【Xi’an,China,2 June 2022】LONGi, the world’s leading solar technology company headquartered in Xi’an, China, has launched the industry’s first “Sustainability Week” to promote the green and low-carbon development philosophy. During this Sustainability Week, LONGi virtually released its 2021 Sustainability Report worldwide through a bilingual Chinese and English video. George Huo, General Manager of LONGi Brand Management Department, presented the report online in the form of data and case studies.

LONGi’s 2021 Sustainability Report was released on the same day as it 2021 Annual Report, highlighting the companies achievements in responding to climate change, pursuing environmental friendliness, and contributing to a zero-carbon future. According to the 2021 Sustainability Report, even in the face of a complex and severe electricity consumption scenario, LONGi has used 3.096 billion kWh of renewable electricity in 2021, with a utilization ratio as high as 40.19%, which is equivalent to avoiding 1.6879 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas emissions and planting 93.77 million trees in that year.

As the main driving force to achieve the “Dual Carbon” goal, LONGi planned and implemented 267 energy improvement projects in 2021, saving 259 million kWh of electricity and 5.8966 million tons of water. The overall water consumption of the whole group decreased by 10.73% year-on-year. Thanks to its accomplishments, the company has been recognized as a national “Green Factory”, “Green Design Product” and “Green Supply Chain Management Enterprise” through the green manufacturing system of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It has emerged as a “benchmark” for sustainable development and efficient performance in the global solar photovoltaic field.

In the 2021 Sustainability Report, LONGi first defined the carbon reduction target for 2030, which is, taking 2020 as the benchmark, the greenhouse gas emissions within the operation scope will be reduced by 60% by 2030, and the carbon emission intensity of each ton of silicon, cell and glass purchased in 2030 will be reduced by 20% compared with 2020.

On April 24, LONGi officially released the "Supply Chain Green Partner Empowerment Plan" at the company’s 2022 supplier conference. This conference aims to promote suppliers to carry out energy conservation and emission reduction actions through carbon management empowerment training. While directly reducing the carbon emissions of supplier partners, LONGi can also enhance the carbon emissions of the base value chain and the carbon footprint of LONGi photovoltaic products.

LONGi has three levels for sustainable development work, based on its own understanding and action. First, LONGi insists on tech innovation, serves more clients with high-efficiency PV products and green energy solutions, and ensures cost-efficiency in pursuit of achieving carbon neutrality, which is the basic mission and primary responsibility of LONGi in global sustainable development. Meanwhile, the company will also adhere to green development philosophy and respond to climate change. LONGi will adhere to its RE100, EP100, and EV100 commitments, set Science-Based Targets (SBTi), enhance compliance management capabilities, and constantly forge a solid platform for sustainable development. Third, through initiatives and empowerment, LONGi will continuously promote the building of green supply chains, drive supply chain enterprises to work together to save energy and reduce carbon emissions, and build green value chains with upstream and downstream partners.

“LONGi is committed to be an advocate, practitioner and leader of sustainable development in the global clean energy sector. In 2021, we took LONGi's sustainable development work to a new level through one action after another, and unveiled it publicly through our annual sustainability report. We hope that all of you who are care about LONGi's sustainable development will get to know us better and give comments and suggestions, so that we can work together for a clean, beautiful and sustainable world!” said Li Zhenguo, founder and president of LONGi, at the launch of 2021 Sustainability Report.

[中国，西安，2022年6月2日]总部位于中国西安的全球领先太阳能技术公司隆基（LONGi）启动了行业首个“可持续发展周”，以推广绿色低碳发展理念。在本次可持续发展周期间，隆基通过中英文双语视频，在全球线上发布了《2021年可持续发展报告》。隆基品牌管理部总经理霍焱以数据和案例分析的形式在线展示了这份报告。

隆吉2021年可持续发展报告与其2021年年度报告在同一天发布，突出了公司在应对气候变化、追求环境友好和为零碳未来做出贡献方面所取得的成就。《2021年可持续发展报告》显示，即使面对复杂严峻的用电情景，隆基2021年已累计使用可再生电力30.96亿千瓦时，利用率高达40.19%，相当于避免了168.79万吨二氧化碳当量温室气体排放，种植树木9377万棵。

作为实现“双碳”目标的主要推动力，隆基2021年规划实施了267个能源改善项目，累计节电2.59亿千瓦时，节水589.66万吨。全集团整体用水量同比下降10.73%。公司通过国家工信部绿色制造体系认证，被认定为国家“绿色工厂”、“绿色设计产品”、“绿色供应链管理企业”。隆基已成为全球太阳能光伏领域可持续发展和高效性能的“标杆”。

在《2021年可持续发展报告》中，隆基首次明确了2030年的减碳目标，即以2020年为基准，到2030年运营范围内的温室气体排放量减少60%，2030年购买的每吨硅、每吨电池片、每吨玻璃的碳排放强度比2020年降低20%。

4月24日，隆基在公司2022年供应商大会上正式发布“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。在直接降低供应商合作伙伴碳排放的同时，隆基还能减少基地价值链的碳排放和光伏产品的碳足迹。

隆基基于自身的理解和行动，对可持续发展工作有三个层面。首先，坚持技术创新，为更多客户提供高效光伏产品和绿色能源解决方案，确保成本效益，追求实现碳中和，这是隆基在全球可持续发展中的基本使命和首要责任。再者，公司也坚持绿色发展理念，应对气候变化。隆基将坚持RE100、EP100、EV100承诺，设定科学目标（SBTi），提升合规管理能力，不断打造可持续发展的坚实平台。最后，通过倡议和赋能，隆基将持续推动打造绿色供应链，带动供应链企业共同致力于节能减碳，与上下游合作伙伴共建绿色价值链。