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CREDIT: JINKOSOLAR Ozone Layer, the company reports that no
JinkoSolar
FOUNDED: 2006, Xiande Li and
Kangping Chen
HEADQUARTERS: Shanghai, China
LEADERSHIP: Xiande Li, Chairman of
the Board; Kangping Chen, CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Solar panels
EMPLOYEES: ~15,000
WEBSITE: www.jinkosolar.com
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ECO LEADERS
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
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
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-
ity consumption, a 76.26 percent reduction cling network, the company also provides
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
crease in GHG emissions. or power plants.
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