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Energy Management
The Group complies with laws and regulations such as the Energy Conservation Law of the PRC (《中华人民共和国节约能源法》), the Electric Power Law of the People’s Republic of China (《中华人民共和国电力法》), the Measures of Zhejiang Province on energy conservation supervision (《浙江省节能监察办法》), and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Energy Conservation in Special High-Energy Consumption Equipment (《高耗能特种设备节能监督管理办法》). Also, the Group has set up energy-saving leading groups, which are responsible for developing an energy management program: Formulating action programs to reduce energy use, and achieving energy-saving and carbon emission reduction targets by ntroducing new energy-saving equipment, optimizing power supply mode and eliminating high energy consumption or old equipment; Setting up energy saving targets and programs and evaluating progress on a regular basis; Using of clean or green energy; Investing in innovation or R&D to reduce energy consumption. While perfecting the environmental management system and rules, we also pay attention to the education, training, and supervision of green culture. We publicize the objectives and requirements of environmental management to all employees through the bulletin board, WeChat official account, and online and offline trainings to improve employees’ environmental awareness. It makes employees understand the impact of their work on the environment as well as the risks and consequences of not complying with laws, regulations and the relevant policies.

During the Reporting Period, the Group also set energy management targets:

2024 Performance Targets

Achievement in 2024

2025 Performance Targets

Increase the share of renewable energy use by more than 10% compared to 2023

Achieved

More than 35% of renewable energy use through purchase of green power and green certificates and laying of photovoltaic

Saves 18,000 MWh of electricity

Achieved

Promotion of high-efficiency machine rooms and improvement of high-efficiency energy-saving lampset al., resulting in electricity savings of 20,000 MWh

 Sunny Zhejiang Optics, Sunny Opotech, Sunny Automotive Optech and Sunny Optical Intelligence(Yuyao) have all obtained ISO 50001 energy management system certification. Sunny SmartLead has also established its own energy management system in alignment with ISO 50001 standards and tailored to its specific production activities. Moving forward, we will continue to refine our energy management systems and encourage our subsidiaries to carry out energy management practices in a more standardized and efficient manner.

The Group’s primary source of GHG emissions stems from electricity consumption. As such, improving our energy structure, enhancing electricity efficiency, and increasing the proportion of renewable energy are key focus areas in our ongoing energy management efforts. By the end of the reporting period, Sunny Automotive Optech had completed the installation of photovoltaic power generation systems with a total capacity of 2.5 MWp, expected to generate approximately 2.4 million kWh annually. Additionally, the Group has commenced the installation of photovoltaic systems at its Chengxi Industrial Base, which is projected to be completed by June 2025. This project will have an installed capacity of 5.5 MWp and is expected to generate over 5 million kWh annually. Meanwhile, Sunny Zhejiang Optics, Sunny Opotech, and Sunny Optical Intelligence (Yuyao) have collectively reduced carbon emissions by 119,065.4 tons through the procurement of green electricity.

During the Reporting Period, the Group carried out 13 energy conservation and consumption reduction projects, which resulted in a total of 18,878,000 KWh of electricity saving, 11,055.0 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent reduction in carbon emissions.


Consumption and utilization of water resources
The Group attaches great importance to the management of water resources, and continuously commits itself to the protection of water resources. The Group mainly sources water from municipal water supply and has guarantees on obtaining sufficient water resources. During the Reporting period, there was no issue in sourcing water that is fit for purpose of the Group. In the process of operation, the Group continuously improves the water resource management measures, pursues the goal of maximization of water use efficiency, gives priority to the use of water-saving equipment, continuously optimizes the production process, improves the recycling rate of water resources and reduces ineffective water use.

The Group has developed a water use management plan:
Developing an action program to reduce water consumption;
Recycling of water to improve the efficiency of water use;
Providing employees with Water Efficiency Management Program awareness training.

During the Reporting Period, we implemented water resource management enhancement projects across our subsidiaries, achieving a total water saving of 350,000 tons through measures such as water reuse and the adoption of water-saving equipment. Notably, Sunny Zhejiang Optics reduced its water consumption per 10,000 yuan of output value by 20% by reusing water, modifying wastewater pipelines for water bath equipment, and integrating water consumption data into its intelligent energy monitoring system. In 2025, the Group will continue to refine its water resource management measures, aiming to save over 350,000 tons of water.


Consumption of Materials
The Group uses packaging boxes, blister boxes, corrugated paper, vacuum bags, glue and other materials during manufacturing, transportation, and sales of products. To implement the concept of “reducing resource consumption and pollutant emission from the source”, we optimized the production and packaging process, used environmental materials as much as possible to reduce the use of packaging materials. Sunny Optical Intelligence (Yuyao) has formulated the Procedures on Design and Development Control (《設計和開發控制程序》) to define the principles of reduction, resource utilization, cost and harmlessness in the process of product design. Additionally, the Group actively collaborates with suppliers and customers to promote the optimization and recycling of packaging materials.To enhance the management of packaging materials, the Group has established a series of policies. For instance, Sunny SmartLead has developed the Regulations on Packaging Design to specify design requirements and guidelines for the recycling of packaging materials. Meanwhile, Sunny Opotech has introduced the Tray Recycling Management Measures, which outline the roles and responsibilities of departments involved in tray recycling, while also setting targets and monitoring recycling rates.

The material-saving projects carried out by the Group During the Reporting Period are as follows:

Name of the company

Materials saving project

Measures and results

Sunny Zhejiang Optics

Packaging Reuse

Reuse of outsourced material packaging materials, reducing the consumption of packaging materials by approximately 66.7 tons

Package Design Optimization

Optimized package design specifications, reducing consumption of packaging materials per unit of product by about 45.6 tons.

Process Optimization

Application of advanced abrasive technology, using multi-point technology, reducing the consumption of material heads and shanks by about 12.1 tons.

Molding Process Improvement

Adjust the waiting time according to the cycle to reduce the carbonization of the resin, saving about 10.5 tons of resin.

Vibratory disk introduction

Replaced the hanging tray machine with flexible trays, increasing material utilization by 8% and saving RMB 4.16 million annually.

Sunny Optical Intelligence(Yuyao)

Packaging Optimization

Sweeping robot packaging optimization, annual material saving of about 12.5 tons

Disposable Blister Product Replacement

Replacing disposable blister products with rotational blister products to promote green production and save 75 tons of plastic.

Sunny Optical Intelligence(Yuyao)、Sunny Opotech

Increased utilization of laminates

Reduced the proportion of process edges and changed the boards from 1*5 to 5*6, which increased the utilization rate by 78% and saved about 25 tons of materials.

Sunny Opotech

Vacuum bag design for blister box packaging

Reduce the use of vacuum plastic bags, change the vacuum bag packaging from one box to five boxes to one package, saving about 0.4 tons of external packaging volume

Sunny SmartLead

Reuse of crates and trays

Promoted the reuse of crates and pallets in cooperation with customers, with a utilization rate of about 65%.

 

 


The KPIs of the Group’s resource consumption during the Reporting Period are as follows:

Category

unit (of measure)

2024

2023

2022

Total direct energy (Note 1)

MWh

646.9

616.5

485.8

Diesel oil

MWh

83.6

80.4

90.3

Gasoline (Note 2)

MWh

563.3

536.1

395.5

 

Total Indirect Energy (Note 3)

MWh

785,492.7

639,457.5

605,485.5

Electricity

MWh

582,170.7

537,920.7

515,283.1

Green Electricity 

MWh

203,322.0

101,536.8

90,202.4

 

Total Energy Consumption

MWh

786,139.5

640,074.0

605,971.3

Energy consumption intensity (Note 4)

MWh/ RMB million revenue

21.8

23.3

19.7

 

Consumption of packaging materials

tons

3,186.2

2,126.3

2,548.5

Packaging material intensity (Note 5)

Kg/ RMB million revenue

88.5

77.4

83.0

 NOTE

1.The average low level heating capacity coefficients for diesel and gasoline used by the Group are with reference to the “Guidelines for Accounting and Reporting of GHG emissions from Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Enterprises” issued by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2015.

2.The inclusion of Sunny SmartLead in this disclosure and the increased frequency of the Group's business communication activities During the Reporting Period led to a 5.1% increase in gasoline consumption.

3.The inclusion of Sunny SmartLead in this disclosure, along with the increased production capacity of the Group's other subsidiaries and the expansion of production office areas During the Reporting Period, resulted in an 22.8% increase in electricity consumption compared to the full year of 2023.

4.During the Reporting Period, although the Group's total energy consumption increased by 22.8% compared to 2023, the Group's revenue increased  year-on-year, leading to a decrease in energy consumption intensity of approximately 6.4% compared to the full year of 2023.

5.The inclusion of Sunny SmartLead in this disclosure, combined with the increased production capacity of the Group's other subsidiaries and djusted their product structures,which has led to a 49.8% rise in packaging usage During the Reporting Period, resulted in a 14.3% increase in the density of packaging materials compared to the full year of 2023, despite year-on-year increase in revenue.

6.The inclusion of Sunny SmartLead in this disclosure, along with the increased production capacity of the Group's other subsidiaries and the expansion of production office areas During the Reporting Period, led to a 6.4% increase in water Withdrawal compared to the full year of 2023.

 

  7. During the Reporting Period, water Withdrawal intensity decreased by approximately 18.8% compared to the full year of 2023, as the Group's water Withdrawal increased by 6.4% year-on-year while revenue increased  year-on-year.


Raw material usage

There are opportunities to drive positive change in the environment and communities across the world by committing to sustainable raw materials. The Group formulates relevant policies to help preserve the raw materials which we all rely on.Main Includes:Minimize the negative sustainability impacts of raw materials;Collaborate with external stakeholders on best practice for sustainable raw materials;Increase the use of third-party verified raw materials;Increase the use of recycled raw materials;Avoid raw materials from sites containing globally or nationally important biodiversity sites.During the reporting period, Sunny Automotive Optech has formulated the Administration of Green Substance to require the use of hazardous substances and pollutant concentrations to comply with laws and regulations ; All suppliers of raw materials to Sunny Optical Intelligence are required to sign the The Undertaking for Non-use of Prohibited/Restricted Substances Under Relevant Environmental Regulations and are required to provide MSDS; at the same time, all raw materials are required to provide hazardous substance test reports issued by a third party.

All subsidiaries of the Group have put in place measures to ensure the sustainability of raw materials. We prioritize the selection of environmentally friendly materials and have established the "Product Traceability Management Regulations", which require suppliers of raw materials to provide Certificate of Analysis reports for the purpose of tracing incoming raw materials; and we have provided training to the relevant departments within the company on their responsibilities relating to sustainable raw materials.

Optimizing Emission Management

The air pollutants produced by the Group are mainly volatile organic chemicals (“VOC”), nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter. During the Reporting Period, the main source of gas pollutants in the Group are vapors from organic solvents used in the workshops and vehicle exhaust emissions. The wastewater generated by the Group mainly comes from domestic water and cleaning and grinding wastewater in production. The solid wastes generated by the Group mainly include non-hazardous waste such as domestic garbage, as well as hazardous waste generated in production such as detergents and organic solvents.

We strictly comply with relevant laws and regulations and local emission standards and conduct standardized management of all emissions. Sunny Automotive Optech has formulated the Administrative Measures on Waste Gas, Effluent, Noise and Solid Waste (《廢氣、廢液、噪聲及固體廢棄物管理規定》) to clarify the classification, collection, storage, and disposal methods of various wastes, identify the responsible department of environmental protection management, in order to properly dispose of emissions generated during operation. Sunny Zhejiang Optics has also established the Administrative Measures on Waste Gas, Effluent and Solid Waste (《廢氣、廢液、固體廢棄物等管理制度》), which aims to reduce the impact of waste emissions on the local environment and the health of personnel. In addition, we entrust a qualified third-party agency to test the emissions to ensure that the emissions meet the standards. Meanwhile, the Group is actively engaging in the building of “Zero-Waste City Cells” in Zhejiang Province. During the Reporting Period, the Group passed the “Zero-Waste Enterprise” inspection.

During the Reporting Period, the Group had no major environmental violations or penalties.

Greenhouse Gas and Waste Gas Management

In order to conduct a better scientific inventory of all emission sources involved in the Group, we conducted a Greenhouse Gas inventory of all facilities of the Company and four subsidiaries within the reporting scope located in Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, China, based on the GHG Protocol published by the World Resources Institute (“WRI”) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (“WBCSD”) during the Reporting Period. This inventory identified the Group’s GHG emissions finally, which include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride.

To better meet the expectations of our stakeholders, and to enhance the Group’s ESG management with the help of capital markets and financial tools, as well as to set a benchmark in the industry, in January 2023, the Group became the first Asian technology manufacturing company to issue a sustainability-linked bond. For details, please refer to “Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework” (https://www.sunnyoptical.com/webfile/temps/202301041230331537.pdf) dated January 4, 2023.

We fully recognize the importance of Scope 3 emissions accounting. During the Reporting Period, we completed a pilot Scope 3 emissions accounting initiative in collaboration with Sunny Automotive Optech. By 2025, we will expand Scope 3 emissions accounting to the Company and the 5 subsidiaries within the reporting scope, while actively driving the green and low-carbon transformation of the upstream supply chain.

During the Reporting Period,  the key performance indicators (KPIs) for GHG emissions of our company and its five subsidiaries are as follows:

Indicator

Unit

2024

2023

2022

GHG Scope 1 (Note 1)

tCO2e

8,740.1

5,122.0

4,878.5

Air conditioning coolant (Note 2)

tCO2e

6,900.9

4,955.1

4,746.8

Diesel oil (Note 3)

tCO2e

23.0

22.0

24.8

Gasoline (Note 3)

tCO2e

152.3

144.9

106.9

Other emissions

tCO2e

1,663.9

/

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GHG Market-based Scope 2 (Note 4)

tCO2e

340,919.1

378,427.2

362,501.6

GHG Location-based Scope 2(Note 5)

tCO2e

441,211.2

378,427.2

362,501.6

Total GHG (Scope 1 and Market-based Scope 2)

tCO2e

349,659.2

383,549.2

 

367,380.1

Total GHG (Scope 1 and Location-based Scope 2)

tCO2e

449,951.3

/

/

GHG (Scope 1 and Market-based Scope 2) emission Intensity

tCO2e/ RMB million revenue

9.7

14.0

 

12.0

GHG (Scope 1 and Location-based Scope 2) emission intensity

tCO2e/ RMB million revenue

12.5

/

 

/

 

NOTE

1. During the GHG audit in the Reporting Period, the Group also identified other emission sources of Scope 1, including fugitive emissions from

septic tanks, rust removers, high-voltage switchgear, CO2 cylinders, and CO2 /heptafluoropropane (HFC-227ea) fire extinguishers,the emissions generated are included in the results of this inventory. Furthermore,the reporting boundary has been expanded to include Shunyu Zhiling Technology. Concurrently, increased production capacity at other subsidiaries, expansion of production and office facilities, and higher refrigerant usage have collectively resulted in a70.6% year-onyear increase in Scope 1 GHG emissions compared to 2023.

2. The air conditioning refrigerant emission factors used by the Group are referenced from the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories(《2006年联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会国家温室气体清单指南》), while the global warming potential values are based on the IPCC 6th Assessment Report in 2022 (AR6)(《IPCC 2022年第六次评估报告》).To enhance the accuracy and completeness of refrigerant-related GHG emission data, the Group has adopted the fugitive emission method for refrigerant emission accounting since 2022.

3. The Group’s CO? emission factors of diesel and gasoline are referenced from the Guidelines on Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting and          Reporting for Industrial and Other Enterprises (Trial) (《工业其他行业企业温室气体排放核算方法与报告指南(试行)》)issued by the     National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

4. The Group's Scope 2 GHG emissions solely originate from purchased electricity. For the market-based Scope 2 calculation, the CO2 emission factor applied to the Group's purchased electricity references the 2022 national average CO2 emission factor for electricity (excluding non-fossil energy electricity volumes from market-based transactions) as published in the "Announcement on the Release of 2022 Electricity Carbon Dioxide Emission Factors" by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

5. For the location-based Scope 2 GHG emissions, the CO2 emission factor applied to the Group's purchased electricity references the average CO2 emission factor of the East China regional grid as stipulated in the "Announcement on the Release of 2022 Carbon Dioxide  Emission Factors for Electricity" issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.


Waste Gas Management

We adhere strictly to both domestic and international standards for waste gas emission management, implementing measures such as source reduction, process control, and end-of-pipe treatment to minimize the environmental impact of gaseous pollutants.

Source Reduction:We optimize production processes to reduce the use of volatile chemicals and have developed a chemical substitution plan, replacing alcohol-based solvents with non-toxic, water-based alternatives. This approach significantly reduces the generation and emission of VOCs at the source.
 Process Control: We maintain strict control over production processes. Workstations emitting VOCs are centralized and sealed, with air ducts  installed for centralized collection and treatment. Daily inspections are conducted to ensure the proper functioning of treatment facilities.
 End-of-Pipe Treatment: High-efficiency treatment equipment is employed to process collected waste gas through multiple stages, ensuring compliant discharge. To verify compliance, we regularly engage qualified third-party agencies to monitor emissions.

Wastewater Discharge Management

The wastewater generated by the Group primarily stems from domestic and production activities. We strictly regulate wastewater discharge in accordance with national standards. Within the factory premises, rainwater and sewage systems are separated, with rainwater directed into nearby rivers through dedicated pipelines. Additionally, we have established a wastewater treatment system on-site and obtained the necessary permits to discharge domestic and production wastewater into the municipal sewage network, ensuring compliance. In Addition, a buffer tank is installed before wastewater enters the municipal sewage system. Regular sampling and monitoring are conducted, and in the event of non-compliant or abnormal data, discharge is immediately halted, and inspections and corrective actions are promptly initiated.


Noise Management

The Group rationally plans the layout of each workshop to minimize noise and prefers low-noise equipment. We also install equipment on solid foundations to avoid noise from equipment vibration. Meanwhile, we perform daily and regular maintenance on equipment to ensure that problems are found and fixed in time, hence avoiding extra noise.


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