{"id":98,"date":"2018-12-12T16:49:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T07:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/?p=98"},"modified":"2019-01-22T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T03:17:00","slug":"canadian-solar-releases-new-sustainability-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/2018\/98.html","title":{"rendered":"CANADIAN SOLAR RELEASES NEW SUSTAINABILITY REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\u00a0Canadian Solar Inc.\u00a0(the &#8220;Company&#8221;, or &#8220;Canadian Solar&#8221;) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world&#8217;s largest solar power companies, announced today that its latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiansolar.com\/media\/canadian_solar_csr_report_2017_en_01.pdf\">Corporate Social Responsibility Report<\/a>\u00a0is now available online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The report shows\u00a0Canadian Solar&#8217;s\u00a0firm commitment to sustainable social and environmental developments and the company&#8217;s great efforts in making the difference in business and in local communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The Corporate Social Responsibility Report is prepared following the guidelines of Global Reporting Initiative\u2122 (GRI) G4 CORE option, the global standard for sustainability reports. Highlights of the 2017 report include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Economic Highlights:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 28px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li>In 2017,\u00a0Canadian Solar\u00a0delivered 6.83 GW of solar modules worldwide, bringing the Company&#8217;s cumulative solar module shipments to over 25 GW, equivalent to generating around 36,500,000 MWh of clean electricity per year.<\/li>\n<li>As of the end of 2017,\u00a0Canadian Solar\u00a0had cumulatively built 3,149.2 MW of solar power plants globally, a 24.2% increase compared with the 2,535.6 MW of solar plants built at the end of 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Environmental Highlights:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 28px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li>Water usage per kW production decreased from 1.14 M<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0in 2014 to 0.59 M<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0in 2017, a reduction of 48%.<\/li>\n<li>Electricity usage per kW production decreased from 12.23 kWh in 2014 to 7.22 kWh in 2017, a reduction of 41%.<\/li>\n<li>CO2 emissions for every kW in module production decreased from 905.4 Kg in 2011 to 392.67 Kg in 2017, a decrease of 56.6%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Social Highlights:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 28px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li>In 2017, the Company employed more than 12,000 people worldwide and created 2,749 new jobs.<\/li>\n<li>In 2017, 31,217 training programs were provided to the 12,000 employees, an average of 2.5 training programs for every employee. These training programs enhanced employees&#8217; work skills and knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Dr.\u00a0Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of\u00a0Canadian Solar<span id=\"spanHghlte863\">,\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"spanHghlt3b36\">commented<\/span>: &#8220;At Canadian Solar, we are unwavering in our responsibility to our shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers and the community. Through this report, we hope to highlight our accomplishment to promote sustainable development and provide clean energy to communities across the globe. We will continue to bring a better and cleaner life for people all over the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Canadian Solar&#8217;s\u00a0sustainability report can be directly downloaded as PDF via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiansolar.com\/media\/canadian_solar_csr_report_2017_en_01.pdf\">https:\/\/www.canadiansolar.com\/media\/canadian_solar_csr_report_2017_en_01.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Noto Sans;\"><span style=\"color: #77777a; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Noto Sans', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">SOURCE\u00a0<\/span>Canadian Solar Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/investors.canadiansolar.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/canadian-solar-releases-new-sustainability-report-0\">http:\/\/investors.canadiansolar.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/canadian-solar-releases-new-sustainability-report-0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Canadian Solar Inc.\u00a0(the &#8220;Company&#8221;, or &#8220;Canadian Solar&#8221;) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the w [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}