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                                                                        JinkoSolar






                                                                                            The 2017 target: proactive

                                                                                    global community involvement.



                                                                    S THE WORLD’S LARGEST    Helping Low-Income Communities
                                                                    solar panel manufacturer   JinkoSolar recently donating 620 kW of so-
                                                                    by global shipment volume   lar panels to Oakland, Calif.-headquartered
                                                                    since 2015, the 16th fastest   nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives.
                                                                    growing company currently   This will enable an estimated 1,600 low-in-
                                                        A according to Fortune, and the      come families and multi-family affordable
                                                        fastest-growing residential solar provider,   housing providers nationwide to benefit
                                                        JinkoSolar sells its modules in 78 countries   from free solar systems in 2017, according
                                                        worldwide.                           to JinkoSolar U.S. General Manager Nigel
                                                          In addition to manufacturing sustainable   Cockroft. “Ensuring all communities have
                                                        power-generating devices capable of har-  access to clean energy is extremely impor-
                                                        nessing the sun’s free electricity, JinkoSolar   tant to us,” he says.
                                                        is actively targeting energy use and green-  Recently invited to participate in Berlin’s
                                                        house gas emission reductions through its   Business 20 (B20) Summit under the theme
                                                        manufacturing processes.             “Building Resiliency, Improving Sustainabil-
                                                          Regularly issuing reports to the Montreal   ity and Assuming Responsibility,” JinkoSolar
                                                                                             is sharing policy recommendations in line
                                                        Protocol on Substances That Deplete the
                                                      CREDIT: JINKOSOLAR  Ozone Layer, the company reports that no   with the B20’s belief that a future-oriented,
                                                                                             sustainable and competitive world economy
                                                        ozone-depleting substances are released dur-
                                                        ing production, except for a limited amount
                                                        of CO2. The company also tracks wastewater   can only be guaranteed if businesses keep
                                                                                             finding innovative solutions to increase
                                                        discharge, direct energy consumption and   sustainability and decrease resource usage
                     JinkoSolar                         water used to create its panels.     intensity. 
                                                                                               As a founding member of U.S. Solar En-
                                                          Over the last two years, JinkoSolar has
                                                        achieved a 53.39 percent decline in electric-  ergy Industries Association’s national recy-
                     FOUNDED: 2006, Xiande Li and
                     Kangping Chen                      ity consumption, a 76.26 percent reduction   cling network, the company also provides
                     HEADQUARTERS: Shanghai, China      in water usage, a 76.15 percent decline in   convenient options for those seeking to re-
                                                        wastewater discharge and 53.05 percent de-  move end-of-life panels at from their homes
                     LEADERSHIP: Xiande Li, Chairman of   crease in GHG emissions.           or power plants.
                     the Board; Kangping Chen, CEO
                     PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Solar panels
                     EMPLOYEES: ~15,000
                     WEBSITE: www.jinkosolar.com






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