SUSTAINABILITY REPORTShenzhen INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd.
CONTENTS
Introduction toINOVANCECompany ProleBusiness LayoutCore BusinessAnnual Key Peormance
About This Report Chairman's Statement
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EmpoweringDecarbonizationAddressing Climate ChangeStrengthening Energy ManagementInnovation Green ProductsJointly Building a Net-zero FutureEcosystem Protection
Sustainability andCorporate GovernanceSustainability ManagementStrengthening Corporate GovernanceCompliant and Robust Operation
Focus on CustomerSatisfactionStrict Product Quality ControlImproving Customer Seices
Innovation DrivenDevelopmentR&D Innovation FocusData Privacy Protection
Inclusive and ResponsibleEcosystem Building
Building a Sustainable Supply ChainPromoting Industrial Cooperationand DevelopmentContributing to Social Development
Employee DevelopmentGuaranteeEmployee Rights and WelfareProtectionTalent Attraction and RetentionEmployee Training and DevelopmentOccupational Health and Safety
Report AppendixAppendix 1:
ESG Key PeormanceTableAppendix 2:
Index TableAppendix 3:
Description of OperatingSitesAppendix 4:
GlossaAppendix 5:
Description of 2024Material TopicsAppendix 6:
Biodiversity ImpactAssessmentAppendix 7:
Compliance Management ofKey Environmental Supeision EntitiesAppendix 8:
Independent Third-payAssurance
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Repoing StandardsThis repo is complied in accordance with the following guidelines and standards:
?Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE)’sGuidelines of Shenzhen Stock Exchange for Self-discipline Regulation of ListedCompanies No.17 - Sustainability Repo (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the “Guidelines No.17”)?Self-regulatory Guidelines No.3 for Companies Listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange - Preparation of SustainabilityRepos (hereinafter referred to as the “Guidelines No.3”)?Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB)’s GRI Sustainability Repoing Standards (hereinafter referred to as the“GRI Standards”)?International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s Sustainability Disclosure Standard: General Requirements forDisclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information (IFRS S1) and Sustainability Disclosure Standard: Climate-related Disclosure (IFRS S2)?Evaluation criteria of international ESG rating agencies, including MSCI, S&P, ISS, and EcoVadis?United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
About This Report
This repo is the 1st sustainability repo of Shenzhen INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred toas“INOVANCE,”
“the Company”or“we”). Previously, INOVANCE had published Environmental, Socialand Governance (ESG) repos for four consecutive years. The repo systematically presents INOVANCE’ssustainable development philosophy, management mechanisms and specific actions, and providesinformation on the Company’s ESG performance, target progress and achievements in 2024. The reportaims to respond to the concerns of stakeholders and strengthen communication and interaction withthem to continuously promote sustainable development.
Time PeriodThe report releases annually with information anddata spanning the period from January 1, 2024 toDecember 31, 2024. For any information and datago beyond this time frame, explanations will beplaced in where it is involved.
Scope of RepoThe information disclosed in this report coversShenzhen INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd. andits subsidiaries. Unless otherwise specified, it isconsistent with the scope of the consolidatedfinancial statements in the annual report ofINOVANCE (Stock Code: 300124.SZ).
Contact UsINOVANCE Sustainability OceE-mail: sustainability@inovance.com Website:
http://www.inovance.com/globalAddress: INOVANCE Headquarter, 6 Lanqing 2nd Road, Luhu Community, Guanhu Subdistrict, LonghuaDistrict, Shenzhen
Data DescriptionThe text information and data used in this report are derived from the Company’s actual operating raw data,internal documents, financial reports, self-media external disclosure information and public information ofauthoritative third party. In case of any inconsistency between the relevant financial data and the Company’sannual financial report, the data in the financial report shall prevail. The report uses RMB as the currency unitof measurement.
Reliability AssuranceThe report adheres to the principles of accuracy, balance, comparability, materiality, verifiability andunderstandability. The report discloses information objectively, truthfully and completely, and does notcontain any false records, misleading statements or major omissions. The report has been reviewed andapproved by the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors is responsible for the authenticity, accuracyand completeness of the content. To ensure consistency and comparability of information, if revisions orcorrections to previous years’information or data are involved, the reasons for restatement and the revisedcontent will be specied in the relevant sections.
Access to RepoThe repo is published in Simplied Chinese and English versions. In case of any discrepancy between the Englishand the Simplied Chinese version, the content of the Simplied Chinese version shall prevail. The digital version ofthe repo can be viewed and downloaded on INOVANCE’s ocial website www.inovance.com/global.
External AssuranceTo fully address the demands of various stakeholders and ensure the accuracy, truthfulness, and materiality ofthe disclosed information, INOVANCE engaged T?V S?D Ceication and Testing (China) Co., Ltd. to conductan independent and objective assurance in accordance with theAA1000 Assurance Standard v3(AA1000AS v3).The assurance repo can be found in the appendix to this repo.
Chairman's Statement
Carbon Reduction Goals
Over the past year, the global political and economic landscape has presenteda complex scenario, with rising policy unceainties due to geopolitical conictsand government elections worldwide. Economic growth momentum hasweakened amid political turbulence and structural challenges, characterizedby sluggish demand in global manufacturing, overcapacity, and intensifiedindust competition. Meanwhile, China has called for vigorous development ofnew quality productive forces, encouraging enterprises to pursue technologicalinnovation and build sustainable competitiveness. Against this backdrop,INOVANCE has defied the trend by leveraging technological innovation asits engine, driving transformation and upgrading towards intelligentization,digitalization, and greening. This strategy has propelled its revenue to newheights while achieving remarkable sustainable development outcomes.Guided by its proposed "2850" and "3030" decarbonization targets, INOVANCEhas refined implementation pathways focusing on energy conservation, low-carbon operations, and green supply chain development. In 2024, thecompany strengthened measures such as digital energy management,production process optimization, intelligent equipment upgrades, andenergy structure improvements, achieving significant emission reductionsin its operations. Notably, its Suzhou facility earned the provincial-level"Green Factory" award. The Company actively addresses the industry’sgrowing demand for green and low-carbon transformation by embracingthe concept of "Two Improvements and Four Reductions." It delivers moreefficient, energy-saving, material-conserving, and environmentally friendlyproducts, continuously generating both economic and ecological value.The company has also conducted green supply chain assessments for keysuppliers, fostering collaborative efforts across the value chain to build azero-carbon future.INOVANCE actively practices circular economy principles to enhanceresource utilization. Integrating environmental sustainability across productlifecycles, it emphasizes green design to reduce resource consumptionand ecological dependence during manufacturing. The company adheresto strict environmental compliance, ensuring pollutant emissions meet
standards while strengthening waste management and biodiversity risk mitigation.As a listed company, INOVANCE prioritizes "Efficient Operations, Governance First," maintaininglegal compliance while enhancing corporate governance and risk management. In 2024, itestablished a new Compensation and Evaluation Committee to optimize executive oversight.Focusing on customer satisfaction, INOVANCE intensified R&D innovation and service upgrades,releasing an enhanced quality culture framework. Through expanded service teams, optimizednetworks, and diversified channels, customer satisfaction scores rose by 1.11 points year-on-year. Collaborating with industrial partners, the company strengthens ecosystem synergiesto build sustainable supply chains. As a responsible employer, INOVANCE fosters an inclusive,safe workplace that empowers employee growth, aligning corporate development with talentadvancement. Additionally, it actively contributes to community development and charitableinitiatives.Looking ahead, INOVANCE will "Seize Inevitable Opportunities" by accelerating R&D in green,energy-ecient solutions. It aims to achieve "Extreme Speed and Quality" in meeting customerneeds while advancing intelligent-digital-green product ecosystems through energy andinformation flow integration. With aspirations to "Lead the Tide," the company strives tobecome a global sustainability benchmark in industrial innovation.
Company ProleBusiness Layout
INOVANCE has over 89 branches in Suzhou,Shanghai, Changzhou, Nanjing, Yueyang, Xi’anand Hong Kong, China, and a number of R&Dcenters in Shenzhen, Suzhou, Xi’an, Nanjing,Milan in Italy and Stuttga in Germany.INOVANCE is a high-tech company engaged in the R&D, manufacturing andsales of industrial automation control products and new energy products.The Company focuses on developing core technologies for information layer,control layer, drive layer, execution layer, and sensor layer and automation,digitalization and intelligence in the industrial sector. It is committed topromoting intelligent manufacturing, industrial upgrading, improving the qualityof life and fostering the development of industrial civilization by providing moreintelligent, precise and advanced integrated products and solutions on the basisof its independently developed industrial automation control technologies.
Türkiye
INOVANCE Türkiye
Spain
INOVANCE Spain
ItalyINOVA AUTOMATION Italy
IndiaINOVANCE India
France
INOVANCE France / IRAI
GermanyINOVANCE Europe
Core Business
The Company primarily provides core industrial automation products andsolutions for equipment automation, production line automation, and factoautomation, including AC drives, seo systems, PLCs/HMIs/CNCs, industrialrobots, high-peormance motors, precision mechanical products, pneumaticcomponents, sensors, and industrial vision systems. For the new energy vehicleindust, we provide electric drive and vehicle-mounted charging systems. Forthe elevator indust, we provide elevator control systems (including AC drives),human-machine inteaces, door systems, cables and harnesses, elevator IoTproducts, and integrated electrical solutions. For the rail transit indust, weoer traction and control systems.
Vision & MissionAdvancing industrial technology for a better world
Core Values
Customer rst, contributor oriented, uphold to openness andcooperation, strive for excellenceYear of incorporationStock code2003300124.SZListed stock exchangeSZSE
Headquaer locationShenzhen, GuangdongProvince, P.R. ChinaSeing marketsApproximately 40 countries and regions including China, India,Vietnam, South Korea, Germany, Italy, and Türkiye.
Introduction to INOVANCE
Introduction to INOVANCE / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Türkiye
INOVANCE Türkiye
ItalyINOVA AUTOMATION Italy
India
INOVANCE India
Notes:
The names shown in the picture are abbreviations of pa of ouroperating locations. Please refer to Appendix 3 for their full names.Locations marked with “*” are under construction.
ShenzhenShenzhen INOVANCE
TianjinTianjin BST Electrical
DongguanINOVANCE Dongguan
ChangchunChangchun WETON
SuzhouSuzhou INOVANCESuzhou INOVANCE ControlINOVANCE AutomotiveJiangsu KINGWAY
NingboEST
ChangzhouINOVANCE New Energy Changzhou
BeijingEKSYS Beijing
YueyangYueyang INOVANCE
JinanJinan INOVANCE*
ShanghaiBST/BNK CABLE
Hong Kong, ChinaINOVA AUTOMATION
JiaxingBST Machine & Electronics (Jiaxing)
ThailandINOVANCE Automotive Thailand
NanjingNanjing INOVANCE
HungaINOVANCE Technology HungaINOVANCE Automotive Hunga*
South Korea
SBC / INOVANCE KoreaDalianDalian Zhiding
FoshanMJB
Branches
United States
INOVANCE USA
Xi’an
Xi’an INOVANCE
R&D centerManufacturing centerMarketing & Seice center
Note: The rating results are based on queries as of December 31, 2024.
Indicators2024Unit
EconomicPeormance
Revenue37.04Billion RMBNet prot attributable to shareholders of the listed company4.29Billion RMBBasic earnings per share (EPS)1.60RMB per shareTotal assets57.18Billion RMBWeighted average ROE16.52%EnvironmentalPeormance
GHG intensity4.13tCO
e/RMB 1 million RevenueNewly avoided GHG emissions14,447,904tCO
e/yearTotal renewable energy consumption19,624.75 MWhEnergy saved from new energy saving projects1,458,755kWh/yearAmount of recycled/reused waste4,869.90Tons
SocialPeormance
R&D investment3.15Billion RMBPropoion of R&D investment8.50%Number of new patent applications685/Amount of Employee Training Hours719,255.90HoursCoverage rate of social insurance100%Number of paicipants in safety training sessions46,307/GovernancePeormance
Number of independent directors on the Board of Directors3/Number of investor investigation receptionOver 4,000/Amount of anti-corruption training hours1,220.17HoursNumber of major incidents violated laws and regulations0Time
Award NameAwarding Unit
National May 1st Labor AwardAll-China Federation of Trade UnionsIncluded in 2024 China ESG Top 50 EnterprisesForbes ChinaBest ESG PracticeNew Foune MagazineBest ESG DisclosureNew Foune MagazineIncluded in S&P Global’s
Sustainability Yearbook 2024 (China Edition)S&P Global
Annual Key Peormance
MSCI ESG RatingMorningstar ESG Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating
S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment ScoringCDP Climate Change RatingA23.3
45 Top 9% of the industryB Management level
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It is the highest decision-making and supervisory body, and is responsible forcomprehensive oversight of the Company’s ESG affairs, providing strategic guidancefor sustainability development, and exercising ultimate decision-making authority overrelevant strategies, goals, and major issues.Comprising board members and senior executives, it is responsible for reviewing anddeciding on major management matters, including the implementation and peormance ofsustainability strategies.It is responsible for formulating the Company’s sustainability strategy, reviewing ESGrisk identification results and developing risk response strategies, guiding all first-leveldepartments and subsidiaries in ESG management and tracking their progress, andreviewing the Company’s sustainability disclosure. The Sustainability Committee keepsimproving the Company’s sustainability system, facilitates cross-functional and cross-process ESG coordination, and holds regular meetings to report the progress andpeormance of the Company’s ESG management to the EMT, and to listen to their opinionsand suggestions.As the executive body under the Sustainability Committee, it is responsible for implementingESG management measures, including those related to climate change.
Sustainability Governance FrameworkINOVANCE values the construction of its sustainability governance system and has established a top-downESG governance structure.
Board ofDirectors
SustainabilityCommittee
SustainabilityO?ce
ExecutiveManagementTeam (EMT)
Sustainability Management
INOVANCE consistently practices sustainable development, fully integrating ESG management into day-to-day business operations. Through improving its ESG governance structure, formulating core ESGstrategies, strengthening stakeholder engagement, and optimizing the management of material topics,the Company continuously enhances its ESG management capabilities and promotes alignment betweenthe concept of sustainable development, corporate strategy, and stakeholder expectations.
Sustainability and CorporateGovernance
DepamentsBusiness divisionsSubsidiaries
Sustainability Management FrameworkThe Company also incorporates ESGperformance indicators into themanagement’s remuneration systemand applies appropriate rewardsand clawbacks based on the annualappraisal results, to strengthen theESG governance capabilities andsupport the orderly advancement ofESG eos.
Board of DirectorsExecutive Management Team (EMT)
Sustainability O?ceSustainability Committee
?Continuously improve the corporate governancesystem ?Create an internal compliance culture ?Maintain high R&D investment?Improve product quality and enhance qualitymanagement eciency ?Enhance customer seice quality
?Build a secure, stable and resilient supply chain?Realize a sustainable supply chain with a focus onsuey and assessment of supply chain sustainability
?Seize oppounities presented by the national carbonpeaking and carbon neutrality goals, continue todevelop products and solutions featuring“avoidedemissions”, and facilitate the green and low-carbontransition of society?Improve full life cycle management of products andcontinuously reduce product carbon footprints
Goal 16:
Peace, Justice andStrong Institutions
Goal 9:
Indust, Innovation andInfrastructureGoal 12:
ResponsibleConsumption and Production
Goal 12:
ResponsibleConsumption and ProductionGoal 17:
Panerships for theGoals
Goal 7:
Aordable and CleanEnergyGoal 9:
Indust, Innovationand InfrastructureGoal 12:
ResponsibleConsumption and ProductionGoal 13:
Climate Action
ESG StrategyTo fully support the Company’s sustainable development and enhance ESG management capabilities, theCompany, based on its own strategy, industry dynamics, and the UN SDGs, has identified six dimensions of itsESG strategy, namely,“Corporate Governance”,“Lean Innovation”,“Low-Carbon Pioneer”,“ResponsibleEcosystem”,“Talent Development”, and“Green Operations”. It develops an ESG strategy around these sixcore areas, clarifies the long-term goals of ESG efforts, and promotes the full integration of ESG managementwith business decision-making and daily operations.
Corporate governance
Lean innovation
Responsibility ecology
Low carbon pioneer
The Six Dimensions of ESG StrategySupported UN SDGs
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Decision-making
levelManagementlevelOperationallevel
Goal 3:
Good Health and Well-beingGoal 4:
Quality EducationGoal 5:
Gender EqualityGoal 8:
Decent Work andEconomic GrowthGoal 10:
Reduced Inequality
Goal 7:
Aordable and CleanEnergyGoal 9:
Indust, Innovation andInfrastructureGoal 11:
Sustainable Cities andCommunitiesGoal 12:
ResponsibleConsumption and ProductionGoal 13:
Climate Action
Innovation-DrivenDevelopmentProduct and Service Safety andQualityGreen Products and InnovationEmployeesOppounities in CleanTechnologyAddressing Climate Change
Shareholdersand investors
General Meeting of ShareholdersEarnings presentationsSpecial announcements“Investor Relations” page on the Company’s ocial websiteINOVANCE’s Investor Relations ocial WeChat accountInvestor Relations emailInvestor engagement activities (daily communication,roadshows, SZSE’s interactive platform, investment strategysessions, online communication)Stakeholder sueys
Key Topics of ConcernStakeholdersEngagement Methods
Management of Material Topics
Stakeholder EngagementStakeholders’expectations and demands are the source and motivation for us to improve our sustainabilityperformance. We respect and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all stakeholders, striving to establishlong-term and stable communication mechanisms through various online and offline channels. In 2024, theCompany actively engaged with shareholders and investors, customers, employees, government and regulatoryauthorities, suppliers and paners, and community representatives on sustainable development matters to gathertheir in-depth feedback and understand their expectations and suggestions on ESG management.
?Protect employees’ rights and benets ?Provide a healthy and safe workplace?Foster all-round and sustainable developmentof employees
?Improve environmental management system toensure environmental compliance?Address climate risks and continuously enhancethe capacity to mitigate and adapt to climatechange?Practice green and low-carbon production andoperations?Promote circular economy and enhance resourceeciency
Talent development
Green operations
Addressing Climate ChangeOppounities in Clean TechnologyRisk ManagementSustainable Supply Chain ManagementProduct and Seice Safety and Quality
EmployeesAnti-commercial Bribe and Anti-corruptionProduct and Seice Safety and QualityData Security and Privacy Protection
Innovation-Driven DevelopmentProduct and Seice Safety and QualityData Security and Privacy ProtectionEmployeesWaste TreatmentCircular EconomySustainable Supply Chain ManagementProduct and Seice Safety and QualityInnovation-Driven DevelopmentFair CompetitionAddressing Climate ChangeAnti-commercial Bribe and Anti-corruption
Social ContributionsRural Revitalization
Stakeholder sueysGreen supply chain sueySupplier auditSupplier conferencesIndust exhibitions
Community public welfare projectsEmployee volunteering seices
Information disclosureInstitutional visitsOcial correspondenceMeetings and forums
Workers’ representative congressPresident’s MailboxComplaint hotlineWhistleblower mechanismEmployee satisfaction suey
“INOVANCE Circle” internal forumHR mailboxStakeholder sueys
Indust exhibitionsOn-site visitsStakeholder sueys
Materiality AnalysisINOVANCE places great importance on the impact of material topic management on its sustainable development.The Company conducts materiality analysis annually. In 2024, based on domestic and international sustainabilitypolicies and regulations, the latest regulatory guidelines, peer practices, and external expert advice, the Companyformulated a list of material topics. Following the principle of dual materiality, topics were evaluated along
Key Topics of ConcernStakeholdersEngagement Methods
Clients
Employees
Government and
regulato bodies
Suppliers andpaners
Communityrepresentatives
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Materiality Analysis ProcessBusiness overview:
Identify the Company’s business, valuechain, and geographic distributionExternal environment analysis:
Identify relevant laws, policies, andindust standards
Stakeholder impact identi?cation:
Analyze the impact of the Company’soperations on stakeholders
Financial impact expert analysis:
Engage internal experts to assessthe nancial materiality of each topicbased on degree and likelihood ofnancial impactStakeholder survey:
Distribute questionnaires throughvarious channels, assess materialityof topics, and adjust according torating standards and client auditrequirements
Background Identi?cation
Materiality Evaluation
Topic Reporting
two dimensions of“financial materiality”(impact on the Company’s business and financial performance)and“impact materiality”(impact on the economy, society, and environment). Evaluation methods includedstakeholder surveys and expert reviews. The Company compiled the materiality matrix for the year based onthe evaluation results.? Financial Materiality Analysis:
An internal expe model was adopted, using average net prot over the pastthree scal years as the nancial reference indicator. Evaluation dimensions included the percentage impact onnet profit and the likelihood of occurrence, both divided into five levels. Internal experts assessed each topicon both dimensions and combined the results to determine nancial materiality.?Impact Materiality Analysis:
Stakeholder surveys were conducted through multiple channels, targetingshareholders and investors, customers, employees, government and regulatory bodies, suppliers andpartners, and community representatives. Stakeholders evaluated ESG topics based on range, likelihood, andirreversibility of impact. Each topic was rated as highly immaterial, immaterial, neutral, material, or highlymaterial. The Company collected 157 valid questionnaire responses. Suey results were adjusted in referenceto rating standards and client audit requirements to avoid distortions caused by a small sample size in thesuey feedback.
Preparation of Topic ListPolicy analysis:
Analyze the impact of identied laws andpolicies on the Company’s operationsRules and standards benchmarking:
Refer to domestic and internationalsustainability-related standardsPeer analysis:
Refer to peer companies’ESG topicsettings
Process reporting:
Disclose the dual materiality analysisprocess, methodology, and conclusionsTopic reporting:
Disclose the materiality matrix
Energy Use
Green Products andInnovation
Sustainable Supply Chain
Management
Product and Seice Safetyand Quality
Addressing Climate Change
Risk ManagementData Security and Privacy ProtectionAnti-commercial Bribe and
Anti-corruption
Corporate GovernanceCircular Economy
Fair Competition
Environmental Compliance
ManagementPollutant DischargeWaste TreatmentDue Diligence
Stakeholder Engagement
Cross-indust Collaboration and
DevelopmentEqual Treatment of SMEsEthics of Science and TechnologyRural Revitalization
Social ContributionsEcosystem and Biodiversity ProtectionWater Resources Utilization
Employees
Oppounities in Clean
TechnologyInnovation-DrivenDevelopment
2024 Materiality Matrix
Topics of DualMateriality
Topics of FinancialMateriality
Topics of ImpactMateriality
Immaterial Topics
Addressing ClimateChangeInnovation-DrivenDevelopmentOppounities in CleanTechnologyProduct and SeiceSafety and QualitySustainable Supply ChainManagementGreen Products andInnovationCorporate Governance
Energy Use
Risk ManagementEmployeesCircular EconomyData Security and Privacy
ProtectionAnti-commercial Bribe
and Anti-corruption
Environmental ComplianceManagementPollutant DischargeCross-indust Collaboration and
DevelopmentWaste TreatmentStakeholder EngagementDue DiligenceSocial ContributionsFair CompetitionWater Resources UtilizationRural RevitalizationEqual Treatment of SMEsEcosystem and Biodiversity
ProtectionEthics of Science and Technology
Environmental
SocialGovernance
Highly material
Immaterial
Materiality ofeconomic, social,andenvironmentalimpact
Highly materialThe Financial Materiality for INOVANCE
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Changes in Material TopicsAs this is INOVANCE’s first year identifying topics in accordance with the SZSE’sGuidelines No.17using dualmateriality analysis, topic names and structure dier signicantly from last year. Key adjustments include:
Previous TopicsUpdated Topics
Change in Name
Topic Merge
Climate Change Mitigationand Adaptation
Talent Attraction andRetention
Intellectual PropeyProtection
It is included in the topic
“Innovation-DrivenDevelopment”, and is nolonger separately listed.It is included in the topic
“Social Contributions”.Community Engagementand Development
EmployeesEmployee Rights andWelfareEmployee Training andDevelopmentOccupational healthand safetyProduct Safety and QualityManagement
Rural RevitalizationEthics of Science andTechnology
Ecosystem and BiodiversityProtection
Equal Treatment of SMEsDue Diligence
Product and Seice Safety
and QualityCustomer Seice Quality
Emissions and WasteManagement
Charity Events andVolunteer SeiceCompliance management
Addressing Climate
Change
Pollutant DischargeWaste Treatment
Social ContributionsEnvironmental ComplianceManagement
Anti-commercial Bribeand Anti-corruptionRural Revitalization
Fair Competition
R&D and Innovation
Innovation-Driven
Development
Energy ManagementEnergy UseWater Use
Water Resources
Utilization
Topic Breakdown
Newly Included Material Topics
Previous TopicsUpdated Topics
Previous TopicsMerged Topics
Topic Removal
Previous TopicsReason for Removal
Circular Economy
Due to the close alignmentbetween the Company’soperations and the conceptand model of circulareconomy, this topic wasassessed to have impactmateriality.
It is included based on thetopic list provided inGuidelines No.17and theCompany’s actual operations.
Material TopicsReason for Inclusion
The General Meeting of Shareholders is the highest authority of the Company. The Company convenesand holds the General Meeting of Shareholders in strict accordance with theArticles of Association,thereby ensuring the shareholders’ right to know and paicipate.
The Board of Supervisors is the Company’s permanent supervisory body. It oversees the directors and seniormanagers in the conduct of their duties, doing so in accordance with the law. Moreover, it reviews the securitiesissuance documents and periodic reports produced by the Board of Directors and issues written reviewcomments. The Board of Supeisors comprises three supeisors, one of whom is an employee representative.
As the Company’s decision-making organization for operation and management, the Board of Directors isresponsible for the General Meeting of Shareholders. In order to ensure the scientific and rational decision-making of the Board of Directors, we consider the diverse backgrounds of the members of the Board, includinggender, age, industry experience, professional acumen and other relevant factors. The Company’s Board ofDirectors comprises nine directors, including three independent directors (accounting for 33%) and one femaledirector (accounting for 11%). The Board members engage in various fields such as electrical engineeringand automation, machinery, finance, accounting, etc., and have the industry experience, knowledge andrisk management capability necessary to perform their duties, thus supporting the Board of Directors makeappropriate decisions while ensuring the Company’s long-term sustainable development.In the reporting period, the Board of Directors newly established the Nomination Committee and theRemuneration and Appraisal Committee, which, together with the Audit Committee, provide professionalsuppo in their respective areas. Board members seing on committees have expeise in accounting, nancialmanagement, and indust knowledge, ensuring proper function of the committees.
General Meetingof Shareholders
Board ofDirectors
Board ofSupervisors
Strengthening Corporate Governance
INOVANCE faithfully obsees the principle of“ecient operation, governance rst”, and complies withall regulato requirements in order to continuously improve its governance structure and mechanism fora robust, ecient corporate governance system.
Corporate Governance System
The Company complies with the requirements of laws, regulations and regulatory documents such as the
Company Law of the People’s Republic of China, theSecurities Law of the People’s Republic of China, theCode ofGovernance for Listed Companies in Chinaand theRules Governing the Listing of Shares on the Shenzhen StockExchange GEM, doing so to establish a structure for corporate governance comprised of the General Meeting ofShareholders, the Board of Directors, the Board of Supeisors and EMT. While we value democracy and humanrights, we insist on the centralization of authority and pursuit of harmony in diversity for decision-making, thusforming a governance mechanism with clearly defined rights and liabilities, mutual coordination and checksand balances while ensuring management that is ecient, scientic and transparent.The Company has developed systems and normative documents such as theArticles of Association, theRules
of Procedures of theBoard of Directors, and theWorking System of Independent Directorsin accordance withrelevant laws and regulations. Thus, it has firmly established the operative norms of the General Meeting ofShareholders, the Board of Directors and the Board of Supervisors, clarifying the relevant responsibilities ofrelevant organizations to ensure ecient operation of the governance system.
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Innovativedisclosure
Voluntainformationdisclosure
Statutoinformation
disclosure
Note: More details on the Board of Directors and the corporate governance can be found in “Corporate Governance” of theINOVANCE 2024 Annual Repo.
General Meetings ofShareholders
Meetings of the Board ofDirectors
Meetings of the Board ofSupeisors
times
times
times
Protection of Investors’ Rights and Interests
The Company strictly follows theSecurities Law of the People’s Republic of China, theRules Governing the Listing ofShares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange GEM, and theGuidelines for the Management of Investor Relations of ListedCompanies. We have formulated the Information Disclosure Management System, and established an efficient,transparent mechanism for the protection of fair and just exercise of rights by investors and their rights andinterests, especially those of small and medium-size investors.
Convening the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Board of Directors andthe Board of Supervisors in 2024
Information DisclosureThe Company fulfills its information-disclosure obligations in accordance with the law, implements theprinciple of“truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, timeliness and fairness”continues the eo to standardizeand refine the information-disclosure process while enhancing the quality, broadening and ensuring thetransparency of information disclosure so as to protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors. SinceIPO, the Company has obtained A ratings in the information-disclosure assessment of SZSE for 14 yearsconsecutively as the only one among all listed companies on the ChiNext market of SZSE.
Three Basis:
Information-disclosure promotion method process-based, process-documentationtemplate-based, and key-link billboard-based.Five Examinations & Three Determinations:
Carefully examine the rules, guidelines, cases, historyand essence in the process of announcement drafting; determine the logic, core and description.Project-based Operation:
Establish a mechanism for information sharing and coupling with businessdepaments in order to promote disclosure management by means of project operation.
Information Collection:
Strengthen communication with lead departments and related personnel;collect materials related to the Company’s operation, finance and other aspects, and accumulatematerials in advance for the preparation of the annual repo and interim disclosure.Information Review:
Ensure that the information disclosed is true, accurate and complete;continuously improve the disclosure quality, and fully disclose all information that is beneficial toinvestors’ value judgment and related decisions.Disclosure Method:
Release corporate ESG/sustainability repos annually and respond to investors’
concerns on the management of material sustainability topics.Disclosure Management:
Organize the relevant departments to participate in sustainabilityknowledge and work skill training to enhance employees’understanding of sustainability and fuherimprove the quality of information collection and disclosure.
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INOVANCE’s 2023 Annual General Meeting (The meeting was held on May 17, 2024)
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Shareholder EngagementIn order to meet the varied needs of investors, the Company has established comprehensive, efficient, diverseengagement channels to listen to investors’voices and promote engagement and recognition between thetwo sides. Through the Company’s official website, new media platform, SZSE’s interactive platform, investorhotline, investor relations email, web conferencing and other channels, the Company engages with investorsby means of earnings presentations, road shows, analyst meetings, press conferences, eld research and othermeans, doing so to help them fully and quickly understand the Company’s dynamics and information and fosterstrong investor relations.During the reporting period, the Company answered 201 questions from investors through the SZSE’sinteractive platform (irm.cninfo.com.cn/szse), representing a reply rate of 100%; received a total of 517 visitsfrom domestic and international brokerage firms, investment funds and individual investors, involving morethan 4,000 investors.
Return to InvestorsThe Company takes theArticles of Associationand other institutional documents as the basis for the protectionof shareholders’rights and returns. While maintaining timely, fair, and healthy communication with investors,the Company has been rewarding them through a sound dividend distribution plan to ensure the long-termvalue of their investment. As of the end of the repoing period, the Company has paid cash dividends of RMB6,841 million cumulatively.
Name of SeniorExecutive andChief FinancialO?cer on the
Board
Position
Total Pre-taxCompensationReceived fromthe CompanyDuring theReportingPeriod (Million RMB)
Grant Date ofRestricted Shares– the 5th EquityIncentive Plan
Number ofRestricted
SharesGranted (Ex-Dividend andEx-RightsAdjusted) –the 5th EquityIncentive Plan
(Shares)
Grant Date ofRestricted Shares– the 6th EquityIncentive Plan
Number ofRestricted
SharesGranted – the6th EquityIncentive Plan
(Shares)
Value ofVested/UnlockedEquityIncentivesDuring theReportingPeriod(Million RMB)
Numberof SharesUnlockedUnder Long-term Incentive
PlanXingming Zhu
Chairman andPresident
3.90 /0/0045,034Bin Zhou
Director and Vice
President
2.53
October 28,2020
352,500
August 23,2022
150,0000.7426,259Junen Song
Director, VicePresident, andBoard Secreta
2.23
October 28,2020
307,500
August 23,2022
130,0001.27 22,496Chunlu Yang
Director and Vice
President
2.37
October 28,
2020
307,500
August 23,2022
130,0001.2722,496Yingxin Liu
Chief FinancialOcer
2.05
October 28,
2020
307,500
August 23,2022
130,0000.6422,496
Note:
1. The valuation of equity incentives covers the equity incentive plans vested or unlocked during the reporting period. For details,
please refer to INOVANCE Annual Repo 2024.
2. The value of equity incentives is calculated based on the fair value on the grant date (closing price on the grant date). The
calculation formula for the value of vested/unlocked equity incentives during the reporting period is: Value of vested/unlockedequity incentives = Number of vested/unlocked equity incentives during the reporting period × Fair value on the grant date. Fordetails on the calculation base data, please refer to INOVANCE Annual Report 2024, Announcement on Adjustments to the 5thEquity Incentive Plan, Announcement on the First Grant of Restricted Shares to Incentive Participants, 5th Equity Incentive Plan(2020 Equity Distribution Update), and Announcement on the First Grant of Class I Restricted Shares to Paicipants in the 6th EquityIncentive Plan. During the reporting period, Bin Zhou and Yingxin Liu did not exercise the 5th Equity Incentive Plan, resulting in arelatively low value of vested/unlocked equity incentives for them.
3. For details on the Company
’s long-term incentive unlocking rules, please refer to the INOVANCE Long-Term Incentive Fund ManagementMeasures. For the long-term incentive unlocking status during the repoing period, please refer to INOVANCE Annual Repo 2024.
Executive Compensation
The compensation for the Company’s senior executives (including executive members of the Board of Directors)consists of three components: base annual sala, sho-term incentives, and long-term incentives. The base salais primarily determined by the executive’s role, responsibilities, capabilities, and prevailing market compensationlevels. In addition to fixed monthly payments, it also includes employee benefits provided by the Company. Short-term incentives mainly refer to performance-based bonuses and other one-time cash awards. Performance-basedbonuses are determined based on the Company’s annual business objectives and are awarded in the followingyear, depending on the extent to which individual and departmental goals are achieved. Long-term incentivesprimarily include the equity incentive plan and the long-term incentive shareholding plan. The equity incentiveplan is designed to grant stock options and restricted shares to various levels of management, high-performingkey personnel, and critical talent. The long-term incentive shareholding plan focuses on granting stock options tostrategic talents who have made signicant contributions to the Company’s long-term development.Note:The disclosure of “compensation” in this section includes employee incentive programs, which di?ers in composition from thecompensation structure presented in the Annual Report of the Company.
Compliant and robust operation is the fundamental requirement and baseline principle for the Company’ssustainable business development. The Company adheres to the philosophy of integrity and compliancein operation, continuously enhances risk management, improves due diligence mechanisms, optimizesinternal controls, and strengthens business ethics management.
Compliant and Robust Operation
First Layer of DefenseOwner Business Executives andProcess Owners
Third Layer of DefenseInternal Audit
Second Layer of DefenseRisk Management, InternalControls and Risk MonitoringIndust Sectors
Three Layers of Defense for Risk Management at INOVANCE
The primary responsible entity for risk management, proactivelyidentifying and managing risks, building internal controlawareness and capabilities in the process, and enhancingsubstantive compliance with the process
Exert independent supervisory and evaluative functions,establish a cold deterrence effect, and report audit results tothe Audit Committee and company’s senior management
Suppo the rst-line core business depaments in risk control
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Risk ManagementThe Company establishes a stable risk management and internal control system, claries the risk managementstructure and responsibility mechanisms, regularly conducts risk identification and assessment, formulatesresponse plans, and dynamically monitors risk changes to ensure strong suppo for sustainable development.In 2024, the Company strengthened risk management and solidly advanced related work. The Companyembedded KCP, SOD, and CT planning into newly released processes to enhance the effectiveness of internalcontrol, conducted CT testing across the Company to examine the execution of key control points, launched RTelectronic workows to reinforce self-improvement and responsibility closure in operations, and strengthenedthematic risk management in key areas, including updating the compliance risk map, assessing financialreporting quality risks, enhancing internal control over financial reporting, and developing and executingcontrol measures.
Risk Management FrameworkThe Company has formulated the“Three Layers of Defense”risk control mechanism, and the Board ofDirectors which ultimately responsible for risk management authorizes EMT to identify and manage company-level risks. Additionally, it guides each area in the conduct of risk management and control and claries the riskmanagement responsibilities in each layer and depament so as to prevent systematic risks.
The risk control Center of Expeise (COE) constructs and optimizes the top-level risk control systemand framework, guides the element owners to establish the components of effective risk control,outputs the methodology and tools of risk management and internal control, and guides theimplementation of risk control projects in each business area.
The person responsible for risk management and control tracks and checks the progress andeffectiveness of risk management and control measures, and adopts relevant means to monitorthe level of risk and to provide early warning and corrective action. Additionally, the internal auditformulates annual plans based on a risk-oriented approach to focus on high risk areas, to reviewand evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of business activities, internal control and riskmanagement and to promote the continuous improvement of the risk management system.
The Company regularly conducts risk identification, evaluation and prioritization, collects internaland external risk information, identifies risks and scenarios, evaluates risk levels in terms ofprobability of occurrence and impact, and outputs a risk matrix. Moreover, the Company implementsthe concept of group prevention and control as it encourages whistleblowing via the“president’smailbox”and“whistleblower”channels so as to encourage employees to identify potential risksand dangers in production and operations and to repo them promptly.For the top risks identied that need to be focused on control, the Company designates the personresponsible for risk management and control, formulates risk management and control objectives,response programs/measures, forms risk maps, develops detailed response plans as needed anddecomposes specific tasks to ensure effective implementation of risk management measures. Forrisks that can be controlled within processes, relevant tools and methods of process internal controlare utilized for management. During the repoing period, the Company updated its compliance riskmap as a priority.
Optimization of theRisk Control Systemand FrameworkRisk Identicationand Evaluation
Risk Response andManagement
Risk Monitoring andRepoing
Risk Management Mechanism
The Company has built a sound risk-management framework in line with its business reality and operationmode in accordance with the COSO-ERM framework. We have developed rules–notably theInternal Risk ControlManagement System and other guidelines for risk management, in addition to which we’ve established a riskmanagement mechanism that encompasses the process of“risk identification and evaluation - risk responseand management - risk monitoring and reporting”, We have also incorporated elements of risk managementinto strategic plan and business plan development as the means to comprehensively enhance our risk controland management capability.
Risk Culture DevelopmentThe Company organizes special training and examinations on risk control and built a risk control knowledgeplatform libra to provide comprehensive, one-stop access to risk control knowledge for the business end andenhance the risk management awareness of all sta.During the repoing period, the Company conducted risk control training sessions targeting PO/PC personnel,process domain managers, internal control BPs, CT testers, process document drafters, and business managers.The Company also held multiple risk control examinations to assess the mastery of CT, the suite of processtools, and basic concepts of risk control in business areas.As of the end of the reporting period, the risk control knowledge base platform released a total of 26 riskcontrol knowledge documents, covering content such as terminology explanations, enablement materials, formtemplates, and operational guidelines. Among them, ve key risk management tools, i.e., the risk panorama andrisk map, the suite of process internal control tools, CT testing, internal control issue tracking and improvementand proactive review, are included.
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Internal ControlThe Company has built an internal control system in compliance with the requirements of theBasic Standardsfor Enterprise Internal Controland the relevant guidelines of SZSE and has established a series of internal-controlmanagement systems, such as the Internal Control System, the Internal Control Evaluation System, theInternal ControlDeficiency Identification Procedures, etc., built internal control systems with focus on five dimensions: business goalachievement, asset and capital security, operational efficiency, compliance and reporting, integrated methods andtools such as KCP, SOD and CT plan into business processes, and conducted effect evaluation through internalcontrol tools to continuously provide impoant information on the eectiveness of the relevant elements of internalcontrol, and promote the increase of the Company’s internal control management.?CT Test:
The Company conducts CT test for all newly launched processes with defined KCPs, and applies CTprinciples to unlaunched processes for identication and review.?SOD Certification:
The Company identifies incompatible job roles and breaks operational linkages to preventfraud and other risks. SOD has been embedded in newly launched and operational processes. For businessprocesses not yet launched, controls are implemented based on the SOD principle.During the reporting period, the Company focused on conducting special audits related to finance, compliance,internal control, major procurement, and engineering project management.ESG Due Diligence
The Company accelerates the development and improvement of its ESG due diligence mechanism to identifymaterial sustainability-related risks and formulate response plans, aiming to enhance its overall risk managementcapability. In 2024, INOVANCE implemented several ESG-related due diligence programs targeting green and low-carbon practices, environmental management, production safety, human rights protection, and conict minerals.
Green Supply Chain SurveyThe Company establishes a green supply chainsurvey mechanism to better manage supply chainrisks. In July 2024, the Company conducted itsannual green supply chain survey for key suppliers,covering environmental management, energy use,GHG emissions, production processes, and relatedmanagement system ceications.
Occupational Health and Safety RiskAssessment
The Company applies the LEC evaluation methodto assess occupational health and safety risks,identify hazards, and categorize risks to producerisk identification reports. Every year, the Companyconducts inspections of occupational diseasehazards, covering high risk job positions, to provide abasis for employee health management.
Con?ict Minerals Investigation
During the reporting period, the Company updateditsConict Minerals Control Management Regulationandcommitted to conflict-free mineral use. Every year,the Company conducts investigations into the useof conflict minerals and suppliers’conflict minerals.No use of conflict minerals was found internally oramong suppliers during the year.
Sustainability Internal AuditThe Company gradually carries out sustainabilityinternal audits covering business ethics, humanrights, environment, occupational health and safety,and plans to cover all key operation sites. In April2024, the Company initiated its first sustainabilityinternal audit at Yueyang INOVANCE. The auditresults were used to support Yueyang INOVANCE inimproving sustainability peormance and optimizinginternal management systems.
Tradecompliance
Anti-moneylaunderingConictof interest
Connectedtransactions
Responsiblemarketing
Compliance Management System
The Company establishes standard contract templates covering seven major systems to ensurecompliance for all types of commercial and trade practices, monitors trade policies and regulations in realtime, and updates compliance requirements annually, and promotes their application across all businessprocesses.The Company conducts anti-money laundering-related compliance risk assessments, integrates anti-money laundering-related requirements in procurement activities covering production materials, assets,frameworks and services, and checks the authenticity and legality of transactions through supplierceication, contract conrmation, invoice audit, and verication of sporadic receipts to strengthen thesupeision of economic behaviors.
The Company has formulated theDecision-Making System for Connected Transactionswith detailedprovisions on the reporting of connected transactions, withdrawal system, decision-making authorityand information disclosure to ensure the fairness of the Company’s decision-making regardingconnected transactions. The Company had no major connected transactions during the reportingperiod. Meanwhile, the decision-making procedures of minor connected transactions were incompliance with the relevant laws and regulations and ourArticles of Association. The pricing of theseconnected transactions is fair and reasonable, without prejudice to the interests of the Company and itsshareholders, paicularly the interests of small and medium-sized shareholders.The Company carries out responsible marketing management in accordance with theAdvertisingLaw of the People’s Republic of China, theTrademark Law of the People’s Republic of China, and relevantindustry regulations, and requires the provision of truthful, accurate, effective, and easy-to-understandinformation about product features to customers. During the repoing period, there were no incidents ofpenalties from regulato authorities for violations related to product and seice marketing, informationand labeling laws, regulations, or other volunta regulations.
The Company establishes a conflict of interest system, sets up different management requirementsaccording to dierent job positions and levels, and requires an internal conict of interest declarations.
Compliance ManagementStrictly adhering to regulatory compliance, we have formulated a compliance management system andmanagement mechanism centered on trade compliance, anti-money laundering, data compliance, intellectualproperty protection, anti-corruption, anti-unfair competition, conflict of interest, connected transaction,responsible marketing, etc. Moreover, We have integrated compliance requirements into all aspects of productionand operations, forming a comprehensive compliance system for company behavior and management. We havebuilt a clean business environment with a focus on anti-corruption management and integrity in workplace.
Compliance Management System
The Company strictly complies with all applicable laws and regulations in its operating regions and hasformulated theBusiness Conduct Guideline, theConflict of Interest Management Measures, theEmployee DisciplinePolicy, and the Workplace Accountability Management Systemto regulate both Company and employee behavior.Employee violations are categorized into economic, business, and behavioral violations. Complaints and reposfor these violations are handled respectively by the audit manager, business manager, and HR manager, whoissue investigation repos and initiate accountability procedures.
For details of data compliance and intellectual propey protection, please refer to“Data Privacy Protection”and“R&D Innovation Focus”chapters. For details of anti-corruption, please refer to“Anti-corruption and IntegrityBuilding”in this chapter. For details of fair competition, please refer to“Fair Competition” in this chapter.
? Anti-corruption and Integrity BuildingThe Company established the Integrity and Honesty Working Committee in 2018. The Chairman is the directorof the Committee and the directors of each depament are the integrity ambassadors, who are responsible forcoordinating and promoting the implementation of integrity-related work and repoing the work progress tothe Board of Directors on a regular basis.The Company has formulated the INOVANCE Anti-fraud Whistleblower Systemto standardize the managementof anti-corruption reporting, set up an anti-corruption whistleblower hotline and email, and promoted themthrough the Company’s official website,“Integrity INOVANCE”official WeChat account, posters and otherways to establish accessible anti-corruption whistleblowing channels, and to ensure fair, effective, andtimely handling of any potential corruption incidents. Additionally, through itsIncentive Plan for Anti-fraudWhistleblowers, the Company encourages employees, suppliers, and other partners to participate in anti-corruption supervision. The Audit Department, as the unit responsible for receiving anti-corruption leadsand whistleblower reports, conducts anti-corruption audits based on the provided information to ensure theaccuracy, independence, and fairness of the investigation results. Employees found violating anti-corruptionand integrity rules are subject to disciplinary actions under theWorkplace Accountability Management Systemand Employee Discipline Policy, including D-rating in performance evaluations, termination of labor relationship,restitution of improper gains, or compensation for losses. For acts suspected of violating laws or constitutingcrimes, the Company will legally transfer the case to judicial authorities for handling. During the reportingperiod, the Company received 18 reports of anti-corruption clues, with a 100% resolution rate for complaintsand repos.The Company adopts a“zero tolerance”approach towards corruption and commercial bribery, promotingresponsible governance through the construction of an anti-corruption system and the cultivation of a cultureof integrity. Anti-corruption regulations for employees are included in the internal business ethics guidelines.For suppliers, these requirements are included as standard clauses in theSupplier Management Contract. Duringthe reporting period, the Company was not penalized by the competent authorities for violations of anti-corruption, anti-bribe, anti-extoion, or anti-fraud laws and regulations.The Company continuously strengthened anti-corruption and integrity education for its employees throughinternal promotions, integrity training, and the promotion of Integrity Commitment Letter and other activitiesand methods, and promoted the construction of integrity culture. During the reporting period, the Companyconducted integrity-related publicity and training for directors, senior management and employees, with atotal of 1,220.17 hours of training.
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Business Ethics
The Company has formulated theBusiness Conduct Guidelineand theManagement Procedures of CSR and BusinessEthicsto regulate daily behavior. All employees are required to adhere to business ethics. The Company hasalso issued specic regulations such as theWorkplace Accountability Management System, theEmployee DisciplinePolicy and the Gift Acceptance Policyto further restrict actions that violate laws, regulations, and internal rulesrelated to business ethics.During the reporting period, the Company revised and updated its Business Conduct Guidelineto reflect thelatest laws and internal management requirements. Enhancements included explicit opposition to all forms ofmodern slavery and human trafficking, strengthened data privacy protections, conflict minerals prohibition,detailed fair competition and anti-corruption clauses, and reinforced insider trading prohibition policies.
? Fair CompetitionThe Company strictly complies with the Law of the People’s Republic of China Against Unfair Competitionandother relevant regulations in its operating regions, advocates fair competition, prohibits malicious defamation,misleading statements, or insinuations against competitors, explicitly bans monopolistic practices, andrigorously reviews mergers and acquisitions to ensure fair and just market order. During the reporting period,the Company did not receive any administrative penalties for acts of unfair competition.
The Company strictly protects the personal information of whistleblowers, prohibits the disclosure ofwhistleblower identities, and forbids any form of retaliation. Individuals found to be disclosing whistleblowerinformation or retaliating against whistleblowers will be seriously dealt with.
Whistleblower Handling Procedures
Initiate investigationsupon receivingwhistleblower repos
Hold relevant personneland depamentsaccountable
Responsible depamentscar out rectication ofinternal control issues
Compliance Training
The Company regularly organizes all employees to study relevant systems such as theBusiness ConductGuideline. Specialized training is provided for key personnel in the process to require all employees to complywith the code of business ethics. Additionally, we conduct regular and specialized compliance training for allemployees, and continuously improve the compliance awareness of the management and employees throughpublicity, training, examination and other methods.
Whistleblowing Procedures and Whistleblower Protection
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Review and make decisions on the Company’s climate change strategy,goals, and major matters.Monitor and management of the overall work related to climate change.Supeise the Company’s climate-related information disclosure.
Implement the specic work plans to address climate change.
Review the progress of climate action, quantified performance, and goalsachievement status.Review related policies of climate and energy and provide guidance onrelevant budgeting plans.Provide necessary resources and guidance for climate actions to relevantexecutive depaments.Assess the Company’s climate risks and opportunities and formulatecorresponding management measures.Report routine work matters to EMT periodically and present an annualclimate work summary to the Board of Directors every April, along withsubmission of the annual sustainability repo for Board review.The Sustainability Oce is established to identify and analyze climate risksand opportunities, provide guidance on climate actions, promote andpublicize work on climate change response, and track the implementationof specic matters by relevant executive depaments.
Board ofDirectors
SustainabilityCommittee
Departments,businessdivisions andsubsidiaries
EMT
Addressing Climate Change
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Climate GovernanceBased on the sustainability governance framework, the Company has established a system to address climatechange, clearly dened roles and responsibilities at each organizational level to enhance the proactiveness andcontinuity of climate action and ensure the ecient implementation of related initiatives.
Organizations at Each Governance Level
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RiskCategory
Sub-category
PotentialImpact Analysis
ImpactTimeframe
Value ChainStageA?ected
FinancialImpact
Addressing Strategy
Physical risk
Acute risk
Extreme weatherevents such astyphoons andoods may damagebuildings at operatingsites, aectingnormal productionoperations andpossibly triggeringsafety incidents.
Sho-term,medium-term, long-term
Ownoperations
Revenue↓Asset value↓
We develop emergencyresponse plans for majordisasters and emergenciessuch as typhoons, oodsand snowstorms, establishextreme weather warningsystems, and raise factofoundation levels in newplant construction toaddress risks from heavyrainfall and ooding.Extreme weather maycause supply chaindisruptions, aectingnormal productionand delive.
Sho-term,medium-term, long-term
Supply ChainProductdelive
Revenue↓
We establish exibleoce, production,and transpoationmechanisms, and promotediversied supplierinitiatives.
Chronic risk
Rising sea levels mayaect the normaloperation andproduction of theCompany’s coastalfacilities.
Long-term
Ownoperations
Operatingcost↑Asset value↓
We implement themulti-site productionstrategy, and optimize siteselection for new facilitiesto reduce environmentaldependency.Global temperaturerise may increasethe Company’scooling and energyconsumption costs.
Sho-term,medium-term, long-term
Ownoperations
Operatingcost↑
We optimize energymanagement systems,promote energy-savingprojects, and develop andimplement the“CentralCooling Station AI SmaControl”system toimprove air conditioningsystem eciency.
Climate Strategy
As a high-tech enterprise in industrial automation and new energy, INOVANCE recognizes that its R&D,procurement, production, and sales activities, as well as the application of its products and solutions atcustomer sites, are closely related to climate change. The Company understands that climate change posesboth risks and oppounities for its development.Every year, the Company conducts an assessment of climate risks and opportunities, updates the list of risksand oppounities and renes it through internal discussions and external research. Detailed strategies are thendeveloped to address these risks and oppounities.
Climate Risk Matrix
Note:De?nition of the impact timeframe: Short-term means 0 to 3 years; medium-term means 3 to 5 years; long-term means 5 to 30 years.
RiskCategory
Sub-category
PotentialImpact Analysis
ImpactTimeframe
ValueChainStageA?ected
FinancialImpact
Addressing Strategy
Physical riskChronic risk
Public healthincidents causedby climate changemay aect thecompany’s normalproduction.
Long-term
OwnoperationsSupplyChain
Nosubstantialsho-termimpact
We develop internalresponse plan for publichealth incidents suchas major infectiousdiseases, and makepreparation formedicines and supplies.
Transitionrisk
Policy andlegal risk
Strict requirementsfor climate-related informationdisclosure
Sho-term,medium-term
Ownoperations
Nosubstantialimpact
We establish andimprove informationdisclosure systemsin accordance withregulato requirementsat operation locations.Domestic andinternational GHGregulations, suchas carbon footprintcontrol on expoedproducts, imposehigher requirementson corporateemission reductionand management.
Medium-term, long-term
OwnoperationsProductsales
Operatingcost ↑
We promote emissionreduction initiatives,increase the share ofrenewable energy,and improve emissionmanagement at theorganizational andproduct levels.
Market risk
Customers prefergreen and low-carbon products,thus raising thebar for suppliercooperation.
Long-term
OwnoperationsProductsales
Revenue↓
We enhance productR&D to continuouslyimprove green andlow-carbon featuresand reduce the carbonfootprint throughout theproduct life cycle.
Technologyrisk
Energy-saving andcarbon reductiontechnology fallsbehind marketdemands.
Medium-term, long-term
Ownoperations
Revenue↓Operatingcost↑Financingdiculty↑
We improve R&Dmanagement systemsfor energy-savingand carbon reductiontechnologies, and keeppace with technologicaladvancements.
Reputationalrisk
Negative climate-related publicitymay damagethe Company’sreputation andaect product sales.
Long-term
Productsales
Revenue ↓Financingdiculty↑
We place impoanceon the Company’scompliance withclimate-relatedregulations andimprove monitoringand managementmechanisms fornegative publicopinions.
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Type ofOpportunities
Potential ImpactAnalysis
ImpactTimeframe
Value ChainStage A?ected
FinancialImpact
Addressing Strategy
Changes inmarket demand
Energy conseation andcarbon reduction havebecome key developmenttrends across industries,leading to increaseddemand for green andlow-carbon products andsolutions.
Sho-term,medium-term,long-term
Product salesRevenue↑
We enhance productgreen and low-carbonfeatures through R&Dto expand customerbase and seize marketoppounities.
Raised customermarket entthreshold
Major domestic andinternational customersare raising green andlow-carbon requirementsfor suppliers, givingcompetitive advantagesto leading enterprises insupplier selection.
Medium-term,long-term
Product salesRevenue↑
We continuously improveproduct green and low-carbon attributes, reduceemissions from productionoperations, and ensureemissions information isveried and disclosed.
StructureAdjustmentof EnergyConsumption
As reducing fossil fuelconsumption andincreasing renewableenergy use have becomesocial and industrialconsensus, the Company’score products andsolutions will help addresskey challenges in thedevelopment of newenergy sectors.
Sho-termProduct salesRevenue↑
We provide more ecientproducts and solutionstailored to customer painpoints in the new energysector, suppoing theclean energy transition.
Building climateresilience
We enhance climateresilience to avoid orreduce potential nanciallosses.
Long-termOwn operations
Operatingcost ↓
Our new productionbases are constructed100% in accordance withgreen facto standardsto enhance climate riskresilience.
Improved ESGratings
Climate-relatedmanagement systemscontribute to improvedESG ratings.
Medium-termOwn operations
Financingcost↓
The Company activelypaicipates in majorESG rating programs toimprove peormance andresponsiveness, aiming forhigher ratings.
Climate Opportunity Matrix
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Progress of and Future Plans for Climate-related TransitionIn operations, the Company continuously diagnoses energy use to identify energy-saving opportunities andadvances production and operational optimization and energy-saving retrofit projects. The Company plans topilot the purchase of carbon credit products such as green electricity, green certificates, and CCERs, and toscale up procurement around its projected carbon peaking year.In supply chain management, the Company has analyzed the low-carbon management status of key suppliers,developed initial emission reduction targets and action plans, and incorporated“carbon peaking and carbonneutrality” criteria into supplier peormance evaluations as bonus items.In terms of oppounities in clean technology, the Company continued to invest in the research and development ofcontrollers, motors, powertrains, and power supplyproducts for new energy vehicles, integrateddigital energy management solutions including the“Central Cooling Station AI Smart Control System”
and the“Digital Air Compression System”, and ultra-high-efficiency motor products and energy storageproducts during the reporting period, supportingthe green and low-carbon transformation acrossthe entire indust chain.
Climate-related Transition StrategyThrough annual assessments of climate risks and oppounities, the Sustainability Committee and SustainabilityOce formulate and update addressing strategies and submit them to EMT and the Board of Directors, whichmakes nal decisions on strategic direction and resource allocation.Based on the 2024 results of climate risk and opportunity identification and analysis, the Company hasdeveloped its climate transition strategy in two dimensions to respond to climate risks and seize greenoppounities.
Climate Risk Response:
Strengthen greenoperational practices, fulfill GHG emissionreduction commitments, promote green supplychain development, and continuously improvethe green supply chain management platform.
Opportunities in Clean Technology:
Activelydevelop products that deliver energy-savingand efficiency-enhancing effects and meet theneeds of a green and low-carbon society, andcreate green, low-carbon solutions that areautomated, digital, and intelligent for differentapplication scenarios.
Medium-termLong-termSho-term
Physical climate impacts: Frequencyand intensity of extreme weatherevents, temperature changes, sea levelrise, and public health incidents.
Market and technological changes:
Customer behavior changes, R&Dinvestment and outcome uncertainties,renewable energy adoption, etc.Stakeholder expectations and behavior:
Shifts in customer and investor expectationsregarding climate response due to marketconditions, and uncertainty in suppliercooperation and capability in executingclimate-related requirements.
Financial impacts: Accuracy of climate-related financial impact quantification,and uncertainty in the outcomes of greenand low-carbon technology investments.
Policy and regulato changes: Nationalcommitments under the Paris Agreementand their changes, and updates to ESGcompliance requirements.Supply chain resilience: Uncertaintyaround whether key suppliers can achieveGHG emission reduction targets.
Climate Resilience
INOVANCE conducts annual climate resilience assessments using both qualitative and quantitative methods.Qualitative analysis identies types and potential impacts of risks and oppounities, while quantitative analysisestimates their expected impact on nancial position, peormance, and cash ow.
Based on assessment results, the Company has strong climate resilience in the sho, medium, and long term:
Key unceainties considered include:
Physical risk response:
The Company has formulatedemergency response plans for various types of disasters toensure the continuity of its production and operations.
Green and low-carbon products:
The Company continuouslydevelops products that promote efficiency, conservation,and align with the needs of society’s green and low-carbontransition, eectively meeting customer demand for sustainableproducts and solutions.
Operational carbon neutrality:
The Company is committedto achieving operational carbon neutrality by 2050. Overthe next 30 years, it plans to continuously invest in low-carbon technology research and development as well as theacquisition of clean facilities, while also introducing carboncapture and carbon sink projects as appropriate to offsetremaining emissions.Zero-carbon supply chain:
The Company continues toengage in technical collaboration with key suppliers to jointlypromote the development of a zero-carbon supply chain.
Low-carbon operations:
The Company is committed to peaking operational carbon emissions by 2028, and will continue to advanceinitiatives such as improving energy eciency, increasing the share of renewable energy use, managing product carbon footprints, anddeveloping a green supplier management platform to achieve this goal.Low-carbon supply chain building:
The Company aims to reduce GHG emission intensity of key suppliers by 30% from 2021 levels by2030 through supplier assessments, technical suppo, and training to help suppliers achieve their emission reduction targets.Seizing opportunities in clean technology:
The company ensures and continuously strengthens its R&D investment in areas suchas new energy vehicles, high-efficiency motors, energy storage products, and digital energy sectors to seize opportunities in greentransformation.
“2850”Goals“3030”GoalsTo achieve operational carbon peaking by 2028.
and operational carbon neutrality by 2050.
To reduce major suppliers’GHG emissionintensity by 30% compared to 2021 by 2030.
Emission ScopeUnit202420232022Scope 1 Direct emissionstCO
e4,091.56 1,807.901,601.90Scope 2 Indirect emissionstCO
e148,705.14125,602.7182,155.14Scope 3 Other indirect emissionstCO
e7,848,603.14//Total GHG emissions from operationtCO
e152,796.70127,410.6183,757.04
GHG emission intensity in operation
tCO
e per RMB million ofrevenue
4.134.193.64
Empowering Decarbonization / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORTRisk ManagementEach year, INOVANCE reassesses its climate impacts, risks and opportunities based on changes in externalenvironments, company strategy, and business models, updating its climate risk and opportunity matrixaccordingly. The Company continues to optimize its response strategies and improve the climate transitionplan The Company also conducts annual climate scenario analyses to assess its adaptability, ensuring it hassucient resources and capabilities to respond to sho-term, medium-term, and long-term climate risks whilecapturing climate-related oppounities.Climate risk management has been integrated into the Company’s overall risk management process, withcomprehensive climate risk assessments and management conducted across all business operations, coveringraw material and equipment procurement, production, sales, and project investment activities.
Since 2021, the Company has conducted annual GHG inventory to monitor the progress of carbon reduction.This year, the Company conducted a GHG inventory of the organizations included in its consolidated financialreport using ISO 14064?2018 and the GHG Protocol. A third-party agency was engaged to verify the GHGemission data and issue a verication statement.
Metrics and GoalsThe Company actively supports China’s“3060”goals and promotes green development within itself andacross the indust. It has set“2850”and“3030” carbon reduction goals.
Note:
1.For the calculation of Scope 2 Indirect emissions, GHG emissions from purchased electricity in 2024 are calculated based on the carbon
dioxide emission factors for each regional power grid, as outlined in the Minist of Ecology and Environment’s Announcement on the Release
of CO
Emission Factors for Electric Power in 2022. Data for 2022 and 2023 have been corrected accordingly.
2.Due to signicant changes in the methodology for calculating Scope 3 emissions in 2024, the Scope 3 data for 2024 are not comparable to
previous years. To avoid misleading repo readers, the previous year’s data is marked with a “/”.
OperationalCarbon NeutralityGoal
To achieve operational carbon peaking by 2028 and operational carbon neutrality by 2050
(“2850”)
Interim GoalsIndicators
BaseYear
202820302050
Energy eciencyimprovement
Energy eciency improvement rate:
Increase in energy use eciency relativeto the baseline year
2021
≥25%improvementin energyeciency
≥30%improvementin energyeciency
——Energy management system coveragerate: Propoion of total energyconsumption by ceied units underISO 50001 relative to the Group’s totalenergy consumption
——
≥80% coverage rate of energy managementsystems from 2028Comprehensive energy managementplatform coverage rate: Propoion ofenergy consumption by units using thecomprehensive energy managementplatform relative to the Group’s totalenergy consumption
——
≥80% coverage rate of the comprehensive ener-gy management platform from 2028
Energy structureoptimization
Propoion of renewable energy use:
Propoion of renewable energyconsumption to the Group’s totalenergy consumption
——
≥10%propoionof renewableenergy use
≥20%propoionof renewableenergy use
——Supply ChainEmissionReduction Goal
To reduce major suppliers’ GHG Emission Intensity by 30% compared to 2021 by 2030 (“3030”)Interim GoalsIndicators
BaselineYear
202620282030
GHG emissionintensity reduction
Average GHG emission intensity ofmajor suppliers
2021
Include GHGemissionintensityof majorsuppliers inpeormanceassessments
Continuouslyassessmentpeormanceevaluationand increaseweight ofrelatedmetrics
Set supplier
GHG emission
intensity
reduction as
an exclusiona
criterionEmpowerment forsupplier emissionreduction
Frequency of empowerment forsupplier emission reduction
——
Conduct annual GHG emission sueys of majorsuppliers, and provide emission reductionguidance, training, and technical suppo
Total GHG Emissions Reduction PracticeINOVANCE has implemented a series of GHG reduction actions aligned with the“2850”and“3030”
goals. Core initiatives include building and certifying energy management systems at major energy-consuming sites, establishing an energy and carbon emission management platform, continuously advancingoperational optimization and energy-saving retrofit projects, raising standards for plant construction, andpromoting energy conservation and emissions reduction among upstream suppliers, to ultimately acceleratethe achievement of emission reduction goals across the entire value chain. (For details, please refer to“Strengthening Energy Management”.)
Strengthening Energy Management
Annual Key Performance
Energy saved from new energy saving projectsPropoion of Renewable Energy Use
Total GHG Emissions Reduced
Total Energy Consumption Intensity
1,458,755kWh/year
12,170.82
6.91%
0.94
tCO
e
tons of standard coal perRMB million of revenue
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Energy Management StrategyImproving the energy management system, optimizing the energy mix, and continuously implementing energy-saving and emission reduction projects are critical for INOVANCE to realize low-carbon production and climatetargets. The Company has formulated management policies including theISC Energy-Saving ManagementSpecication, the Green Facto Construction Specication, and theISC Organizational Energy Consumption AccountingSpecication, and set specic energy-saving targets measured by energy consumption per unit output value.The Company continues to increase renewable energy usage. In the reporting year, total renewable energyconsumption
reached 19,624.75 MWh, accounting for 6.91% of the Company’s total energy consumption.The associated reduction in GHG emissions was 11,325.95 tCO?e. By the end of the repoing period, the totalinstalled capacity of renewable energy power generation equipment within the Company’s operational scopereached 18.83 MW, of which 10.20 MW was newly installed distributed photovoltaic (PV) generation capacity inthe repoing year
.The Company continues to promote the establishment and ceication of energy management systems acrossits business entities. During the reporting period, Suzhou INOVANCE was awarded the title of“2024 GreenFacto in Jiangsu Province” by the Indust and Information Technology Depament of Jiangsu.
Note:
1. Total renewable energy consumption includes green electricity purchased via green certificates, self-generated and consumed
electricity from Company-owned renewable energy facilities, and PV electricity purchased at preferential rates from leased rooftopspace.
2. Total installed capacity of renewable energy and newly installed distributed PV generation capacity include both Company-owned
and EMC-model rooftop installations.
Note:
1. Total GHG emissions reduced = emissions reduced from renewable energy use + emissions reduced from new energy
conseation projects.
Technical Energy-saving Projects implemented during the repoing period include:
CategoryIntroduction
InvestmentAmount(RMB 1,000 )
EstimatedAmount ofEnergy Saved
(kWh/year)
EstimatedProjectBene?t(RMB 1,000 /year)
GHG EmissionsReduced(tCO?e/year)
Energy-savinglighting retrot
The company carried out an energy-saving lightingretrot at the Suzhou INOVANCE’s warehouse by replacinghalogen lamps with LED sensor lights to improve lightingeciency and provide illumination as needed, eectivelyreducing energy consumption in the warehouse lighting.
230.9309,461247.6185.00
Expansion of aircuain use in logistics
The Company expanded the application of thermalinsulation air cuains at the logistics dock area of SuzhouINOVANCE, reducing heat/cooling loss and lowering theenergy consumption of the air conditioning system.
22.89,8277.95.87
Insulation of exhaustpipelines
Suzhou INOVANCE added insulation to exhaust pipelinescaring residual heat in workshops, signicantly reducinguncontrolled heat dissipation and lowering the energyconsumption of the air conditioning system.
11.217,28013.810.33UV curing furnaceupgrade
Suzhou INOVANCE introduced LED UV curing technologyto replace high-energy mercu lamp systems, reducingenergy use of curing furnaces.
208.0190,080152.1113.63Air compressorlinkage upgrade
The air compressor system in Area B of SuzhouINOVANCE was upgraded from independent operationto interconnected hardware setup, with intelligentmanagement enabled via INOVANCE’s proprieta“DigitalAir Compression System”, resulting in signicant energysavings.
198.0680,000544.0406.50
Paint sprayingprocess optimization
Yueyang INOVANCE optimized its spraying process toreduce the number of coating applications, therebylowering energy consumption.
/35,10028.017.20Oven eciencyimprovement
Yueyang INOVANCE improved the ding process,signicantly reducing preheating and curing time, thusdecreasing energy use in ding and curing stages.
/7,0075.63.43Use of energy-ecient equipment
Yueyang INOVANCE purchased inveer air compressorunits equipped with the Company’s in-house AC drives,eectively improving gas-to-electricity ratios andsignicantly increasing energy eciency.
/210,000168.0102.90Total670.91,458,7551,167.0844.87
Advancing Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction
INOVANCE upholds the energy management philosophy that“the greenest electricity is the electricity saved”.In addition to continuously increasing renewable energy use, we have implemented diverse technical energy-saving and management optimization projects to fuher improve energy eciency.
Note:
1. Estimated project benet refers to reduced energy costs due to energy savings, calculated based on RMB 0.80 per kWh.
2. Reductions in GHG emissions are calculated based on the carbon dioxide emission factors for each regional power grid, as outlined in the
Minist of Ecology and Environment’s Announcement on the Release of CO
Emission Factors for Electric Power in 2022.
Management Optimization Projects Implemented during the Repoing PeriodCategoryMeasuresProgress and ResultsEnergy managementsystem building
We advanced energy management in a systematicmanner to ensure legal compliance, conductedenergy audits, identied oppounities for energyeciency improvement, continuously enhancedenergy management eciency, and raisedemployee awareness of energy conseation.
Suzhou INOVANCE passed ISO 50001:2018 Energy Management Systemceication during the repoing period.
Renement ofstandards for newinfrastructureconstruction
We revised the Green Facto ConstructionSpecication based on the Evaluation Table ofGreen Facto Indicators issued by the Ministof Indust and Information Technology, andproposed specic construction requirementsfor new factories from intensive land use, non-toxic raw materials, clean production, resourcerecycling, and low-carbon energy.
The construction specication has been applied during the newinfrastructure construction projects of Nanjing INOVANCE, JinanINOVANCE, and Xi’an INOVANCE.
Application andoptimization of thecomprehensiveenergy managementplatform
Nanjing INOVANCE and Changzhou New Energyapplied the Company’s self-developed energymanagement system.
As of the end of the repoing period, the number of manufacturingcenters applying the system reached four, indicating continuousenhancement in comprehensive energy management.
New energy consumption monitoring and analysisfunctions for single products.
By enabling data integration with the MES system, the platform hasfacilitated energy consumption monitoring and analysis at the single-product level, providing data suppo for manufacturing cost and productcarbon footprint accounting, while also helping to identify oppounitiesand potential for reducing manufacturing energy consumption andimproving eciency.New automated energy data repoing function.
Yueyang INOVANCE has implemented automated daily repoing of keyenergy consumption data, streamlining energy management processesand ensuring that management personnel can promptly access andanalyze data, providing strong data suppo and systematic assurance forenergy management.The Perception-Based Behavior Control Systemfor Air Conditioning and Lighting was piloted.
This system uses sensing technologies to detect the real-time needsfor air conditioning and lighting in oce spaces, applying managementstrategies tailored to dierent space types to minimize waste withoutcompromising user comfo. As of the end of the repoing period, thesystem has been piloted in selected areas at Suzhou INOVANCE.Energy-saving tourinspections
The Company routinely conducts tourinspections targeting improvements in energyconsumption related to daily oce operations andmanufacturing activities.
In 2024, the Company conducted 28 energy-saving tour inspections.For identied instances of energy waste, the Company issues internalnotications and takes corrective actions to ensure proper implementationof the improvements.
Energy-savingtraining
The Company conducted various energy-savingtraining sessions.
We conducted a total of 12 training sessions on topics related to carbonpeaking and carbon neutrality were conducted, with 511 trainees intotal, who were mainly team leaders from various manufacturing centersand other personnel involved in energy-saving management.One energy-saving training session was delivered to newly recruitedgraduates.These targeted energy-saving training programs enhanced employees’awareness and skills related to energy conseation.
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Innovative Green Products
Optimizing product design to reduce product weight or volume, with afocus on selecting green and renewable raw materials, thereby reducingmaterial consumption.MaterialConservation
The MD630, INOVANCE’s new generation of globalgeneral-purpose AC drives, features innovative coolingtechnologies and an advanced minimum currentalgorithm. Compared to the previous generation, itachieves a 10% reduction in current under equal load,20% less copper loss in motors, and an average volumereduction of 30%, effectively saving cabinet spaceand reducing product weight and natural resourceconsumption. All models in the MD630 series meet the IE2energy eciency level.
Case: MD630 Series General-purpose AC Drives
In the context of the global green and low-carbon transition, INOVANCE integrates ecological andenvironmental protection values into product innovation, exploring potential for resource intensiveutilization in design and manufacturing, enhancing energy-saving performance, reducing resourceconsumption, and actively practicing the circular economy model.
Product Green DesignINOVANCE adheres to the principle of green design with the INOVANCE Product Identity Design Guidebook
published as a fundamental guideline for product design. The guidebook explicitly states that product designshould follow the principles of“material conservation, process simplification, packaging minimization, andfunctional modularization”to comprehensively reduce GHG emissions and resource consumption throughoutthe product lifecycle, fuher enhance the environmental protection and sustainability of products.
Product Design Principles
The HD3X series adopts a three-level topologyand common DC bus design. Compared tocascaded AC drives of the same specification,the HD3X significantly reduces productvolume and weight, easing space and loadrequirements while boosting energy efficiencyby 2% to 2.5%, lowering the product usagecost throughout the entire life cycle for users.This product has been successfully applied inseveral major projects.
The Company is phasing in paper materials to replace wood and plastic in product packaging,reducing negative impact on the environment. By the end of the reporting year, about 20% ofproducts on sale used paper-based packaging, and nearly 50% of newly developed products adoptedsuch solutions.
Case: HD3X Series Three-level Medium-voltage AC Drives
Case: Paper Instead of Wood and Plastic
Streamline packaging size, save packaging materials, gradually replacedisposable packaging materials with recyclable or reusable materials, andminimize packaging waste.
Adopt compact layouts and modular thinking to streamline componentsand reduce resource consumption during production.
PackagingMinimization
FunctionalModularization
The Company reduced material use by reusingand simplifying internal structures, optimizing PCBlayout and component installation. For instance,in the IO product, enhanced modular designlevel and material reuse rate led to breakthroughthin-wall designs that reduced product weightand plastic consumption. This measure alone isexpected to save 27 tons of plastic annually.
Case: IO Product Modular Design
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The Company has continuously strengthened the standardization of mold design. By enhancingthe standardization degree of mold bases, the reuse rate of molds has been increased andthe demand for newly opened molds has been reduced. Through the modularization andplatformization of mold development, the proportion of reusing existing structural designsand matching molds in the process of new product development has been increased, therebyreducing the number of newly opened molds. This approach saved an estimated 12.2 tons ofstainless steel in 2024 mold development.
Case: Mold Standardization
In 2024, the Company replaced the sheet metal material in the elevator ARD emergency powersupply product with high-strength engineering plastic. While ensuring structural strength andproduct quality, this initiative reduced product weight by 30%, thereby lowering the consumptionof natural resources. At the same time, as plastic can be formed through injection molding, itnot only reduces the number of components and assembly procedures but also eliminates theenvironmental impact of the painting process required for sheet metal.
In the reporting year, the Company carried out lean management focusing on QCD (Quality, Cost,and Delivery), aiming to eliminate waste and enhance production efficiency and process quality.The Company established a capacity planning mechanism to review the production resources ofeach manufacturing center monthly. Based on client demand, we allocated personnel, equipment,and site resources reasonably and invested in value-added projects to ensure effective resourceutilization and avoid waste. At the same time, we actively promoted digital transformation byintroducing tools such as Andon systems and SFM digital systems to achieve real-time monitoringand analysis of production data, thereby improving management efficiency and decision-makingaccuracy, and suppoing ecient on-site operations. In 2024, through increasing automation rates,lean improvement, process optimization, and energy-saving technological upgrades, the Companyenhanced both production eciency and resource utilization.
In 2024, INOVANCE Automotive set a target of over 40% utilization rate for recycled aluminum.By the end of the reporting period, the utilization rate of recycled aluminum at INOVANCEAutomotive had increased to 55%.
Material Substitution
Material Recycling and Reuse
Case: Plastic is Used to Replace Sheet Metal in the Elevator ARD Emergency Power Supply
Case: INOVANCE Automotive Increases Aluminum Recycling Rate
Practicing Circular Economy
The Company consistently upholds the concept of circular economy, comprehensively enhances resource useefficiency, and achieves resource recycling and sustainable economic growth. Through material substitution,reduction, recycling and reuse, and improved management efficiency, the Company gradually explores andpromotes optimal solutions that balance economic and environmental benets.
Management E?ciency EnhancementCase: Lean Management to Improve Automation and Digitalization
In 2024, the Company’s products and solutions continued to be successfully applied across multiple sectors includingindust, transpoation, and power, suppoing the green and low-carbon transformation of various industries.Enhance production eciency and product qualityConsee energy, materials, labor, and space
“Two Enhancements”“Four Conservations”
Jointly Building a Net-zero Future
Case: Upgrading Vertical Mills in the Steel Industry
Annual Key Performance
Newly avoided GHG emissionsProportion of revenue derived from clean
tech-related products and seices
59.63%
tCO?e/year14,447,904
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Achieving the dual-carbon goals and promoting a net-zero future depends on cooperation andcollaboration across the entire society. INOVANCE insists on innovation in products and solutions. Onthe one hand, we implement the requirements of“Four Conservations and Two Enhancements”tocontinuously enhance the overall competitiveness of our products and solutions. On the other hand,we remain agile in sensing and capturing the demand for green and low-carbon transformation acrossindustries, creating green and low-carbon value for customers and users.
The Company continuously iterates its products and solutions to provide efficient,energy-saving, and environmentally friendly oerings to clients across industrial sectors.Industrial Sector
In 2024, subsidiary Dalian Zhiding partnered with Angang GreenSource to apply its newly developed 3 MW high-voltage semi-direct-drive vertical mill drive system to actual production scenariosat Angang Green Source. This filled a gap in the application ofpermanent magnet motors in slag micropowder production,signicantly improving equipment production eciency and productquality, enhancing energy savings, and reducing system failure rates.The system adopts INOVANCE’s frequency conversion intelligentspeed regulation technology, which precisely controls motor speed according to production needs, eectively avoidingquality instability issues caused by speed fluctuations in traditional motors. In addition, the system’s coaxial drivelow-speed gear design significantly improves operational efficiency, achieving an annual energy saving rate of over10%, with notable energy-saving and emission-reduction effects. The semi-direct-drive permanent magnet designintegrates the motor, reducer, and gear bearing into a“three-in-one”drive system, simplifying the transmissionstructure by 50%, reducing failure rates by 80%, and shoening fault detection and maintenance cycles by 95%.
Onboard vehicle-mounted charging system are evolving toward reduced space occupancy, higher chargingefficiency, greater reliability, and lower incidence of safety issues. The subsidiary INOVANCE Automotivecontinuously launches high-power-density, high-eciency, highly reliable, and highly safe power supply productsto meet market demand. INOVANCE Automotive’s 6.6 kW (OBC) + 3 kW (DC/DC) integrated product reaches apower density of 3.6 kW/L (including in-vehicle discharge), significantly enhancing power density. It supportsmultiple charging/discharging and DC/DC eciency congurations, achieving a charging eciency of 94% to 96%.The product uses components that meet full automotive-grade standards, passing reliability tests equivalent to 15years or 300,000 kilometers (reliability > 99.7%). Its functional safety level reaches ASIL D, with fully veried safetypeormance. INOVANCE Automotive’s innovative onboard power solutions for new energy vehicles not only oerhigher quality, reliability, and safety but also contribute to improved energy efficiency and extended lifespan ofnew energy vehicles, suppoing the green development of the transpoation sector.
Case: Innovative Onboard Power Supply Solutions for New Energy Vehicles
The Company continues to make efforts in the transportation sector, with innovativegreen products and solutions widely applied in transport vehicles and infrastructure,helping the transpoation indust move toward green and intelligent development.TransportationSector
INOVANCE’s MV33 series is a new generation of flat-wire permanent magnetsynchronous motor featuring ultra-high energy efficiency, compact design, highreliability, and modular structure. This series adopts Vplus-hairpin at wire technology.Compared to commonly used round wire, this design improves slot fill rate by 20%,significantly enhancing power density, reducing line energy loss, and achievingcompact size and high energy efficiency. The product can reach a maximum energyefficiency level of“IE6”
[Note], and achieves“Double 90”high-efficiency zoneperformance, i.e., efficiency above 90% in 90% of the operating range. Under thesame conditions, its power loss is over 20% lower than that of motors meeting thehighest IE5 standard. Furthermore, the product significantly reduces its physicalvolume and the consumption of raw materials. For the same power output, the MV33series motor is 20% to 40% smaller than IE3 eciency asynchronous motors, reducingthe installation space required and promoting equipment miniaturization, therebyfuher decreasing consumption of natural resources.
Case: MV33 Series Low-voltage Permanent Magnet Synchronous Industrial Motors
Note:
The“IE6”eciency level is an internalestimate and not an ocial standard,intended to indicate peormancesignicantly exceeding the IE5eciency level.
Case: Industrial and Commercial Energy Storage Net-zero Solution for aClient in Zhumadian, Henan Province
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The Company actively participates in the construction of new power systems,focusing on generation, grid, load, and storage, and innovates integrated multi-scenario solutions to suppo the green and low-carbon transformation of the powersector. Taking the energy storage business as an example, by the end of the repoingperiod, the Company had cumulatively delivered over 15 GW of energy storageproducts to the market, covering multiple application scenarios including large-scalepower station storage, commercial and industrial storage, and residential storage.Leveraging our deep expertise in power electronics, control technology, and digitalenergy management, we have developed energy solutions that cover all aspects ofgeneration, transmission, distribution, and utilization. In 2024, the Company innovateda commercial model for zero-carbon park solutions and collaborated with ecosystempartners across the industry chain to provide customers with integrated servicesincluding consulting, design, procurement, construction, and operation.
Power Sector
The industrial and commercial energy storage project for a client in Zhumadian, Henan Province is INOVANCE’sfirst self-invested, self-built, and self-operated energy storage station. It also marks the Company’s first pilotEPC-mode industrial and commercial energy storage project. The project centers on three sets of 100 kW/232kWh integrated industrial and commercial energy storage cabinets, which use liquid cooling for heat dissipationand are connected to the grid, distributed photovoltaics, and charging pile systems. After commissioning,the project will reduce electricity costs for the owner, improve power supply stability and renewable energyconsumption capacity, and support the owner in continuously optimizing energy structure and progressingwith green and low-carbon transition.
LoadCharging PileEnergy StorageCabinet
Cloud EMS
CombinerCabinetDieselGeneratorPVModule
PV Inveer
TransformerGrid
Comparison of Directly and Collaboratively Avoided GHG Emissions
Accounting Bounda
Scope 4 CategoryDirectly Avoided GHG EmissionsCollaboratively Avoided GHG Emissions
Denition
A facility or equipment, after using INOVANCE’sproducts or solutions, does not signicantlychange its core feature or form, but ratherproduces notably less GHG emissions beyondthe value chain while fullling the samefunctions.
INOVANCE, in synergy with its industrial paners,has jointly contributed to a fundamental changeor substitution of a facility or equipment, and suchchange or substitution has produced notably lessGHG emissions beyond the value chain.
Calculation method
Directly avoided emissions = GHG emissionsof the original facility or equipment underthe baseline scenario - GHG emissions of thefacility or equipment after using productsand solutions of INOVANCE under the samescenario
Collaboratively avoided emissions = GHGemissions of the original facility or equipmentunder the baseline scenario – GHG emissionsof the new facility or equipment applyingINOVANCE’s products and solutions under thesame scenarioWhether there isany change in thecore feature of theequipment/facilities
NoYesAttribution ofavoided GHGemissions
All allocated to INOVANCEPaially allocated to INOVANCE
Scope 4 CategoryDirectly Avoided GHG EmissionsCollaboratively Avoided GHG EmissionsSystem bounda
GHG emissions generated by the equipment or facilities applying INOVANCE’s products during theiruseFunctional unit
Each facility or equipment equipped withINOVANCE’s products
Each substitute facility or equipment withequivalent functionsTime periodFrom Janua 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024
INOVANCE disclosed“Scope 4: Avoided GHG Emissions”for the rst time in the 2023ESG Report (for the definition of Scope 4, please refer to the Environmental, Social,and Governance Report 2023), as a means of quantifying the energy-saving andcarbon-reduction benets of the Company’s products. In 2024, INOVANCE continuedto calculate both directly and collaboratively avoided GHG emissions resulting fromthe different categories of products launched during the year based on actualbusiness conditions and fuher optimized the calculation methodology.
Scope 4:
Avoided GHG
Emissions
For the methodology and allocation rules for calculating avoided GHG emissions, please refer to the relevantsection of the Company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance Repo 2023.
Directly avoided GHGemissions
Collaboratively avoidedGHG emissions
20232024
CategoryApplication Classi?cation
Avoided GHG Emissions
(tCO?e/year)
Directlyavoided GHGemissions
Application of AC drive products across various industries, includingair conditioners, air compressors, textile machine, lifting equipment,and fans and pumps
4,700,983Application of hydraulic seo systems across various sectors, includinghydraulic stations, bending equipment, and forging equipment
485,595Application of high-eciency permanent magnet synchronous motorsin industries such as fans and pumps, injection molding machines,textiles, and rail transit
70,698Application of regenerative AC drives across various industries,including test benches, large transmission equipment, elevators, etc
64,064Power-related applications, currently referring specically to shorepower systems
20,337
Collaborativelyavoided GHGemissions
Application of wind power pitch control systems and yaw systems inwind power generation equipment
7,413,067Application of traction conveers and asynchronous traction motors insubways, light rail, and trams
7,251Application of electric drive systems, motors, powerains, and vehicle-mounted charging systems in electric passenger vehicles
460,331Application of electric drive systems in electric commercial vehicles1,225,578Total14,447,904
tCO?e
tCO?e
tCO?e
tCO?e
4,375,424
4,904,111
5,341,677
9,106,227
Empowering Decarbonization / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORTAccording to incomplete statistical calculations, the“Scope 4: Avoided GHG Emission”eects of the productsand solutions launched by INOVANCE in the market in 2024 are as follows:
Since 2023, through innovation in products and solutions, INOVANCE has cumulatively avoided 35,944,958tCO?e of GHG emissions for society.
Ecosystem ProtectionINOVANCE pays close attention to the environmental impact of its production and operational activities.We have established and improved an environmental management system, identified and mitigatedenvironmental risks, and strictly controlled pollutant emissions in accordance with laws and regulations.We are committed to protecting the ecological environment and biodiversity at our places of operationand promoting the development of sustainable cities and communities.
Environmental Compliance ManagementThe Company and its subsidiaries have strengthened the construction of environmental management systems,regularly identify environmental risks, and formulate emergency response plans for major risks. The Companyconducts internal audits and accepts third-party audits in accordance with ISO 14001?2015 requirements,continuously improving weak points in the management system. In 2024, one additional key operationsite (Yueyang INOVANCE) obtained ISO 14001 certification, and several other key sites passed systemrecertification. As of the end of the reporting period, 66.67% of key operation sites had obtained ISO 14001ceication. During the repoing period, the subsidia Suzhou INOVANCE was awarded the honora title of
“2024 Gold Medal Enterprise of the Suzhou Enterprise Self-Inspection and Self-Correction Service Platform”
by the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment.
Pollutant Emissions ManagementThe Company strictly carries out business activities in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of thecountries and regions where it operates. Internal policy documents such as theHazardous Waste ManagementSystem, the Waste Management Procedure, and theOccupational Health,Safety and Environmental Monitoring andMeasurement Procedurehave been issued. We collect and monitor waste emission data and collaborate withprofessional third paies to properly dispose of various types of pollutants. We are steadily promoting emissionreduction and improving recycling and reuse rates.
Emission Type
Collection and Monitoring
Process
Disposal Method
Examples of Reduction, Recycling
and ReuseDomestic sewage
Sampling and monitoringof wastewater quality iscommissioned annually to athird-pay agency.
Sewage is collected throughmunicipal pipelines andtranspoed to municipalsewage treatment plants fordisposal.
Sensor-activated water dispensers areused for domestic water, and posterspromoting water conseation aredisplayed nearby to advocate water-saving behaviors and reduce domesticwastewater discharge.Waste gas fromproduction
Waste gas is collected throughsealed piping, and its dischargeis monitored annually by athird-pay agency to ensurecompliance.
Waste gas is disposed ofthrough waste gas treatmentfacilities, such as high-ecient ltration of dust andadsorption of VOCs waste gasusing activated carbon.
We use water-based cleaning agentsinstead of solvent-based cleaningagents, and solvent-free impregnatingvarnishes instead of solvent-basedimpregnating varnishes to reduce VOCemissions.General industrialsolid waste
Industrial solid waste is properlysoed, centrally collected inworkshops, and then transpoedto general industrial solid wastewarehouses for compliantdisposal.
Solid waste is entrusted toinstitutions with qualication toconduct general industrial solidwaste disposal.
Packaging waste from product transfersand shipping is reduced by usingrecyclable or reusable containers.
Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste is centrallycollected in workshops andstored in a hazardous wastewarehouse in categorized zones,then legally transferred to third-pay disposal organizations.
Hazardous waste is entrusted toinstitutions with qualication toconduct compliant hazardouswaste disposal.
We purify and recycle cleaningwastewater through processimprovements.
Annual Key Performance
Water recycling rate
75.03%
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Water Resource UtilizationIn 2024, INOVANCE used the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) toassess water-related impacts at 23 operation sites. Based on water-related dependencies, impacts, risks, andopportunities, the Company identified sites located in water-stressed areas and strengthened water-savingmanagement at those sites.The Company has always attached great importance to water conservation. The Company has developedmultiple water resource management initiatives and regularly monitors relevant indicators of water use. Watermeters have been installed at each subsidiary as a statistical unit, and water usage data is collected regularly.For office areas, only certified water-saving fixtures and equipment are permitted. Posters and awarenessmessages are used to guide employees toward water-saving habits in their daily routines. For water usedin factories, the Company requires newly built factories to plan and construct rainwater harvesting andreuse facilities during the design stage. For existing factories, the focus is on strengthening water recyclinginfrastructure and water balance testing.
Biodiversity ProtectionIn 2024, INOVANCE conducted its rst biodiversity impact assessment. The Company selected 12 key operationsites in mainland China and assessed species distribution and proximity to protected areas within a 5 km radiusof each site using a biodiversity impact assessment tool developed by the Shan Shui Conseation Center andthe Peking University Center for Nature and Society.
Species Impact AssessmentWithin the 5 km radius of the 12 evaluated operation sites, no critically endangered or endangered speciesas defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), nor any critically endangered,endangered, or vulnerable species as listed in theRedlist of China’s Biodiversity, nor any Class-I protected animalsunder the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlifewere found. Some key operationsites evaluated are within 5 km of habitats of Class-II protected animals and animals on the List of TerrestrialWildlife Species with Signicant Ecological, Scientic and Societal Value. One vulnerable species was identiedwithin a 5 km radius of the subsidia INOVANCE Automotive.
Protected Areas Impact AssessmentWithin a 5 km radius of eight evaluated key operation sites, there are no national parks, nature resees, WorldNatural Heritage Sites, or Ramsar Wetlands. Four sites are near nature parks, with INOVANCE Automotive andMJB each adjacent to two such parks. We will strengthen ecological monitoring and protection around thesesites in the future.Overall, no significant biodiversity risks were identified within a 5 km radius of the evaluated key operationsites. For species and protected area impact assessment tables, please refer to Appendix 6.
Overall Quality Management
Goals
Based on the current quality levels of dierent products, set dierentiated improvement goals,
with no less than10% improvement.Specic Target IndicatorsTarget for the Repoing PeriodProgress
TargetAchievementStatusCustomer satisfaction
Continue third-pay satisfaction sueys;overall satisfaction increased year-on-year.
Third-pay customer satisfaction scoreincreased by 1.11 points year-on-year
AchievedCustomer issue resolution rate
Customer and internal issue resolution rate >92%
Customer and internal issue resolution rate >
94.60%
AchievedProduct failure rateProduct improvement ≥ 10%Product improvement > 20%AchievedCustomer audit pass rateCustomer audit pass rate: 100%Annual customer audit pass rate: 100%Achieved
Annual Key Performance
Customer audit pass rateCustomer issue resolution rate100%94.60%
Quality training coverage rate for front-line employees
100%
Strict Product Quality Control
INOVANCE strictly complies with theProduct Quality Law of the People’s Republic of Chinaand theRegulations onthe Supeision and Management of Quality and Safety Responsibilities of Industrial Product Production Units, amongother laws, regulations, and product-related standards. With the vision and mission of“Promoting IndustrialCivilization with Excellent Quality,”and the guiding principle of“dual full cycle, dual safety,”we benchmarkagainst indust best practices, focus on customer satisfaction, implement zero-defect management acrossthe entire value chain, and build a platform-based organizational capability centered on prevention tocomprehensively enhance the quality of our products, solutions, and seices.
INOVANCE adheres to the value of“Customer first,”maintains a customer-centric service philosophy,focuses on customer satisfaction, improves product quality, enhances customer experience, and helpscustomers succeed.
Focus on Customer Satisfaction
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Product Safety Management?“Dual Full Cycle, Dual Safety” in ProductsINOVANCE places great importance on product safety management and promotes the concept of“dual fullcycle, dual safety”—ensuring personal and propey safety for customers and users across all circulation cycleand the entire product lifecycle. During product design and development, the Company identifies potentialsafety risks based on different application scenarios and implements countermeasures to enhance intrinsicsafety from the source. Product safety and quality performance are incorporated into relevant departmentaland senior management peormance evaluations.
? Enhancing Product Safety Certi?cation RequirementsThis year, the Company added new requirements for document control related to product safety certification,including specications for technical documentation contents, control methods, consistency requirements, keycomponent inspection for explosion-proof products, supplier management (including key components andseice suppliers), and regulations on CCC ceication and mark management.
? Industrial Cybersecurity DevelopmentINOVANCE’s products and systems strictly adhere to cybersecurity standards and specifications throughoutthe design, development, integration, and deployment stages to ensure secure and reliable products andservices for customers. During the reporting period, the Company successfully obtained the IEC 62443-4-1cybersecurity system ceication, highlighting its outstanding capabilities in industrial cybersecurity.
? Product Environmental Substance ManagementIn 2024, the Company developed and implemented standards for managing environmental substances. Thesestandards apply to INOVANCE’s products and all constituent raw materials, parts, components, auxiliarymaterials, consumables, and packaging materials. Combining the requirements of the EU RoHS and REACHdirectives, the Company has strengthened product environmental substance management across the entireprocess. As of the end of the repoing period, there were no product recalls due to safety or health issues.
Product Quality Management
Improving the Quality ManagementSystemIn 2024, the Company continued to build and enhanceits quality management system by optimizing itsstructure, clarifying key quality management initiatives,and updating reward and punishment mechanisms toimprove overall management standards. The propoionof key operation sites certified to ISO 9001?2015 reached100% during the year.
The Company identifies business requirements (including but not limited to customerrequirements, Company strategy, general indust quality management standards, and systemrequirements), establishes quality management master plans for each business module(including quality requirements and elements), and sub-processes for quality domains. Itextracts business-adapted quality elements and fully embeds them into business activities.Quality is ensured through process chain activities, thereby creating value. During the year,the Company collected quality management requirements across all stages of the productcirculation process and full lifecycle and conducted analysis and sorting of the requirementsfor each stage.
The Company focuses on the quality of system construction and requires the system tofully support and enhance physical quality. This jointly drives the implementation of thethree major closed loops: from customer needs to customer satisfaction, from strategy tovalue creation, and continuous improvement of the management system, thus laying a solidfoundation for high-quality development.
Physical QualityManagement
System QualityManagement
? Optimizing Quality Management StructureINOVANCE continuously optimized the business structure for quality management and adopted the "721"principle for hierarchical quality management—resolving 70% of issues at the first level, 20% at the secondlevel, and 10% at the third level— to improve eciency. Under this system, EMT sees as the highest decision-making body for quality management, the management team is responsible for cross-depament coordinationand resource support, departments address internal quality issues, and frontline teams respond quickly tocustomer feedback and resolve on-site quality problems.The Company adopts a model of centralized group planning and localized management, requiring subsidiariesto follow the principle of“the same INOVANCE, the same quality.”Throughout the product lifecycle, theCompany denes quality roles at each stage to ensure quality control at eve link. Quaerly quality meetingsare held to rank the achievement of quality goals and enhance management’s focus on quality peormance. In2024, the Company established a new product quality management team composed of professional R&D stato support quality assurance during the product development stage. The Company further clarified CustomerQuality Management (CQM) responsibilities and strengthened solution-oriented quality management forcustomer-facing activities.? Clarifying the Direction of Quality ManagementBased on actual business needs, the Company has categorized quality management into physical qualitymanagement and system quality management, clarifying the overall direction of quality-related eos.
? Updating Quality Reward and Penalty MechanismsThis year, the Company expanded the scope and lowered the thresholds of quality-related rewards to guideand encourage all employees to practice a culture of quality. Regarding penalties for quality issues, theCompany emphasized accountability in the reporting year to ensure effective implementation of the conceptthat“business leaders are the first person responsible for quality.”By strengthening the leading role ofbusiness leaders, the Company promoted full employee participation in jointly improving product quality andeectively implementing various quality management requirements.
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Product Safety and Quality Management at Di?erent Life StagesStageQuality Control InitiativesContinuous Improvement Initiatives
Productdevelopment
· Integrates APQP and IPD, applying automotive quality managementphilosophies, tools, and methods to industrial product development toenhance the quality of new industrial products.· Ensures that the product development stage meets regulatory andother product safety standards, sets dual safety red lines, and enhancesproduct-related safety requirements.· Conducts quality reviews at various stages of research and developmentto ensure the success rate and eciency of product design and development.
· The Root Cause Analysis team is responsible for targetedimprovements to design issues from the previous year.· The NPI Quality organization strengthens quality managementduring the new product introduction process.· Promotes product quality improvements from the sourcethrough design enhancements.
Materialprocurement
· Categorically and hierarchically carries out supplier introduction andquality management work, extending quality requirements to multi-tiersuppliers.· Conducts incoming inspection activities for dierent suppliers, includingregular inspection, external inspection, exemption, and stringentinspection.
· The SQE organization conducts supplier quality assessments,evaluating incoming materials, quality services, 8D reports, andunauthorized changes.· Organizes special improvement competitions and reportingmeetings for suppliers.
Manufacturing
· Promotes intelligent and digital transformation at multiple sites,advances MES development, and ensures precise traceability fromraw materials to finished products and from suppliers to customers,maintaining production quality consistency and gradual improvement.· Tests all products 100% during the manufacturing process.· Implements comprehensive control over all factors in the manufacturingprocess, including personnel, machinery, materials, methods, andenvironment.
· The QCC improvement team continuously addresses and tracksquality issues during production.· A Lean Improvement Organization was established to promoterefined management of the manufacturing environment andachieve zero defects through lean production practices.· Provides training and empowerment to quality personnel,regularly organizes quality conferences and award-reportingevents to enhance motivation for improvements.Market seice
· Focuses on customer satisfaction, upgrades joint warranty spare passeices, and establishes an international technical seice center.· Sets up professional after-sales customer seice and quality complaintinterfaces, providing professional and timely technical support tocustomers.· The after-sales quality depament analyzes quality issues and followsup on them until they are resolved.
· Integrates ITR operations and transformations to strengthen thetiered management of after-sales quality issues, enhancing theeciency and thoroughness of solutions.· Strengthens CQM at the customer end to target and enhancemanagement eectiveness.
? Identi?cation and Prevention of Quality RisksThe Company identifies and assesses product quality risks based on dynamic changes in the internal andexternal environment and business development needs. This year, risk control efforts focused on domesticsubstitution of materials, software development quality, and product safety.Product Safety Risk Control: Based on the“dual full cycle, dual safety”concept and the goal of“zero safetyissues,”the Company identifies and eliminates safety risks throughout the stages of product design,manufacturing, application, and commissioning, ensuring personal and propey safety in all scenarios.Material Domestic Substitution Risk Control: Starting from product design and considering applicationconditions, design requirements, and material characteristics, the Company conducts full-scale optimization—from complete machines to components—covering material certification, supplier management, incominginspection, and production testing to reduce risks associated with material issues.
Software Development Quality Risk Control: The Company carries out software improvement projectsto achieve digital and intelligent improvements in software modularity and self-testing of test software,signicantly enhancing software development quality.During the reporting period, the Company had no product recalls due to legal or regulatory requirements orinstructions from competent government depaments, nor were there any major disputes related to product quality.
Product Lifecycle Quality Management
Internal Audits
External Audits
Focused primarily on the Company’s internal quality management systems andprocesses. In 2024, the Company conducted three internal audits, includingtwo QPA audits of manufacturing processes and one assessment of the qualitymanagement system.
Including third-party audits (system and product compliance audits) andcustomer audits. In 2024, third-party organizations spent more than 12cumulative days conducting audits based on project and order requirements.During the reporting year, the Company underwent 68 customer audits,achieving a 100% pass rate.
Supplier Quality Management
INOVANCE has established an all-process quality control system for suppliers, integrating the ISO 9001 qualitymanagement system standards. Through regular internal assessments, the Company strictly controls thequality of its suppliers. The Company categorizes and ranks suppliers, provides improvement plans for non-compliant ones, and establishes a phase-out mechanism to enhance overall supplier quality.? New Supplier Admission Audit
The company follows theNew Supplier Audit Process and Management Standardsand theSupplier FactoryAudit Reportfor guiding new supplier admissions, requiring all new suppliers to pass the ISO 9001 qualitymanagement system. New suppliers are assessed in several dimensions including quality system maturity,environmental and safety standards, quality organization and personnel capabilities, process qualitymanagement, customer seice, reliability assurance capabilities, and sustainable development. In the repoingyear, additional evaluation criteria such as operational risk and key person insights were introduced for newsuppliers.? Supplier Material Quality ManagementThe Company has established material quality management procedures and processes, including theInspectionGuidelines for Risk Procurement Materials, the Material Reliability Management Guidelines, and theEnvironmentalCompliance Specications for Materials.The company applies differentiated quality management strategies based on the category and gradeof materials. For critical materials, quality risk prevention management is conducted in advance, withstrengthened controls for special material characteristics and enhanced quality grading. For general materials,an elimination policy is implemented to intercept and prevent defective materials from entering the process.Additionally, the company has implemented theComponent PPAP Process, requiring suppliers to pass thecomponent PPAP ceication to better meet customer quality requirements.
Focus on Customer Satisfaction / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT? Internal and External Quality AuditsEvery year, INOVANCE conducts internal audits and third-party supervisory audits for quality managementin accordance with ISO 9001 standards, customer requirements, and industry standards to identify areas forquality improvement and ensure products meet customer quality management requirements.
Training on the ImplementationStandards for Product EnvironmentalSubstances and Supplier EnvironmentalCompliance Management
Supplier Quality Communication onEight Major Quality Areas
Supplier Change and Variation Risk
Communication
Material Quality RiskIdenti?cation
Control Measures
Classication and grading ofmaterial quality risks
The Company implemented the Material Quality Grading Rules and used templates such as the Supplier QualityInformation Suey. In 2024, quality grading was applied to new substitute materials and existing high-risk materials.Supplier material change risks
The number of supplier change scenarios was expanded from 7 to 25, including scenarios such as cleaning auxiliamaterial changes and multi-tier supplier changes. The supplier change management process was reviewed and optimized.The PCN Agreement and the PCN Guidelines were updated, and 47 QPA audit checklists were archived and applied.Supplier material variation risks
Through monthly quality data monitoring of the “Three Key Elements” (key personnel, key activities, and keycharacteristics), along with unscheduled and unannounced audits, the Company strengthened quality oversight andmanagement of supplier production processes.Supplier material reliability risks
A Key Reliability Verication Checklist was developed to unify critical material reliability management requirements.The Material Reliability Management Guidelines were optimized. A reliability repo monitoring mechanism wasestablished for suppliers, along with Reliability Test Standards for 55 material categories. Quick product reliability test(ORT) schemes were implemented for high-risk materials such as power devices.
? Supplier Quality Performance Management
Based on documents such as the Industrial Supplier Quality Peormance Management Specications, theFull SupplyChain Supplier Quality Management System, and theTier 2 Supplier Quality Management Standards, the Companymanages quality for suppliers of different types and levels. INOVANCE conducts monthly performanceassessments for key suppliers, covering environmental performance, safety compliance testing, major qualityissues, unauthorized changes, and market quality issues. Suppliers are graded as Excellent (Grade A), Good(Grade B), Poor (Grade C), or Eliminated (Grade D).Beyond tier-1 suppliers, the Company clearly communicates customer requirements, quality standards, andquality goals to multi-tier suppliers and collaborates with tier-1 suppliers to implement quality managementfor multi-tier suppliers, requiring direct suppliers and key material sub-suppliers to signQuality AgreementsandChange Management Agreements. During the reporting period, the Company completed quality performanceassessments for 225 key suppliers.? Supplier Performance Improvement and CoachingFor suppliers that fail assessments, the Company provides coaching and monitors the implementation ofcorrective actions to ensure closed-loop management of quality issues. If improvement is unsatisfactory, theCompany may adjust procurement quotas, eliminate material codes, or disqualify suppliers to prevent recurringquality problems. Additionally, the Company emphasizes supplier quality requirements communication, organizesad hoc quality training and coaching, and holds supplier quality conferences to align suppliers with INOVANCE’squality strategies, control points, and goals. No suppliers violated the Company’s red-line principles during theyear (including authenticity of documentation, integrity, audit safety, and cooperation principles).
INOVANCE Quality
Policy
Aiming to meet the requirements of
global customers
Building a high-quality industrial
chain
Focusing on key issues, key characteristics, and key peopleFull participation, prevention oriented, do it right the ?rst time, e?cient response
Based on the principle of matchingcustomer business processes
Achieving customer value through
excellent quality
The Company held nine basic training sessions on safety standards and product certifications, reaching over 400 participants. Safetystandards training materials were developed for R&D sta, and product ceication training materials were tailored for marketing sta.Product Safety Standards and Certi?cation Training
The Company compiled training materials based on the Implementation Standards for Environmental Management Substances and publishedthem on the knowledge platform. Additionally, six internal training sessions and one empowerment session involving over 300 suppliers wereconducted.
Training on Product Environmental Management Substances
The Company organized one hands-on training session on quality assurance systems for product certifications. The training explained therequirements of common certification types (e.g., CCC, UL, CQC, ATEX), matched certification requirements to end-to-end processes fromincoming materials to shipping, standardized operations, provided examples of ceication control points, and oered practical managementtools.
Training on Product Certi?cation Management Rules
In May and September 2024, the Company organized two company-wide quality quizzes, with over 15,000 participants, promoting thedissemination of quality knowledge and raising quality awareness among all employees.Quality Knowledge Quiz
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Quality Culture and Training
.? Quality Culture DevelopmentIn response to current and future business needs, INOVANCE has strengthened its quality culture by formulatingand publishing a quality vision, mission, and values, and upgrading its quality policy to define the direction andguiding principles for future quality work, thereby guiding and constraining employees to work toward sharedquality goals. In 2024, the Company held its third Quality Conference, during which the Chairman ocially signedand issued the updated quality culture content, clarifying the development direction for quality work.
.? Deepening Quality Training
The Company continuously conducts quality training for all employees. In 2024, the Company delivered 175quality training sessions for core sta in R&D, production, sales, and seice positions, and conducted monthlytraining sessions for frontline production staff. A mandatory semi-annual job rotation policy was implementedfor special positions to improve employee skill breadth and job safety. The Company updated the skillceication system and training content, continuously iterating courses in response to the growing automationlevel in production and evolving business needs to support Company development and employee upskilling.The training content is diverse and aligned with the Company’s annual work priorities, with designated themesfor quality management training and activities.
Improving Customer Seices
2141
6629
repair centerssubsidiaries and ocesrepair centers
elevator authorized stores
regional spare pascenters
seice providersseice stationjoint warranty centersspare pas centers
A total of 693 seice sites, including 271 newlyadded in 2024. Seice sites are categorized asfollows:
A total of 68 seice sites covering over 20countries and regions, including:
Customer Service Management System.? More Professional Service Team
The Company has established a customer service team consisting of direct employees, service providers,and certified partner engineers. In 2023, an overseas service department was also established. INOVANCE’sTechnical Service Center set up a“Service Partner Management”module, responsible for selecting, utilizing,developing, and retaining service providers. It also formulated theService Partner Service Specification (GeneralAutomation/Elevator)as a management standard.As of the reporting period, the customer service team comprised 329 in-house employees (with 13 newly addedin 2024), 119 ceied paner engineers (with 116 newly registered in 2024), and the overseas seice depamenthad 25 engineers, including seven local engineers and 18 engineers available for overseas assignments.The Company attaches great importance to the capabilities and professionalism of its customer service teamand actively conducts knowledge and skills training for relevant personnel. During the repoing period:
The Company also emphasized knowledge documentation to improve the learning and working eciency of seicepersonnel. By the end of the repoing period, a total of 123 related knowledge documents had been archived..? More Comprehensive Service NetworkINOVANCE is committed to providing more comprehensive and timely service and technical support to globalcustomers. We continue to expand our customer seice network at home and abroad, strengthen the planningand development of the“three-level spare parts warehouse”system, significantly reduce the time forcustomers to receive spare parts, and achieved a timely (within 24 hours) delivery rate of over 70% during therepoing period, up 20% to 30% year-on-year.
Domestic Service NetworkOverseas Service Network
(as of the end of the repoing period)(as of the end of the repoing period)
838 training sessions were conducted for customer service personnel (including service provider staff), withtotal participants 11,101 person-times.A special training camp was held for 42 core customer service sta?.The“Golden Seed”capability development program was launched for some frontline service sta?, combiningonline self-learning, in-person mentorship, and evaluation, with 65 participants.
“My INOVANCE” One-Stop Information and Seice App2024 Key Performance Indicators
400 Customer ServiceHotline
“My INOVANCE” App
(as of the end of the reporting period)
139,000
3,000+
167,67230,000+
91.23%267
Registered users
Daily active users
Calls handledMonthly active users
Issue resolution rateSeice marketplace orders
342,378
226,627
Total incoming calls
Eective intelligentcustomer seice sessions
Focus on Customer Satisfaction / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT? More Diverse Service ChannelsThe Company actively explores and maintains diversified customer service channels combining online andoffline modes. Online channels include the 400 customer service hotline, intelligent customer service, and the“My INOVANCE” app, while oine seices rely on physical seice sites.
“My INOVANC” is the Company’s dedicated app providing one-stop information and services for customers,offering modules such as service marketplace, product information, and video tutorials. In 2024,“MyINOVANCE”added a quick order placement feature to enhance service efficiency. Additionally, the overseasversion of the app,“My INOVANCE,”was officially launched to support customers in product and documentinquiries, helping the Company better see overseas customers.Regarding intelligent customer seice, the Company focused on building an AI-based customer seice systemduring the repoing period, resulting in approximately 80% increase in seice issue throughput.
Customer Satisfaction Management.? Customer Satisfaction SurveyTo better implement the business philosophy of“greater customer satisfaction and more ecient operations,”
the Company introduced third-party customer satisfaction surveys starting in 2023 to identify andcontinuously improve high-priority issues. In 2024, the customer satisfaction score from the third-pay sueyreached 70.86, an increase of 1.11 points from the previous year. Survey results showed that the Company’scustomer satisfaction ranked among the top in the domestic industrial automation control industry. TheCompany annually analyzes customer satisfaction reports to identify core concerns and determine key driversof satisfaction. Special plans are developed to address various issues, and internal processes and systems areoptimized to continuously improve customer satisfaction..? Customer Complaints and ResolutionThe Company has established an efficient“Issue-to-Resolution”(ITR) process, utilizing a three-tieredresponse mechanism involving frontline service staff, extended support personnel, and R&D engineers topromptly respond to customer demands, drive swift issue resolution, minimize negative impacts, and improveproduct quality. In 2024, the customer issue resolution rate reached 94.60%..? Customer Privacy ProtectionINOVANCE places a high priority on customer privacy protection, with strict information access controls inplace, and is committed to collecting, accessing, using, or disclosing customer data only with explicit consentand for legal and appropriate business purposes. Throughout our collaborations, we strictly adhere tocustomers’rules and regulations, cautiously safeguarding customer assets including trade secrets, intellectualproperty, proprietary technologies, and information assets. Throughout the reporting period, there were noincidents of customer privacy or information leakage.
R&D Innovation Focus
Digital and Intelligent SolutionArchitecture Innovation:
Developing IoT-integratedsolution frameworks based onindustrial networks integratedwith wired and wirelesstechnologies, unied datastandards, and industrial software.
Technology LeadershipInnovation:
Rooted in coretechnologies, deeplyexploring the underlyingprinciples across varioustechnical domains.
AI+ Innovation:
Utilizing AI for product healthmanagement, assisting customersin programming and design,intelligent product debugging, andsma Q&A of product knowledge—enabling intelligence of productand solution.
As a company that values technology, products, and solutions, INOVANCE places great emphasis onR&D innovation and considers technological innovation as the primary driving force for the company’sdevelopment. It is committed to continuously creating value for customers by providing innovativesolutions and services, helping them achieve business success. The company strictly adheres to scientificethical standards and follows prudent and robust principles in its R&D activities, strictly prohibiting anyresearch and business practices that infringe on individual rights or harm public interests.
Innovation is the driving force and booster for enterprise development. INOVANCE consistently upholdsindependent innovation, leveraging advanced technologies and industry experience to deliver moreintelligent, precise, and cutting-edge comprehensive products and solutions for customers. Meanwhile,as collaboration with customers and partners deepens, the Company places greater emphasis oninformation security and privacy protection to safeguard stakeholder data and privacy eectively.
Innovation Driven Development
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Stimulate Innovation Vitality
.? R&D Innovation StrategyR&D and innovation are key to maintaining competitive advantage and achieving sustainable development.The Company continues to maintain a high R&D investment ratio, ensuring strategic and annual planningthrough the DSTE process to guarantee strong investment and strategic direction for innovation. In 2024,the Company defined three major R&D innovation strategies and directions:Digital and intelligent solutionarchitecture innovation, technology leadership innovation, and AI+ innovation.
GB/T 18488Drive Motor System for Electric Vehicles
2024 Key Performance Indicators
R&D investment
Number of R&D personnel
%
% persons
R&D Investment as a percentage oftotal revenue
R&D personnel as a percentage of totalnumber of employees
5,538
8.50
22.65
National Standards Formulated by INOVANCE in 2024
.? Innovation Incentive MechanismsTo stimulate employee innovation and deepen the corporate culture of innovation, the Company hasestablished multiple internal innovation awards and recognizes outstanding individuals and experts. Forinnovative achievements that are not immediately recognized, the Company also has a retrospective innovationreward mechanism to ensure fair and accurate implementation of innovation incentives. In 2024, the Companyselected 21 company-level technical award recipients, including 8 for breakthroughs in key technologies, 1 foroutstanding technology/product platform, 2 for engineering capability platforms, 5 for outstanding patents,and 5 for outstanding product and solution projects.To better incentivize technological innovation and research, the Company separates technology developmentfrom product development, with independent investment, processes, and decision-making for technologydevelopment..? Open Innovation CooperationINOVANCE continuously tracks cutting-edge technologies and innovation research and actively collaborateswith customers, suppliers, partners, research institutes, and universities on innovation. In terms of innovationexchange, the Company holds innovation seminars and roundtables on an irregular basis, inviting academicand industry experts to explore emerging technology directions and trends. Senior R&D experts activelyparticipate in academic societies, industry associations, and university exchanges to gain insights into thelatest technologies and feed them into R&D planning to drive the application of innovations in products andservices. In terms of technology cooperation, the Company co-creates with core customers, and establishesjoint laboratories with suppliers, partners, and universities to carry out research on various topics. During therepoing period, the Company paicipated in the formulation of 1 national standard.
The Company actively integrates global resources and diverse innovative capabilities, leveraging regionaltechnical advantages. R&D centers are located in Shenzhen, Suzhou, Xi’an, Nanjing, Milan in Italy, and Stuttgain Germany, forming a globally complementa innovation network.
3,147millionRMB
New Products / Major Product Upgrades Released in 2024
The AI servo system integrates intelligent commissioning and diagnostic functionswith One Cable technology and maintenance-free design without batteries, solvingthe“black hole of time” in automation and ushering in a new era of intelligent high-end manufacturing. The intelligent commissioning function dramatically shortenssetup time by leveraging preset mechanical models, automatic learning of mechanicalcharacteristics, and one-click parameter tuning. The diagnostic function provides real-time health monitoring of key transmission components through intelligent shaft-end diagnostics and edge-layer analysis, oering early warnings before deterioration,reducing unplanned downtime, and supporting precision maintenance and holistichealth management.
AI Servo System with Intelligent Commissioning and Diagnosis Functions
InoCube FEMS Net-zero Intelligent Energy Management System
U8 Industrial Collaborative Robot
EC Series Integrated Motors
InoCube FEMS (Factory Energy Management System) is an intelligent energymanagement solution based on a“plug-and-play”design concept. Built on anintegrated cloud-edge-terminal architecture and deeply integrating automation withdigital technologies, the system provides real-time energy monitoring, efficiencyanalysis, load optimization, and carbon footprint management seices for industrialcustomers across generation, grid, load, storage, and carbon scenarios, supportingintelligent green manufacturing. Based on model-driven design, the system supposflexible deployment and modular expansion, which can help enterprises reduceenergy costs and improve production eciency. Fuhermore, InoCube FEMS can alsopredict energy demand, optimize equipment operation strategies, and suppo carbonmanagement and traceability, helping enterprises achieve the“dual carbon” goals.
The U8 series of industrial collaborative robots redenes productivity with cutting-edgemanufacturing DNA, opening a new dimension in human-machine collaboration.[Industrial-grade Reliability] Equipped with precision joints and long-lifespan corecomponents for continuous 24/7 high-intensity operation under micron-level accuracy,with adaptive collision detection ensuring zero downtime.[Exceptional Flexibility] Modular design enables exible deployment; combinations ofmulti-product operation islands quickly reshape production ecosystems.[Safe and Friendly] Certified with 25 functional safety standards, building a dual-protection system.
The EC Series integrated motors feature high eciency, energy-saving peormance,safety, reliability, adaptability, multifunctionality, low noise, and high protection levels.They are part of INOVANCE’s solutions to reduce energy consumption and enhancecentralized control efficiency in the livestock industry. Integrated with INOVANCE’sdigital platform and PLC products, the EC Series forms a leading environmental controlsystem solution for livestock farming, supporting the industry’s digital and scientifictransformation.
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Technologyresearch
Advance technology research and pre-research to track leading global technologies andaddress core technology gaps.Conduct forward-looking research on key components to maintain core competitiveness.Develop lightweight, miniaturized, and low-environmental-impact low-carbon greeninnovation technologies.Platformproductdevelopment
Develop high-peormance, highly reliable, and low-cost standardized platform products toprovide comprehensive product solutions to customers.Integrate digital and intelligent technologies to develop model-driven platform products.
Customizedproductdevelopment
Focus on customized product development to provide tailored innovation solutions forcustomers.Establish customer solution development and equipment competitiveness developmentprocesses, seamlessly integrating technology research, platform development, and solutiondevelopment throughout the entire cycle.
INOVANCE’s R&D achievements gained widespread recognition. Several products received prestigiousinternational design awards in 2024, such as the Red Dot Design Award and iF Design Award. Awardedproducts include:
High-performance IO
PLC educationand trainingplatform
IPT bus valveisland
IPV pilotvalve
All-electricinjectionmoldingmachine
Inoboxindustrialpersonalcomputer
Speed ReaderOCR intelligentcamera
High protection, durable androbust
An integrated industrial controleducation and training platform
Integrated pneumatic-electriccontroller
Detachable controller
High eciency, high quality, andlow energy consumptionControl injection moldingproduction line
Serial compact and exibleindustrial PC
AI-powered sma camera withplug-and-play functionality,purpose-designed for specicscenarios
Optimize R&D System
INOVANCE views its mission and vision for the R&D system as“empowering industrial scenarios with leadingAI/IoT technology”It builds a comprehensive innovation framework focusing on technology research, platformproduct development, and customized product development, adopting an IPD R&D model and guided by the
R&D Code of Conduct. This framework aligns with external environments, corporate strategy, customer needs,technology trends, and market competition..? R&D System
2024 Key Performance Indicators
New patent applicationsAs of December 31, 2024Valid patents6852,375
New copyrights registered
New patents granted
New trademarks approved
Number of invention patents applied to
core businesses
Protect Intellectual PropertyINOVANCE strictly complies with thePatent Law of the People’s Republic of China, theTrademark Law of the People’sRepublic of China, the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China, and other relevant laws and regulations.The Company has established an intellectual property management system comprising theIntellectual PropertyManagement Manual, theManagement Procedures for Risks of Intellectual Property, theManagement Procedures forResolution of Disputes on Intellectual Property, and the Incentive Procedures for Intellectual Property. The Companyestablished a Patent Committee and collaborates with IP and legal departments to systematically manageintellectual propey creation, protection, application, and management.During the reporting period, the Company formulated new systems including thePatent Management System,thePatent Rights Protection System, the Patent Risk Search System, and thePatent Application Systemto furtherstandardize internal patent management. These require patent layout for R&D projects and joint discussionsbetween patent engineers and R&D personnel to identify innovations, evaluate risks, and review proposals.The Company also prepares industry and peer patent analysis reports to raise IP awareness, encourages timelyreporting of research outcomes, and, through the Incentive Procedures for Intellectual Property, rewards patentapplications, authorizations, and implementations, boosting employee engagement in innovation and IPapplications. Subsidiaries Suzhou INOVANCE and INOVANCE Automotive have obtained third-pay ceicationfor theEnterprise Intellectual Property Management(GB/T 29490-2013) and received intellectual propertymanagement system ceication.The Company respects and protects the intellectual property rights of others and has established internalIP management systems to ensure legal compliance. The Company respects industry norms and conductsintellectual property searches and due diligence prior to product development, procurement, financing, andoverseas market expansion to mitigate infringement risks. In addition, the Company actively engages in patentand trademark enforcement to combat counterfeiting and infringement in the market. During the reportingperiod, the Company did not face any penalties from regulato authorities for violating intellectual propey lawsand regulations.The Company promotes intellectual propey awareness in daily operations through regular IP-related training tocontinuously enhance employees’ awareness of IP protection.
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“Three Boundaries”:
Refer tothe network boundary, physicalboundary, and terminal boundary.All outbound information within thenetwork boundary must undergocompliance review, and core internalsecrets are strictly protected. Within thephysical boundary, the entry and exitof storage media are strictly controlledto prevent major information leakageincidents. The endpoint boundaryis divided into internal and externalendpoints; external endpoints, afterlegal and regulatory review, need tobe uniformly managed within thedomain when connected to the
The Company follows the“Three Boundaries, Two Channels” framework to secure control of INOVANCE’sinformation assets, balancing security eciency and seice eectiveness.
Information Security ObjectivesProgressStatusNo major information security incidentsNo major information security incidents occurredAchieved
company’s network, and information assets within internal endpoints must notleave the company’s endpoints without permission.
“Two Channels”:
Refer to the Company’s application and compliancechannels for information transmission, which manage internal confidentialdata and ensure secure document transmission.
INOVANCE Information Security Control Framework
Endpoint boundaPhysical boundaNetwork bounda
Three Boundaries
Two ChannelsCompliant and controlledinformation
Compliant and controlledinformationApplication channele-transmission channel
INOVANCEInformationAssets
“Enhancing awareness, strengthening measures, preventing risks, and securing business”is thecompany’s information security management policy. Information security training and dissemination areimportant means to enhance company-wide awareness of information security. The Company strictlycomplies with the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China, theNetwork Security Law of the People’sRepublic of China, thePersonal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, theEuropean Union’sGeneral Data Protection Regulation(GDPR), and other applicable laws and regulations in its operatinglocations and those of its partners. We prudently fulfill our responsibilities and obligations for datasecurity and privacy protection, collecting and using stakeholder information based on the principles oflegality, legitimacy, and necessity.
Data Privacy Protection
Information Security Management.? Information Security Strategy Objectives
INOVANCE and its subsidiaries adhere to the principle of“one network, one security strategy, protectingcustomer trade secrets.”Based on the information security management principles such as clientinteroperability, server-side access, and differing regional client and server access, the Company sets thebaseline goal of avoiding significant information security incidents. It continuously builds and enhances theinformation security management system based on ISO/IEC 27001?2013.
.? Information Security Management Structure
INOVANCE has established a four-tier information security organizational structure internally. Business heads arethe primary responsible persons for business information security. They are accountable for managing informationsecurity assets during operations. Information security indicators are included in executive peormance assessments.The Information Security Department is responsible for planning the information security control system andconducting audits. The IT Security Department is tasked with implementing and maintaining the Company’sinformation security system. Peormance indicators such as timely resolution rate of security risks and timely closurerate of major security incidents are incorporated into depamental KPIs. All depaments jointly build the informationsecurity system and ensure daily operations comply with legal and regulato requirements..? Information Security Management SystemThe Company has established a strict data privacy protection system and data collection statements/consent policies.Relevant regulations include the Information Security Incident Management Regulations, thePrivacy Policy, theInformationAsset Transmission Regulation, theInformation Security Reward and Punishment Regulations, and theInformation SecurityViolation Cases and Penalties. These are reviewed annually and revised as needed based on applicable laws andregulations, indust insights, and incident response experience.During the reporting period, the Company reviewed and revised four policies: theInformation Security AwarenessCultivation Policy, the Information Security Resignation Audit Policy, theInformation Security Reward and PunishmentRegulations, and the Trade Secret Protection Policy. Domestically, thePersonal Information Protection Management Policycovers all employees and suppliers within China. Internationally, the Company implements GDPR-aligned practices atits overseas operations.
.? Information Security Risk ManagementThe Company annually updates the inventory of confidential business information assets. The Information SecurityDepartment reviews the protection plans for various scenarios, checking for vulnerabilities and whether the plansaddress emerging threats. Information assets are classified into four levels—“Confidential,”
“Secret,”
“InternalUse,”and“Public”—based on file sensitivity, retention period, and transmission requirements. Departments owninginformation assets must regularly review the classification levels, and reevaluate the classification when thecondentiality period expires.
.? Information Security Emergency Response Management
The Company manages information security incidents based on theInformation Security Incident ManagementRegulations, conducting source tracing, evidence preseation, and fact clarication. We respond promptly and legallyto incidents until proper resolution is achieved. In 2023, the Company set a target of identifying and resolving securityincidents within 21 days of occurrence. During the repoing period, the average incident identication time was 13.1days, a 30% improvement over the target..? Information Security AuditThe Company conducts routine information security audits monthly and issues corresponding audit reports.Information security audits during the reporting period covered all key operating sites except EST and INOVANCEAutomotive. The Company has strengthened its information security resignation audit this year, covering all resignedemployees except for production line employees and employees in some subsidia companies.
.? Information Security TrainingAnnual company-wide information security training is conducted. INOVANCE’s information security training systemconsists of new employee orientation training, regular information security exams, and routine specialized training forinformation security ocers in various business depaments. During the repoing period, one information security andlegal exam was administered to all employees, achieving a 100% pass rate. Additionally, 21 information security trainingsessions were held.
Innovation Driven Development / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
IT Security ObjectivesProgressStatusNo major IT security incidentsNo major IT security incidents AchievedTotal system unplanned downtime ≤ 23.11 hoursTotal system unplanned downtime ≤ 18.33 hoursAchieved
IT Safety.? Security Strategy ObjectivesThe Company aims to prevent major IT security incidents and ensure system availability and business continuity. Wecontinue to strengthen a“zero trust”IT security framework, enabling trusted control over endpoints, network access,applications, and data.
.? IT Security Management StructureInternally, the company has established a clearly defined IT security management structure. The ExecutiveManagement Team (EMT) approves the Company’s IT security policies, management strategies, and performanceindicators. The Process Data and IT Department is responsible for corporate IT development, maintenance, andsecurity. The IT security department is responsible for the construction and maintenance of IT security, includingenforcing IT security policies, access control, network security, and security audits.
.? IT Security Management SystemThe Company established its information security management system in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001?2013and has issued policies such as theIT Service Continuity Management Regulationsand the IT Service Continuity Plantocomprehensively protect IT security. The IT security depament conducts monthly vulnerability scans of all Companyseers to detect potential security risks and ensure reliable system operation. The Company transforms the latest ITsecurity insights into internal security baselines, improves the vulnerability management mechanism, monitors dailysecurity issues, and organizes regular attack-defense drills..? Emergency Response and O?ensive and Defensive DrillsIT incidents (including IT security incidents) are classified based on the number of affected individuals and the typeof business involved. Incidents are categorized into four levels based on urgency, scope, severity, and potentialconsequences: Level I (Highest), Level II (High), Level III (Medium), and Level IV (Low). In 2024, the Company added twoemergency response plans: TheCloud System DDoS Attack Emergency Planand theDomain Hijacking Attack Emergency Plan.To enhance the Company’s practical offensive and defensive capabilities, improve the capacity to identify securitythreats, trace their sources, and respond to emergencies, five offensive and defensive drills were conducted in 2024,uncovering 326 vulnerabilities with a timely x rate of 90.5%.In 2024, the Company conducted one IT business continuity test covering key systems to ensure that the relevantarchitecture eectively meets the requirements of RTO and RPO.
.? IT Security AuditsThe IT Security Depament conducts annual internal audits to ensure group-wide compliance with security baselines. In2024, the Company passed the AEO Advanced Ceication audit by the Customs Authority, which included assessmentsof business continuity, cybersecurity, data centers, business systems, and IT security. Third-party information securityrating agency BitSight evaluated the security of the Company’s external systems and internal endpoints. The averagedaily score in 2024 was 774 out of 850, placing the Company at a leading level within the indust. During the repoingperiod, two subsidiaries obtained ISO 27001 ceication, an increase of one compared to the previous year.
Key Performance in 2024 (as of December 31, 2024)Total number ofemployees
Propoion of femaleemployees
Propoion of femalemanagement26,518 25.41%15.75%
persons
.? Employee Diversity
INOVANCE adheres to the cultural values of equality and diversity. With the advancement of our internationalizationstrategy, we have gradually established employee teams and hired local talent in dierent operational regions.As of the end of the reporting period, the Company employed 26,518 people from over 10 countries andregions, including 444 foreign employees.The Company places great emphasis on protecting the legal rights of female employees and is committed tosupporting their career development. As of the end of the reporting period, female employees accounted for
25.41% of the workforce, and women held 15.75% of management positions.
INOVANCE recognizes that employees are the company’s most valuable asset. The Company upholdsthe core value of“contributor oriented,”striving to foster a people-centered cultural systemthat protects employee rights, enhances well-being, and promotes a diverse, equal, inclusive, andtrustwohy workplace. We strengthenoccupational healthand safety management, ensure a safe workingenvironment, focus on talent development, open up advancement pathways to grow with our employees,and cultivate top talent for the indust.
Employee Development Guarantee
Employee Rights and Welfare ProtectionEqual and Inclusive WorkplaceINOVANCE advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to treating all employees equally—regardless of gender, ethnicity, nationality, culture, religious belief, political affiliation, skin color, sexualorientation, age, social status, disability, or any other personal characteristic—across all stages of employment,including recruitment, compensation, training, promotion, and termination. We believe that a diverse culturalbackground can stimulate team creativity. We will continue to improve our employee diversity platform tofoster equal communication and collaborative innovation among all employees.
Employee Development Guarantee / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Note:
The propoion of female employees and female management only involves domestic employees and does not cover overseasemployees.
Since the second half of 2024, INOVANCE has created positions suitable for peoplewith disabilities at Yueyang INOVANCE, including administrative roles and simplemanual production roles, supporting the employment and placement of workerswith disabilities in the local area. The Company plans to expand this employmentsupport initiative for persons with disabilities to other production bases acrossChina, including Xi’an, Nanjing, and Jinan.Proactively Ful?lling SocialResponsibility for Employment
of People with Disabilities
.? Equal and Inclusive Work Environment
INOVANCE has issued theBusiness Conduct Guideline, theAnti-Discrimination and Harassment Procedure, andtheGuidelines for Prevention and Control of Sexual Harassment in Workplaceto regulate employee behavior andcontinuously promote the development of an inclusive and equitable work environment. We encourageemployees from diverse backgrounds to engage in active communication. On the basis of mutual respect andunderstanding of dierent cultures, we promote team integration and enhance cohesion.
Employee Interests ProtectionINOVANCE strictly adheres to the Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China, theLabor Contract Law of the People’sRepublic of Chinaand other legal regulations, as well as the laws and regulations of the countries and regionswhere it operates, establishing a comprehensive system to protect employee rights and genuinely safeguardingemployee interests. Based on the Company’s standardized system, some subsidiaries have formulated specicemployee rights protection policies in accordance with local conditions.In 2024, the Company conducted internal audits covering employee rights at selected operational sites andfound no high-risk issues related to human rights..? Equal Employment and Freedom of OccupationDuring recruitment, the Company adheres to the principles of fairness, impaiality, and openness. Recruitmentis carried out in an orderly manner in accordance with the Employee Recruitment Management Systemand the
Labor Contract Management Measures. Candidates are evaluated based on competence, skills, and adaptability toensure the most suitable talents are hired, and employment discrimination is eliminated. The Company respectsemployees’freedom to choose employment, is committed to publishing objective and truthful job postings,does not restrict employees from engaging in specific jobs or work against their will, and supports employeesin pursuing their career development. No illegal or non-compliant employment incidents occurred during therepoing period..? Prohibition of Child Labor and Forced LaborIn accordance with theBusiness Conduct Guideline, we are firmly committed to prohibiting the employment orsupport of child labor under any circumstances. During recruitment, we verify the authenticity of candidateinformation through background checks and official identification documents. Additionally, the Companyhas developed aChild Labor Remediation Flowchart. If an incident of inadvertent child labor employment isdiscovered, we will promptly take remedial measures such as providing appropriate medical treatment andcompensation, encouraging the child to continue compulso education, or arranging their return to their placeof origin, depending on their physical condition and education level.We respect human rights and employee freedoms, including freedom of career choice, freedom of employmentand resignation, voluntary overtime, and freedom of movement. We prohibit all forms of modern slavery or humantracking, including forced labor, bonded labor, indentured seitude, and involunta prison labor. We also prohibit anyactions that restrict labor freedom, such as withholding wages, benets, propey, or personal identication documents.During the repoing period, there were no incidents related to employing child labor or forced labor.
Self-actualization
Esteem
needsBelonging
needs
Safety
needs
Basic
needs
Social welfareactivitiesOoarding care
Cultural integration eventsHealth and safety facilitiesStatuto benetsOverseas allowancesAdditional allowancesEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Supplemental commercial insurance
Democratic communicationRecreational activities
Festive CareRecognition ofemployee value
Career development
activities
Long-term incentives
Employee Development Guarantee / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Employee Welfare and Care
We firmly believe that caring for employees is caringfor the future of the Company. The Company providescomprehensive and diverse employee benets and careprograms. Various initiatives are in place to supportemployees’physical and mental well-being, promotework-life balance, enhance their sense of security,fulfillment, and happiness, and strengthen teamcohesion and a sense of belonging.The Company has developed a five-level employeewelfare and care system addressing basic, safety,belonging, respect, and self-actualization needs.Benefits exceeding statutory standards includeadditional coverage for critical illness, accident, and lifeinsurance, a compassion fund assistance mechanism,and targeted benefits for special groups such asemployees with illnesses, female employees, those inhardship, and overseas employees.
.? Compensation, Working Hours, and HolidaysThe Company strictly complies with wage and compensation laws applicable in its operating locations andadheres to the principle of equal pay. In accordance with theManagement Procedures for Social Responsibility andOccupational Ethics, the Company provides compensation that meets legal or indust minimum wage standardsand has implemented a series of compensation policies, including theSala Management System, to standardizecompensation management.In terms of working hours and leave management, the Company strictly follows applicable legal and industryrequirements and has formulated theAttendance Management Measuresand theManagement Procedures for SocialResponsibility and Occupational Ethics. Working hours are recorded, overtime pay is issued in accordance with legalrequirements, and reasonable rest and leave entitlements are ensured. We offer paid annual leave that exceedsnational policy requirements, as well as legally compliant maternity checkup leave, maternity leave, breastfeedingleave, and additional local leave types such as marriage leave, bereavement leave, and paternity leave..? Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment
The Company prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment and is committed to providing equalopportunities and fair treatment to employees of all races, cultural backgrounds, religions, genders, ages,and physical conditions. The Company has established thePrevention and Management Standards for WorkplaceSexual Harassment and the Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Procedure, suppoed by relevant mechanisms, andmaintains a zero-tolerance policy for workplace harassment..? Collective Bargaining and Freedom of AssociationThe Company respects employees’ legal rights and is committed to safeguarding employees’legal rights to freedomof association, unionization, and participation in collective bargaining. We continue to strengthen the workers’
representative congress system and labor union structures, enhance democratic corporate governance, and fosterharmonious labor relations. All full-time employees under labor contracts may paicipate in collective bargaining tojointly review policies concerning compensation, working hours and leave,occupational healthand safety, employeebenefits, and training. As of the end of the reporting period, theCollective ContractandWage Collective NegotiationAgreement covered 84.74% of employees.
“Floral Charm, Skillful Hands” Women’s Day oral workshop
EmployeeGroup
Bene?ts and Care MeasuresProgress in 2024Femaleemployees
Established“Mom Stations” (mother and baby rooms)One-hour daily breastfeeding leave for female employees during nursingperiodSet up holidays for female employeesLaunched special activities for Women’s Day
Six new“Mom Stations”were established atCompany locationsHeld International Women’s Day oral workshopevents such as“Floral Charm, Skillful Hands”Prepared customized gifts for female employeeson Women’s DayEmployeesin diculty
Established a charity fund for employees in dicultyCreated a family hardship assistance mechanism oering interest-freeloans for emergencies
Provided compassion fund suppo to sevenemployees totaling RMB 423,862.82Employeesworkingoverseas
Produced a global cross-border ent and exit handbook for overseascultural guidanceImproved employee overseas assignment processes and developed aglobal mobility systemEstablished a comprehensive overseas employee insurance mechanismfor safety and health protection
Purchased overseas travel insurance for 398employees
EAP Implementation in 2024
“A Hundred EAP Ambassadors” Program
Individual Psychological Counseling:
374 total hours provided to 84 employees.Employee Care and Support:
Continued follow-up for 73 employees dealing with long-term illness or severe conditions, with 53 casesconcluded and 20 ongoing as of the end of the repoing period.Group Counseling Sessions:
8 sessions were conducted, reaching over 900 employees; 36 mental health aicles published with over 44,000views.
In 2024, the Company launched the“100 EAP Ambassadors”program, selecting and training 100 outstanding employees to see asEAP ambassadors responsible for care actions. During the repoing period, EAP ambassadors handled 271 cases involving employeerelations suppo and prevention, including ten crisis inteentions. The program achieved a 93% case handling rate. At the end of 2024, veambassadors were recognized as“Outstanding Ambassadors”.The program received positive feedback internally and externally, with Suzhou INOVANCE recognized as a“Professional Third-PayMediation Organization of Suzhou”
.? Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
The Company places strong emphasis on mental health. Since 2023, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)has been in place. Various activities were conducted to raise awareness and promote healthy mindsets. AnEAP counseling room was established at Suzhou INOVANCE. A column called“HUI XIN QING”was createdon the internal platform to share stress-relief tips. On-site counseling seices are oered regularly to providecomprehensive mental health suppo and help employees alleviate stress eectively.
.? Customized Employee Bene?ts and Care Programs
INOVANCE Family Day 2024
Employee Development Guarantee / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Employee Communication and FeedbackThe Company values employee satisfaction, happiness, and engagement. To foster a diverse, equitable, andinclusive workplace, we maintain multiple communication channels and mechanisms, including workers’
representative congresses, a whistleblower mechanism, employee satisfaction sueys, the internal“INOVANCECircle”forum, the“HR Help Me” mailbox, and the President’s Mailbox. We actively listen to employeeconcerns and provide timely feedback and solutions to ensure issues are eectively resolved.
.? Balancing Work and LifeThe Company promotes people-oriented management,encourages work-life balance, and supports employeesin participating in activities based on their interests. TheCompany has established 29 interest-based clubs coveringbasketball, swimming, dancing, etc., and regularly organizesoutdoor activities, spos meets, and family days to enhanceemployees’physical fitness, enrich their spare time, andimprove their well-being and sense of belonging. Libraries,lounges, and a variety of fitness facilities have been set upat key sites to support employee relaxation and recreation.A one-stop employee service platform provides integratedadministrative, HR, fixed asset, and IT services. In 2024, 5sites launched new one-stop seice desks.More than 1,000 employees paicipated in the Company’s2024 Sports Meeting, and over 500 participated in bothmarathon and family day events.
.? Workers’ Congress and Trade Union
The Company has established a Workers’Representative Congress system and has set up trade unionorganizations in accordance with legal provisions. These bodies fully play their role in democratic decision-making, management, and supervision to ensure all employees’rights to be informed, to participate, toexpress themselves, and to supervise. They also promote the institutionalization, standardization, andproceduralization of the Company’s democratic management. As of the end of the reporting period, all majorCompany entities had established labor unions, with 88.72% of employee paicipation rate..? Whistleblower MechanismA year-round whistleblower mechanism is in place. Employees can submit suggestions or feedback regardingthe work environment and business management through the platform. The business department will submitthe reviewed proposals to the higher-level department. Validated proposals are implemented internally, andthe proposers are rewarded accordingly..? President’s MailboxThe President’s Mailbox provides an upward communication channel for all employees. It enables monitoringof managers at all levels and helps resolve real issues faced by employees. The mailbox also accepts repos ofmisconduct that violate the value of“Customer First.” In 2024, the President’s Mailbox received 91 letters.
The Company promotes the“Three-Year Fresh Graduate”plan to cultivate key business talent through targeted, customizedwork arrangements. In 2024, the program focused on goal setting and high-standard process management, encouraginggraduates to stay motivated through resource suppo, competitions, and knowledge sharing.The Company implements a“One Axis, Four Lines” expe care framework—time as the main axis, suppoed by integrationand value creation lines, along with motivation and development lines—to maximize expe contributions.A targeted care mechanism is in place for employees in critical roles, coordinated by HR, depament heads, and secretaries,to identify needs and follow through on actions.
A mentoring program is in place to help new hires integrate quickly and master their roles.
Talent Attraction and Retention
CampusRecruitment
SocialRecruitment
Production Line
Recruitment
The Company partners with universities to co-establish“INOVANCE Classes,”joint laboratories, and provideapplication-based teaching scenarios in the industrial automation control field, sharing best practices to helpstudents better understand the application of industrial automation products. During recruitment seasons, we engagein close collaboration with schools through the approach of“sending teaching to the door”on career developmentand indust insights to enhance our attractiveness to graduates.For high-level talent, the Company follows a“careers attract people”strategy. We believe in the value and potentialof talent and are committed to providing an environment full of opportunities and challenges, allowing outstandingtalents to fully utilize the Company’s platform to exe their abilities and achieve their career aspirations.This includes both campus and social recruitment. In campus recruitment, we work with vocational schools on order-based training programs that integrate job-relevant courses and oer career guidance. For social recruitment, we usemultiple channels, including traditional online recruitment as well as emerging media platforms. The use of diverserecruitment channels enables us to reach a broader talent pool and attract suitable candidates.
Graduates
ExpesKey Role Talent
New Hires (Social Recruitment)
Talent Attraction and RecruitmentThe Company has established a diversified talent recruitment system to attract and select outstanding talentthrough a wide range of channels. During the repoing period, theEmployee Recruitment Management Policywasfuher optimized to expand recruitment channels, simplify and rene processes, and enhance talent selectioncriteria, in response to evolving business needs and market conditions.Recruitment is categorized into three types: campus recruitment, social recruitment, and production line recruitment.
Talent Retention and MotivationThe company places a high priority on talent reserves and building talent echelons, offering targeted retentionmeasures for dierent categories of talent, continuously optimizing the cadre care mechanism, and has constructeda“contributor oriented”compensation system and incentive mechanism. Additionally, it conducts human resourcedigital transformation in a“digitized” manner to enhance the management eciency of the talent system..? Talent Retention System
The company has established a retention system covering fresh graduates, socially recruited personnel,expes, and key position talents.
Equity IncentivesThe Company continues to launch equity incentive plans,creating a mechanism for employees to share interestswith the Company and motivate management teams,outstanding staff, and key talents. In 2024, the Companylaunched its seventh equity incentive plan, granting 283,000Class II restricted shares to 14 employees and 30,892,200stock options to 1,146 employees. New incentive recipientswere primarily middle management and core technicalor business personnel. They accounted for 4.37% of totalemployees. As of the end of the reporting period, 3 equityincentive plans and 2 long-term incentive mechanisms werein effect, covering a total of 1,398 employees, or 5.27% ofthe workforce. Among all recipients, 99.07% were generalemployees.
Benchmarking and RecognitionAnnually, the Company conducts recognition eventsto provide bonuses and honors to outstandingemployees. In 2024, 26 teams received theCompany-level“Outstanding Team Award,”
and 100 employees received the“OutstandingEmployee Award.”In addition, various depamentsand subsidiaries have also launched their ownrecognition and incentive programs.
Standard Allowance ItemsThese include living subsidies,special post allowances, skillallowances, expatriate allowances,and contribution-based rewardssuch as mentor fees, talent referralbonuses, and lecturer fees.
Performance BonusThe Company’s compensation structuredistinguishes between base salary andperformance bonuses. While ensuringemployees’basic income, performancebonuses serve to incentivize improvedwork peormance.
INOVANCE Talent Pipeline
Propoion of expe-level talentPropoion of senior talent
0.5%14.5%Propoion of mid-level talentPropoion of junior talent
50%35%
Employee Development Guarantee / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
.? Employee Compensation and Incentives
INOVANCE upholds the core value of“contributor oriented”and the principles of fairness and equity. Ourcompensation system includes base salary, allowances, bonuses, long-term incentives, and statutory benefits.Relevant policies include theSalary Management Policy, theYear-End Bonus Management Policy, and theProjectBonus Management Measures. In addition, the Company issued theOverseas Subsidia Compensation ManagementPolicyduring the reporting period to standardize overseas employee compensation and support globalbusiness expansion.The Company applies job grading and performance evaluation mechanisms to review employee grades andcompensation based on job grading, role matching, and external competitiveness. We favor high performers,oppose mediocrity, and are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits to continuallyenergize and inspire our workforce..? Talent Incentive Programs
Employee Training and Development
Curriculum PolicyOptimization
Lecturer PolicyOptimizationLearning PlatformGovernanceOptimization
Updated provisions and refined standards to steer training objectives and ensurequality control. Measures include classifying courses and defining certificationstandards based on three to five year future needs, using scientific course coding,and improving course invento, management and retrieval.Detailed lecturer sourcing, training, and certification processes, establishedusage logic, structure and rules, defined exit criteria, and standardized lecturercompensation.Clarified departmental responsibilities in platform construction and upgradedadministrator duties across all platform levels based on actual use cases.
Amount of Employee Training HoursAverage Training Hours per Employee719,255.9027.12hourshours/personEmployee training coverage rate100%
Employee Training SystemINOVANCE places great emphasis on talent development and has established a training system tailored toemployees of different levels and categories. Through a mix of online courses, themed workshops, and offlinetraining camps, the Company provides abundant learning resources aimed at enhancing leadership amongmanagers, professionalism and technical capabilities among employees, and business collaboration skills acrossthe ecosystem, ensuring employees are well-equipped with the knowledge and skills required for their roles.The Company has formulated the Employee Training Management Procedure, theNew Employee Training OperationRegulations, theOutsourced Training Management System, and the Course Management Systemto ensure thestandardized and eective operation of the employee training system.The Company has built a learning and development platform centered around“INOVANCE Academy,”
oering high-quality training programs and courses, nuuring excellent internal instructors, and consolidatingorganizational knowledge to provide employees with professional and high-value learning resources that meettheir development needs.In 2024, the Company optimized the training system in three main areas:
TrainingCategories
Training ProgramTarget ParticipantsMain Content
New employeetraining
NPT Program (New Power Training Camp)Campus-recruited fresh graduates
Focuses on cultural integrationthrough various learning formatsto help new hires understandCompany values and norms,improving their sense of belonging.Mentor training is also emphasizedto suppo new hires in integratingmore eectively.NET Program (New Energy Training Camp)New hires from social recruitmentNTT Program (New Talent Tutor Camp)New employee mentors
Managementtraining
RMT Program (Rising Manager TrainingCamp)
Succession managers of various systemsBased on the four capabilities and“three do’s and three builds”
prole for INOVANCE leaders,a training system from reseemanagers to senior managerswas established to strengthenleadership skills across allmanagement levels.
NMT Program(New Manager Training Camp)
Newly promoted managersMMT Program (Middle Manager Training Camp)
Directors and senior managersTMT Program(Top Management Training Camp)
Assistant director-level and above
managers and level ve expes
Professionaltalent training
ART Program (Account Responsibility Training Camp)
Employees involved in sales
Job qualication maps weredeveloped for key positions,focusing on business pain pointsand sharing INOVANCE’s bestpractices. Specialized trainingprograms target functionslike marketing, R&D, digitaltransformation, solution delive,and project management.
GPMT Program (General AutomationProject Management)
Employees in project managementRPT Program (R&D Project Manager Camp)
R&D project management personnelBVT Program(Business Vanguard Training Camp)
Core operational talents from Heavyweight
TeamsCPT Program (Chief Product OcerSpecial Training Camp)
Employees in product managementSRT Program (Solution Representative Training Camp)
Employees in solution deliveITT Program(International Talent Training Camp)
Business and management sta from
global operational sitesPCMT Program (Procurement CategoManager Training Camp)
Employees in procurementCST Program (Customer Seice Training Camp)
Technical seice engineersCRT Program(Channel Responsibility Training Camp)
Employees in channel management
Technical talenttraining
NFT Program (New Force Special Training Camp)
Some campus recruits
Technical knowledge and skillstraining was provided to familiarizeemployees with INOVANCE’smain products and technologies,improving their practicalapplication capabilities.
Market Intermediate Technical TrainingProgram
Marketing employeesCreation Camp ProjectInterns at Marketing PositionsProduct Technical Enablement ProgramEmployees working on solutionsDigital-OT Integration Camp
Employees in digital and solution-related
roles
Ecosystem talenttraining
OMT Program(Outstanding Manager Training Camp)
Mid- and senior-level managers from
INOVANCE’s customers
In alignment with strategic andbusiness development goals, theCompany consolidated and sharedadvanced managerial insights andmethodologies with ecosystempaners to jointly build talent andachieve win-win development.
ECPT Program (Excellent Chief ProductOcer Special Training Camp)
Product managers from INOVANCE’s
ecosystem companiesIET Program (Ecosystem TechnicalCapability Empowerment Camp)
Technical sta from ecosystem panersCustomer-customized Training Programs
Technical personnel of INOVANCE’s
customersIAT Program (INOVANCE AutomotiveAfter-sales Training)
Technical sta from authorized seice
stations
Employee Development Guarantee / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT.? INOVANCE’s Technology Training System
NFT Program (New Force Special Training Camp)
BVT Program (Business Vanguard Training Camp)Targeted at key roles in business operations, such as marketing, development, and account representatives, thisprogram focused on business outcomes and operational awareness. Through empowerment seminars and practicalworkshops, trainees were guided to clarify roles, understand IPD processes, and strengthen end-to-end businessawareness. In 2024, the program trained 81 core business representatives with a total of 21 training hours.
The NFT Program, focused on technical application, trained 372 campus recruits in 11 classes during 2024,delivering 1,026 hours of technical and hands-on training. The program helped new graduates quickly understandINOVANCE’s core products and technologies, strengthening their practical skills and integration into businessoperations.
RMT Program (Rising Manager Training Camp)The Company launched the RMT Program (Rising Manager Training Camp) to train future leaders across businesslines, integrating management theories with real-world business scenarios. The program adopts a credit systemfor quantitative assessment, quantitatively evaluating the classroom performance of trainees and the timelinessand quality of their completion of learning tasks. In 2024, four special classes were launched, with 199 traineescompleting 112.25 total hours of offline training. All four classes successfully concluded by the end of therepoing period.
.? Specialized Training Program Case
Post-training Evaluation
It was divided into course satisfaction and operational satisfaction, assessed by participants. Course satisfactioncovered content, presentation, and knowledge application; operational satisfaction covered preparation, classmanagement, and suppo seices. Program teams reviewed feedback for continuous improvement.
Post-completion EvaluationIt was conducted by program sponsors and business stakeholders via interviews and surveys. The feedback wasincorporated into peormance evaluations.
.? Training Satisfaction EvaluationINOVANCE Academy conducted evaluations and satisfaction surveys after each training camp and programcompletion.
.? Online Learning Platform ConstructionTo support flexible, self-directed learning, the Company launched an online learning platform for knowledgeaccumulation and sharing. As of the end of the repoing period: 25,987 active user accounts, 439,089.57 totallearning hours, 10,344 cumulative courses, and 9,446 new learning programs published in 2024.
“Ocean Flow Plan”To encourage internal mobility and nurture well-rounded, high-caliber talent in support of evolving business needs,the Company launched the“Ocean Flow Plan” in 2024.The Company irregularly posts internal transfer opportunities and offers an“I Want to Apply”platform. Employeesmeeting basic criteria such as tenure and performance can apply, submit resumes, and inquire about openings. Theinternal transfer process mirrors external recruitment, and employee privacy is strictly protected throughout. Once anemployee passes the inteiew, the original depament is not allowed to block the transfer.In 2024, over 100 employees successfully completed internal transfers through the“Ocean Flow Plan.”
Employee Development Guarantee / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Employee Promotion and DevelopmentAs part of the employee promotion and development system, the Company has established a comprehensivecareer development pathway based on job categories, covering four main career tracks: management,professional, project management, and skilled talent. Policies such as theQualification Management SystemandtheManagement Regulations for Work License Implementationsee as promotion frameworks and ensure fairnessin career progression.Each year, capability certifications are conducted based on qualification standards to identify talent potential,ensuring optimal role t, and enabling internal mobility that maximizes organizational agility.
.? Internal Instructor DevelopmentExcellent instructors and high-quality courses are the soul of INOVANCE Academy and key to the successof the training system. The Company continuously improves itsLecturer Management Systemto supporttalent development aligned with current and future scenarios. 2024, efforts focused on achieving balance ininstructor selection and developing a professional internal lecturer training system.Instructor selection emphasized matching teaching content with practical needs, adhering to the principle of“assign to validate, validate to assign,” enhancing training eectiveness.In terms of the construction of a professional lecturer training system, the Company carefully plans internaltrainer programs based on the training needs of each system’s lecturers and the annual demand for lecturersat INOVANCE Academy, combined with lecturer poraits and ability models, including 12 classes with traineesat the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, and has trained 335 lecturers at different levels. Fourinstructors were awarded the“Gold Lecturer” title and proled to foster a strong learning culture.
.? Employee Performance Evaluation
The Company continues to optimize theIndividualPerformance Evaluation Procedureand related systems,conducting periodic peormance reviews in accordancewith the full process of“goal setting – performancecoaching – peormance appraisal – peormance reviewdiscussion – appeal process – application and filingof performance results.”Performance results serveas an important basis for employee promotion andcompensation adjustment. During the reporting period,100% of the company’s employees underwent regularpeormance and career development evaluations.
.? Supporting Employee DevelopmentThe Company provides academic advancementsuppo for skilled workers who have seed for morethan three months. For employees who successfullycomplete the academic advancement program andobtain a diploma, the Company reimburses 100% ofthe tuition fees. This program covers both associateand bachelor’s degrees. In 2024, Suzhou INOVANCEpanered with local vocational colleges to launch anacademic advancement program, supporting a totalof 89 employees during the year.
Annual Key Performance
Occupational DiseaseIncident
Occupational Healthcheck-ups Coverage
Employee signing rate of theSafety Responsibility Agreement100%100%
TargetProgressStatusZero major safety accidentNo major safety incidentsAchievedZero environmental incidentNo environmental accidentsAchievedZero penaltyNo regulato penaltiesAchievedZero occupational diseaseNo occupational disease incidentsAchieved
INOVANCE has established“zero major safety incidents, zero occupational disease cases, zeroenvironmental accidents, and zero regulatory penalties”as long-term objectives. We are committedto building a robustoccupational healthand safety management system that covers all employees andpartners, strengthens safety risk management and safety culture, and promotes the prevention andawareness of occupational diseases to safeguard employee health and safety.
Occupational Health and Safety
Safety Production
Strengthening the Safety Management SystemINOVANCE strictly complies with theWork Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China, theLaw of the People’sRepublic of China on Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, theRegulations on Work Safety AccidentReporting and Investigation, and theWork Safety Standardization Evaluation Methods for Enterprises, as well asrelevant laws and regulations in its operating locations. The Company has established systems such as theEHS“Three simultaneous” Management System of Construction Projects, theManagement Measures for Safety PerformanceAssessment, and theEHS Rewards and Penalties Management Procedures, and continues to improve its occupationalhealth and safety management system. The system covers all business units, subsidiaries, employment types,and paners..? Occupational Safety Management StructureDuring the reporting year, the Company strengthened its organizational support for occupational safety, withthe management team responsible for the overall management and supervision of occupational safety. Safetymatters are decided at EMT meetings. The Safety Production Committee suppos the implementation of safetytechnical measures, occupational disease prevention and monitoring plans, as well as safety inspections andsupervision. In the reporting year, the Company held two EMT safety meetings to review and improve threeoccupational safety management system documents. The Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Departmentis responsible for advancing specific EHS management tasks, with EHS officers stationed at key plants andsubsidiaries to communicate and implement corporate EHS requirements.
Incident
Key EHS Management SystemsEHS “Three Simultaneous” Management System of Construction ProjectsOccupational Health Management RegulationsWork Inju & Accident Handling RegulationsHazardous Waste Management RegulationsManagement Measures for Safety Peormance AssessmentR&D Laborato Safety Management SystemEHS Rewards and Penalties Management ProceduresLimited Space Safety Management Regulations
New Policies Introduced in 2024Guidelines on Overseas EHS System Framework ConstructionManagement Measures for Safety Peormance AssessmentEHS Peormance Appraisal Measures of R&D Management DepamentEHS Rewards and Penalties Management ProceduresSafety Inspection Notication Form of Dalian Zhiding TechnologySafety Ocer Management System for the Marketing System
During Work Safety Month in 2024, the Companycarried out specialized safety inspections, hostedsafety knowledge competitions, and conductedemergency drills based on business continuityplans. Safety training was also provided to bothsenior employees and all employees.
Case: Work Safety Month
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The Company implements an all-employee safety responsibility system, linking executive compensation tooccupational health and safety performance indicators. All employees have signed theSafety ResponsibilityAgreement. Employees may provide suggestions regarding occupational health and safety through labor unionat the workers’congresses or regular communication activities, or submit related feedback via whistleblowermechanisms or the President’s mailbox.
.? Safety Management SystemDuring the reporting period, one new subsidiary obtained ISO 45001 certification. By the end of the reportingperiod, 57.89% of the Company’s key operating sites were certified under ISO 45001?2018 OccupationalHealth and Safety Management Systems. The occupational health and safety management system covered
91.19% of employees. Subsidia Suzhou INOVANCE passed the evaluation of
“Second level Safety ProductionStandardization Enterprise” in Jiangsu Province this year..? Safety Culture DevelopmentThe Company regularly conducts safety education and training for all employees through a combination ofonline, oine, and practical drills. Training methods include online le sharing, safety examinations, onboardingtraining, special lectures, and on-site guidance to improve employees’safety skills, literacy, and awareness.During the reporting period, the Company organized 67 special safety training sessions covering topicssuch as safe operation procedures, electrical safety, chemical safety, special equipment safety, and hazardidentification. The training covered all employees as well as suppliers and partners who are required to workon-site.
In 2024, during Fire Safety Month, the Companyorganized group-wide fire safety competitionsand volunteer fire brigades to raise fire safetyawareness among all employees and enhancepractical safety capabilities.
The Company conducted specialized training on product debugging and operational safety to enhance safetyawareness and practical skills of marketing and technical service personnel. In 2024, the Company organizedfour general on-site product debugging safety training sessions for new market employees, six training sessionson high-risk scenarios (e.g., working at heights, hot work, hoisting), and monthly training on safety precautionsduring product debugging for frontline seice sta.The Company held two safety training sessions for internal employees and partners, covering safety operationprocedures for product installation and debugging, achieving 100% coverage of the targeted employees andpaners.
Case: Fire Safety Month
Product Safety Training
Managing Operational Safety Risks
To effectively identify and control occupational health and safety risks, the Company follows managementdocuments such as the Hazard and Environmental Factors Identification and Assessment System, establishingprocedures for hazard identication, assessment, and control. Annually, the Company identies and categorizesoccupational health and safety risks associated with company activities, products, services, and operatingconditions.In identifying and assessing safety risks, the Company uses relevant standards and guidelines to identifyhazards, applying intuitive experience and hazardous conditions assessment methods for risk evaluation.The hazardous condition assessment method is a semi-quantitative evaluation of hazards when operatingin potentially hazardous environments, using the probability of an accident (L), the frequency of exposure tohazardous environments (E), and the potential consequences of an accident (C) to determine the hazard score(D) and thus the hazard level.In terms of risk control, the company develops corresponding risk control plans and measures for differenthazard levels, using a“PDCA”work mechanism to continuously monitor and improve safety risks. During therepoing period, 57.89% of operational sites conducted occupational health and safety risk assessments.
Implementation of Safety InspectionsResponsible OrganizationInspection ContentFrequencyEHS Depament
Conducts routine on-site inspections across all areas andsupeises hazard rectication
MonthlyIntegrated Supply Chain EHSDepament
Inspects safety-related aspects of equipmentMonthlyWorkshop team leaders and groupleaders
Veries closure status of issues listed by the EHS DepamentWeekly
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Emergency Management and Hazardous Chemicals Management
.? Emergency ManagementTo rapidly respond to and effectively control various occupational health and safety incidents, minimizingpersonnel casualties and property damage from accidents, the Company has formulated and released the
Production Safety Accident Emergency Rescue Plan, which includes 1 comprehensive emergency plan, 6 specificemergency plans, and 6 on-site handling schemes.The Company regularly organizes emergency drills for all employees to enhance their capability to handleaccident risks. In the reporting year, the Company conducted eight emergency drills, covering categoriessuch as fire evacuation, elevator entrapment, chemical leaks, hazardous waste leakage, electric shock, forkliftinjuries, radiation incidents, and mechanical injuries. Looking ahead, the Company will continue to expand thescope of emergency plans and drills to fuher enhance risk response and emergency management capabilities..? Hazardous Chemical ManagementTo prevent health risks to employees from the use of hazardous chemicals, the Company formulated theHazardous Chemical Safety Management System, theISC Hazardous Chemicals Management Standards, and theChemical Leak Emergency Response Procedureto manage hazardous chemicals across their entire life cycle fromprocurement, transpoation and handling, storage, usage, to disposal.
.? Safety Production ReviewThe company has established a multi-category, multi-level occupational health and safety internal reviewmechanism, conducting regular inspections weekly, monthly, and annually to identify safety risks at all sites andpropose corrective measures for potential hazards, monitoring and following up on remediation. Safety reviewsfocus on high-risk areas and key points (e.g., workshop safety, chemical management), including compliancewith safety regulations, equipment and facility safety, and employee operating procedures.The EHS Department compiles a list of issues for situations that do not comply with safety standards,formulates corresponding measures and deadlines, and provides targeted rectification guidance. Uponcompletion of rectification, the EHS Department reviews and verifies the results, forming a closed-loop PDCAmechanism for resolving safety issues.
During the reporting period, the EHS Department completed monthly safety inspections for all productionareas, achieving a 100% rectication rate for safety hazards.
Lifecycle Management of Hazardous ChemicalsProcurement
Review the supplier’s hazardous chemical production qualications, safety data sheets, and safety labels;require that only trained and qualied procurement personnel are allowed to peorm relevant tasks.Transpoationand handling
Review qualications of transpoation vehicles, escos, and handling personnel, and establish strictoperational standards.Storage
Use dedicated warehouses equipped with relevant safety equipment, with standardized labeling andclassied storage; conduct regular storage condition checks.Usage
Strictly control operational procedures; require ceied operators to wear specied personal protectiveequipment (PPE) during operations.Disposal
Prohibit direct discharge or disposal; hazardous chemicals must be collected and handed over to qualiedthird-pay agencies for professional disposal.In the repoing year, the Company sought water-based alternativesto volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and conducted internalvalidation to reduce emissions of harmful gases. Meanwhile, theCompany improved process design accuracy to switch from overallapplication of flux to point-to-point application in PCB soldering,thereby reducing ux usage and residual waste liquid.In April 2024, Suzhou INOVANCE was named an“Advanced Unit forHazardous Chemical Safety Management”for 2023 by Suzhou MunicipalGovernment.
Occupational Disease PreventionINOVANCE attaches great importance to employees’occupational health and safety. The Company strictlycomplies with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseasesandapplicable laws and regulations in all operating regions. It has established theOccupational Health ManagementRegulationsand set a long-term goal of“zero occupational diseases,”building and continuously improvingthe occupational health and safety management system from the perspectives of system assurance, riskmanagement, and routine protection.In terms of occupational disease protection, the Company deepens employee prevention and treatment, strictlyimplements the“Three Simultaneous”measures for occupational health, compiles occupational disease hazardassessment repos, implements occupational disease prevention engineering measures, and conducts regularon-site occupational disease hazard detection and occupational health-related hidden danger inspectionsannually, monitoring and rectifying occupational disease risks. Identied occupational disease hazards this yearinclude noise, aclic acid, tin dioxide, and butyl acetate.Furthermore, the Company strengthens the management of employees’occupational health, providingoccupational health seices to employees. The Company conducts regular health checkups for all employees.For those exposed to occupational disease hazards, it establishes individual occupational health files,provides pre-job, on-the-job, and exit medical checkups, and purchases supplementary health insurance.Employees exposed to physical hazards or occupational disease risks are provided with PPE, and their use ofsuch equipment is supervised to ensure workplace health and safety. In addition, we have enhanced human-machine safety design and added safety acceptance processes for equipment to further strengthen thedefense line for employees’ occupational health and safety.During the reporting period, the Company achieved a 100% occupational health examination coverage rate,with no occupational disease incidents or deaths caused by occupational diseases repoed.
Suppliers are vital industrial paners of INOVANCE. The company values the critical suppo suppliers providefor our products and seices, strengthen supply chain security management, and actively promotes greensupply chains to enhance value chain synergy and advance sustainable supply chain development.
Key Peormance in 2024
Pass rate of suppliers included in ESG audits
Percentage of suppliers with signedcontracts including ESG requirements
Coverage rate of ESG audits for new suppliers
Pass rate of key suppliers’hazardous chemicalmanagement and RoHS compliance review
100%
100%
100%
100%
Supply Chain SecurityAs the global political and economic situation becomes increasingly turbulent and the acceleratedreconstruction of the global industrial chain, enterprises are enhancing supply chain exibility and adaptabilityto mitigate the potential risk of supply chain disruptions. The company built an autonomous, controllable,safe, and efficient supply chain by classifying and categorizing suppliers, establishing business continuitymanagement (BCM) mechanisms, and planning localized procurement, mergers and acquisitions.
Inclusive and ResponsibleEcosystem Building
INOVANCE is committed to building an equal, friendly, collaborative, inclusive, and responsible businessecosystem that generates economic, environmental, and social value, driving high-quality developmentacross the indust.
Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
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Supplier ClassicationBy cooperation level
Strategic supplierSupplier to be concernedKey supplierGeneral supplierBy peormance level
Excellent supplierSupplier to be improvedQualied supplierNon-qualied supplier
Supplier Categorization
By tier of raw material supplyTier 1 supplierMulti-tier supplierBy product operation methods
ManufacturerSeice providerAgent/trader
Supplier Classi?cation and Categorization
INOVANCE classies its 2,240 existing suppliers by cooperation and peormance levels, and categorizes themby tier of raw material supply and product operation method. The company formulated and issued theMulti-TierSupplier Management Standards, which involved managing upstream raw materials for key materials, dening thescope of multi-tier supplier management, and setting management requirements based on technology, quality,supply, responsiveness, and cost.
Supplier Lifecycle ManagementINOVANCE has established a comprehensive supplier lifecycle management system that tracks and managessuppliers through registration, admission review, peormance assessment, empowerment training, and phase-out, with all stages documented in the management system.
Business Continuity Management
As part of our risk management, the company established contingency plans for emergency response andbusiness continuity to reduce losses and impact on business operations due to major risks or emergencies,ensure employee and asset safety, maintain continuity in product and service delivery, and support theachievement of our strategic goals.In 2024, the company leveraged ISO 22301 certification to comprehensively advance the building of ourbusiness continuity management system. Using an“assessment-driven building”approach, the companybuilt an end-to-end business continuity management system spanning suppliers, the company, and customersand covering key products and customers. Based on a top-down whole-process framework, the companyconducted business impact analyses to identify eight key business areas. The company assessed the businessrisk according to 28 risk scenarios across five emergency types. For medium and high business risks, thecompany developed a list of critical risk resources covering personnel, equipment, products and materials,applications and data, and infrastructure, and formulated targeted mitigation strategies.During the reporting period, the company conducted 13 risk event drills, including simulated disruptions inkey supplier deliveries and logistics, and practical drills for key business system outages. These drills helpedoptimize contingency plans and improve emergency response capabilities. In December 2024, our subsidiarySuzhou INOVANCE obtained ISO 22301?2019 Business Continuity Management System ceication.
Supplier Assessment Results for the Year
Total number of excellent suppliers
Total number of suppliers to be improved
Total number of qualied suppliers
Total number of non-qualied suppliers
Supplier TQRDC Assessments
The company conducts TQRDC assessments on suppliers annually, with monthly assessments on suppliers’
quality and delivery, and semi-annual overall assessments on supplier TQRDC performance. TQRDCassessments are led by the Procurement Strategy Team, with support from SQE, technical, and executionprocurement teams. The Procurement Strategy Team formulates an annual assessment plan and confirmsthe assessment list according to supplier categories and transactions, coordinating with SQE to executethe assessment, and ultimately rates suppliers as excellent, qualified, to be improved and non-qualified. Forsuppliers who do not pass the performance assessment, the company carries out empowerment training tofacilitate continuous improvement in supplier peormance. During the repoing period, the company assessed255 suppliers in the TQRDC assessment, with a pass rate of 90.20%.
Supplier ESG Management
Our supplier ESG management spans ve phases—admission, maintenance, review, peormance improvement,and phase-out—enabling dynamic monitoring and management of suppliers’sustainable practices. Themanagement scope covers all key suppliers..? Supplier Admission
In 2024, the company upgraded the“EHS & CSR”supplier assessment to“Sustainability”assessment,adding new criteria covering human rights, environment, and safety aspects. During the reporting period,137 new suppliers completed ESG data collection and admission reviews. All new suppliers signed theSupplierManagement Contract..? Supplier MaintenanceThe company regularly conducts green supply chain surveys, inviting key suppliers to update ESG data,including 14 categories such as“carbon peaking and carbon neutrality”goals and plans, GHG emissions,direct and indirect energy consumption, green electricity usage, water usage, and the propoion of renewablematerials used. During the reporting period, the company invited over 200 key suppliers to participate in theESG information suey, with a response rate of 93.47%..? Supplier AuditThe company conducts annual audits of suppliers, which include online and on-site audits of environmental,health and safety, and business ethics compliance.
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.? Supplier Performance ImprovementThe company conducts management assessments for key suppliers and all suppliers of its subsidiary,INOVANCE Automotive, covering sustainability dimensions. Assessment reports are issued by the companyto support suppliers in continuously improving their performance. The company regularly organizes ESGempowerment training activities for suppliers to suppo their ESG capabilities.
.? Supplier Phase OutThe company eliminates suppliers involved in serious legal violations or acts that severely impact the operationand management of INOVANCE. Acts that severely impact the operation and management of INOVANCEinclude but are not limited to major supply accidents, major quality issues, leakage of condential information,major security accidents, and violations of business ethics, which cause business interruptions, asset losses,threats to personal safety, and damage to reputation.
.? Con?ict Minerals ManagementThe company explicitly commits to not using conflict minerals—such as gold, tantalum, tungsten, tin, and theirderivatives—sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighboring countries and regions. Inthe reporting year, the company revised the Measures for Control and Management of INOVANCE Conflict Minerals,extending its applicability to all suppliers.The company has stated in its Supplier Management Contractthat its products comply with the Conflict-FreeSourcing Initiative (CFSI), prohibiting suppliers from providing conflict minerals or their derivatives sourcedfrom conict-aected regions mentioned above. Suppliers providing components that contain relevant mineralcontent are required to sign theConict-Free Minerals Commitment. During new supplier admission, the companyincludes conict minerals in its admission review requirements.The company’s production processes involve the use of gold (Au) and tin (Sn). It conducts regular conflictminerals audits of suppliers, including random inspections for higher-risk suppliers, with audits performedby the SQE team. During the reporting period, the company conducted conflict minerals audits for relevantsuppliers, achieving a 100% audit pass rate.
Responsible Procurement
INOVANCE actively practices the concept of responsible procurement by continuously strengthening oversightof suppliers in areas such as workplace safety, environmental compliance, labor rights protection, conflictminerals control, hazardous substances and chemical management, and business ethics. The companypromotes the development of localized supply chains, prioritizes collaboration with local suppliers, andconsistently ensures equal treatment of all suppliers, including SMEs.
On July 23, 2024, the company held the “2024 Green Supply Chain Communication and Awareness Session”via online livestreaming. During the session, the company presented its 3030 Green Supply Chain Vision,reviewed the progress of green supply chain development in recent years, claried near-term plans andactions, and specically explained the three-phase approach for future implementation of green supplychain assessment and collaborative improvement. Over 200 paicipants from more than 100 key suppliersattended and interacted with the livestream session.
Case: 2024 Green Supply Chain Communication and Awareness Session
.? Hazardous Substances and Chemicals ManagementFor hazardous substances management, the company follows theEU RoHS Directive. It evaluates and examineshazardous substances in Supplier Survey Reports (SSR), Supplier Quality Process Audit (QPA), and IncomingQuality Control (IQC) at certain frequencies. The company is equipped with RoHS rapid testing instrumentscapable of directly detecting hazardous substances in incoming materials. During the reporting period, theRoHS compliance audit pass rate for suppliers was 99.96%..? Regulating Supplier Business ConductThe company promotes transparent procurement and clean transactions, requiring suppliers to upholdbusiness ethics and avoid any unlawful or non-compliant acts. INOVANCE regularly conducts supplier trainingand dissemination of business ethics every year. During the reporting period, there were no instances ofsuppliers being disqualied due to serious ethical violations..? Local ProcurementTo fuher enhance supply chain resilience and promote local economic development, INOVANCE has adoptedstrategies of“Local Development”,“Supplier Relocation”and“Globalized Supply”. The company plans tointensify eos to develop local suppliers and continually increase the propoion of local procurement. In linewith the construction progress of production bases, the company encourages suppliers to relocate accordinglyto ensure the continuity of local supply. With its increasing globalization efforts, INOVANCE will continueadvancing its“Local for Local”strategy to increase the proportion of local procurement and further enhancesupply chain resilience..? Equal Treatment of SMEsThe company values the establishment of strong partnership relations with suppliers, and upholds respectand equal treatment for all suppliers. During the repoing period, based on disclosures on the“Credit China”
website, the company was not involved in any serious dishonesty incidents related to overdue payments toSMEs. As at the end of the repoing period, the company had no instances where accounts payable (includingnotes payable) exceeded RMB30 billion or accounted for more than 50% of total assets.
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Event OrganizationActively organizing innovationcompetitions for students at universitiesand vocational colleges based onindust development trends.
Joint Development of a Talent EcosystemPanering with ecosystem enterprises fordedicated talent recruitment events;establishing employment and internshipbases with universities to nuure industtalent.
Training EmpowermentEstablishing an online livestream learningplatform to provide technical andbusiness management empowermenttraining for ecosystem paners.
Indust-Education Integration
Integrating indust cases andexperience into the teaching curricula ofpaner universities to build a pipeline ofprofessional talent for the indust.
Indust-Research Integration
Co-creating solutions with multiple core customers; establishing joint laboratories with suppliers andindust paners; engaging in research cooperation with several universities and establishing jointlaboratories to tackle cutting-edge technologies.
.? Industrial Ecosystem Collaboration Strategy
The company’s industrial ecosystem collaboration is coordinated by the Department of Ecosystem StrategicDevelopment in collaboration with business departments. The company’s core strategies are“industry-educationintegration, industry-research integration, event organization, joint development of a talent ecosystem, and trainingfor empowerment”. Through a combination of online and offline approaches, the company promotes knowledgesharing and talent exchange across the industrial chain, strengthens ecosystem collaboration, and realizes mutualbenet within the ecosystem.
“Advancing industrial technology for a better world” is INOVANCE’s vision. Achieving this vision requires deepcollaboration across the upstream and downstream segments of the industrial chain. Through technologicalinnovation, talent exchange, and knowledge sharing, the company aims to build an open and mutuallybeneficial industrial ecosystem. In 2024, the company continued to deepen ecosystem cooperation, enhancefront-end and back-end coordination along the industrial chain, and work with partners to jointly promotesustainable development of the indust.
Promoting Industrial Cooperation and Development
.? Industrial Cooperation and Exchange Cases
The company and Harbin Institute of Technology have launched a joint program to train engineering master’sand doctoral students. Master’s students study on campus for one year and train at the company for two years;doctoral students study on campus for two years and train at the company for three years. As at the end of therepoing period, two jointly trained master’s students had successfully graduated.
INOVANCE and Harbin Institute of Technology Joint Talent Development Program
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The first INOVANCE Cup National Innovation Competition for Intelligent Automation was launched inNovember 2023 and concluded in August 2024. The competition attracted 1,068 teams from 255 universities.Following intense competition, four teams from Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Institute ofInformation Technology, and other institutions won first prize at the national level; 12 teams won secondprize, and 82 teams won third prize. In addition to generous cash prizes, rst prize winners received job oersfrom INOVANCE, while second prize winners were granted direct access to campus recruitment interviewsat the company. Special awards were also presented, including Best Teamwork Award, Best EngineeringImplementation Award, Most Popular Project Award, and Best Business Value Award.The second “INOVANCE Cup” Competition was launched in September 2024 and is expected to conclude inAugust 2025.
The company launched sho video accounts “INOVANCE Speaks on Industrial Automation” and “INOVANCEPlanet” to educate the public about the industrial automation industry. In 2024, the company released85 videos, attracting over 25 million views. As at the end of the reporting period, “INOVANCE Planet” hadlaunched approximately 1,900 courses, with cumulative views reaching 300,000.
The First INOVANCE Cup National Innovation Competition for Intelligent Automation
Class Platfrom of INOVANCE Planet
INOVANCE Cup National Innovation Competition for Intelligent Automation
Industrial Automation Knowledge Popularization
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INOVANCE Employees Actively Paicipate inCommunity Public Welfare Activities
Donation Ceicate Issued by CharityFederation of Huarong County, Yueyang
Contributing to Social Development.? Community Public Welfare and Charitable DonationsINOVANCE actively participates in community construction and fulfills its corporate social responsibilityby creating a community-enterprise interaction platform. The company encourages employees to engagein community volunteer services, taking volunteer service as a bridge of community communication andcontributing to the construction of a harmonious and livable community.In 2024, the Employee Volunteer Association organized three river patrols, one free clinic, and oneenvironmental trash cleanup activity. Registered volunteers contributed a total of 960 hours of service, with130 instances of volunteer paicipation.INOVANCE is deeply committed to philanthropy. During the reporting period, the company made charitabledonations totaling RMB2,789,000, primarily for disaster relief, education assistance and support for thedisabled and disadvantaged.
.? Supporting Rural RevitalizationThe company actively responds to the Party Central Committee’s call to prioritize agricultural and ruraldevelopment and supports rural revitalization projects. In 2024, Suzhou INOVANCE partnered with thelocal government to launch a“Party Building for Agricultural Support”initiative, encouraging employeesto purchase“Taihu Hengjing” rice from Suzhou’s Hengjing Subdistrict at a co-construction price, therebysuppoing local agricultural development.
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
AddressingClimateChange
Total GHG emissions
tCO
e 8,001,399.84 /
/
Scope 1 Direct GHG emissions
tCO
e 4,091.56 1,807.90 1,601.90Scope 2 Indirect GHG emissions
tCO
e 148,705.14 125,602.71
82,155.14
Scope 3 Other indirect GHG emissions
tCO
e 7,848,603.14 /
/Catego 1 Purchased goods and seicestCO
e 7,737,892.62 //Catego 2 Capital goodstCO
e 22,107.62 //Catego 3 Fuel- and energy-related activitiestCO
e 2,870.64 //Catego 4 Upstream transpoation and distributiontCO
e 15,889.96 //
Appendix 1: ESG Key Peormance Table
Economic Peormance
Notes:
1. Economic peormance data can be found corresponding gures in the annual nancial repos of 2024, 2023 and 2022. If any data dierence occurs, the
data in the annual nancial repos shall prevail.
2. Human Capital Return on Investment = [revenue - (operating costs - total expenses for employee salaries and benets)] / total expenses for employee
salaries and benets.
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
EconomicPeormance
RevenueMillion RMB37,040.9530,419.9323,008.31Categorized by market segmentation of revenueDomesticrevenue
Domestic revenue amountMillion RMB35,001.6228,680.1122,123.02Propoion of domestic revenue%
94.49
94.2896.15
Overseasrevenue
Overseas revenueMillion RMB2,039.331,739.82885.29Propoion of overseas revenue%
5.51
5.723.85
Growth rate of revenue%
21.77
32.2128.23
Operating costsMillion RMB32,806.0426,278.7819,783.51Basic EPSRMB per share
1.60
1.781.64
Net prot attributable to shareholders of the listedcompany
Million RMB4,285.494,741.864,319.76Growth rate of net prot attributable to shareholdersof the listed company
%-9.62
9.7720.89
Net cash ow from operating activitiesMillion RMB7,200.443,369.923,200.83Total assetsMillion RMB57,178.8248,957.5639,211.61Weighted average ROE%
16.52
21.6624.31
Retained earningsMillion RMB19,438.8516,358.1112,573.87Total expenses for employee salaries and benetsMillion RMB6,017.424,856.493,962.80Human capital return on investment
%
1.70
1.851.81
Financial assistance received from governmentMillion RMB
115.62
147.14153.84
Environmental Peormance
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CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
AddressingClimateChange
Catego 5 Waste generated in operationstCO
e 6.43 //Catego 6 Business traveltCO
e 25,491.98 //Catego 9 Downstream transpoation and distributiontCO
e 40,821.27 //Catego 13 Downstream leased assetstCO
e 3,522.63 //GHG Emission intensity in operation
tCO
e / RMB 1million revenue
4.134.19
3.79
Reduction of GHG emissions
tCO?e/year12,170.82 //Carbon credittCO
e 0//Oppounitiesin CleanTechnology
Propoion of revenue from clean technology-relatedproducts and seices
%
59.63
49.67 /
Scope 4 Avoided GHG emissionstCO?e/year14,447,904 10,748,527 /
Energy Use
Total energy consumption
Ton of standardcoal
34,795.37 28,425.21 18,679.57Total energy consumption intensity
Ton of standardcoal/RMB 1million revenue
0.94
0.93 0.81
Total direct energy consumption
Ton of standardcoal
1,129.39 970.61 844.38Gasoline consumptionL186,108.89 216,568.12 220,972.87Diesel consumptionL74,708.78 65,568.00 103,625.40Natural gas consumptionm
677,008.00 467,096.00 317,129.00Liqueed petroleum gas consumptionL12,320.28 86,416.17 91,442.00Total indirect energy consumption
Ton of standardcoal
33,665.98 27,454.59 17,835.20Electricity consumption
MWh271,522.07 222,514.15 145,119.59Steam consumptionTon3,113.00 1,132.00 0Renewable energy consumption
MWh19,624.75 8,742.33 5,178.55Propoion of renewable energy in total energyconsumption
%6.91 3.77 3.40Total installed capacity of renewable energygeneration devices
MW18.83 //Energy saved from new energy saving projectskWh/year1,458,755.001,964,500.00 /Total investment in energy eciency projectsk RMB670.90//Annual operating cost reduction through energyeciency projects
k RMB/year1,167 //
WaterResourcesUtilization
Total water withdrawalm
1,085,190.561,021,444.28605,987.00Water withdrawal intensity
m
/RMB 1million revenue
29.30
33.60 26.34
Water withdrawal at operational sites in water-stressed areas
m
867,408.66//Resource recyclingm
3,260,000.00//Water recycling rate
%75.03//
PollutantDischarge
Waste gas emissionsTotal waste gas emissionsm
1,989,403,3141,097,885,202 /Waste gas emission intensity
m
/RMB 1million revenue
53,708.2136,090.99 /Paiculate matter (PM) emissionskg1,238.00 199.67 329.50Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissionskg1,158.46 1,160.09 /Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissionskg12,323.76 6,969.50 824.50Tin and its compounds emissionsTon0.79 0.03 0.02Sulfur oxides (SOx) emissionsTon0.76 //Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emissionsTon0//Wastewater dischargeTotal wastewater dischargem
313,389.00 273,310.09 /
Notes:
1. Total GHG emissions comprise Scope 1 direct GHG emissions, Scope 2 indirect GHG emissions, and some Scope 3 other indirect GHG emissions. Scope 1
includes xed combustion emissions from cooking equipment, mobile combustion emissions from company-owned vehicles, forklifts, and leased vehicles foroperations, as well as fugitive emissions from air conditioning chillers and re-ghting equipment. Scope 2 includes indirect emissions from purchasedelectricity and steam. The calculations for Scope 3 are based on the calculation categories in the GHG Protocol, covering categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 13.
2. Due to signicant changes in the methodology for calculating Scope 3 emissions in 2024, the Scope 3 data for 2024 are not comparable to previous years.
To avoid misleading readers, the previous year’s data is marked with a “/”.
3. The calculation is based on ISO 14064-1:2018 and the IPCC 2006 Guidelines for National GHG Inventories, and the Guidelines for Accounting and Repoing
GHG Emissions from Enterprises of Other Industries (Trial). Emission sources include xed combustion from cooking equipment, mobile combustion fromcompany-owned vehicles, forklifts, and leased vehicles for operations, as well as fugitive emissions from air conditioning chillers and re-ghting equipment.The company is not involved in industrial process emissions. Only CO? is included in the GHG calculations. Caloric values follow the lower heating valuestandards in the General Rules for Calculation of the Comprehensive Energy Consumption (GB/T 2589). Carbon oxidation rates and other parameters arereferenced from the corresponding default values in the Guidelines for Accounting and Repoing GHG Emissions from Enterprises of Other Industries (Trial)(2015), and the unit carbon content per energy unit is referenced from the IPCC 2006 Guidelines for National GHG Inventories.
4. Indirect GHG emissions from purchased electricity and steam are calculated in accordance with ISO 14064-1:2018 and the General Guideline of the GHG
Emissions Accounting and Repoing for Industrial Enterprises (GB/T 32150-2015). Only CO? is included in the GHG calculations. For emissions from purchased
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
PollutantDischarge
Wastewater discharge intensity
m
/RMB 1million revenue
8.46
8.98 /
Domestic wastewater discharge volumem
295,080.00 228,155.05 64,959.00Chemical oxygen demand (COD)Ton93.32 114.17 37.66Ammoniacal Nitrogen (NH3-N)Ton10.09 7.81 2.65Total phosphorus dischargeTon0.83 0.62 0.32Total nitrogen dischargeTon10.60 9.86 5.73Animal and vegetable oils dischargeTon4.23 4.63 3.13Suspended solids (SS) emissionsTon40.70 50.00 36.25
WasteTreatment
Waste emissionsTotal waste emissions
Ton6,570.72/
/
Waste emission intensity
Ton/RMB 1million revenue
0.18
/
/
Total waste recycled/reused
Ton4,869.90/
/Total hazardous waste
Ton1,234.99694.62 412Hazardous waste treated
Ton1,234.99694.62 /Hazardous waste emission intensity
Ton/RMB 1
million revenue
0.03
0.02 /
Hazardous waste recycled/reused
Ton232.63
94.53 /
Total hazardous waste disposed by landllTon00.50 /Total hazardous waste incinerated with energy recoveTon339.453.3/Total hazardous waste incinerated without energyrecove
Ton662.98 522.38 /Total hazardous waste used other methodsTon023.91 /Toxic emission and leakage incidentsTime0//Total non-hazardous waste
Ton5,335.73/
/
Non-hazardous waste emission intensity
Ton/RMB 1
million revenue
0.14
/
/
Non-hazardous waste recycled/reusedTon4,637.27/
/
EnvironmentalComplianceManagement
Amount of environmental protection training durationHour7,504.00 7,439.00 /Total environmental investment during the repoingperiod
Million RMB10.866.02/Propoion of key operational sites ceied under ISO14001
%66.67 66.67 /Propoion of key operational sites that conductedenvironmental risk assessments
%66.6766.67/Number of incidents ned for violating environmentalprotection laws and regulations
/00/Total nes incurred for violations of environmentalprotection laws and regulations
RMB00/
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electricity in 2024, emission factors for operational sites located in China refer to the provincial average carbon dioxide emission factors for electricity in 2022in the Announcement on the Release of the 2022 National Power Carbon Dioxide Emission Factor issued by the Minist of Ecology and Environment. Thesesame factors are also used to recalculate and update 2023 and 2022 data. In calculating emissions from purchased electricity of overseas operational sites,emission factors from the national electricity sectors in ecoinvent version 3.10 are used. For emissions from purchased steam, emission factors are based onthe thermal energy emission factors in the Guidelines for Accounting and Repoing GHG Emissions from Enterprises of Other Industries issued by the NationalDevelopment and Reform Commission.
5. The calculation is based on the GHG Protocol and the General Guideline of the GHG Emissions Accounting and Repoing for Industrial Enterprises (GB/T
32150-2015). The calculation for Scope 3 covers categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 13. Categories 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15 are deemed non-material indirectemission sources and are not included in the calculation. Emission factors for Scope 3 are based on ecoinvent version 3.10 and the UK Government GHGConversion Factors for Company Repoing 2023.
6. GHG emissions in operation = scope 1 direct GHG emissions + scope 2 indirect GHG emissions.
7. Reduction of GHG emissions = GHG emissions reduced from renewable energy used (in operation) + GHG emissions conveed from the aenergy saved from
new energy saving projects.
8. Clean technology-related products and seices are consistent with those included in the calculation of Scope 4. In the company’s 2023 ESG Repo, this
indicator was referred to as “Propoion of Energy-Saving, Material-Conseed and Carbon-Reduced Product Oering”.
9. It is the sum of the total direct energy consumption and the total indirect energy consumption.
10. It is the sum of all types of direct energy used, which are conveed into standard coal using conversion factors from the General Rules for Calculation of the
Comprehensive Energy Consumption (GB/T 2589-2020): Natural gas = 1.2143 kgce/kg; gasoline = 1.4714 kgce/kg; diesel = 1.4571 kgce/kg; LPG = 1.7143 kgce/kg.
11. It is the sum of all types of indirect energy used, which are conveed into standard coal using conversion factors from the General Rules for Calculation of
the Comprehensive Energy Consumption (GB/T 2589-2020): Electricity (equivalent value) = 0.1229 kgce/kWh; steam (equivalent value) = 0.0341 kgce/MJ.
12. Electricity consumption includes electricity purchased from the grid and from third-pay distributed renewable energy facilities, as well as electricity
generated and consumed from the company’s own distributed renewable energy facilities.
13. Renewable energy includes solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and other sustainable, non-depletable sources. Total renewable energy consumption includes
green electricity rights purchased via green ceicates, electricity generated and consumed by company-owned renewable energy facilities, and photovoltaicelectricity purchased via rooftop leasing agreements at preferential rates.
14. It includes the capacity of company-owned photovoltaic installations and those constructed under the EMC model.
15. In 2024, the company identied a total of 14 operational sites located in water-stressed areas.
16. Water recycling rate = recycled water volume / (total water withdrawal + recycled water volume).
17. Total waste emissions = hazardous waste emissions + non-hazardous waste emissions.
18. Total waste recycled/reused = hazardous waste recycled/reused + non-hazardous waste recycled/reused.
19. Hazardous waste includes waste organic solvents, packaging containers, rags and gloves, spent suace treatment liquids, grinding sludge, emulsied
waste, and other hazardous waste listed in the National Catalogue of Hazardous Wastes.
20. Due to an expansion in the statistical scope, 2023 data on hazardous waste treated has been restated and corrected.
21. Due to an expansion in the statistical scope, 2023 data on hazardous waste recycling/reuse has been restated and corrected.
22. Non-hazardous waste includes waste cardboard, wooden pallets, scrap copper, iron, aluminum, and plastic bags.
23. Due to an expansion in the statistical scope, 2024 non-hazardous waste data is not comparable to data from previous years. To avoid misleading readers,
the previous year’s data is marked with a “/”.
Social PeormanceCategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
ProductandSeiceSafetyandQuality
Total number of product and seice incidents in violation of laws and regulations/000Sales volume of products recalled due to safety and health reasons in already sold ordelivered products
RMB000Propoion of products sold or shipped that have been recalled for safety and health issues%000Number of safety and health incidents of products and seices in violation of laws andregulations
/000Number of complaints received about products and seices
/250Complaint handling rate%100100100Propoion of online sales
%
Belowone in amillion
Below onein a million
/Total number of illegal and non-compliant incidents concerning customer privacy
/000Customer satisfaction scorePoint70.8669.75/Number of labeling incidents of products and seices in violation of laws and regulations/000Number of violations of marketing and communications laws and Regulations
/000Propoion of product revenue from conict-aected and high-risk areas
%000Number of major product safety and quality incidents
/000Amount of losses from major product safety and quality incidentsRMB000
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
Data Securityand PrivacyProtection
Moneta value of data security incidents
Million RMB1.000/Total number of information security vulnerabilities/1,1811,955/Total number of illegal and non-compliant incidents concerning customer privacy
/00/Moneta value of customer privacy breach incidentsRMB00/Number of employee personal information security training sessionsTime211715Number of employees covered by personal information security training/21,85825,48713,342Personal information security training coverage rate
%84.81100/
Notes:
1. Safety and health reasons refer to product issues that aect functionality, cause harm to users, or expose the company to legal liability, prompting
customers to return, exchange, or replace the product. Propoion of products recalled due to safety and health reasons in already sold or delivered products= sales volume of products recalled due to safety and health reasons in already sold or delivered products (RMB) ÷ total sales (RMB) × 100%.
2. It includes formal complaints submitted by customers in writing and complaints led with government authorities.
3. Propoion of online sales = online-generated revenue (excluding revenue via the order management system) ÷ total revenue (RMB) × 100%.
4. The total number of illegal and non-compliant incidents concerning customer privacy refers to the number of illegal and non-compliant incidents resulting
from major customer privacy leakage as conrmed by cou rulings or administrative penalties from government authorities.
5. Marketing and communications laws and regulations include the Adveising Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Law of the People’s Republic of China
on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests, the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People’s Republic of China, and other laws and regulations withmarketing rules for products and seices. Such violations are determined based on formal complaints or administrative penalties from the governmentauthorities.
6. According to the OECD, conict-aected and high-risk areas are regions experiencing armed conict, widespread violence, or other threats to personal
safety, often associated with human rights abuses and violations of international and domestic laws. Propoion of product revenue from conict-aectedand high-risk areas = sales of products from conict-aected and high-risk areas (RMB) ÷ total sales (RMB) × 100%.
7. Major product safety and quality incidents are determined based on responsibility assessments issued by relevant government authorities.
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
Innovation-DrivenDevelopment
R&D investmentMillion RMB3,147.082,624.152,229.27R&D investment as a percentage of revenue
%
8.50
8.639.69
Number of R&D personnel/5,5385,4824,793Propoion of R&D personnel
%
22.65
23.1523.66
Number of new patent applications/685982875Number of new patents granted/572506718Number of new trademarks approved/593381Number of new copyrights approved /7961/Total number of valid patents/2,375//Number of invention patents applied to major business
/450//Notes:
1. R&D investment as a percentage of revenue = R&D investment (RMB) ÷ revenue (RMB) × 100%; revenue coverage is consistent with the scope of the
consolidated nancial statements.
2. Propoion of R&D personnel = number of R&D personnel ÷ number of full-time labor contract employees × 100%.
3. Major business refers to business excluding investment income, non-operating income, gains/losses from changes in fair value, etc. Invention patents refer
to patents classied as invention patents in the total number of valid patents, excluding design and utility model patents.
Notes:
1. The moneta value of data security incidents is determined based on cou rulings. The 2024 data reects one case where an employee leaked company
trade secrets, resulting in a loss of RMB 1 million as determined through civil mediation by a People’s Cou.
2. Illegal and non-compliant incidents concerning customer privacy are determined based on cou rulings or administrative penalties.
3. The company regularly organizes personal information security training. The training coverage rate does not include employees who were planning to
resign or on leave during the training period.
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CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
Employment
Total number of employees/26,51825,48720,256Number of foreign employees/444456/Prot per employeeMillion RMB
0.16
0.19/
Labor contract signing rate%100100100Propoion of employees from ethnic minorities and/or disadvantaged groups
%5.987.91/Propoion of employees by employment typeFull-time labor contract employees/24,44523,68520,256Full-time dispatched employees/1,7921,420/Part-time employees (internship, apprentices, working students and retiredemployees rehired in total)
/281382/Propoion of pa-time and dispatched employees%7.827.07/Propoion of full-time labor contract employees%92.1892.93/Propoion of employees by gender
Propoion of female employees%25.41 26.19/Propoion of male employees%74.59 73.81/Propoion of employees by age
Number of employees aged over 50/303317/Number of employees aged 30–50/14,40313,422/Number of employees under 30/11,71311,748/Propoion of employees aged over 50%1.151.24/Propoion of employees aged 30–50%54.5252.66/Propoion of employees under 30%44.3446.09/Propoion of employees by education level
Number of employees with doctoral degrees/685852Number of employees with master’s degrees/3,8623,3952,505Number of employees with bachelor’s degrees/7,5807,8806,297Number of employees with junior college degree or below/14,90914,15411,402Propoion of employees with doctoral degrees%0.260.230.26Propoion of employees with master’s degrees%14.6213.3212.37Propoion of employees with bachelor’s degrees%28.6930.9231.09Propoion of employees with junior college degree or below%56.4355.5356.29Total number of newly-recruited employees
/14,0058,995/Newly-recruited employees by gender
Number of newly-recruited male employees/10,8886,723/Number of newly-recruited female employees/3,1172,272/Newly-recruited employees by age
Number of newly-recruited employees aged over 50/1217/Number of newly-recruited employees aged 30–50/4,4423,149/Number of newly-recruited employees under 30/9,5515,829/Propoion of newly-recruited employees by gender
Propoion of newly-recruited male employees%77.7474.74/Propoion of newly-recruited female employees%22.2625.26/Propoion of newly-recruited employees by age
3,4Propoion of newly-recruited employees aged over 50%0.090.19/Propoion of newly-recruited employees aged 30–50%31.7235.01 /Propoion of newly-recruited employees under 30%68.20 64.80 /Employee turnover rate
%27.2624.4227.90Volunta turnover rate%24.5323.79/
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
Employment
Employee turnover rate by gender
Male employee turnover rate%27.3123.73/Female employee turnover rate%27.1226.36/Employee turnover rate by age
Turnover rate for employees aged over 50%21.40 12.30 /Turnover rate for employees aged 30–50%22.7220.41/Turnover rate for employees under 30%32.9829.32/Average length of seice (in the company) for male employeesYear3.17//Average length of seice (in the company) for female employeesYear3.19//Propoion of female employees in junior management
%18.4115.60 /Propoion of female employees in mid-level management
%14.2914.50 /Propoion of female employees in senior management
%10.716.60/Propoion of female employees in management levels
%15.7514.70/Propoion of female employees in revenue-generating roles
%16.0115.00/Propoion of female employees in STEM-related positions
%13.699.90/Propoion of internal employment
%2.9312.66/Proportion of employees undertaking regular performance and careerdevelopment review
%100100100Percentage of employees below senior management level that stock optionincentive and long-term incentive program applies
%97.9498.48/Number of penalties received for violating employment and labor laws andregulations
/000Notes:
1. Minority and/or vulnerable groups include: ethnic minorities of Chinese nationality, foreign employees, and employees with disabilities.
2. In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679), companies may not process personal data such as gender,
age, and education level without explicit consent or other legal basis. In compliance with the above, the following disclosed employee demographic statisticsexclude data from the company’s entities and branches located in EU member states.
3. Statistics on newly recruited employees and employee turnover include only employees of entities and branches within the Chinese mainland. Due to the
limited size and data collection challenges of overseas entities and branches as well as the small impact of the absence of such data on indicators, the dataon overseas employees is not included.
4. Propoion of newly recruited employees by catego = total number of newly recruited employees in the catego ÷ total number of newly recruited
employees × 100%. This diers from the statistical method used in the company’s 2023 ESG repo. To improve comparability, historical data have beenadjusted in accordance with the current year’s methodology.
5. Employee turnover rate = number of employees who left ÷ (number of employees who left + number of employees at the end of the period) × 100%.
Dispatched and pa-time employees are excluded in the aforementioned number of employees.
6. Propoion of female employees in junior management = number of female employees in junior management ÷ total number of junior management
employees × 100%. Junior management is dened as heads of third-level depaments and lower.
7. Propoion of female employees in mid-level management = number of female employees in mid-level management ÷ total number of mid-level
management employees × 100%. Mid-level is dened as second-level depament heads (including deputies).
8. Propoion of female employees in senior management = number of female employees in senior management ÷ total number of senior management
employees × 100%. Senior management refers to heads (including deputies) of rst-level depaments, business divisions, branches and subsidiaries,excluding statuto “senior executives” in corporate governance.
9. Propoion of female employees in management levels = number of female employees in management levels ÷ total number of employees in management levels × 100%.
10. Propoion of female employees in revenue-generating roles = Number of female employees in revenue-generating positions ÷ Total number of
employees in such positions × 100%. Revenue-generating roles are dened as the direct management roles in sales and other depaments, or the roles thatdirectly contribute to the output of products or seices.
11. Propoion of female employees in STEM-related positions = number of female employees in STEM-related positions ÷ total number of employees in
STEM-related positions × 100%. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. STEM professionals apply their knowledge of science,technology, engineering, or mathematics in their daily work.
12. Propoion of internal employment = number of internal employment ÷ (number of internal employment + number of newly recruited employees) × 100%.
13. Probationa employees are not subject to regular peormance and career assessments. This indicator excludes them accordingly.
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CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
OccupationalHealth andSafety
Number of work-related injuries
Time263136Number of lost workdays due to work-related injuriesDay2,340.002,614.501,315.00Lost workday rate due to work-related inju
/6.448.84
/Lost-time inju frequency rate
/0.360.52
/Lost-time inju severity rate
/0.030.04
/Number of Employees of Occupational Disease Risk Posts/1,008685349Number of occupational disease cases/000Number of fatalities due to occupational disease/000Propoion of key operational sites ceied under ISO 45001%57.89//Propoion of key operational sites with health and safety risk assessmentsconducted
%57.89 //Propoion of employees represented by formal management-worker healthand safety committees
%100100100Employee physical examination coverage rate
%100100100Total investment in work inju insuranceMillion RMB7.05//Work inju insurance coverage rate%100//Total investment in workplace safety liability insurance
RMB0//Workplace safety liability insurance coverage rate
%0//Number of paicipants in safety training sessions/46,30738,40740,437Number of safety training sessions conductedTime15018564Number of penalties received for violating occupational health and safetylaws and regulations
/000
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
EmployeeRights
Number of key operational sites reviewed and assessed human right protection peormance/844Total number of discrimination and harassment incidents/000Number of labor dispute cases
/171511Number of violations related to employment and dismissal, compensation and benets, workhours and leave, equal oppounity, anti-discrimination, etc.
/000Percentage of employees who received training on diversity, discrimination, and/or harassment%100100100Propoion of Employees Covered by Collective Negotiation Agreement
%84.74//Propoion of employees who have formally elected as employee representatives
%88.7289.10 /Social Insurance Coverage Rate%100100100
Notes:
1. All work-related inju indicators cover the entire workforce, including full-time, dispatched, and pa-time employees. The company expanded its safety
data governance in the current year to include all employees. Data for 2023 regarding the lost workday rate due to work-related inju, lost-time injufrequency rate, and lost-time inju severity rate were revised accordingly for comparability.
2. Lost workday rate due to work-related inju = number of lost workdays due to work-related injuries × 200,000 ÷ total working hours.
3. Lost-time inju frequency rate = total number of lost-time inju incidents × 1,000,000 ÷ total working hours; the total number of lost-time inju incidents
is the total number of work-related injuries.
4. Lost-time inju severity rate = number of lost workdays due to work-related injuries × 1,000 ÷ total working hours.
5. In practice, formal management-worker health and safety committees refer to the work safety committees established by the company’s branches and
subsidiaries.
6. Based on the company’s management practices, probationa employees are not eligible for the company’s annual physical examination program; thus,
they are excluded from this calculation.
7. In accordance with the Work Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China and related regulations, the company does not engage in production activities in
high-risk sectors such as coal mining, non-coal mining, or hazardous chemicals, and is therefore not subject to the mandato requirement to purchaseworkplace safety liability insurance.
Notes:
1. Such cases include disputes related to non-compete agreements.
2. Propoion of employees covered by collective negotiation agreement = number of labor contract employees covered by collective negotiation agreement ÷
total number of labor contract employees. Probationa employees are excluded from this indicator. Due to changes in the data scope and the high cost ofretroactive revision, data for 2022 and 2023 are not disclosed here.
3. The number of employees paicipating in labor unions equals the number of employees represented by formally elected representatives; therefore, the
percentage of employees covered by elected representatives equals the union coverage rate.
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
EmployeeTraining
Employee training coverage rate%100100100Annual training expenditure
Million RMB2.91//Average training expenditure per employee
RMB109.62 232.89/Employee training coverage rate by genderPercentage of female employees covered by training%100100100Percentage of male employees covered by training%100100100Total employee training hours
Hour719,255.90686,347.40158,996.00Average training hours per employee
Hour27.1226.9323.56Average training hours by genderAverage training hours for female employees
Hour27.1226.9323.56Average training hours for male employees
Hour27.1226.9323.56
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
SustainableSupplierManagement
Total number of existing suppliers/2,2402,592/Number of active suppliers
/1,4631,528/Number of suppliers from the Chinese mainland/2,1792,552/Number of suppliers from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas regions/6140/Supplier auditPercentage of key suppliers assessed for sustainability
%93.4743/Number of new suppliers assessed for ESG/137231Pass rate of ESG assessments of new suppliers%100100/Pass rate of on-site ESG assessments of new suppliers%100100/Percentage of total revenues from products containing minerals from conict-aectedand high-risk areas coming from suppliers that have been veried conict-free
%000Percentage of supplier accessibility to conict-minerals information%100100/Percentage of suppliers with signed contracts including ESG requirements
%100100100Supplier peormance improvementNumber of suppliers found non-compliant with ESG standards during assessment/0//Number of suppliers identied with signicant/potential negative ESG impacts
/00/Number of suppliers with signicant/potential ESG impacts that were terminated/00/Total number of suppliers that implemented corrective measures for negative ESGimpacts
/00/Green supply chain sueyNumber of key suppliers that responded to the green supply chain suey
/229131/Response rate of key suppliers to the green supply chain suey
%93.4764/
Notes:
1. Statistics only include training activities conducted via the “INOVANCE Academy” platform. Training conducted through other channels is not covered. The
peormance indicators include all employees—full-time labor contract employees, dispatched employees, and pa-time employees.
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CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022RuralRevitalization
Total investment in rural revitalization and povey alleviationRMB12,200.00//Number of people beneted from rural revitalization and poveyalleviation initiatives
////
SocialContributions
Total amount invested into community public welfareRMB2,789,000.00696,599.271,460,111.51Amount invested in community public welfare (educationassistance)
RMB769,000.00292,000.00687,231.91Amount invested in community public welfare (environmentalprotection)
RMB000Amount invested in community public welfare (labor needs)RMB000Amount invested in community public welfare (medical health)RMB00587,378.61Amount invested in community public welfare (culture and spos)RMB20,000.0000Amount invested in community public welfare (other areas)RMB2,000,000.00404,599.27185,500.99Use of charity fundsRMB423,862.82145,585.70/Amount donated to charity projects
RMB100,000.00492,000.00667,231.91Total hours of employee volunteer seiceHour9605,60036,460Total instances of employee volunteer paicipation
Person-time130//
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022SustainableSupplierManagement
Supplier training empowermentNumber of key supplier empowerment training sessions/52/Coverage rate of integrity training and education for key suppliers%100100/EqualTreatment ofSMEs
Amount of overdue accounts payable (including notes payable) at the end of therepoing period
RMB0//Amount of overdue payments to SMEs at the end of the repoing period
RMB0//Propoion of distributors in the distributor network who paicipated in regular internalproduct and seice training
%100100100Notes:
1. Active suppliers refer to the suppliers that conducted transactions with the company during the repoing year.
2. Key suppliers refer to the group of suppliers that, ranked by procurement amount, account for the top 80% of annual procurement value within each
material catego.
3. Propoion of product revenue involving minerals from conict-aected and high-risk areas provided by suppliers that have passed conict-free mineral
audits = sales revenue (RMB) of such products provided by ceied conict-free suppliers ÷ total sales (RMB) × 100%.
4. The ESG clauses referenced here include the Supplier Code of Conduct and contract clauses addressing environmental, labor, human rights, and business
ethics (e.g., anti-corruption).
5. Signicant/potential negative impacts refer to incidents such as major supply disruptions, severe quality issues, breaches of condential information, major
safety accidents, or violations of business ethics that lead to operational interruptions, asset losses, threats to personal safety, or reputational damage.
6. Due to optimized suey methodology, the original indicator “Number of key suppliers undergone GHG invento during the repoing period” has been
revised to “Number of key suppliers that responded to the green supply chain suey”.
7. Due to optimized suey methodology, the original indicator “Coverage of key suppliers undergone GHG invento during the repoing period” has been
revised to “Response rate of key suppliers to the green supply chain suey”.
8. The calculation is based on serious dishonest conduct statistics disclosed on the “Credit China” website.
Notes:
1. Due to the inability to accurately count specic beneciaries, this data is not disclosed.
2. It refers to donation projects for which ocial donation receipts (printed and supeised by nancial authorities) have been issued.
3. Since the indicator “Number of employee volunteer paicipants” was changed to “Total instances of employee volunteer paicipation”, the historical data
are not restated due to traceability limitations.
CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
CorporateGovernance
Number of Board of Directors members/999Number of independent directors/333Number of male Board of Directors members/888Number of female Board of Directors members/111Propoion of female Board of Directors members%111111Number of board meetings heldTime8711Average number of directors attending the meetings of the Board of Directors/999Meetings of the Board of Directors attendance rate%100100100Minimum attendance rate of board members at meetings of the Board ofDirectors
%100100100Number of non-executive/independent directors with four or fewer othermandates
/333Average tenure of Board of Directors membersYear8.657.986.98Number of independent directors with indust experience/333Number of independent directors on the Board of Directors%33.3333.3333.33Propoion of independent directors on the Audit Committee%10066.6766.67Propoion of independent directors on the Compensation and AssessmentCommittee
%66.6766.6766.67Propoion of independent directors on the Compensation and AssessmentCommittee
%66.6766.6766.67Propoion of Board of Directors members who are immediate family members ofmajor shareholders, executives, or former executives
%000Standard deviation of director ages/4.036.086.08Standard deviation of director tenures/6.11
5.735.73
Number of nancial expes on the Audit Committee/111Multiple of base sala of CEO (President)
/
669.54
965.69 1,060.94
Average multiple of base sala of other executives with shareholding repoed
/
554.63
713.75903.67
Ratio of total compensation of CEO (President) to average employee sala/
16.86
16.4417.09
Propoion of government ownership%000Number of Audit Committee meetings heldTime658
Number of Compensation and Assessment Committee meetings heldTime4//Number of Nomination Committee meetings heldTime1//Number of General Meetings of Shareholders heldTime212Number of Meetings of the Board of Supeisors heldTime768Meetings of the Board of Supeisors attendance rate%100100100
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CategoIndicatorsUnit202420232022
Anti-commercialBribe andAnti-corruption
Number of employees who received anti-corruption training
/10,585//Coverage rate of anti-corruption training among employees
%71.91 //Total number of hours of anti-corruption training received by employeesHour1,220.17//Number of corruption leads generated through whistleblowing channels/187/Total number of violations of anti-corruption laws and regulations/020Number of operating sites where anti-corruption audits have been conducted/534747Number of employees dismissed or disciplined due to corruption/02/Number of resolved corruption lawsuits involving the company or its employees/000
Compliancemanagement
Number of major incidents violated laws and regulationsTime
Number of nes imposed for violationsTime0
Total amount of nes imposed due to violationsRMB000Major tax violation incidents/000Violations related to conict of interest /000Money laundering or insider trading incidents/000FairCompetition
Number of lawsuits or major administrative penalties due to companymisconduct
/000Moneta value involved in lawsuits or major administrative penalties due tocompany misconduct
RMB000Number of legal proceedings related to anti-competitive behavior, antitrust, andanti-monopoly laws
/000Notes:
1. Due to changes in the statistical scope for “anti-corruption training paicipation”, to avoid misleading readers, the previous year’s data is marked with a “/”.
2. Frontline production employees are excluded from the calculation as they are not exposed to corruption risks.
Notes:
1. Multiple of base sala of CEO (President) = repoing year-end stock price (unadjusted)× number of shares held by CEO (President) as of the repoing year
÷ sala before tax of CEO (President) received during the repoing year.
2. Multiple of base sala of other executives = [(repoing year-end stock price × number of shares held by Executive 1 ÷ the executive’s sala before tax
received during the repoing year) + (repoing year-end stock price × number of shares held by Executive 2 ÷ the executive’s sala before tax receivedduring the repoing year) + (…)] ÷ number of executives with shareholding repoed.
3. After verication, the data in the company’s 2022 ESG repo showing zero was an ent error in the system; the actual value was eight. The company
hereby corrects it and apologizes to all stakeholders.
Index of Guidelines of Shenzhen Stock Exchange for Self-discipline Regulation of ListedCompanies No.17 - Sustainability Repo (Trial)A. Chapter Index Table
ChaptersDisclosure ContentDisclosure Chapter
Chapter IGeneral ProvisionsAbout This RepoChapter IIDisclosure Framework for Sustainability InformationChapters Related to Each Material Topic
Chapter III Environmental Information DisclosureChapter III Section 1Addressing Climate Change3.1 Addressing Climate ChangeChapter III Section 2Pollution Control and Ecosystem Protection3.5 Ecosystem ProtectionChapter III Section 3Resource Utilization and Circular Economy
3.2 Strengthening Energy Management
3.3 Innovative Green Products
3.5 Ecosystem Protection
Chapter IV Social Information DisclosureChapter IV Section 1Rural Revitalization and Social Contributions7.3 Contributing to Social DevelopmentChapter IV Section 2
Innovation-Driven Development and Ethics of Scienceand Technology
5.1 R&D Innovation Focus
Chapter IV Section 3Suppliers and Customers
4.1 Strict Product Quality Control
4.2 Improving Customer Seices
5.2 Data Privacy Protection
7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
Chapter IV Section 4Employees
6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
6.2 Talent Attraction and Retention
6.3 Employee Training and Development
6.4 Occupational Health and Safety
Chapter V Disclosure of Sustainability-Related Governance InformationChapter V Section 1Sustainability-Related Governance Mechanisms2.2 Strengthening Corporate GovernanceChapter V Section 2Business Practices2.3 Compliant and Robust OperationChapter VISupplementa Provisions and Interpretation/
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B. Index of Guidelines TopicsDimensionNo.Guidance TopicsClauseDisclosure Location
Environment
1Addressing Climate ChangeAicles 21-283.1 Addressing Climate Change2Pollutant DischargeAicle 303.5 Ecosystem Protection3Waste TreatmentAicle 313.5 Ecosystem Protection4Ecosystem and Biodiversity ProtectionAicle 323.5 Ecosystem Protection5Environmental Compliance ManagementAicle 333.5 Ecosystem Protection6Energy UseAicle 353.2 Strengthening Energy Management7Water Resources UtilizationAicle 363.5 Ecosystem Protection8Circular EconomyAicle 373.3 Innovative Green Products
Society
Rural RevitalizationAicle 39
7.3 Contributing to Social Development
10Social ContributionsAicle 407.3 Contributing to Social Development11Innovation-Driven DevelopmentAicle 425.1 R&D Innovation Focus12Ethics of Science and TechnologyAicle 43Not applicable13Supply Chain SecurityAicle 457.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain14Equal treatment of SMEsAicle 467.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain15Product and Seice Safety and QualityAicle 47
4.1 Strict Product Quality Control
4.2 Improving Customer Seices
16Data Security and Customer PrivacyAicle 485.2 Data Privacy Protection17EmployeesAicle 50
6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
6.2 Talent Attraction and Retention
6.3 Employee Training and Development
6.4 Occupational Health and Safety
Sustainability-relatedGovernance
18Due DiligenceAicle 522.3 Compliant and Robust Operation19Stakeholder EngagementAicle 532.1 Sustainability Management
Anti-commercial Bribe andAnti-corruption
Aicle 552.3 Compliant and Robust Operation21Fair CompetitionAicle 562.3 Compliant and Robust Operation
CompanySelf-Disclosures
22Oppounities in Clean Technology/
3.1 Addressing Climate Change
3.3 Innovative Green Products
23Green Products and Innovation/3.3 Innovative Green Products24Corporate Governance/2.2 Strengthening Corporate Governance25Risk Management/2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation
Cross-indust Collaboration andDevelopment
/
7.2 Promoting Industrial Cooperation and
Development
GRI StandardDisclosureLocationPa 1: General Disclosures
GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures 2021
2-1 Organizational details1.1 Company Prole2-2 Entities included in the organization’s sustainability repoingAbout This Repo2-3 Repoing period, frequency and contact pointAbout This Repo2-4 Restatements of informationAbout This Repo2-5 External assuranceAppendix 82-6 Activities, value chain and other business relationships1.3 Core Business2-7 Employees6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection2-8 Workers who are not employees
Appendix 1: Key Peormance Table SocialPeormance2-9 Governance structure and composition2.2 Strengthening Corporate Governance2-10 Nomination and selection of the highest governance body2.2 Strengthening Corporate Governance2-11 Chair of the highest governance body
2.2 Strengthening Corporate Governance
2-12 Role of the highest governance body in overseeing the management of impacts2.2 Strengthening Corporate Governance2-13 Delegation of responsibility for managing impacts2.2 Strengthening Corporate Governance2-14 Role of the highest governance body in sustainability repoing2.1 Sustainability Management2-15 Conicts of interest
2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation
2-16 Communication of critical concerns2.1 Sustainability Management2-17 Collective knowledge of the highest governance body2.1 Sustainability Management2-19 Remuneration policies2.1 Sustainability Management2-22 Statement on sustainable development strategy2.1 Sustainability Management2-23 Policy commitments6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection2-24 Embedding policy commitments2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation2-25 Processes to remediate negative impacts2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation2-26 Mechanisms for seeking advice and raising concerns2.1 Sustainability Management2-27 Compliance with laws and regulationsDisclosure has been made in all chapters.2-29 Approach to stakeholder engagement2.1 Sustainability Management
Pa 2: Material Topics
GRI 3:
Material Topics2021
3-1 Process to determine material topics2.1 Sustainability Management3-2 List of material topics2.1 Sustainability Management3-3 Management of material topics2.1 Sustainability ManagementEconomic Peormance
GRI 201:
EconomicPeormance2016
201-1 Direct economic value generated and distributed
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEconomic Peormance201-2 Financial implications and other risks and oppounities due to climate change3.1 Addressing Climate Change201-3 Dened benet plan obligations and other retirement plans6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection201-4 Financial assistance received from government
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEconomic Peormance
Anti-corruption
GRI 205:
Anticorruption2016
205-1 Operations assessed for risks related to corruption
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableGovernance Peormance205-2 Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures
2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation
7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
Anti-competitive behavior
GRI 206:
Anti-competitiveBehavior 2016
206-1 Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopolypractices
2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation
Statement of use
Shenzhen INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd. discloses the referenced information in this index table in accordancewith the GRI Standards for the period from Janua 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
GRI 1 usedGRI 1: Foundation 2021
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GRI StandardDisclosureLocationMaterialsGRI 301:
Materials 2016
301-2 Recycled input materials used3.3 Green Innovative Products301-3 Reclaimed products and their packaging materials3.3 Green Innovative Products
Energy
GRI 302:
Energy 2016
302-1 Energy consumption within the organization
3.2 Strengthening Energy Management
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance302-3 Energy intensity
3.2 Strengthening Energy Management
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance302-4 Reduction of energy consumption3.2 Strengthening Energy Management302-5 Reductions in energy requirements of products and seices3.3 Innovative Green ProductsWater and EuentsGRI 303:
Water andEuents 2018
303-2 Management of water discharge-related impacts3.5 Ecosystem Protection303-3 Water withdrawal
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance303-4 Water discharge
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance303-5 Water consumption
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance
Biodiversity
GRI 304:
Biodiversity 2016
304-2 Signicant impacts of activities, products and seices on biodiversity3.5 Ecosystem ProtectionEmissions
GRI 305:
Emissions 2016
305-1 Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions
3.1 Addressing Climate Change
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance
305-2 Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions
3.1 Addressing Climate Change
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance
305-3 Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions
3.1 Addressing Climate Change
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance
305-4 GHG emission intensity
3.1 Addressing Climate Change
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance
305-5 Reduction of GHG emissions
3.1 Addressing Climate Change
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance
305-7 Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and other signicant air emissions3.5 Ecosystem Protection
Waste
GRI 306:
Waste 2020
306-1 Waste generation and signicant waste-related impacts3.5 Ecosystem Protection
306-2 Management of signicant waste-related impacts3.5 Ecosystem Protection
306-3 Waste generated
3.5 Ecosystem Protection
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance
306-5 Waste directed to disposal
3.5 Ecosystem Protection
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableEnvironmental Peormance
Supplier Environmental Assessment
GRI 308: SupplierEnvironmentalAssessment 2016
308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
EmploymentGRI 401:
Employment2016
401-2 Benets provided to full-time employees that are not provided to
tempora or pa-time employees
6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
401-3 Parental leave6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare
GRI StandardDisclosureLocation
Occupational Health and Safety
GRI 403:
OccupationalHealth and Safety2018
403-1 Occupational health and safety management system6.4 Occupational Health and Safety403-2 Hazard identication, risk assessment, and incident investigation6.4 Occupational Health and Safety403-3 Occupational health seices6.4 Occupational Health and Safety403-5 Worker training on occupational health and safety6.4 Occupational Health and Safety403-6 Promotion of worker health6.4 Occupational Health and Safety403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts di-rectly linked by business relationships
6.4 Occupational Health and Safety
403-8 Workers covered by an occupational health and safety management system6.4 Occupational Health and Safety403-9 Work-related injuries6.4 Occupational Health and Safety403-10 Work-related ill health6.4 Occupational Health and Safety
Training and Education
GRI 404:
Training andEducation 2016
404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee6.3 Employee Training and Development404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs6.3 Employee Training and Development404-3 Percentage of employees receiving regular peormance and careerdevelopment reviews
6.2 Talent Attraction and Retention
Diversity and Equal OppounityGRI 405:
Diversity andEqual Oppouni-ty 2016
405-1 Diversity of governance bodies and employees
6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
Appendix 1: Key Peormance TableSocial Peormance
Non-discriminationGRI 406:
Non-discrimina-tion 2016
406-1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken
6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
Child Labor
GRI 408: ChildLabor 2016
408-1 Operations and suppliers at signicant risk for incidents of child labor
6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
GRI 407: Freedomof Associationand CollectiveBargaining 2016
407-1 Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association andcollective bargaining may be at risk
6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
Forced or Compulso Labor
GRI 409: Forcedor CompulsoLabor 2016
409-1 Operations and suppliers at signicant risk for incidents of forced or com-pulso labor
6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
Local CommunitiesGRI 413: LocalCommunities2016
413-1 Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, anddevelopment programs
7.3 Contributing to Social Development
Supplier Social Assessment
GRI 414: SupplierSocial Assess-ment 2016
414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain414-2 Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply ChainCustomer Health and Safety
GRI 416:
Customer Healthand Safety 2016
416-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning the health and safety impacts ofproducts and seices
4.1 Strict Product Quality Control
Marketing and LabelingGRI 417: Market-ing and Labeling2016
417-1 Requirements for product and seice information and labeling2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation417-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning product and seice informationand labeling
2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation
417-3 Incidents of non-compliance concerning marketing communications2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation
Customer PrivacyGRI 418:
Customer Privacy2016
418-1 Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy andlosses of customer data
5.2 Data Privacy Protection
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ChaptersSectionsUN SDGs MappingChapter 2 Sustainable Development andCorporate Governance
2.1 Sustainability Management
2.2 Strengthening Corporate Governance
2.3 Compliant and Robust Operation
Goal 16 Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsGoal 17 Panerships for the GoalsChapter 3 Empowering Decarbonization3.1 Addressing Climate Change
3.2 Strengthening Energy Management
3.3 Innovative Green Products
3.4 Jointly Building a Net-zero Future
3.5 Ecosystem Protection
Goal 6 Clean Water and SanitationGoal 7 Aordable and Clean EnergyGoal 9 Indust, Innovation and InfrastructureGoal 11 Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGoal 12 Responsible Consumption and ProductionGoal 13 Climate ActionGoal 15 Life on Land
Chapter 4 Focus on Customer Satisfaction4.1 Strict Product Quality Control
4.2 Improving Customer Seices
Goal 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
5 Innovation-Drives Development5.1 R&D Innovation Focus
5.2 Data Privacy Protection
Goal 9 Indust, Innovation and Infrastructure6 Employee Development Guarantee6.1 Employee Rights and Welfare Protection
6.2 Talent Attraction and Retention
6.3 Employee Training and Development
6.4 Occupational Health and Safety
Goal 3 Good Health and Well-being
Goal 4 Quality Education
Goal 5 Gender Equality
Goal 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Goal 10 Reduced Inequalities
Chapter 7 Inclusive And ResponsibleEcosystem Building
7.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain
7.2 Promoting Industrial Cooperation and
Development
7.3 Contributing to Social Development
Goal 4 Quality Education
Goal 10 Reduced Inequalities
Goal 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Goal 17 Panerships for the Goals
Mapping Table of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
No.Full Name of Operating SiteAbbreviation of Operating SiteKey Operational Site1Shenzhen INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd.Shenzhen INOVANCE2Dongguan INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd.Dongguan INOVANCE3Suzhou INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd.Suzhou INOVANCE4Suzhou INOVANCE Control Technology Co., Ltd.Suzhou INOVANCE Control5Suzhou INOVANCE Automotive Co., Ltd.INOVANCE Automotive6Jiangsu Kingway Transpoation Co., Ltd.Jiangsu Kingway7INOVANCE New Energy Vehicle Technology (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Changzhou INOVANCE New Energy8Yueyang INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd.Yueyang INOVANCE9SHANGHAI BST ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.BST10SHANGHAI BNK CABLE CO., LTD.BNK CABLE11BST Machine & Electronics (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd.BST Machine & Electronics (Jiaxing)12Nanjing INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd.Nanjing INOVANCE13Xi’an INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd.Xi’an INOVANCE14Dalian Zhiding Technology Co., Ltd.Dalian Zhiding15Guangdong MJB Electric Co., Ltd.MJB16Tianjin BST Electric Co., Ltd.Tianjin BST Electric17hangchun Weton Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd.Changchun Weton18Ningbo EST Technology Co., Ltd.EST19EKSYS (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.EKSYS (Beijing)20Jinan INOVANCE Technology Co., Ltd.Jinan INOVANCE21Inova Automation Co., Ltd.INOVA AUTOMATION22INOVANCE AUTOMOTIVE (THAILAND) CO., LTD.INOVANCE AUTOMOTIVE THAILAND23INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY HUNGARY KORL?TOLT FELEL?SS?G? T?RSAS?GINOVANCE TECHNOLOGY HUNGARY24INOVANCE AUTOMOTIVE HUNGARY KORL?TOLT FELEL?SS?G? T?RSAS?GINOVANCE AUTOMOTIVE HUNGARY25SBC LINEAR CO., LTD.SBC26INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CO., LTD.INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY KOREA27INOVA AUTOMATION ITALY S.R.L.INOVA AUTOMATION ITALY28INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITEDINOVANCE TECHNOLOGY INDIA29INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY EUROPE GMBHINOVANCE TECHNOLOGY EUROPE30INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY FRANCEINOVANCE TECHNOLOGY FRANCE31INNOVATION RECHERCHE AUTOMATISME INFORMATIQUEIRAI32INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY END?STR?YEL OTOMASYON L?M?TED ??RKET?INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY T?RKIYE33INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY ESPA?A, SLINOVANCE TECHNOLOGY SPAIN34INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY USA INC.INOVANCE TECHNOLOGY USA
To facilitate stakeholder review, The Company has complied the correlation between the abbreviated designations and the full names of the Company’soperational sites* as follows.
Appendix 3: Description of Operating Sites
Note: Key operating sites refer to those that have a material and substantive impact on the Company’s business operations, including all manufacturing centers andthe non-manufacturing centers with the largest number of employees. The combined number of full-time labor contract employees at the designated key operatingsites must account for at least 90% of the total number of such employees at the end of the repoing period. For subsidiaries operating at the same address andsharing the same management system, they are consolidated as a single operating site. The total number of key operating sites in 2024 was 19.
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AbbreviationFull Name8DEight DisciplinesAIAicial IntelligenceAPQPAdvanced Product Quality PlanningARDAutomatic Rescue DeviceASILAutomotive Safety Integrity LevelATEXAtmosphères ExplosiblesBCMBusiness Continuity ManagementCCCChina Compulso CeicationCCERChina Ceied Emission ReductionCFSIConict-Free Sourcing InitiativeCNCComputerized Numerical ControlCOECenter of ExpeiseCQCChina Quality Ceication CentreCQMCustomer Quality ManagementCSACorporate Sustainability AssessmentCTCompliance TestDC/DCDirect Current to Direct Current ConveerDDoSDistributed Denial of SeiceDSTEDesign Strategy to ExecutionEAPEmployee Assistance ProgramsEHSEnvironment, Health and SafetyEMCEnergy Management ContractEMTExecutive Management TeamEPCEngineering Procurement ConstructionESGEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceGDPRGeneral Data Protection Regulation (REGULATION (EU) 2016/679)GHGGreenhouse GasGRIGlobal Repoing InitiativeIECInternational Electro Technical CommissionIFRS S1International Financial Repoing Standards Sustainability Disclosure Standard 1IoTInternet of ThingsIPDIntegrated Product Development
Appendix 4: Glossa
AbbreviationFull NameIQCIncoming Quality ControlISCIntegrated Supply ChainISOInternational Organization for StandardizationISSInstitutional Shareholder SeicesISSBInternational Sustainability Standards BoardITRIssue to ResolveKCPKey Control PointMESManufacturing Execution SystemMSCIMorgan Stanley Capital InternationalNPINew Product IntroductionOBCOn-board ChargerORTOngoing Reliability TestPCProcess ControlPCNProduct Change NoticationPDCAPlan, Do, Check and ActPLCProgrammable Logic ControllerPOProcess OwnerPPAPProduction Pa Approval ProcessPPEPersonal Protective EquipmentQCCQuality Control CircleQPAQuality Process AuditREACHRegistration,Evaluation,Authorisation and Restriction of ChemicalsRoHSRestriction of Hazardous SubstancesRPORecove Point ObjectiveRTRecommendation TrackingRTORecove Time ObjectiveSFMShop Floor ManagementSODSegregation of DutiesSQESupplier Quality EngineeringSSRSupplier Suey RepoS&PStandard & Poor’sTQRDCTechnology, Quality, Responsiveness, Delive & CostULUnderwriters Laboratories Inc.UN SDGsUnited Nations Sustainable Development GoalsUVUltravioletVOCsVolatile Organic Compounds
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No.DimensionTopic Name
Topic Bounda
Topic Denition
ChapterLocationSupplyChainProductionandOperations
ProductsandSeices1E
AddressingClimateChange
The Company takes measures to mitigate the negative impacts ofclimate change and adapt to its potential challenges. These includereducing direct and indirect GHG emissions from production andoperations, reducing emissions across the value chain, assessingand managing risks posed by climate change (such as extremeweather events and supply chain disruptions), and enhancing climateresilience.
3.1
AddressingClimateChange
2E
Green Productsand Innovation
Through full lifecycle management of products, the Company adoptsthe philosophy of “material conseation, simplied processes, minimalpackaging, and modular functions” to reduce resource consumptionduring raw material procurement and production, improve productenergy eciency, and lower energy use during product usage, therebyreducing GHG emissions throughout the product lifecycle.
3.3
InnovativeGreenProducts
3E
Oppounitiesin CleanTechnology
The Company gains comprehensive insights into market oppounitiesarising from the green and low-carbon transition in key sectorssuch as energy, industry, construction, and transportation. Throughinnovation and R&D of new products and product portfolios, theCompany provides clean technology-related products and solutionsto respond to these oppounities.
3.4
JointlyBuilding aNet-zeroFuture
4EEnergy Use
Based on industry characteristics and operational realities, theCompany builds an energy management system. By conductingenergy usage assessments, setting energy-saving and renewableenergy utilization targets, and implementing energy-savingupgrades and renewable energy adoption plans, the Company aimsto use energy resources efficiently and continuously reduce theenvironmental impact of our business activities.
3.2
StrengtheningEnergyManagement
5E
CircularEconomy
In accordance with laws, regulations, and our business nature, theCompany engages in activities such as reduction, reuse, and recyclingduring production and distribution. These include establishing acircular economy management system, formulating circular economypolicies and plans, implementing circular economy measures, andevaluating progress and outcomes.
3.5
EcosystemProtection
6SEmployees
Talent Attraction and Retention: The Company strives to attract andretain talent by offering a comfortable work environment, fair andtransparent recruitment processes, competitive compensation andbenets, clear development pathways and promotion oppounities,and specialized incentive policies.Employee Rights and Well-being: The Company strictly complies withlaws, regulations, and international conventions to respect and protectemployees’ lawful rights and interests, fosters a diverse, inclusive, andequitable work environment, and establishes various welfare measuresto improve employees’ and their families’ quality of life.Employee Training and Development: The Company providesplatforms for vocational training and capacity building, developstraining systems for skills enhancement and career development,suppos employees’ all-round growth from the perspectives of jobroles, market needs, and future trends, and regularly oers careerdevelopment guidance and training peormance assessments.Occupational Health and Safety: The Company establishes anoccupational health and safety management system to ensure safeproduction and employee health. This includes the identication andcontrol of hazards or risks, safety production assessments, safetytraining, and occupational health management.
6.1
EmployeeRights andWelfareProtection
6.2
TalentAttraction andRetention
6.3
EmployeeTraining andDevelopment
6.4
OccupationalHealth andSafety
Appendix 5 Description of 2024 Material Topics
The table below presents the material topics for 2024 identied through topic assessment and analysis, along with their denitions, boundaries, and locations ofrelevant disclosures in the repo. Here, "bounda of material topics" refers to the segments within the value chain that may be signicantly impacted by thetopic after prelimina identication. These are initially categorized as "supply chain", "production and operations", and "products and seices".
No.DimensionTopic Name
Topic Bounda
Topic Denition
ChapterLocationSupplyChainProduction
andOperations
ProductsandSeices7S
Innovation-DrivenDevelopment
This section covers the Company’s management systemdevelopment and milestone achievements in R&D, includinginnovation management systems, R&D investment, key technologyR&D plans, R&D platform development, intellectual propertyprotection, innovation incentives, and innovation culture.
5.1
R&DInnovationFocus
8S
SustainableSupply ChainManagement
The Company manages supply chain risks to ensure supplychain security and stability. This includes building supply chainmanagement systems such as supplier entry standards coveringsustainability issues, supplier classification and grading, supplierrisk assessment and performance assessment, supplier GHGemission reduction plans and actions, responsible procurementpractices, and cooperation with suppliers to advance sustainablesupply chains.
7.1
Building aSustainableSupply Chain
9S
Product andSeice Safetyand Quality
The Company ensures that its products and seices comply withapplicable laws and regulations, indust standards, and customerrequirements in terms of product safety and quality, and meet thestandards and requirements for personal and propey safety. Thisincludes relevant goals, management systems, capacity building,and cultural development related to product safety and qualitymanagement.
4.1
Strict ProductQualityControl
4.2 Improving
CustomerSeices
10S
Data Securityand PrivacyProtection
Based on industry attributes and the nature of its operations,the Company identifies key operational processes involvingdata security and privacy protection, establishes a data securityand privacy protection management framework, formulatesrelevant management systems, improves infrastructure, developsemergency response plans for data breaches or security incidents,implements data system security protection, regularly reviews andevaluates the data and privacy-related management systems,and conducts specialized training on data security and privacyprotection.
5.2
Data PrivacyProtection
11G
CorporateGovernance
The Company promotes standardized operations and scientific,standardized, and transparent corporate governance byestablishing an effective governance structure comprising theGeneral Meeting of Shareholders, the Board of Directors, the Boardof Supeisors, and the management.
2.2
StrengtheningCorporateGovernance12G
RiskManagement
The Company executes risk management processes acrossall aspects of its business operations, establishes a sound riskmanagement system, and manages risks and ensures compliancerelated to economic, environmental, and social matters.
2.3
Compliantand RobustOperation
13G
Anti-commercialBribeand Anti-corruption
During operations and management, the Company adopts a seriesof measures and procedures to prevent, identify, and addresscommercial bribery and corruption in accordance with relevantlaws, regulations, and international standards. These includeformulating and implementing anti-bribery and anti-corruptionsystems, assessing and managing risks related to bribery andcorruption, setting control objectives, carrying out internal controland compliance reviews, conducting employee training andawareness programs, and establishing effective supervision andwhistleblowing mechanisms.
2.3
Compliantand RobustOperation
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Appendix 6 Biodiversity Impact Assessment
Note: The species impact assessment refers to data from the Nature Watch Biodiversity Database, the International Union for Conseation of Nature (IUCN)Species Distribution Database, the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Database, and the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA).
Note: The impact assessment of protected areas refers to the protection data from the Nature Watch Database, Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Database, andWorld Database on Protected Areas (WDPA).
A. Species Impact Assessment Table
B. Impact Assessment Table of Protected AreasB. Impact Assessment Table of Protected Areas
Basic InformationProtected Areas Impact AssessmentNo.Operational SitesNational ParksNature ReseesNatural Parks
World NaturalHeritage Sites
InternationallyImpoant Wetlands1Shenzhen INOVANCE000002Suzhou INOVANCE001003INOVANCE Automotive00200
Changzhou INOVANCENew Energy
000005BST000006BNK CABLE00000
BST Machine &Electronics (Jiaxing)
000008Dalian Zhiding001009MJB0020010Jiangsu Kingway Rail0000011Tianjin BST0000012EST00000
Total00600
Basic Information
Species Impact AssessmentIUCN Threat CategoRCB Threat Catego
Protected species under theWildlife Protection Law of thePeople’s Republic of ChinaNo.Operational Sites
CriticallyEndangered
EndangeredVulnerable
CriticallyEndangered
EndangeredVulnerableClass IClass II
Three Types ofProtected Wildlife1Shenzhen INOVANCE00000003272Suzhou INOVANCE00000003563INOVANCE Automotive00100001694
Changzhou INOVANCENew Energy
0000000005BST00000002196BNK CABLE00000002197BST Electrical(Jiaxing)0000000008Dalian Zhiding0000000009MJB00000000510Jiangsu Kingway Rail00000000011Tianjin BST00000000012EST000000000Total001000026220
During the repoing year, Suzhou INOVANCE had no instances of excessive pollutant discharge, complied with relevant national regulations, and wasnot subject to environmental penalties by local authorities or complaints from community residents. No signicant negative impacts were caused tothe surrounding environment.
According to relevant regulations of the Minist of Ecology and Environment, the subsidia Suzhou INOVANCE was listed as a key environmentalsupeision entity (formerly known as a “key pollutant discharging entity”) in Suzhou in 2024. Suzhou INOVANCE manages pollutant emissions incompliance with laws and regulations, monitors the total volume and intensity of emissions regularly, and meets pollutant emission standards. During therepoing period, there were no cases of emissions exceeding the prescribed limits at Suzhou INOVANCE.
Appendix 7 Compliance Management ofKey Environmental Supeision Entities
Pollutant Emissions of Suzhou INOVANCE in 2024Types of MajorPollutants andCharacteristicPollutants
Names of MajorPollutants andCharacteristicPollutants
DischargeMethod
Number ofDischargeOutlets
DistributionofDischargeOutlets
DischargeConcentration/Intensity
ApplicableEmissionStandards
TotalEmissions
ApprovedTotalEmissions
Exceedanceof EmissionLimitsExhaust gas
Total non-methanehydrocarbons
Treatedto meetdischargestandards
Inside theplant
2.53mg/m
60 mg/m
1.01
tons
1.25
tons
NoneExhaust gas
Tin and itscompounds
Treatedto meetdischargestandards
Inside theplant
6.12×10
-4
mg/m3
5mg/m
0.0019
tons
0.0022
tons
NoneDomesticsewage
Chemicaloxygendemand (COD)
Discharge topipeline
Inside theplant
253 mg/L350 mg/L
21.37
tons
25.94
tons
NoneDomesticsewage
Suspended Solid(SS)
Discharge topipeline
Inside theplant
152 mg/L220 mg/L
20.2
tons
24.06
tons
NoneDomesticsewage
AmmoniacalNitrogen(NH3-N)
Discharge topipeline
Inside theplant
21 mg/L30 mg/L
1.56
tons
1.91
tons
NoneDomesticsewage
Totalphosphorus
Discharge topipeline
Inside theplant
3.8 mg/L5 mg/L
0.23
tons
0.287
tons
NoneDomesticsewage
Total nitrogen
Discharge topipeline
Inside theplant
36 mg/L50 mg/L
3.85
tons
4.432
tons
NoneDomesticsewage
Animal andvegetable oils
Discharge topipeline
Inside theplant
69 mg/L100 mg/L
1.75
tons
2.039
tons
None
Hazardouswaste
Waste organicsolvents, wastepackagingcontainers, wasterags and gloves,suace treatmentwaste liquids,waste grindingsludge, wasteemulsion, wasteactivated carbon,etc.
Disposed ofby qualiedthird-paycompanies
Notapplicable
Notapplicable
Notapplicable
Notapplicable
tons
Notapplicable
None
Report Appendix / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Appendix 8 Independent Third-pay Assurance
Report Appendix / 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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Acknowledgements
Chief Editor:
Ali HanEditorial Team:
Chunmiao Zheng, Jianfeng Hong
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