【Xi’an,China,2 June 2022】The 2022 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit was held virtually on June 1 and 2. LONGi founder and president Li Zhenguo took part via video in the session “China Town Hall: Sustainable, Inclusive and Just Transition Towards a Shared Global Development Vision” at the CEO Roundtable： Race to Net Zero—Chinese Companies Step up.

During this session, he engaged in an in-depth and fruitful discussion on topics, such as zero-carbon development and sustainability, with representatives from a wide range of stakeholders, including the United Nations, governments, businesses and civil society organizations.

As the world's largest annual event for sustainable business leaders, the UNGC Leader Summit aims to evaluate progress made to date on the Ten Principles and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), addressing shortcomings in leadership, knowledge, resources and funding. LONGi is one of the important business partners of UNGC and has always supported its global action towards sustainability.

“From the perspective of the entire life cycle of the industry chain, reducing carbon emissions in the photovoltaic industry chain needs to be done from two dimensions, which are improving the power generation of photovoltaic products and reducing the carbon emissions of products themselves,” Li Zhenguo said at the summit. In 2018, LONGi proposed the development concept of “Solar for Solar”, which aims to create low-cost clean energy for the world while practicing the concept of clean production and green manufacturing.

Technological innovation is the core competitiveness of enterprises. LONGi hopes that the entire photovoltaic industry will return to the main circuit of improving solar cell efficiency, and strengthen R&D investment in new solar cell materials and technologies to reduce costs and increase benefits. “LONGi’s essential responsibility and mission is to do our main business well and contribute to green and low-carbon development,” Li Zhenguo told the summit. It is precisely because of this “First Principle” that LONGi invested CNY 4.394 billion in R&D in 2021, becoming the enterprise with the largest investment in the global photovoltaic industry for five consecutive years, and breaking the world record of solar photovoltaic cell conversion efficiency 7 times in a year. Since this year, LONGi has refreshed the conversion efficiency record for p-type HJT solar cell and indium-free HJT solar cell, pushing the conversion efficiency to 25.47% and 25.40% respectively.

As a socially responsible company headquartered in Xi’an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, LONGi actively engages in sustainable development initiatives. In 2021, the company announced an ambitious plan at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), pledging to convert the company’s Baoshan production base in Yunnan Province into its first “Net-zero Plant” by 2023. The announcement will see the beginning of “Net-zero LONGi” and the establishment of a test field for the company's “Solar for Solar” sustainable development concept.

According to LONGi’s 2021 sustainability report, the company has reached 40.19% of renewable electricity use in its global operations and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1,687,933 tons, through the three disciplines of self-owned power generation facilities, procurement of third-party power generation facilities and contract procurement of green power. On April 24, LONGi also officially released the “Supply Chain Green Partner Empowerment Plan” at the company’s 2022 supplier conference, aiming to promote suppliers to carry out energy conservation and emission reduction actions through carbon management empowerment training. While directly reducing the carbon emissions of partner suppliers, LONGi can also enhance the carbon emissions of the base value chain and the carbon footprint of LONGi photovoltaic products.

Moving forward, LONGi will continue to enhance technological innovation with ambitious goals and continuously work toward the reduction of product cost and green zero-carbon development, continuing to support UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UN Global Compact’s initiatives and actions towards sustainability.

[中国，西安，2022年6月2日]2022年联合国全球契约领导人峰会于6月1日和2日举行。隆基创始人兼总裁李振国先生以视频形式参加了主题为“聚焦中国·全体大会：可持续、包容和公正转型，共同打造全球发展愿景”的“奔向净零——中国企业迎难而上”CEO圆桌会议。

在本届会议期间，李振国先生与联合国、各国政府、企业和民间社会组织等广泛利益攸关方的代表就零碳发展和可持续性等议题进行了深入和富有成效的讨论。

作为世界上最大的可持续商业领袖年度活动，UNGC领导人峰会旨在评估迄今为止在十项原则和可持续发展目标（SDG）方面取得的进展，解决在领导力、知识、资源和资金方面的差距。隆基是UNGC的重要商业合作伙伴之一，并一直支持其全球可持续发展行动。

李振国在峰会上表示，“从产业链全生命周期的角度来看，降低光伏产业链的碳排放需要从两个维度来做，这两个维度分别是提高光伏产品的发电量和降低产品本身的碳排放。”早在2018年，隆基提出了“ Solar for Solar ”的发展理念，旨在为世界创造低成本清洁能源的同时，践行清洁生产和绿色制造的理念。

技术创新是企业的核心竞争力。隆基希望整个光伏产业回归到提高太阳能电池效率的主赛道上来，加强对太阳能电池新材料、新技术的研发投入，通过科技创新降本增效。隆基最本质和最基本的任务就是把我们的主业做好，为绿色低碳发展做贡献。”李振国在峰会上坦言。正是因为秉持这一“第一性原理”，隆基在2021年投入43.94亿元用于研发，连续5年成为全球光伏行业投入最多的企业，并在一年内7次打破太阳能光伏电池转换效率的世界纪录。今年以来，隆基刷新了p型HJT太阳能电池和无铟HJT太阳能电池的转换效率记录，转换效率分别提高到25.47%和25.40%。

作为一家总部位于中国陕西省省会西安的重视社会责任的公司，隆基积极参与可持续发展倡议。2021年，该公司在联合国生物多样性大会（COP15）上宣布了一项雄心勃勃的计划，承诺在2023年之前将该公司位于云南省保山的生产基地转变为其第一个“ 净零碳工厂”。该公告将见证“ Net-Zero LONGi”的开始，并为该公司的“ Solar for Solar ”可持续发展理念建立试验田。

根据隆基的2021年可持续发展报告，通过自有发电设施、采购第三方发电设施和合同采购绿色电力这三个领域，该公司在其全球业务中的可再生电力使用量已达到40.19%，并减少了1，687，933吨温室气体排放。4月24日，隆基还在公司2022年供应商大会上正式发布了“供应链绿色伙伴赋能计划”，旨在通过碳管理赋能培训，推动供应商开展节能减排行动。隆基在直接降低合作供应商碳排放的同时，还能减少基地价值链的碳排放和光伏产品的碳足迹。

展望未来，隆基将继续以远大目标加强技术创新，不断致力于降低产品成本和绿色零碳发展，继续支持联合国可持续发展目标（SDG）和联合国全球契约的可持续发展倡议和行动。