophy of 'being grateful for the favour received, andpaying back to the society', the Fund aims to help poor students

DonationsContribution to Society

Appendix

Volunteer Programs

Donationsin western China through providing teacher-training, public
lectures, public electives, etc. These knowledge and skill training
courses help poor college students in western China start
their own business in the Photovoltaic (PV) industry, so as tocontribute to the economic and social development in western
China.
In 2016, Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship launched thefirst public PV training program for teachers, and rolled out two
public PV training sessions in Xining, Qinhai Province and Wuwei,
Gansu Province. We provide education support for poor areas andhelp college students in western China to start their own business.

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

In 2016, Trina Solar donated modules to earthquake disastersuffered area in Nepal, and participated in reconstruction ofdisaster area together with British Prince Harry. Trina Solar
took practical action in public welfare, disaster relief andinfrastructure construction to create a better world.

Trina Solar Donated Modules to Nagarjuna Institute in India

Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship
Public Photovoltaic Training Sessions Held by
Siyuan Sunshine Fund for EntrepreneurshipI n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 , S i y u a n S u n s h i n e Fu n d fo r
Entrepreneurship, founded by Trina Solar, rolled out
two public PV training sessions respectively in collegesof Qinghai and Lanzhou. We granted a scholarship of a
total amount of RMB 100,000 to college students withexcellent performance.

Colin Yang,
Chief Brand
Officer of
Trina Solar"As a responsible corporate citizen,
Tr i n a S o l a r a c t i ve l y p ro m o te s
education, environmental protection
and the popularization and applicationof clean energy. We provide support
and assistance to young talents andfacilitate the sustainable developmentof the whole society."

In March 2017, Trina Solar donated 30 kilowatts (KW) solar modules to Nagarjuna Institute in India to help carry out theconstruction of solar-powered parking shed. On the Chan Tea musical held in India, Ven. Miaohai from Boshan Zhengjue
Monastery handed on Trina Solar’s donation certificate to Lokamitra, president of Nagarjuna Institute. The Chan Tea musicalwas staged on Annbeca Square, Nagpur. It was an important activity of 2017 Buddha Culture Festival which attracted
thousands of local people.
Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar, said that Nagarjuna Institute has actively promoted Buddha dharma for more than 20
years and provided free boarding for the public. It has a positive influence on local social and cultural development. Nagarjuna
Institute’s broad mind has similarities with Trina Solar’s core values of 'Customer-centric, Open-mindedness, Dedication, Excellence'.
We hope the donation can help Nagarjuna Institute develop better in the future.

Volunteer Programs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition Held by Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship
In December 2017, Siyuan Sunshine Fund for Entrepreneurship held 2017 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Final Competition.
The primary election started in the colleges of western China since July 2017. Through several rounds of selections and fierce
competitions, 12 teams from new energy major of six colleges in western China entered the final. The themes of submitted
programs cover new energy buildings, residential distributed solar power project, recycling and reuse of PV modules, and solar
energy applications.
The entrepreneurial competition focused on the practicality and operability of the participating projects, and was dedicated to solving
the current difficulties and problems in PV industry. The competition had several parts, including exhibition of entrepreneurial projects,
Q&A session between participants and judges, etc. The solar module recycling project of Qinghai University won the first prize with agood score of 91.6 points. The PV Application Product Development & Application project of Lanzhou Jiaotong University and the PVIntelligent Emergency Broadcasting System project of Lanzhou Polytechnic won the second prize. The two projects of Lanzhou Jiaotong
University, i.e. Solar Smart Roadside Parking and Promotion, and Application of a New Solar Tracking Device Based on Thermal Drive
Technology, and the Distributed PV Power Station Operation and Maintenance project of Wuwei Vocational College won third prize. We
will work diligently provide assistance for college students to start their own business in PV industry, and continue to encourage andsupport college students' entrepreneurial projects.

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Trina Solar focuses on mutual development with its

Trina Solar established Tian’ai Volunteer Team in 2014. The teamlocal communities. We encourage our employees toconsists of more than 40 volunteer members from various

voluntarily participate in public welfare activities,
i . e. , ' l e f t- b e h i n d ' a n d i m p ove r i s h e d c h i l d re n

departments of Trina Solar. They persist in helping children in
Tian’ai Rehabilitation Center with their study every week. They
also bring school suppliers and daily necessities to the children

caring, vulnerable group helping, etc. Trina Solarto help them get out of autism.

vigorously strengthens its volunteer fostering. We

Since 2009, the volunteers from Trina Solar have started toactively involved in various community services andsubsidize the students whose families have financial problems

sustainable development projects, so as to inherit

in Daibu Primary School and Hengjian Primary School in Liyang

the volunteer spirit of contribution, friendship,
mutual help and progress.

City. In the past 9 years, the volunteers subsidized 375 students
with a total donation amount of RMB 340,000. Among them, 46
students completed the nine-year compulsory education.

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Care for Our EarthGRI Index
To enable stakeholders fully understand Trina Solar's social

discloses relevant information as the comprehensive disclosure

responsibility, 2017 Trina Solar Social Responsibility Reportplan based on GRI (Global Reporting Initiative).

Indicator
NumberDescription

StatusReport Section(s)Page(s) Explanatory
Notes

Focus on Supply Chain

Description

102-35—102-39

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

07-10

Information on employees and other workers··Care for Employees

55

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

47

102-11

Precautionary Principle or approach··Corporate Governance··Challenges & Opportunities1123

102-12External initiatives··Support SDGs

102-13

Membership of associations··Communication with
Stakeholders

102-8
102-9—102-10

102-14—102-15

102-19102-20102-21

102-22—102-24

102-25102-26—102-28

102-29—102-31

102-32102-33—102-34

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

17··About the Report

01

102-46

Defining report content and topic Boundaries··About the Report

0121102-47

List of material topics··Materiality Analysis

1917

102-48

Restatements of information··About the Report01

No restatements of
information

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

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

03
11
23

··Corporate Governance··Corporate Culture

1114102-49—102-56··Corporate Governance··Employees' Occupational Healthand Safety··Corporate Governance··Green Sustainable Development

Governance structure
Delegating authority

11
61··Corporate Governance··Materiality Analysis

11
19··Corporate Governance··Materiality Analysis

11
19··Corporate Governance11

Conflicts of interest··Corporate Governance11

Communicating critical concerns; Nature and total
number of critical concerns

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

103-1

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

19

103-2

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

03
23

103-3

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

01
17

11
29

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

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

Economic Performance
201-1

Direct economic value generated and distributed··Message from Leadership

03

201-2

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

03
32

201-3

Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement
plans

201-4

Financial assistance received from government

11

11
19

··About the Report

01··Communication with
Stakeholders··Challenges & Opportunities

17
23

Not Covered in the ReportMarket Presence
202-1

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

56

202-2

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

56
56··Contribution to Society

68-69

Indirect Economic Impacts
203-1

Infrastructure investments and services supported

Covered in the Report

71

11
17

ECONOMIC

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

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

Entities included in the consolidated financial statements

Governance102-18Page(s) ExplanatoryNotes

102-45

Ethics and Integrity
102-16—102-17

Report Section(s)Reporting Practice

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

StatusAppendix

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

102-1—102-7

Contribution to Society

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

Care for Employees

Partially Covered in the Report

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Indicator
Number203-2

Governance & Development

Description

StatusSignificant indirect economic impacts

Report Section(s)··Challenges &Opportunities

Care for Our EarthPage(s) Explanatory
Notes
23

Procurement Practices
204-1

Focus on Supply Chain

304-4

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

44

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
Change32

305-6

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS)··Dealing with Climate
Change32

305-7

Nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur oxides (SOX), and othersignificant air emissions··Dealing with Climate
Change41

Proportion of spending on local suppliers··Sustainable Supply Chain

47

Operations assessed for risks related to corruption;
Communication and training about anti- corruption
policies and procedures; Confirmed incidents of corruption
and actions taken··Corporate Governance11

Report Section(s)Page(s) Explanatory
Notes

Effluents and Waste

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

ENVIRONMENTAL
Management Approach
103-1

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

19

103-2

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

27-44
47

103-3

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

27-44
47

Materials

306-1

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

41

306-2

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

41

306-3

Significant spills

306-4

Transport of hazardous waste··Environment-friendly
Operation

41

306-5

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

41
44

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

41

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

32

No suchincident

Environmental Compliance
307-1

Energy302-1—302-5

StatusEmissions

Anti-competitive Behavior

301-1—301-3

Appendix

Description

Anti-corruption

206-1

Contribution to Society

Indicator
Number

305-1—305-5

205-1—205-3

Care for Employees

No suchincident

Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations

Supplier Environmental Assessment
308-1

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

47

308-2

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

47

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

19

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

39
47
53-66
67-70

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

39
47
53-66
67-70

SOCIAL

Water
Management Approach303-1—303-3

41

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

44

304-2

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

44

Habitats protected or restored··Biological Diversity
Management

44

304-3

Covered in the Report

73

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)AppendixPage(s) Explanatory
Notes

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

401-1

New employee hires and employee turnover··Care for Employees

55

401-2

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

56

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

56

412-2

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

56

412-3

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

56

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

61

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

61

403-3

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

61

403-4

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

60
61Training and Education
404-1

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

56

404-2

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

56

404-3

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

56

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

69
70

413-2

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

41
70

Supplier Social Assessment
414-1

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

47

414-2

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

47··Product Stewardship
Policy39

Public Policy
415-1

Customer Health and Safety

405-1

Diversity of governance bodies and employees··Care for Employees

55

405-2

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

56

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

56

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

47
56

Child Labor
408-1

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

47
56

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

47
56

Security personnel trained in human rights policies orprocedures

Covered in the Report
75··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

39

Customer Privacy
418-1

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

No suchincident

Socioeconomic Compliance

Security Practices
410-1

No suchincident

Marketing and Labeling

Forced or Compulsory Labor
409-1

Political contributions

Partially Covered in the Report

419-1

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

Covered in the Report

Partially Covered in the Report

No suchincident

Not Covered in the Report76