Trina 89 Solar Company Survey - Solar Scorecard

Solar Company Survey
Silicon Valley
Toxics Coalition
760 N First St | San Jose, CA 95112 | P: 408.287.6707 | F:408.287.6771
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Trina OVERALL SCORE:
89
Product Takeback
& Recycling
SCORE
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SCORE
HIGHEST POS-
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1
2
Q: What does your company currently do with
PV modules that are returned from
customers
A: 10 - They are recycled at our own facility
10 - They are sent for recycling at a third
party recycling facility
10 - They are kept in storage
10 - They are sent to a hazardous materials
facility
7 - They are sent to a landfill
0 - They are exported to a developing country
0 - We do not accept PV module returns
0 - Not sure
0 - 10 - Other
0 - No answer
Q: Does your company currently set aside
money to finance the collection and management
of end-of-life PV modules
A: 5 - Yes, we have set aside money for each panel
sold worldwide
5 - Yes, we have set aside money for each
panel sold in Europe
5 - Not yet, but we are planning to begin
this practice in the future
0 - No
0 - No answer
10 10
5 5
3
4
Q: 13. Does your company have a policy to
prohibit the export of EOL (end-of-life) modules
from developed countries to developing
countries
A: 15 - Yes
0 - No
0 - No answer
Q: Does your company publicly support a law
requiring takeback and recycling
A: 10 - Yes
0 - No
0 - No answer
15 15
10 10
Product Takeback and Recycling
SUBTOTAL
40 40
Supply Chain
& Green Jobs
SCORE
HIGHEST POS-
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SCORE
HIGHEST POS-
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1
Q: Do you conduct audits to monitor your
supply chain for environment, health, and
safety issues
A: 6 - Yes
0 - No
0 - No Answer
6 6
3
Q: Is your company a supplier to prison-based
manufacturing industries (e.g., UNICOR)
A: 0 - Yes
2 - No
0 - No answer
2 2
2
Q: Does your company currently use prison
labor (e.g., UNICOR) during any aspect of
production
A: 0 - Yes
2 - No
0 - No answer
2 2
4
Q: Is prison labor (e.g., UNICOR) involved
in any way in the recycling process of your
products
A: 0 - Yes
2 - No
0 - No answer
2 2

SCORE
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5
Q: Does your company have a worker code of
conduct
A: 2 - Yes
0 - No
0 - No answer
2 2
6
Q: Does your company have a worker code for
its suppliers
A: 6 - Yes
0 - No
0 - No answer
6 6
Supply Chain and Green Jobs
SUBTOTAL
20 20
Chemical Use
& Lifecycle Analysis
SCORE
HIGHEST POS-
SIBLE SCORE
SCORE
HIGHEST POS-
SIBLE SCORE
1
Q: Does your company use Life Cycle Analysis
to develop “inherently safer design” methodologies
in the development of new processes/
operations or to evaluate existing processes/
operationsNote: Inherently safer design
(ISD) is a philosophy and methodology for
addressing safety issues in the design and
operation of chemical processes and manufacturing
plants. In an ISD framework, the
designer or operator tries to manage process
risk by eliminating or significantly reducing
hazards rather than controlling them. Options
include chemical substitution, using less
hazardous process conditions, and designing
a process to reduce the potential for, or
consequences of, human error, equipment
failure, or intentional harm. See Center for
Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), An Introduction
to Inherently Safer Design (October 19,
2009); CCPS and Transportation American
Institute of Chemical Engineers, Final Report:
Definition for Inherently Safer Technology in
Production, Storage, and Use (July 2010).
A: 1 - Yes
0 - No
1 1
2
3
Q: Which of the following chemicals does your
product contain Please mark all that apply.
A: 0 - Lead compounds
8 - None*
*While Trina marked that their modules do not contain lead, we were
not able to confirm this.
Q: Do your processes or products use, generate,
or contain engineered nanoparticles
A: 0 - Yes
1 - No
0 8
1 1
Chemical Use and Lifecycle Analysis
SUBTOTAL
2 10
Company
Disclosure Statements
34. For each of the following, please mark the box if your company will
agree to discuss this information with SVTC at a later date. If an item
is not currently applicable to your company, please mark the box if you
agree to make the information available if/when it becomes applicable.
(Participation - 20 points)
x
x
A list of all chemicals that your company uses in production.
(5 points)
Data explaining your PV modules’ hazardous waste
determination
(1 point)
Details of your company’s worker code of conduct
(1 point)
x
Details of your company’s policy to prohibit the export of endof-life
PV modules from developed to developing countries.
(1 point)
Details about the financing for your company’s PV modules
recycling program
(1 point)
Details of your company’s policy against the export of end-oflife
panels to developing countries
(1 point)
Company Disclosure Statements
SUBTOTAL
27 30

SUMMARY
SCORE
HIGHEST POSSIBLE
SCORE
SCORE
HIGHEST POSSIBLE
SCORE
Product Takeback
and Recycling
40 40
Chemical Use &
Lifecycle Analysis
2 10
Supply Chain
and Green Jobs
20 20
Disclosure
Statements
27 30
TOTAL
ABOUND SOLAR
SCORE
HIGHEST POSSIBLE
SCORE
89 100
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