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ESG THREE-TIER GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

Board of Directors of JA Solar

Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee

Guiding strategy, supervising review

ESG and Sustainability Management Committee

Developing strategy, organization and coordination

ESG Management and Sustainability Department

Linkage working group

Green Value Chain

Upstream

1.Supplier Management

Established a "Supplier Social Responsibility and Sustainability Evaluation" system, including 18 topics and 105 indicators

18 topics
105 indicators

Percentage of suppliers committed to improvement after evaluation

100%

2.Raw Material Procurement

Proportion of local silicon material suppliers: From 5.6% in 2022 to 8% in 2023

Year-on-year growth in procurement of low-carbon particulate silicon

244%

R&D, Production, and Logistics

3.R&D

All of the Company's mainstream products have passed the French Certisolis carbon footprint certification

Certisolis

JA Solar's p-type series products and n-type DeepBlue 4.0 Pro series products have passed the Norwegian and Italian UL EPD (Environment Product Declaration) evaluations

EPD

In 2023, JA Solar's R&D investment reached CNY 4.446 billion, which accounted for about 5.45%

CNY4.446billion,5.45%

Multiple products have been included in the first batch of "Green Design Products" for PV cell modules by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

4. Produce

Recycling Rate of Water Resources

84%

Waste recycling increased by 216% year on year

216%

5.Package

Followed a circular packaging scheme and actively explore carbon reduction solutions throughout the full life cycle

6.Warehouse

Built the green and intelligent stereoscopic warehouses and created a highly automated, digitalized, and intelligent warehousing center

7. Logistics

Explore low-carbon green transport modes, clean energy use, and achieve synergy between cost reduction and green logistics promotion

96% of on-site transport vehicles have been electrified

96%

Arranged for a total of about 377MW of shipments via road-railway combined transportation in 2023

377MW

Downstream

8. Recycle

Has registered WEEE compliance in 17 European countries and assumed the responsibility of extended producer responsibility (EPR)

Jointly established the "Photovoltaic Recycling Industry Development Cooperation Center"

In 2023, JA Solar reported the following performance to WEEE

6+GW, 330,000+tonne

The Yangzhou Base recycled nearly 400,000 sets of cell cartons and approximately 160,000 pallets and 170,000 junction box totes

Entered into a strategic partnership with PV CYCLE to promote global recycling of discarded PV modules, covering 15 countries

The Ningjin Base recycled nearly 930,000 sets of packaging materials and over 45,000 pallets

Climate Actions

JA Solar Climate Goals

2030

Reduce scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions by 2030 from a 2023 base year

42%

2034

Reduce scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions by 2034 from a 2023 base year

58.8%

Reduce scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services per MW of solar related product produced by 2034 from a 2023 base year

63.8%

2050

Reduce scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions by 2050 from a 2023 base year

90%

Reduce scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, capital goods, fuel and energy-related activities and upstream transportation and distribution per MW solar related product produced by 2050 from a 2023 base year

97%

Reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 2050

Scope 1: Direct GHG Emissions (Unit: tCO2e)

2021

35,406

2022

45,268

2023

109,178

Scope 2: Indirect GHG Emissions (Unit: tCO2e)

2021

1,548,463

2022

1,834,111

2023

2,762,785

Scope 3: Other Indirect GHG Emissions (Unit: tCO2e)

2021

10,299,525

2022

15,702,382

2023

24,351,855

GHG Emissions Intensity (scope 1 + scope 2) (Unit: tCO2e / CNY 100 million)

2021

3,834.85

2022

2,574.88

2023

3,521.45

37+million

Avoided Emissions 37 million tCO2e

2,871,963

Total GHG Emissions in 2023
(scope 1 + scope 2, Unit: tCO2e)

3,521.45

GHG Emissions Intensity in 2023 (scope 1 + scope 2, Unit: tCO2e / CNY 100 million)

24,351,855

Other Indirect GHG Emissions (scope 3, Unit: tCO2e)

138MW

Self-generated Power for Self-use Distributed Installed Capacity

1.03%

Proportion of Self-generated Power for Self-use Distributed Electricity

28%

Proportion of Green Electricity Use in 2023

1In the calculation of carbon emissions avoidance, it is assumed that the power generation hour of JA Solar's PV modules is 1,300 hours per year. We adopted the emission factors released by the European Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in January 2024 for power grids in major overseas sales regions. As for other sales regions, we used the emission factors released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China in April 2024.

Joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and promoting the establishment of science based targets

Included in China's Typical Cases of Synergy and Efficiency in Reducing Pollution and Carbon Emissions in 2023 by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, PRC

Joined China's "GE100%" Initiative

Joined the 2023 Climate Action Accelerator (CAA) program of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Became the first private enterprise member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in China and the world's first member enterprise in the photovoltaic industry, committed to net-zero carbon emissions no later than 2050

Participated in multiple events at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), released the short-, medium-, and long-term sustainable development strategies