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2010 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT

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Contents

Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 Letter from the CEO 011.2 Companyprofile 031.3 Oursustainabledevelopmentprinciplesandmethods 051.4 Economicperformance 071.5 Summaryofimportantdatafrom2010 08

Chapter 2 Environmental Protectionand Management

2.1 Greenproducts 112.2 Effectiveenergyutilization 132.3 Protectionanduseofwaterresources 152.4 Wastemanagement 172.5 Otherenvironmentalactivities 18

Chapter 3 Employees

3.1 Employeerights 193.2 Safetyintheworkenvironment 213.3 Employeehealth 253.4 Traininganddevelopment 273.5 Work-lifebalance 30

Chapter 4 Community

4.1 Helpingtheneedy 344.2 Disasterreliefefforts 364.3 Volunteeractivities 37

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Dear Stakeholders,

Welcome to Trina Solar's first Sustainable Development Report – Our

commitment to sustainable growth.

Wherever the sun shines on our planet, our mission is to provide people

with abundant, clean and reliable energy at an affordable cost. Since

the company’s establishment in 1997, Trina Solar has established a set

of core values to achieve our mission. Since then we’ve created value

through innovation, quality, accountability, teamwork, and creativity,

which comprise the core of our business model. With this, we work

together with different stakeholders such as our customers, vendors,

partners, shareholders, employees, and the global community.

As economic conditions have changed over the last decade, we

remain committed to the principles of sustainable development - a

commitment that has become an inseparable part of our business

philosophy. We continue to develop our business with the ultimate goal

of creating a favorable environment based on bedrock foundation of

strong values shared by everyone. As a socially and ethically responsible

corporate citizen, our products are designed to benefit people and

improve their quality of life. As such, we have conducted a series of

activities to improve the quality of life for our employees by helping their

families and the community. These pledges form a major part of the

foundation for our long-term success and continuing innovation.

The following are some of our important milestones and events that

have occurred over the course of our growth to showcase the fulfillment

of our corporate social responsibilities goals:

• 2000: Trina Solar successfully developed China's first integrated photovoltaic

building, which was listed as a green Olympic model in Beijing

• 2003: Trina Solar installed 39 solar stations in Tibet

• 2004: Trina Solar participated in the writing of China's first renewable

energy law

• 2005: Trina Solar moved its factory to its current PV Park with the ambition

of significantly expanding its plant capacity in the following years

• 2006: Trina Solar completed initial public listing on the New York Stock

Exchange

• 2007: Trina Solar was ranked fastest growing company in the Deloitte

Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2007

• 2008: Successfully received ISO14001 environmental management

system certification

• 2009: Launched the "Center for Excellence" to provide product reliability

and quality assurance solutions

1.1 A letter from the CEO

Jifan Gao , Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar

Overview

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• 2010:

- Successfully received OHSAS18001 – occupational health and safety

management system certification

- Established the Trina Solar business ethics committee and intellectual

property protection office

- Provided solar modules on the Belgium-European Union Pavilion at the

2010 World Expo

- Announced the sponsorship of the Lotus Renault GP team to enhance

Trina Solar's brand recognition and promotion of sustainable development

technology applications

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Our achievements over the past decade have established a solid

foundation for our rapid growth. Sustainable development and

environmental protection are core to guiding our principles within

the company. Our success milestones serve as proof that every one

of our employees is committed to the sustainable development and

protection of the environment. Our employees are not only dedicated

to the company, but also to the sustainability of the business and

the protection of the environment. We will continue to innovate, by

improving quality and efficiency, and strive to create a brighter future

by providing the world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy.

We have committed significant resources and energy in order to fulfill

our corporate social responsibilities and sustainable development goals.

We will continue to employ our technology, service, influence, solutions,

and values as we tackle climate change issues to further reduce CO2

emissions, with ultimate objective to usher the world into a new age of

renewable energy. We believe our hard work will enable even more

people to understand solar power, support solar power, and use solar

power on a wide-scale basis.

We are a young company, and understand that there are many ways—

and much work needed—to achieve our sustainable development

and sustainability development goals. Over the coming years, we will

continue our efforts to improve our sustainability as our global operations

expand. We welcome your feedbacks and comments to help us to

further improve our performance and better prepared to face the

challenges of the future.

Thank you!

Profile of Trina Solar

Founded in 1997, Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) is one of the world leading

Photovoltaic (PV) companies. Fully vertically integrated from ingots to

modules in both mono and multicrystalline technologies, Trina Solar

offers high quality modules that provide clean and reliable electricity

around the world for residential, commercial and industrial applications.

Listed on the NYSE, Trina Solar operates worldwide to always deliver the

best value to its customers. The company’s manufacturing facility and

headquarters are located in Changzhou, China, with offices around the

world: California, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Shanghai, Beijing, S.

Korea, Japan and Australia.

Our achievements over the past decade have laid a strong foundation

for Trina Solar's growth and leading position within the PV industry. Going

forward, we will continue to offer clean and reliable products to our

customers around the world, while dedicating ourselves to innovation,

quality, and manufacturing excellence.

1.2 Company Profile

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While formulating our business development strategies, we pay close

attention to our corporate sustainability, and apply this principle to our

operating management system. Our corporate social responsibilities

are an important element of our daily management, and this aspect

helps us to reduce our environmental impact, eliminate risks, cut costs,

improve our image, encourage our employees, increase our production

efficiency, benefit society, and ultimately help us to realize business

excellence.

We believe that the following three points are key aspects of our

sustainability development goals:

• Astrongdedicationtocorporatesustainabledevelopment

• Ahighly-effectivemanagementsystem

• Aunifiedandefficientorganizationalstructure

A strongdedication tocorporatesustainable development

Trina Solar is a dedicated member of the photovoltaic industry. The

equipment and raw materials involved in our manufacturing processes

include raw silicon, silicon wafers, chemicals, gases, water, and other

raw materials. Our everyday management allows for precise control

ofthese items.Apart fromabidingbytherequirementsofall relevant

laws and regulations, we also perform benchmark comparisons and

assessments inconjunctionwith internationally-accepted industry

standards.

Our goals are to prevent and reduce pollution, use effective methods

to rationally use resources, eliminate risk or reduce risk to acceptable

levels, prevent accidents, enhance employees' consciousness of health

& safety, and protect our property, all of which will enable us to establish

an excellent working environment. To achieve these goals, we have

drafted environmental, health, and safety policies.

Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety(EHS) Policy

Trina Solar is committed to design and manufacturing of solar

photovoltaic products. While supplying clean energy products, we

pay much attention to employee’s health & safety, environmental

protection and sustainable development between economy and

environment.Ourvision is tocreateasafe,healthyandenvironment-

friendly workplace for employee and create a harmonious green planet

for human beings. Herewith we pledge the following:

1. Comply with all applicable EHS laws & regulations and meet interested

parties’ requirements

2. Promote green manufacturing and build a green planet by making

efficientuseofenergyandresourcesandmaximizingrawmaterial

recycle

3. Proactively reduce occupational injury and illness risks, and promote

employeehealthandwell-being

4. Commit to prevention of pollution, occupational injury and illness

to minimize its negative impact on environment and ensure employee’s

health and safety

5. Enhance employee EHS awareness and encourage employees to

participate in EHS programs

6. Continually improve EHS performance via perfecting EHS management

system

7. Provide transparent EHS reports to stakeholders and other relevant

interested parties

8. Pledge our support and commitment to help our suppliers to improve

their EHS performance and take social responsibility

1.3 Our sustainable development principles and methods

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Trina Solar Chairman and CEO Jifan Gao and Chief Financial

OfficerTerryWang

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A highly-effective environmental, health, and safety management system

The establishment of an effective management system is an extremely important link in the process of building a solid foundation for corporate sustainable development. We have integrated our corporate management system, which enables us to operate in a closely coordinated fashion on the basis of a unified management framework.

Our hard work has earned us leadership in the areas of quality, deliveries, reliability, technology, business support, and overall costs, and we exceed our customers' expectations in terms of overall value. We strive to make Trina Solar our customers' first choice. We hope to always attain our achievements in a manner that protects the environment and ensures the health and safety of all employees and partners. We received the coveted ISO 14001 environmental management system certification and the OSHAS 18001 occupational health and safety management system certification in December 2008 and December 2010 respectively. This underscores to our commitment our environmental, health, and safety management systems, as well as our dedication to environmental protection, accident prevention, and employee health.

We have established detailed procedures to manage our operations, have created short-, mid-, and long-term objectives, and regularly assess our performance and targets.

A unified and efficient organizational structure

We believe that a unified, effective organizational structure is needed if we are to achieve lasting progress.

We have established a sustainable development committee to organize and implement relevant activities aimed at ensuring the continued improvement of our business operations. The members of the sustainable development committee consist of the managers of relevant departments and plant areas. They are responsible for drafting and assessing our corporate sustainable development strategies, plans, and activities, and regularly report their progress and action plans to the president & CEO.

We have also established an environment, health, and safety (EHS) department, which currently hires more than 40 EHS professionals. The department's main duty consists of continuously implementing and improving company-wide EHS performance. Our EHS team relies on the drafting of EHS strategies, the establishment of EHS procedures, and implementation of EHS activities to ceaselessly fulfill its mission.

TUV ISO14001 certificate TUV OHSAS 18001 certificate

• Appropriate EHS policies and procedures

• Environmental protection and workplace health and safety risk

assessment

• Implementation of appropriate control measures (such as engineering

measures, administrative management methods, and personal

protective gear) to reduce or eliminate EHS risk

• Preventive inspections, training courses, briefings, and other

educational items

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2010 annual financial performance and business highlights

• We shipped approximately 1.06GW of photovoltaic modules; this figure exceeded the company's guidance

of 1GW and represented an increase of 164.8% compared with 2009

• Total sales value was US$1.86 billion, an increase of 119.8% compared with 2009

• Gross profit was US$584.4 million, an increase of 146.4% compared with 2009

• Our gross profit margin was 31.5%, which compares favorably with 28.1% in 2009

• Operating revenue was US$417.3 million, which compares favorably with the figure of US$135.4 million in 2009

• Net profit for the year was US$311.5 million, an increase of 223.7% compared with 2009

By making photovoltaic systems more affordable , we managed to more than double our shipments and sales

compared with 2009 in spite of decreasing industry ASPs, all while steadily increasing our profit margin. These

achievements are the fruits of our ongoing efforts to boost the efficiency of our manufacturing processes and

supply chain, increase local sales, and expand our global support teams. While greatly increasing our production

capacity in 2010, we also strengthened our ratio of assets to liabilities, and continued to maintain our outstanding

operating cash flow.

Our rapid growth in 2010 underscored the successful implementation of our business strategy. We have

successfully expanded our sales and channels in North America, India, Australia, and China. We believe that our

success can be attributed to our high-quality products and global brand recognition. Finally, our sponsorship of a

Formula One racing team has earned us improved international brand awareness.

Our pledge that we will consistently provide high quality products has been essential to our success. During

the fourth quarter of 2010, China's National Photovoltaic Research Center, which is located close to our plant,

formally began operation, and a large number of strategic vendors plan to occupy our Changzhou Photovoltaic

Industry Park. We aim to complete the construction of the National Photovoltaic Research Center during the

second half of 2011.

Looking ahead to 2011, we will continue to improve the efficiency of our existing and new products, increase

our industry-leading cost advantage, provide even greater customer satisfaction, and fulfill our environmental,

health, and safety commitments.

1.4 Economic Performance

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1.5 Summary of important data from 2010

Net sales

Sales costs

Net profit

Sales expenses

Management expenses

R&D expenses

Overall operating expenses

Operating earnings

Exchange earnings/losses

Interest expenses

Interest earnings

Exchange earnings/losses

Other receipts&expenditures

Pre-tax profit

Income tax expenses

Net profit

(Units: US$1,000, shares)

$ 831,901

667,459

164,442

20,302

41,114

3,039

64,455

99,987

(11,802)

(24,558)

2,944

(1,067)

(156)

65,348

(4,609)

$ 60,739

2008

$ 1,857,689

1,273,328

584,361

75,677

72,711

18,625

167,013

417,348

(36,156)

(33,952)

2,590

9,476

216

359,522

(48,069)

$ 311,453

2010

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2009

$ 845,136

607,982

237,154

30,940

65,406

5,439

101,785

135,369

9,958

(27,095)

1,667

(1,590)

2,613

120,922

(24,696)

$ 96,226

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Trina Solar is an environmentally-friendly company. Our goals are to be

a leader in the photovoltaic industry, and to continue to develop, and

to enhance our competitiveness.

As an environmentally company, we not only focus on the design,

development, and manufacturing of green products but we also use

various environmental improvement measures and activities to reduce

our impact on the environment and achieve sustainable development.

We are extremely attentive to environmental issues, We have build up

environment facility to ensure waste water, gases, and pollutants are

treated to meet national and local environmental standards.

Protecting the environment is part of every job and every decision at

Trina Solar. We will continue to improve our energy efficiency, conserve

energy, and reduce emissions.

• We have consistently maintained a responsible attitude toward the

use of natural and other resources like water,and chemicals

• We closely monitor the resources, components, and chemicals used

to manufacture our products to assess our impact on the environment

• We draft annual targets and indicators to guide our energy

conservation and waste reduction efforts each year

We bear responsibility for our impact on the environment.

Key environmental targets/indicators in 2010

• Our power consumption per production unit (1 MW) during the fourth

quarter of 2010 was 10% lower than a year ago. We managed to reduce

electricity consumption by

– Recovering heat from cooling water in our monocrystalline silicon plant

– Improving energy efficiency in our monocrystalline silicon

operations

• Our water consumption per production unit during the fourth quarter

of 2010 was 10% lower than a year ago. We managed to reduce

water consumption by

– Collecting Reverse Osmosis( R.O.)concentrate water and using it in

the wafer grinding and cutting processes

– Recycling water within our wafer plant

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

– Our southeast plant uses natural gas instead of diesel to power its hot

water boilers

Environmental Management Overview

E n v i r o n m e n t a l P r o t e c t i o n a n d

M a n a g e m e n t2

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Environmental Protection Facilities

Our products contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

To date, Trina Solar has provided more than 2 GW of photovoltaic

modules that are currently generating electricity across the world. Trina

Solar can produce up to 2,180 GWh of green power annually, which

is equivalent to the energy in 745,000 tons of standard coal, and can

reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.31 million tons.

• Typically, when coal-fired generating units are used to generate power, it

takes 340.6g of standard coal to produce 1kWh of power

• According the EPIA's calculations, the generation of 1KWH of

photovoltaic power produces only 15-32 gCO2/kWh; in contrast, the

use of fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) to generate electricity

produces 300-1000 gCO2/kWh. When the energy used in the production

of silicon is taken into consideration, 1KWH of photovoltaic power

generation is estimated to result in carbon dioxide emissions of 0.6 kg/KWH

2.1 Green product

Trina Solar has been spending significant and increasing resources on construction

of state-of-art environment protection facilities to ensure wastewater discharge

and air emission from production processes are properly treated and compliance

with local environmental regulations.

To date, we have built three wastewater treatment plants with treatment

capacity of 10,000 tons/day of organic wastewater and 5,000 tones/day of in-

organic wastewater. All wastewater from production processes is adequately

treated prior to discharge to sewer. The average COD concentration of our

treated effluent is between 50 to 150 mg/L, which is much below the legal limit of

500 mg/L.

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Waste Water Treatment Facility Air Emission Treatment Scrubber

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Sheyang, China- 20MW

Germany -3MW Saves 2,200 tons of CO2 a year

Italy -4.7MW Largest roof mounted project in Italy

USA-2.4 MW America’s largest s ingle rooftop installation, as of April, 2009

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Trina Solar pledges to use energy responsibly and efficiently. We are

working hard to achieve the government's energy conservation and

consumption reduction targets, and are pursuing economic growth on

the basis of sustainable development. The following are some of our

energy conservation and consumption reduction achievements during

2010:

• Recovery and utilization of residual heat in monocrystalline silicon

plant cooling water

• Optimizing use of refrigeration units and air-cooled heat pumps to

achieve greater energy conservation (note: refr igeration

units exceed energy efficiency of air-cooled heat pumps)

• Collection and reuse of Reverse Osmosis (RO) concentrate water

• Energy conservation through reduction of Compressed Dry Air (CDA)

system regeneration time

• Use of better technology to shorten monocrystalline silicon furnace

operating cycles and conserve energy

Thanks to our various energy conservation and use reduction

measures and activities, we have continued to steadily reduce power

consumption per unit product (per MW of modules) from quarter to

quarter since 2008.

2.2 Effective energy utilization

Note: Energy Consumtion reduction in percentage is based on the figure of the same quarter in previous years

Energy Consuption reduction percentage per MW

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Use of a refrigeration unit to replace an air-cooled heat pump

Energy conservation measure 1

Use of chillers instead of air-cooled heat pumps (No. 1 cell plant):

Chillers (energy efficiency ratio: 5.7) are more efficient than air-cooled

heat pumps (energy efficiency ratio: 2.9). By modifying refrigeration

pipes and connecting the refrigeration units in parallel with new make-

up air units (MAUs), we found that we could replace our air-cooled heat

pumps during summer, and thereby reduce power consumption. Our

Facilities Department completed this project in July 2009. According

to data monitoring, this measure can reduce power consumption by

approximately 12,000 kWh/day. Assuming summer operation accounts

for four months of the year, this step will save approximately 1440 MWH

of power each year, which is equivalent to reducing 1203 tons CO2

emission.

Schematic Diagram of Project

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2.3 Protection and use of water resources

Water is an extremely valuable and scarce natural resource, and the

development and use of water resources has become a crucial issue in

many countries. We at Trina Solar are well aware that water resources

are limited, and focus on optimizing water consumption. We strive to

purify and reuse wastewater whenever possible.

In parallel with our energy conservation efforts, we have similarly been

able to reduce our water consumption. The following are some of our

water use optimization and conservation measures.

Note: Water Consumtion reduction in percentage is based on the figure of the same quarter in previous years

Energy conservation measure 2

• Recycling of residual heat from cooling waterBy using heat pump technology, our Facilities Department has

recovered residual heat from cooling water at our monocrystalline

silicon plant. This measure uses the residual heat from the cooling water

to help provide warm air to two of our cell workshop plants during winter.

Now, not only can we ensure reliable temperature and humidity levels,

but we can also stop using the air-cooled heat pumps in these plants,

and therefore conserve considerable power. Furthermore, this project

also conserves energy by reducing the amount of time necessary for the

cooling water pump tower to operate. We estimate that this measure

is saving us approximately 3,100 MWh annually, which is equivalent to

conserving USD 343,076 worth of power each year.

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40.0%

30.0%

20.0%

10.0%

0.0%

Q1

2009 2010

Q2 Q3 Q4 Average

Water Consuption reduction percentage per MW

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Water balance measurements:

To ensure conservative water consumption practices, we performed

water balance measurements in conjunction with the Changzhou

Water Conservation Office. Trina Solar passed the water balance

measurement test in 2009.

• No. 2 cooling water station project: The no. 2 cooling water station, which provides cooling water

to the monocrystalline silicon plant, has passed review by the

Changzhou Water Conservation Office, and is now considered

a Changzhou water conservation demonstration project

• Internal water recycling: – We recycle overflow water from rinsing tanks at two of our cell plants.

– In our no. 2 cell plant, we use process cooling water (PCW) instead

of tap water as a coolant in the vacuum system

● External water recycling: - We collect RO concentrate water for reuse as cooling and

washing water

● Water recycling measures at the northeast plant: - Trina Solar has reached an agreement with the Wuxi Debao Water

Company concerning the treatment and reuse of wastewater

- We will install a new wastewater treatment plant employing

advanced dual membrane treatment technology (micropore filter

plus reverse osmosis), increasing treatment capacity to 10,000 tons

per day

- Wastewater from our northeast plant is discharged to a wastewater

treatment plant. The treated wastewater is then returned to Trina

Solar and combined with raw water

• No. 3 wastewater treatment plant project: – We invested in 2008 in the construction and operation of the no. 3

wastewater treatment plant, which is responsible for treating industrial

wastewater from our various production facilities

– The No. 3 wastewater treatment plant has a design capacity of

5,000 m3/day, and is capable of handling 2,400 m3/day of fluorine-

containing wastewater and 2,600 m3/day of organic wastewater.

The treated water has an average COD concentration of 150 mg/L,

which is far lower than the Discharge Management Office's pipe-

end standard of 500 mg/L

• MWS (Multi-wire Saw) Slurry recycling and mixing project: We invested in the construction of a MWS (Multi-wire Saw) Slurry

recycl ing and mixing center in 2008. MWS Slurry contains

si l icon carbide, polyethylene glycol, and small amounts of

sand. Of these substances, polyethylene glycol readily forms an

emulsion water, and is a significant organic pollutant. The disposal

of MWS Slurry in wastewater therefore tends to cause organic pollution

in bodies of water. Our MWS Slurry recycling and mixing center separates

silicon carbide and polyethylene glycol from MWS Slurry,and reuses

these substances. Since this project was completed in August 2009,

we have been able to conserve raw materials and create value,

and reduce industrial waste and organic pollution

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Fish swimming in the wastewater treatment plant's outlet pool New MWS (Multi-wire Saw) Slurry recycling and mixing center

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2.5 Other environmental protection activities

Trina Solar provides photovoltaic modules for the roof of the World Expo's Belgium-European Union Pavilion.

In April 2010, our panels were selected to reduce the carbon footprint of the Belgium-European Union

Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The installation consisted of approximately 690 high-quality

Trina Solar modules and had a nameplate capacity of 116kWp . It is estimated to have displaced

approximately 20 tons of coal or 43 tons of CO2 equivalent during the 6 months of the EXPO.

Trina Solar provides solar power for the Shanghai "Earth Hour" activityTrina Solar participated in the 2010 "Earth Hour”, an event organized by the World Wildlife Foundation

(WWF).

Belgium - European Union Pavillon

Shanghai activity for Earth Day

Solid waste management is an important part of our pollutant emission

reduction strategy at Trina Solar.

Solid waste generated at our plants is classified, collected, and

stored. Our guiding waste management principle consists of the "3R's":

Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling. In keeping with a policy of conserving

natural resources, we try to reduce the production of solid waste as

much as possible. We manage solid waste as a resource, and abide

by the 3R's principle to minimize the amount of solid waste that must

be dumped in landfills. In addition, we make sure that all solid waste is

disposed of safely by approved, qualified contractors.

2.4 Solid waste management: reduction, reuse, and recycling

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Trina Solar’s employees are the company's most valuable assets. They

are the drivers of the company's business success and growth.

Trina Solar is dedicated to creating a safe and healthy working

environment, providing employees with competitive compensation and

benefits, and, most importantly, giving employees professional training

and excellent on-the-job development opportunities.

Trina Solar strictly protects employees' lawful rights and interests in

accordance with the Labour Law and Employment Contract Law of

China. All registered employees have signed a labor contract with the

company in accordance with national and local laws and regulations.

We vigorously promote stable labor-management relations, do not

interfere with our employees' personal beliefs, and do not discriminate

on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality religious belief, gender, or age.

The company did not have any gender or health status discrimination

incidents in 2010.

We arrange paid vacations for our employees on the basis of our

Employee Paid Vacation Management Regulations. We provide social

insurance for employees, including full contributions to pension, work-

related injury, employment, basic health, major sickness, and childbirth

insurance funds, as well as a residential fund.

Employee Assistance Program

We have established an Employment Assistance Program (EAP) in order

to ease work-related stress and safeguard health and productivity.

Our Employee Assistance Program was established on behalf of our

employees to provide long-term assistance and benefits. The EAP relies

on professional personnel to offer diagnosis and recommendations

concerning our organization, and provides professional guidance,

training, advice, and assistance to employees and their family members.

The EAP helps employees and their families to resolve many kinds of

problems, enhancing the performance of each employee as well as the

organization as a whole. Throughout the world, employee assistance

programs have proven to be an optimal tool for resolving on-the-job

mental health problems.

Employee Profile

3.1 Employees' rights and interests

Employees

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Trina Zurich team

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3.2 A safe work environment

Trina Solar's environmental, health, and safety policies clearly state that

protecting employees' safety is the company's foremost mission. We

believe that an effective occupational health and safety management

system is a key means of caring for our employees and their family

members, and thereby a significant contribution to society.

At Trina Solar, we placed the highest emphasis on safety in the

workplace. We consider protecting our employees, vendors, and the

greater community to be part of the responsible way to do business.

Our occupational health and safety management system enhances

employees’ quality of life, while also making an important contribution

to Trina's development and success. We are keenly aware that healthy

employees are an essential part of high productivity.

Our safety performance steadily improved throughout 2010, and our recordable accident rate exhibited a steady downward trend. The most common

injuries in our workplace are cuts, and impact-related injuriesNote: TRR is calculated by multiplying the sum of dangerous occurrence, lost time injuries (LTIs), fatalities (Fs), restricted work injuries (RWs) for employees for the

reporting period by 106 and dividing the result by the total hours worked in that period (H)

Safety performance in 2010Total recordable incident rate (per million working hours)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

3.50

3.00

2.50

2.00

1.50

1.00

0.50

0.00

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Regulatory compliance guarantee and safety assessment

In 2010, we continued to rely on our full-scale regulatory compliance

guarantee system to enhance environmental, health, and safety

performance. We emphasize large-scale risk assessments in the course

of our operating activities, and have adopted appropriate control

measures. We perform self-inspection work in all of our plants, ensuring

full risk control. We further rely on external insurance companies to

protect our assets and perform comprehensive risk assessments and

audits.

Control of major risks

We have drafted a work permit system, and require all contractors and

employees to obtain relevant work permits prior to beginning work. In

addition, we have also established procedures for the identification and

control of major risks, enabling us to pinpoint and monitor operations

that may cause major injury or property damage, such as high-

elevation work, work with fire or extreme heat, and work in enclosed

spaces. Before commencing any high-risk tasks, the responsible person

must fill out a work permit, which must be reviewed and approved by

management to ensure that all preventative measures have been

taken before work begins.

Environmental, health, and safety training and communication

Training and communication are important links in our management

system. We rely on two-way interchange and communication

mechanisms to enhance our employees' skills and awareness.

We provide Class III safety training to all new employees, and also

provide special safety training when required by employees' specific

work assignments. We employ a monthly EHS bulletin to communicate

and discuss EHS-related issues with employees. The content of this

bulletin includes analysis of accidents, case studies, best practices, laws

and regulations, and EHS knowledge.

Management of change

Management of Change is an extremely effective method of ensuring

integrated operations afnd preventing major accidents. All changes in

processes, equipment, and materials must be handled in accordance

with the management of change regulations. Management of Change

ensures that changes are made only after strict review.

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Crisis response and recovery planning

When an emergency occurs, protecting the lives, safety, and health

of our personnel is our foremost consideration. There after, we are

concerned about minimizing environmental impact. We give thought

to safeguarding property and ensuring uninterrupted operations

only after we know that human safety and the environment will

be protected. We believe that taking appropriate action at the

earliest possible moment when a natural disaster or major accident

occurs can reduce the chance of injury or environmental pollution,

and also greatly decrease the difficulty of restoring production.

Because of this, we at Trina Solar pay great attention to emergency

response and preparedness, and emphasize preparation of response

equipment, establishment procedures, and implementation of

training, exercise, and other measures. We are committed to the

ceaseless enhancement of our emergency response capabilities

in accordance with the principles of "planning, implementation,

assessment, and ongoing improvement."

Establishment of a culture of safety

We believe that culture is the most fundamental way of improving safety,

and is the key to achieving our ultimate goal of zero injuries. Changing our

company culture is a long, ongoing process that requires an unswerving

dedication to safety from top to the bottom. However, we remain

convinced that outstanding safety performance is indispensable to our

quest to become a world-class enterprise.

We admit that we are still at the very beginning of our campaign to instill

a culture that embraces safety, and that achieving this goal will be a

lengthy—but worthwhile—process.

Safety awareness activities

To ensure greater safety awareness among employees, we have organized

a series of safety consciousness activities.

Safety Month

Every June, we hold a series of safety awareness activities, including safety

knowledge contests, among others. Everyone—from our CEO to our front-line

employees—actively takes part in these activities, which have done much to

boost safety consciousness among employees.

Emergency evacuation exercise

Ingot manufacturing facilitiesCEO Jifan Gao giving an opening speech EHS knowledge contest

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Reporting potential safety hazards

We define any potentially unsafe behavior or environment as potential

safety hazards. If we fail to take prompt, systematic action to deal with

and resolve such hazards, they may ultimately lead to avoidable injuries,

accidents, or pollution. According to the "safety pyramid theory", the

successful prevention of accidents relies on eliminating potential safety

hazards.

We embarked on a company-wide potential hazard reporting activity

in June 2010, and we encourage all employees to participate in safety

management. The goal of this activity was to instill a culture of safety for all

employees, and thereby reduce the accident rate.

All employees are required to take part in potential safety hazard

reporting training and awareness activities. Our potential hazard reporting

procedures are posted on our company's internal web site, enabling

employees to report and resolve potential safety hazards more effectively.

This activity has received an enthusiastic response from our employees, and

we will continue to expand its scope in the future.

Fire Safety Month activity

In November 2010, we invited officers from the local fire department to

provide a fire equipment training of fire safety. This proved to be a great

way to boost awareness and build skills.

Corporate EHS culture

● Active employee participation is the key to achieving an effective EHS

culture

● Each employee must understand that maintaining an EHS culture is a

common responsibility

● All employees must actively and promptly recognize, correct, and

report potential EHS hazards

● Daily employee participation is the best method of improving EHS

performance

● Participation should instill consciousness of EHS ownership among

employees

Potential hazard reporting interface on our internal corporate web site

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Monitoring of the workplace environment:We perform regular annual monitoring of occupational hazards in

accordance with legal requirements. For instance, we monitor dust,

noise, and chemical concentrations. We openly share the results of

these examinations with our employees.

If our monitoring work uncovers any abnormalities, we use effective

engineering methods to ensure that risk is minimized to within

acceptable limits.

Occupational health checkups: We make sure that all employees exposed to potential occupational

illnesses receive regular annual checkups. We analyze checkup results,

and draft improvement plans using that information. In order to better

monitor our employees' health, we have established an occupational

health file for every employee who may face occupational illness risks.

Infirmary services:In order to improve employee health services, we have established

an in-house infirmary. Our infirmary not only provides first aid services,

but also a wide range of health information and advice to employees.

Furthermore, infirmary personnel actively participate in various types

of in-house health activities, maintain employee health files, assist with

in-house health checkups, provide free gynecological health surveys,

and conduct regular first aid training and health knowledge lectures

for the company's ERT first aid personnel in conjunction with large-scale

emergency response exercises.

3.3 Employee health

Health management

To achieve our ideal of zero work-related occupational injuries, and in

accordance with related laws and regulations, we have embarked on

a campaign of identifying and, when possible, analyzing health and

occupational illness risks in our production activities, chief among those

chemical and physical hazards.

At the beginning of 2010, we established an industrial sanitation and

health management system in our new southeastern plant area. This

system ensures that our employees have a sanitary and healthy working

environment.

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Lecture on women's health knowledge held in March 2010

Mental wellness slogan submission activity

Psychological health lecture aimed at young employees held

on March 31, 2010

Caring for employees' physical and mental wellness: We have consistently displayed great concern for our employees'

wellness. We not only pay close attention to occupational health, but

also care about our employees' personal health, and have launched a

series of activities to raise awareness.

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3.4 Training and development

TrainingContinuous learning is the basis for employee development at Trina

Solar. Learning has unquestionably been a key to Trina's growth.

We provide plentiful resources and opportunities to all employees, and

formulate individualized personal development plans reflecting the work

needs of specific employees.

In order to better develop, maintain, and improve our training program,

we rely on a training center to serve as our "talent factory", which

coordinates our training processes.

New employee trainingThe new employee training room is an important link in our training

system. We have designed a full-scale new employee training plan,

which helps new employees get up to speed in our work environment

more effectively.

Our comprehensive new employee training items include the following:

• Icebreaking activities

• Introduction to the company's basic policy systems, including EHS,

human resources, IT, and financial systems

• Interactive activities

• A factory tour

• Continued learning in our online university

• Pre-job training

Training systemAn outstanding training system is the basis for successful employee

training. The following diagram displays our systematic approach to

training:

Trina's online universityTrina Solar utilizes e-learning as an important auxiliary training tool.

E-learning can help to reduce training costs, and avoid scheduling

limitations, effectively allowing us to help our employees engage

in continued learning. We recognize annual and quarterly learning

champions via the ELN forum, showing employees learning experiences,

as well as methods for applying knowledge to on-the-job skills. A TV

special concerning our online university attracted interest from close to

one hundred domestic firms.

Interactive training activities

Apart from our conventional training model, we have also implemented

an array of interactive forums and trainee insight sharing models. Thanks

to a high degree of participation and payoff, these activities have

sharply increased our employees' enthusiasm for learning.

Professional manager's forum

• Our professional manager's forum transmits the newest management

information, encourages personnel to absorb knowledge, fosters

a broad-minded outlook, and instills concrete methods. This activity

encourages our managers to engage in free thinking and unfettered

interchange

• Our "Take-off" front-line managers' forum allows front-line managers

to share their insights and growth experiences concerning technology,

management, case analysis, and practical working aspects, etc

The members of our book club can take advantage of our resources

in the library. Apart from individual reading and learning, persons with

similar interests can form reading groups to engage in mutual exchange

and learning. The book club currently includes an easy-learning group,

a poetry group, and an online novel group. Each group holds small

reading forums that anyone can attend.

"Appointment with Dragon City HR" brings together HR talents so that

they can jointly discuss and explore HR issues. By allowing Trina to share

its experiences with other companies in the same city, this activity has

fostered mutual growth. Our training center has led the establishment of

the "Collecting the Knowledge of Dragon City" club on the basis of this

forum.

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In-house magazinesIn keeping with our efforts to establish a learning organization, the

training center has been actively promoting cultural activities of all

types. Our bimonthly in-house magazine "Trina Wins" encourages

awareness of major company events, fosters concern for company

development and employees' lives, and provides a wide variety of

content presented in a relaxed and lively manner. The magazine has

already become a platform for the sharing of information between

employees, and has spearheaded a cultural renaissance within the

company. Our semi-monthly training publication "Share" provides

illustrated company training materials in an appealing format, further

enhancing our learning culture. This publication is distributed via training

awareness stands along major plant corridors. Well-designed awareness

posters can be seen everywhere within our company, and we provide

employees with management knowledge cards depicting important

training activities and management concepts in an easy-to-grasp

format.

Training facilities"Knowledge changes your destiny; learning leads to future success."

Located in the Changzhou Trina Photovoltaic Industry Park, our training

center has a mission of transforming the company into a learning

organization. Thanks to Trina Solar's rapid development, the training

center's equipment and facilities have been steadily upgraded, and

we have also established 10 training rooms with different sizes and types

at our Western and Southwestern plants. These facilities are sufficient

to simultaneously provide training to 1,000 persons. We have a new

Direct Labor/Indirect Labor, employee training able to accommodate

more than 200 persons, an interactive management training classroom

holding roughly 40 persons, a professor's training room seating roughly

30 persons, and a discussion-type training room accommodating 20

persons. Our lecture theater—equipped with stereo and audiovisual

equipment—is suitable for many types of large activities. This assortment

of different classrooms enables us to hold various types of training at the

same time.

Our training center's Changzhou Library, Trina Branch represents the

first partnership with the Jiangsu Provincial Community Library System,

and has been the subject of special reports by Changzhou and Jiangsu

TV stations. The library, which contains more than 20,000 volumes and

is staffed by volunteers working on a rotating basis, has done much to

enrich the lives of company employees.

Vice president in charge of human resources with training center personnelCover of Share magazineCover of Trina Wins magazine

Professional manager's forum

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Apart from our formidable technological capabilities, Trina's amazing

growth has also depended heavily on our harmonious corporate

culture. We firmly believe that creating an outstanding corporate

culture will help employees to better enjoy life and work, which in turn

will propel the company's further development.

The company union has organized a wide variety of activities for our

employees. Our sports and recreational activities enliven employees'

after-work hours, helping them strike an even better balance between

work and personal life.

SportsWe have established a number of sports and athletics clubs (soccer,

basketball, badminton, ping-pong, swimming, and fishing, etc.). The

company union provides unified coordination and management of

club activities, and ensures that areas and facilities are available. Over

300 employees participate in company clubs. Many sports clubs hold

daily training sessions, and regularly engage in friendly competitions with

clubs from other organizations.

Exciting employee activitiesThe company union holds a variety of widely-welcomed cultural

activities to shape a corporate culture full of vitality, boost employee

morale, increase employee cohesiveness, and consolidate the human

foundation of the company's rapid development.

On the eve of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival in June , the company

held a glutinous rice dumpling making competition at the employees'

dormitory.

The company union organized a lantern riddle game to celebrate

the traditional Lantern Festival. This activity was held in the employees'

dining hall, and many employees participated enthusiastically.

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A glutinous rice dumpling making competition at the employees' dormitory

Runners-up in the 8th Changzhou Ping-pong Tournament for Foreign-

invested Enterprises

Lantern riddle game celebrating the Lantern Festival

Forklift skill competition

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Employees celebrate Christmas Eve Trina Solar Youth Social activity

Trina Solar organizes festive annual "Christmas Eve Celebrations,"

which are always attended enthusiastically by many foreign and local

employees.

The 2nd Trina Solar Youth Social activity greatly enriched and expanded

the social circles of Trina's young employees.

In order to foster team spirit among our employees, we have held

a series of teamwork-building activities for our front-line employees.

Participation in these events has built trust and cooperation between

our personnel.

In order to increase the sense of ownership among our front-line

production employees, boost cohesiveness among personnel, and

establish better communication between subordinates and superiors,

the company union has organized a series of activities that address

these issues directly.

Karaoke Final Competition Employee birthday party at the dormitory

Employees and their families fishing at an ecological park

The 3rd Trina Karaoke contest was held with great fanfare in September

2010; a large number of aspiring singers took part in this event.

Trina Solar regularly holds birthday parties for its employees, those

parties are usually attended by sereral top managers. This kind of event

increases employees happiness and underscores the company's

human-centered management culture.

A summer family outing was held at the Jintan Jiuhong Farming

Ecological Park; 23 families participated in this activity.

To celebrate Thanksgiving, the company union held a "Learning

gratitude, dedicated to Trina" activity at the employees' dormitory.

Many employees left messages expressing their gratitude on a display

board, and expressed their thankfulness to distant friends and relatives

over the phone.

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As we continue to expand and apply new technologies, we are also

striving to contribute to the community and make it a good place in

which to live and work.

Our employees generously contribute their energy, money, and

professional skills to the improvement of major social issues, including

those connected with the environment and education. We are

participating in community development and improvement to the

greatest extent possible.

In recent years, we have established trust and excellent relations

with the government, our neighbors in the community, and other

stakeholders.

In early April 2010, a janitor named Jiang from our Administrative

and Logistics Division was hospitalized with cancer. Jiang had

long been a widower, and his household contained one child

and one senior needing care. Jiang's treatment imposed an

extremely heavy economic burden on his household. When the

company union found out about this, they joined forces with the

Administrative Department to organize a donation drive for Mr.

Jiang Hanxing.

In August 2010, during the hottest part of the summer, Ms Luo

Chuandan, only 20 years old and an employee of Trina Solar's

East Assembly Plant, was diagnosed with stomach cancer. After

learning about her situation, the company union teamed up with

the East Assembly Plant to conduct a donation drive for Ms. Luo.

After an outpouring of concern from every department in the

company, the donated funds all reached Ms. Luo's hands.

Trina in the community

4.1 Relieving poverty, helping those in difficulty

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Giving donations to Mr. Jiang

Charitable donation activity

Impoverished students visiting Trina

On June 28, 2010, Changzhou Trina Solar invited students receiving

assistance at Daibu Central Elementary School and Hengjian

Elementary School in Liyang for a tour of Trina Solar and field trip to

the Changzhou Zhonghua Dinosaur Park.

When the morning of that day arrived, a brief welcoming

ceremony was held in our auditorium, and the students and their

guides introduced each other. Thanks to the power of mutual

affection, the auditorium was soon full of laughter. The union gave

charitable scholarships to Hengjian and Daibu elementary schools;

these funds will be used to assist 23 impoverished students at

Daibu Central Elementary School and 22 impoverished students at

Hengjian Elementary School.

After reluctantly saying goodbye to the donors at Trina, the young

students continued to the Dinosaur Park.

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Roviding donations to the Changzhou Red Cross

4.2 Contributing to disaster relief efforts

After a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred in Yushu County, Tibetan

Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, Trina Solar responded

vigorously to the government's call for assistance, and immediately

launched an employee donation drive. Personnel from all plants and

departments showed their concern by giving generously. On May 12,

company union chairman and vice-director of human resources, went

to the Changzhou Red Cross on behalf of the company, and transferred

the donations given by company employees to the Red Cross. Red

Cross used the donated funds to assist disaster-stricken Tibetans in Yushu

County, helping them quickly rebuild their devastated homeland.

When Southwestern China was struck by drought, Trina's company union

responded to the call for donations from the Changzhou Red Cross by

embarking on a charitable donation activity throughout the company.

Employees in every department and office made generous donations.

On April 22, union representatives provided the company's donations to

the Red Cross, and conveyed their colleagues' deep concern for their

suffering countrymen. Although natural disasters are unfeeling, great

love can transcend all boundaries. Although our individual contributions

are small, together they can provide sufficient assistance and

encouragement to help the people overcome during times of difficulty.

Every time disasters strike, Trina Solar's employees consistently show their

love and willingness to help others in need. By assisting in consoling

those affected by disaster, we can strengthen their resolve in the face

of hardship, and give them hope that they can rebuild their lives. Time

and again, Trina's employees have opened their hearts and set shining

examples of concern for those less fortunate.

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Public security personnel participating in the activity pick up trash along

a road near the company

We launched the "I love my home" environmental protection activity in

April 2010. This activity elicited enthusiastic participation from everybody

at Trina Solar, whereby employees even awoke early to take part.

Thanks to everyone's hard work, we managed to clean up all the

trash discarded along the roads and in the community areas near our

company and dormitory area. This awareness activity brought about

a significant improvement in the environment around our company.

Although the activity lasted only a short time, everyone who took part

will long remain conscious of the need to protect the environment.

Disposable chopsticks require large amounts of wood, and the

consumption of this wood is having a severe impact on the world's

environment. In addition, some unscrupulous manufacturers threaten

people's health by producing disposable chopsticks under unsanitary

conditions. As employees of an environmentally-friendly company, the

company union and Administrative & Logistics Department's dining halls

embarked on a "Curb use of disposable chopsticks; let the world remain

green; do your part for health; health and environmental protection

start with you!" activity at noon on May 11, 2010 in two large dining halls

located respectively in the East and West plants.

The "Environmental Protection Activity in Conjunction with the Provincial

Games: Trina Solar Low-carbon Environmental Bicycle Activity" was held

successfully on June 19, 2010 . A total of 40 employees participated in

this activity. All participants were aware that the activity would reduce

carbon emissions, make a contribution to environmental protection, and

promote physical fitness. Everyone expressed that they would be sure to

take part in another public interest activity like this next time.

On October 16, 2010, the members of the charity committee of

Changzhou Trina Solar's union went to the Beixin District Social Welfare

Center in Changzhou to launch the "Concern for the Elderly" activity.

The scope of this activity included encouraging a new attitude of

respect for the elderly and the promotion of social harmony. The activity

expressed the concern and affection that Trina Solar's employees feel

toward senior citizens, and also conveyed Trina employees’ spirit of

contribution and gratitude.

4.3 Employee volunteer activities

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Employees sign their names on a long banner reading "Curb use of

disposable chopsticks."

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Employees ride bikes to promote the low-carbon lifestyle

Trina employees at the local social welfare center

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