LONGi’s founder and president Li Zhenguo calls for promoting the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

NEW YORK, September 17, 2023 —LONGi‘s founder and president Li Zhenguo attended the Innovation for Industrial Sustainability event together with business leaders, academic experts and United Nations officials in New York, held on the sidelines of the 2023 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit.

The event, jointly hosted by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Tsinghua University and UN Water, featured keynote speeches and panel discussions on topics such as sustainable consumption and production, renewable energy applications in businesses, and green industry practices.

Speaking at the panel “Addressing the Triple Earth Crisis: Industry in Action”, Mr. Li Zhenguo said that the key element of climate action is energy transition. Over the past decade, LONGi had transformed the photovoltaic sector with its monocrystalline silicon technology, which significantly reduced global solar power generation costs by more than 90%, turning photovoltaics from an expensive emerging renewable energy to one of the cheapest sources of electricity. 

With the continuous efforts of LONGi, the current status and proportion of photovoltaic in the world energy pattern has been comprehensively increased, which has also implemented the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 'Affordable and Clean Energy'. LONGi promises to actively promote the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, continue to carry forward the concept and practice of green manufacturing, establish industry benchmarks, and drive the industry to create a zero-carbon future.

From 2012 to 2022, LONGi has produced 290 GW of photovoltaic products, resulting in a cumulative clean energy output of over 1.15 million GWh. Based on the average emission factor of the global power grid estimated by the IEA, this is equivalent to avoiding 536 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, accounting for 1.46% of the total global energy-related carbon emissions in 2022.

As early as the 24th United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2018, LONGi proposed the concept of "Solar for Solar", that is, to produce clean energy with clean energy. In 2020, LONGi successively joined initiatives of RE100, EP100, EV100 and participated in the SBTi, becoming the first Chinese company to join the four global initiatives all together. This year, LONGi’s near-term target has been approved by the SBTi, aligning with the 1.5℃ target in the Paris Agreement.

The event also witnessed the signing of the “Our Responsibility and Commitment to A Green and Sustainable Future We Want” endorsed by Chinese enterprises. Alongside a collection of case studies that demonstrated Chinese enterprises’ implementation of SDG goals and recommended industrial good practices, the pledge was formally presented to Li Junhua, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs by Mr. Li Zhenguo on behalf of the signatory companies. The 10-point initiative urges the global business community to consolidate industry development consensus in resource use, renewable energy adoption, technological innovation, inclusive growth, and sustainable international collaboration.

About LONGi

Founded in 2000, LONGi is committed to being the world’s leading solar technology company, focusing on customer-driven value creation for full scenario energy transformation.

Under its mission of 'making the best of solar energy to build a green world', LONGi has dedicated itself to technology innovation and established five business sectors, covering mono silicon wafers cells and modules, commercial & industrial distributed solar solutions, green energy solutions and hydrogen equipment. The company has honed its capabilities to provide green energy and has more recently, also embraced green hydrogen products and solutions to support global zero carbon development. www.longi.com 

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LONGi创始人兼总裁李振国呼吁促进联合国2030年可持续发展议程的实施

纽约当地时间2023年9月17日，LONGi创始人兼总裁李振国与商业领袖、学术专家及联合国官员一起出席了2023年联合国可持续发展目标（SDG）峰会，期间参与了在纽约举行的工业可持续性创新活动。

该活动由联合国经济与社会事务部（经社部）、清华大学和联合国水务部联合主办，就可持续消费和生产、可再生能源在企业中的应用以及绿色工业实践等主题进行了主旨演讲和小组讨论。

LONGi创始人兼总裁李振国与商业领袖、学术专家和联合国官员合影。

李振国先生在“应对三方地球危机：工业行动”小组上表示，气候行动的关键要素是能源转型。在过去的十年里，LONGi通过其单晶硅技术改变了光伏行业，该技术将全球太阳能发电成本大幅降低了90%以上，将光伏从昂贵的新兴可再生能源转变为最便宜的电力来源之一。

在LONGi的不断努力下，光伏在世界能源模式中的现状和比例得到了全面提高，这也实施了联合国可持续发展目标7“负担得起的清洁能源”。LONGi承诺积极推动联合国2030年可持续发展议程的实施，继续推进绿色制造业的概念和实践，建立行业基准，并推动行业创造零碳未来。

从2012年到2022年，LONGi生产了290 GW的光伏产品，累计清洁能源产量超过115万GWh。根据国际能源署估计的全球电网平均排放系数，这相当于避免了5.36亿吨二氧化碳（CO2）排放，占2022年全球能源相关碳排放总量的1.46%。

早在2018年第24届联合国气候变化大会上，LONGi就提出了“太阳能换太阳能”的概念，即用清洁能源生产清洁能源。2020年，LONGi先后加入了RE100、EP100、EV100的倡议，并参加了SBTi，成为第一家加入四项全球倡议的中国公司。今年，LONGi的近期目标已获得SBTi的批准，与《巴黎协定》中的1.5℃目标保持一致。

该活动还见证了广受中国企业认可的“我们对绿色和可持续未来的责任和承诺”的签署。除了一系列展示中国企业实现可持续发展目标和推荐工业良好做法的案例研究外，李振国先生代表签署公司正式向联合国经济与社会事务副秘书长李俊华提交了承诺。10点倡议敦促全球商业界巩固在资源使用、可再生能源采用、技术创新、包容性增长和可持续国际合作方面的行业发展共识。

关于LONGi

LONGi成立于2000年，致力于成为世界领先的太阳能技术公司，专注于为全面场景能源转型创造客户驱动的价值。

在其“充分利用太阳能以建设绿色世界”的使命下，LONGgi致力于技术创新，并建立了五个业务部门，涵盖单硅片电池和模块、商业和工业分布式太阳能解决方案、绿色能源解决方案和氢气设备。该公司磨练了提供绿色能源的能力，最近还采用了绿色氢产品和解决方案，以支持全球零碳发展。