容百科技: 2022年环境、社会及企业管治报告(英文版)

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                 Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
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Contents                                                           About the Report
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     Message from the Chairman                                04
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     Appendix 1 Chronicle of Events in 2022                   70    The views of stakeholders are valued by us. All readers are welcomed to contact us through the
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     Appendix 2 Honors and Awards                             71
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
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Message from the Chairman                                                                                                                                                                        chairman of the board
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successful deployment of Ronbay. Thanks to the hard work        strategy, our main industry is positive electrode material,                                                                           our salary system, focused on the reform of our four-level
of all management staff and coworkers, our performance          including precursor. The engineering design, engineering        Our business architecture background with structural and              partnership shareholding system, which will enable our
has witnessed a significant growth, as our high-nickel sales    equipment business, trading, investment and fund-raising        trend development opportunities is not only reflected in our          management staff and employees to hold shares of the
has grown 70% year on year and our profit has grown about       have been carried out to strengthen our core industry. We       deployment in the industry, but also reflected in our overall         company from different levels. Meanwhile, on the basis of
develop at a faster speed in the coming three years.            industry and invest in upstream industries like metallurgy      South Korea to other overseas regions. Seen from high-                fruits of organization and personnel issues and corporate
                                                                and mining industry to enter quality projects and share the     nickel material, though currently the permeability of new             structure in the new year, we will reform our organization
constantly perfect our “New Integration Strategy”. We           we successively invested in Liqin Resources and Korean          high-nickel material still has not occupied a big proportion.         system, R&D system and delivery system, establish a great
made a comprehensive deployment for our New Integration         recycling enterprise JYT Inc. and established a stock equity    With the improvement of domestic battery technology                   and solid triangle around customers at the corporation level
Strategy in Hubei. In early 2022, we signed a package of        fund with a scale up to RMB 2.65 billion.                       and upgrade of domestic consumption, the shares of high-              and build a strong top management to manage the three
strategic cooperation projects with Hubei in Xiantao such                                                                       nickel in the medium and high-rank markets of China will              systems respectively. This will allow us to further realize
as the construction of a 400,000-ton positive electrode         Ronbay is a comprehensive supplier and an industrial leader     further increase. In the European market, last year the               our integrated operation on the basis of our Business Unit,
material produc tion base in Xiantao, a new energy              of positive electrode material covering all markets, ranked     permeability of new energy vehicles was less than 20%. In             strengthen our integrated operation so that the company
demonstration base, a headquarters in central China, a          first in global sales of ternary positive electrode material,   the Northern America market, especially in the US, currently          can be more united, agile and powerful to fulfill our market
Research Institute of New Energy Technology, an Academy         achieving a large-scale volume production of LMFP within        the permeability of new energy vehicles is less than 10%.             goals and become a true industrial leader in the world.
of Ronbay, a production capacity foundation and a stock         the shortest time and taking the lead in sodium battery.        Therefore, for Ronbay, the two markets also present a great
equity fund, which were a further upgrade of the model          In 2022, our total production capacity of ternary materials     space for growth. Our plant in South Korea is highly unique           A new year is coming. In 2023, the thematic character
of “implementation of projects plus industrial funds”. The      reached 250,000 tons, taking the lead globally in production    and rare. We will rapidly expand its annual production                chosen by Ronbay is “合”, meaning “together, cooperation
signing and launch of these agreements and projects             capacity and sales volume. Our global market share of           capacity to 100,000 tons in about two years, so as to better          and unity”. Now, Ronbay is ready to exert its force. We
in Hubei represented our upgrade from the traditional           high-nickel reached about 20%, ranked first in the world.       serve our overseas business.                                          will seize the opportunity of the structuring trend of the
integrated competition to a systematic competition in terms     So far, our shipment of LMFP has neared a thousand tons,                                                                              battery positive electrode material industry and work hard
of industrial chain competition, which was a breakthrough       our shipment of sodium battery positive electrode has           In the past years, we have developed our New Integration              to become a true industrial leader in all aspects in the word.
achieved by us in our business model.                           reached tens of tons, taking the lead in the industry for our   Strategy. In order to coordinate our New Integration                  We will adhere to the vision of “establishing a new energy
                                                                commercialization progress. The application fields of high-     Strategy, we have launched reforms based on our platform              industrial cluster with first-class innovation ability and high
In 2022, we invested to acquire Tianjin Skyland Technology,     nickel ternary materials, LMF materials and sodium battery      and corporation. In the first half of 2022, we established and        commercial civilization” and try to develop the new energy
a leading company in the business of LMFP, which was            materials cover high, medium and low-rank power, small          solidified our business management hub centered around                industry, improve the living environment of the humankind,
another M&A practice of Ronbay, meaning that we really          power, energy storage and digital markets. Our industrial       our chairman’s office and linked up the whole company with            open up a bright future for the company and employees and
began to take the second step “running an industry well”        deployment covering all markets will present us with a wider    our “5+6+7” process system so that the whole company                  pay back to the society.
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                                 Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is a                                                             material in Xiantao and invested to build our central
                                 transnational corporation in the high-tech new energy                                                          China headquarters and research institute of new energy
                                 material industry, which is mainly engaged in the R&D,                                                         technology in Wuhan.
     a successful deployment
                                 production and sales of high-energy-density lithium
                                 battery positive electrode material and its precursor.                                                         In foreign land, we deployed an industrial chain of waste
                                 During 2022, the company achieved a transformation and                                                         recycling, precursor and positive electrode in South
                                 upgrade from a high-nickel leader to a comprehensive                                                           Korea, and built an annual positive electrode production
                                 markets.                                                                                                       is the first production capacity project of high-nickel
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                                 In China, the company has invested to deploy and build                                                         and our first leg in our global deployment. In the future,
                                 production bases in provinces such as Zhejiang, Hubei                                                          we will continue to expand to Japan, Europe, America
                                 and Guizhou. During 2022, we accelerated our integrated                                                        and Southeast Asia, further increase our market share
                                 industrial deployment in Hubei, invested to build the                                                          and enhance our competitiveness.
                                 globally largest production base of positive electrode
                                                                                        Beijing headquarters (global headquarters)                                                                    The US
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                                                                                        Ronbay headquarters
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
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Assuming the mission of “developing the new energy industry, improving the humankind’s living environment, creating                 sustainable development by insisting on investment and            that our business model will keep developing. Therefore,
a bright future for the company and employees and paying back to the society” and the vision of “establishing a new                 incubation of new industries. In 2016, we put forward             we have creatively put for ward our six-generation
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     We’ve adhered to the operation policy of                        VALUES                                                                                                                         strongest on the basis of coexistence and blend
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     pioneering. Through constant training                    systematic
     and cultivation, we aim to make our
                                                              Behavior patterns
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     and systematic mindset based on
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     learning and a big picture and advocate
     an optimistic, honest, resilient, glorious               Co-existence: respect, trust, gratitude, blend, sharing, service,     Adhering to the concept of “being the strongest and               and organization”, rising from a vision of industrial
     behavior pattern in pursuit of our dream.                support, coordination, win-win cooperation and spirit of contract     working with the strongest on the basis of coexistence            operation to an extremely focused systematic vision.
     We’ve always taken innovation as our                                                                                           and blend”, the “New Integration Strategy” combines               Relying on our strength in science and technology
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     impetus and aimed to become a globally                                                                                         industrial operation and investment management                    industry operation and professional investment capacity,
                                                              responsibility, pioneering, working ahead of schedule, putting self
     leading company of advanced material                                                                                           and shows seven characteristics, “professionalism,                we will pool resources to build a new business model and
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
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New Integration Strategy
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“To be the strongest and work with the strongest based on
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co-existence and blend”                                                          comprehensively planning our industrial layout in Hubei including a new energy                                                       triangle circular industrial chain and achieve win-win results among strategy,
                                                                                 demonstration base, a positive electrode base, the Academy of Ronbay,                                                                industry, capital, government and the public benefits.
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       industry-finance combination and investment integration were                                                                 Wu Han (Central China headquarters)
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       carried on as an important foundation for the realization of New                                                            • Research institute
                                                                                                                                   • Engineering business headquarters
       Integration.                                                                                                                • Stock equity fund
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       investment was expanded in all aspects to boost the triangular cycle
                                                                                                  • Positive electrode
       of our industrial chain integration.                                                         manufacture base
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                                                                                                  • Industry fund
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                                                                                                  • Scientific research fund                                 E Zhou
                                                                                                  • Engineering equipment                                   • Positive electrode
                                                                                                    company
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       core business and integrated operations.
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       trend.
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                                                                                 and taking every step firmly from overall planning to deployment
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       it gave full play to our innovation vitality and self-evolving capacity   and intelligence”, we plan to take the lead the industry in five
       and achieved integration with society and coordinated progress with       years. During the reporting period, we have released 14 digital                                                                                                              Coordinated optimization and control
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       development.                                                                                                                                                                  • Over-time alert                • Integrated logistics
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
      “Ecology” - Coordinated Strategic Cooperation between Upstream and Downstream                                                 “Globalization” - the construction of the plant in South Korea
      Fully unleashing its ecological advantage in pursuing                                                                         During the reporting period, our lithium battery positive          interaction with our Japanese and Korean clients and
      coordinated progress between the enterprise and the                                                                           electrode material project in Chungju of South Korea               cover the European, American and Southeast Asia
      industry, the company has successively signed a strategic                                                                     was completed and put into production. The unleash                 markets, serve global clients and the overseas plants of
      cooperation agreement with new energy enterprises                                                                             of its production capacity will promote our strategic              Chinese clients and truly create a global layout.
      such as Huayou, GEM and Welion. In 2022, the proportion
      of long-term agreements increased significantly, which
      further developed an industrial chain of high-nickel ternary
      material that was stable and more competitive in cost. In
      addition, we signed a cornerstone investment agreement
      with Liqin Resource and became a cornerstone investor
      for its IPO in Hong Kong Stock to further deploy upstream
      resources.
      “Professionalism” - upgraded to be a comprehensive positive electrode material supplier
      covering all markets
      On July 20, 2022, Ronbay Technology held a strategy            position in the industry in the development of sodium
      release event of 2022 in Yibin, Sichuan, announcing to         battery positive electrode material. In the face of the
      advance from a high-nickel leader to a comprehensive           dynamic power, energy storage and 3C markets, the
      positive elec trode material supplier covering all             company will enrich its product structure and achieve
      markets. While continuously strengthening our new              a full coverage of the markets by producing positive
      technology reserve in positive electrode material and          elec trode materials such as high-nickel ternar y
      volume production capacity in advanced materials,              material, LMFP material and sodium battery material,                    Capping of Phase 1-2 plants of our lithium battery positive electrode material project in Chungju of South Korea
      we historically entered the industry of LMFP, finished         and continuously develop towards diverse and co-
      the acquisition of Tianjin Skyland and gained a leading        thriving innovation platform.
                                                                                                                                           The New Integration Strategy represents the future. We are fully aware that other than the abilities
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                                                                                                                                           responsibility in seeking sustainable development as a globally leading new energy enterprise, try
                                                                                                                                           to build a globally leading new energy industry cluster, improve the humankind’s living environment
                                                                                                                                           and pay back to the society.
                                                                                The strategy release event held in Yibin, Sichuan
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Sustainable                                                                                                                            Three-step strategy’s ultimate goal
Development Strategy                                                                                                   To completely replace petrochemical energy and realize a sustainable
Under the guidance of the New                                                                                                              development for humankind
I n t e g r a t i o n S t r a t e g y, w e h a v e
es tablished relations of mutual
benefit, co-existence and blend
                                                               Sustainable development concept: to achieve green and cyclic development and make social contributions through compliant and efficient
with the nature, industry, society                                                                      governance and win-win innovation and coordination
and humanity. Around our strategic
goal of “completely replacing fossil
energy and realizing sustainable                                           Industrial                                             Green Development                                       Caring about                                           Fulfilling
development of the humans”, we                                         Leadership Driven                                              to Improve                                        Employees, Ushering                                   Responsibility to
have confirmed our sustainable
                                                                         by Innovation                                               Environment                                           in the Future                                     Repay the Society
development strategy: with
re sp o n sib l e g ove r na n c e a s o ur
foun dation, we will so lidif y our
management foundation to ensure                                                Industry                                                       Nature                                              Culture                                             Society
our strategy is fulfilled; depending
                                                              W h i l e d e e p e n i n g o u r h i g h - n i c ke l       Adhering to the concept of “achieving                    We regarded employees as our                   We were actively exploring innovative
on our four pillars, namely leading
                                                              advantage, we explored and pursued                           s u s t ai n a b l e d eve l o p m e n t t h r o u g h   partners, created a fair and impartial         social involvement models and
the industry’s green development,                                                                                          energy saving and carbon emission
                                                              breakthroughs in advanced material                                                                                    employment environment to guarantee            were committed to building a social
im p rovin g t h e h u m a n k in d ’s                                                                                     reduction”, we actively implemented
                                                              R & D a n d t e c h n o l o g y, c o n s t a n t l y                                                                  their health and safety, and promoted          ecosystem of mutual coexistence and
living environment, ushering in                                                                                            the governance action against climate
                                                              upgraded product quality and improved                                                                                 the common growth between                      blend and joining hands with all quarters
a bright future for the company                                                                                            changes, s triving to develop clean
                                                              o u r c u s to m e r s e r v i c e. A ro u n d o u r                                                                  employees and the company through              of society to create good community
and employees and paying back                                                                                              energy use, build carbon-neutrality
                                                              “battery triangle strategy”, we tried to                     factories and boost energy saving and                    partnership mechanism, guaranteeing            r e l a t i o n s , p r o m o te p u b l i c b e n e f i t
to the society, we will blend our
                                                              develop an innovative and green cyclic                       emission reduction. We also focused                      employees’ rights and benefits, training,      activities and try our best to repay the
sustainable development concept
                                                              in dus trial c hain, s treng thene d our                     on such busines s f ie l ds as bat ter y                 communication and care.                        society.
in the company’s daily operations,                                                                                         disassembly, recycling and cascade
                                                              cooperation with strategic partners to
solidly advance every task of ESG to                                                                                       utilization to develop an “ecological”
                                                              boost the low-carbon transformation of
ensure that the company achieves                                                                                           cyclic industrial chain.
                                                              the industry.
sustainable operation and boost
global sustainable development.
                                                                                                                                          Standard Governance and Outstanding Operation
                                                                                 Standard corporate governance                                        Building a clean business environment                             Comprehensive risk management
                                                                 We promoted the organizational reform of the three systems “market, R&D and delivery” to effectively
                                                                 enhance the professional capability of each module and the collaboration between systems.
     Standard Governance and                                     We launched the “Swan Action” and “Eagle Action” management reforms, set up and perfected the
                                                                 “5+6+7” operation system, and perfected the “PMO team” and “six-member” cross-organizational
                                                                 work coordination mechanism. [remark]
     Outstanding Operation                     Strict Risk Control
                                                                 We improved and perfected the comprehensive risk control system within the company, strengthened
                                                                 the risk prevention and control mechanism characterized by “risk control before an operation, risk
                                                                 supervision during an operation and risk audit after an operation”.
                                                                 center was running based on an entity.
                                                                 We promoted and implemented the clean practice system and regulated the incorruption
                                                                 management.
                                                                 The signing rate of “a letter of commitment of employees on clean practice” and the coverage rate of
                                                                 business ethics training for new employees both reached 100%.
                                                 Remark: For the meanings of “Swan Action”, “Eagle Action”, “5+6+7” system, “PMO team”, “six-member”, please refer to Section 2.2.2.
                                              Governance is the core and foundation of a great company.                      shareholders’ benefits. On this basis, we kept exploring
                                              In accordance with our “New Integration Strategy”, we strictly                 new governance mechanisms, promoting the corporation
                                              observed the operation principle of compliant governance                       reform, and launching innovation from three aspects, namely
                                              and the concept of “prevention in advance”, continuously                       organizational framework, operation management and
                                              perfected the incorruption mechanism, strengthened                             coordination mechanism to further enhance the corporation’s
                                              our information security management mechanism and                              coordinated operation capacity, improve our “organization,
                                              built a comprehensive risk control system. Through                             platform and professionalism” and lay a solid foundation for
                                              compliant and efficient management, we improved our                            our stable development.
                                              business value and stability and further safeguarded the
                                              Management
                                              All the time, we have actively practiced the sustainable development philosophy of “seeking green and cyclic
                                              development and making more contributions to society through compliant and efficient governance and win-win
                                              innovation and cooperation”, continuously strengthened the communication among all stakeholders, promote each task
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
In order to practice our sustainable development philosophy and promote the deep blend of our sustainable                                                                                                              Risk prevention and control
development philosophy with our daily operations, we have formulated a “Sustainable Development Policy” and the                                                                                                        Incorruption management
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construction goals of sustainable development system, further improved our ESG management structure. Led by our                                                         Performance presentation
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Quality and Environment Safety Center, we set up a three-level management structure at the levels of the corporation,                   1                                                                              R&D innovation
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business departments and each subsidiary, confirmed the ESG duty division among the levels to form an ESG close-                                                                                                       Product quality
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loop management system from decision-making, communication, execution to evaluation and reporting and guarantee                                                         Shanghai Stock Exchange e-interaction
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the effective fulfillment of our ESG strategy. The promotion and implementation results of our ESG strategy have been                                                                                                  Regional economic contribution
included into the scope of performance evaluation of all employees and specific incentive measures were provided for
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the fulfillment of our sustainable development goals.                                                                                                                                                                  Risk prevention and control
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                 The Corporation                                         strategies, and monitoring the formulation and                                                                                                Employees’ development
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             Business Departments                                        the specific measures and projects of ESG, monitor             4          Suppliers            Supplier evaluation                            Supplier management
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     Sustainable Development Management Structure                                                                                  investors, regularly convened shareholders’ meeting and         in the market at the first moment to dispel the rumors,
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                                                                                                                                   and Technology Innovation Board in the Shanghai Stock           the corporation convened two shareholders’ meetings,
                                                                                                                                   Exchange”, “Guidance to Investor Relation Management            one performance presentation to disclose the minutes
                                                                                                                                   to safeguard the investors’ right to know and participate
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We continued to keep in close communication with              stakeholders related with environment, social responsibility         in major matters of the company. For related rumors             release and clarification of rumors.
stakeholders and actively respond to their appeals and        and governance, including institutional investors, individual        of market volatility caused by LME nickel fluctuation
expectations. We established diverse communication            investors, clients, suppliers, etc.
channels with them to guarantee effective and normalized
                                                              During the reporting period, we actively communicated
communication. In 2022, we regularly communicated with
                                                              with each stakeholder to learn about their appeals and
each stakeholder. We hoped to establish cooperation of
                                                              expectations, listened and responded to their suggestions
mutual assistance and benefit with them and provide useful                                                                         We’ve established an identification mechanism for major issues. Each year, we confirm the major issues of the year by
                                                              carefully and achieved two-way communication.
guidance for our ESG management. We identified the                                                                                 analyzing and surveying the internal and external stakeholders.
                                 Ronbay Technology
                                 Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                  ESG Issues                                                 No.              During the reporting period, we sorted
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                                                          Risk prevention and control                                          1
                                 Governance Issues        Incorruption management                                              2              our communication with internal and
                                                          Compliant operation                                                  3              external stakeholders, collection of
                                                          Greenhouse gas emission management                                   4              public information and alignment
                                                          Waste management                                                     5              to our peers and the national and
                                 Environment Issues
                                                          Energy management                                                    6              international development trend,
                                                          Water resource management                                            7
                                                                                                                                              including 8 highly important issues
                                                          R&D and innovation                                                   8
                                                          Quality assurance                                                    9              such as quality assurance, R&D and
                                 Operation Issues         Customer service                                                    10              innovation, risk prevention and control,
                                                          Responsible supply chain                                            11              7 issues with medium impor tance
                                                          Chemicals management                                                12              such as guarantee of employees’ rights
                                                          Employees’ training and development                                 13              and benefits and waste management,
                                 Issues of Employees      Guarantee of rights and benefits of employees                       14
                                                                                                                                              and 2 issues with low importance, and
                                                          Occupational health and safety                                      15                                                                       We insisted that compliant operation and innovation management was the foundation for the company’s healthy and
                                                                                                                                              carried out targeted management to
                                                          Public welfare                                                      16                                                                       sustainable development. For this reason, we actively explored innovative management models under the guidance
                                 Social Issues                                                                                                improve our performance.
                                                          Regional economic contribution                                      17                                                                       of New Integration Strategy, promoted the organizational reform of the three systems of “market, R&D and delivery”
                                                                                                                                                                                                       to enhance our “organizational” performance, establish a digital platform, empower our “digital and platform-based”
                                                                                                                                                                                                       model innovation and enhance our coordinated operation capacity. In addition, we kept perfecting the construction
                                             Issues of medium importance                                   Issues of high importance                                                                   of our comprehensive risk control system to enhance our ability to deal with risks based on “prevention in advance”.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       We strengthened the construction of our incorruption system and created a working atmosphere of “compliance,
                                                                                                                                                                                                       incorruption and fairness” to lay a solid foundation for our stable development.
Importance to the stakeholders
                                                                                                                                                                                                       In accordance with the “Code of Governance for Listed                 committee, which are responsible for supervising the
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 Ronbay Technology
 Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                         Shareholders’ meeting                                                                      In order to make our internal control system more              of the Business Unit, we launched the organizational
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                                                   Liu Xianglie, Zhang Huiqing, Song Wenlei                                                         of experts from each field at the level of our operation,      between systems, enhance the company’s internal
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Bai Houshan (the convener)                                                                                            Jiang Hui (the convener)                                                                          product R&D           chain and delivery
                                       Jiang Hui (the convener)               Zhao Yiqing (the convener)
Yu Qingjiao, Liu Xianglie                                                                                             Yu Qingjiao, Zhao Yiqing,
                                       Zhao Yiqing, Bai Houshan               Jiang Hui, Zhang Huiqing                Liu Xianglie, Zhang Huiqing
Zhang Huiqing, Song Wenlei
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                                                   Governance Organizational Structure
                   Shareholders’ meeting                            Convened twice to deliberate 23 proposals
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Market system/
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                      Board of directors                           Convened 12 times to deliberate 57 proposals
                     Board of supervisors                          Convened 9 times to deliberate 41 proposals
                                        Convening and deliberation of the three meetings & boards in 2022                                                                                                                                                  Client
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 Management innovation is vital to the company’s survival and development. Only through constant upgrade and
 optimization can the enterprise be able to sustain and evolve. Under the guidance of New Integration Strategy, we
 adhered to the core concept of “pioneering and innovation in all aspects”, kept making innovation and breakthrough in
 such aspects as organizational framework, operation management and coordination mechanism, so as to enhance our
                                                                                                                                                                            The schematic diagram of the working mechanism of the “three systems”
 “organizational and platform-based” performance.
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Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
With the implementation of New Integration Strategy, new requirements were raised for our operation management. Through
the support for operation management and the implementation of strategic opportunities and intents, we managed our key                        We implemented the core concept of “comprehensive                 with the risks and effectively avoid and control the crises and
tasks by project, and established a “5+6+7” operation system, which had established a solid matrix style executive organization               risk control”, followed the requirements of “New Integration      negative impacts.
of 5 annual project teams, 6 business departments and 7 functional departments. Meanwhile, at the corporation level, we                       Strategy” and regarded risk management and internal control
established the leading group, promotion group/organ coordination group, secretary group/PMO group and expert group and                                                                                         We paid attention to the fostering of risk control awareness
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appointed project manager and PMO for each major                                                                                                                                                                among our employees and included the learning of
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task. As a support, we also established corresponding                                     Leading group
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PMO coordination organization, six-member                                                                                                                                                                       adopted various forms such as face-to-face lecturing, online
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management mechanism, conference coordination                                                                                                                                                                   class and publicity videos on an irregular basis to promote
                                                                                                                                              to benchmark enterprises in the industry, studied and
                                                                 Promotion group/organ                                                                                                                          and publicize related contents across the corporation so
mechanism, work planning mechanism, work                                                                      Expert group
                                                                   coordination group                                                         introduced advanced risk control theories and practical
review mechanism, cultural publicity mechanism,                                                                                                                                                                 that all employees could study the basic theories of risk
                                                                                                                                              experience, tried to improve and perfect the comprehensive
evaluation, reward and punishment mechanism                                                                                                                                                                     control, architecture system and control methods and the
                                                                    Secretary group/                                                          risk control system across the company, and strengthen the
and summary and sharing PK session mechanism.                         PMO group                                                                                                                                 management and employees of the company could better
                                                                                                                                              risk control in advance, risk supervision during an operation
Through the “5+6+7” organization, we sorted and                                                                                                                                                                 understand and accept the construction of our risk control
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integrated each business department and functional                                                                                                                                                              system, with an aim to implement the risk control concept in
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module at the horizontal and vertical dimensions.                                                                                                                                                               every link of our daily operations.
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Through corresponding mechanism construction, we              5 project teams        6 business departments        7 functional departments   we aimed to prevent and avoid major risk events, guarantee        Information Security Construction
facilitated the strategy fulfillment and strengthened                                                                                         the stability of our production and operation, and seize
                                                                                                                                                                                                                In order to implement the strategic requirement of building
the organizational coordination.                                                “5+6+7” Organizational Structure                              the market opportunities to facilitate the promotion and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                a new energy industrial cluster and quickly respond to the
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                business changes and development in the future, we aimed
                                                                                                                                              In order to fully monitor the company’s risks, we established     to build a comprehensive information security capacity
                                                                                                                                              a comprehensive risk monitoring system, regularly identified      in the digital era. We aimed to step up our infrastructure
In order to ensure that the efficient implementation of           We also established a multi-level “PMO management                                                                                             investment and focus on our pain spots of business in two
                                                                                                                                              and evaluated the various risks faced by us, covering
our New Integration Strategy, we creatively planned               s y s te m” a n d re a c h e d s o l u tio n s t h ro u g h t h e P M O                                                                       years and quickly improve our information security system
                                                                                                                                              different fields of operation such as major special activities
and launched the activity of “Swan Action” and “Eagle             communication at each level to promote the                                                                                                    to a satisfactory degree of maturity. Through rolling planning
                                                                                                                                              and strategic projects, organizational personnel, quality,
Action”. The activity was a comprehensive management              implementation of strategic projects. We established a                                                                                        and continuous investment, we fully integrated information
                                                                                                                                              environment security, purchase, engineering, marketing, legal
reform event that involved all employees of the company,          six-member coordination mechanism of “a planner, a                                                                                            security into our business and aimed to build our information
                                                                                                                                              affairs, information security and intellectual property rights.
with coordination across departments and functions                HR specialist, a financial specialist, a standard specialist,                                                                                 security system into an industrial benchmark in the coming
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to enhance the morale and promote the ideological                 a publicit y specialist and a risk control specialist ”.                                                                                      3-5 years.
                                                                                                                                              deal with the risks, followed up, monitored and reported the
unification among the employees so that the company               The system covered the corporation, each business
                                                                                                                                              implementation and execution status of each measure each
                                                                                                                                                                                                                In 2021, we focused on overall planning of information
could achieve breakthrough fruits in such aspects as              department and subsidiary and even the workshops to
                                                                                                                                              week, so as to achieve a close-loop risk control mechanism
                                                                                                                                                                                                                security and “quickly blocked” our security loopholes. In 2022,
operation system and product innovation.                          perfect the communication and information exchange.
                                                                                                                                              of “risk identification, evaluation, addressing, monitoring and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                we fully unfolded the construction of our information security
                                                                                                                                              reporting”. In addition, we also established an information
                                                                                                                                                                                                                system according to our planned path, covering our security
                                                                                                                                              collection and diagnosis system, analyzed and judged the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                construction goals such as data and secret leak prevention,
                                                                                                                                              development trend of external environment such as the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                terminal security, application security, personnel security
                                                                                                                                              situation and hot topics at home and abroad, emergencies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                and environment security so that our information security
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                technology system was implemented steadily and our
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                            □ Tel and WeChat: 150 5742 6133 (WeChat account: Ronbay Clean Practice);
 Field of                          Finished Items                                          Security Capabilities
 Construction                                                                                                                               □ Whistle-blowing email: jubao&ronbaymat.com;
                                                                      To build unified terminal security defense baseline for the           □ The company’s WeChat: whistle-blowing and complaint;
 Terminal            To deploy and finish the corporation’s unified
                                                                      corporation and be equipped with the abilities of terminal security   □ Whistle-blowing QQ: 2140 436 461;
 security            terminal security management platform
                                                                      such as detection, response and management
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                     To deploy and finish the terminal data           To achieve advance warning, interception during an operation and      Zhejiang.
                     encryption management platform                   tracing after an operation for the release of our data assets
 Data and secret
 leak prevention                                                      To achieve centralized storage and efficient coordination of our
                     To deploy and finish our unified file
                                                                      core data assets and further comprehensively protect our data
                     management system
                                                                      assets
 Basic network       The construction of internal network access
                                                                      To guarantee the network transmission security of data
 construction        tunnel and cross-border SD-WAN network
Currently, our information security operation center has              operation for any information security abnormality. This year,
been running normally around modules such as security                 we handled a total of 4 serious violation cases of information
                                                                                                                                            We encouraged and motivated the activeness of internal and        3.Incorruption Management of Our Partners
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risk identification, supervision and audit, so as to identify         security and spot 31 person-times of information security                                                                               We paid attention to the performance of our suppliers in
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the company’s potential information security risks and                risk behaviors. For the violations, we punished and called                                                                              business ethics. We formulated the “Code of Conduct for
                                                                                                                                            regulations, established a number of whistle-blowing
violations. Based on the dynamic monitoring and automatic             into account the related persons in charge according to the                                                                             Suppliers” and required all our suppliers to sign the “Letter of
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warning mechanism of our information security technology              company’s regulations.                                                                                                                  Commitment on Compliance and Incorruption of Suppliers”,
                                                                                                                                            “pressure” mechanism to discover various problems in our
platform, we achieved quick advance warning, interception                                                                                                                                                     so as to avoid our suppliers from committing any behaviors
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of behaviors during an operation and log tracing after an                                                                                                                                                     that may disrupt the market fair play such as bribery and
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              improper related transactions. As of the end of the reporting
                                                                                                                                            in an orderly manner. Meanwhile, we resolutely practiced
                                                                                                                                                                                                              period, 445 historic suppliers and 279 new suppliers had
                                                                                                                                            the principle of “protecting the whistle-blowers”, released a
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We adhered to our core concept of “zero tolerance towards corruption” and required all our employees to strictly practice the               2. Construction of Incorruption Culture                           In order to ensure that the company is running in compliance,
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compliance requirements and firmly resisted to any violation. We strictly observed related national policies and regulations such           We blended the incorruption culture into our operation
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as the “Company Law of the PRC”, the “Anti-unfair Competition Law of the PRC”, and the “Interim Provisions on Forbidding                    philosophy. In order to create a good internal environment
                                                                                                                                                                                                              and judgment, accepting of cases, evidence collection and
Commercial Bribery Behaviors” and took “advance prevention” as our norm. We paid high attention to the construction of our                  for our sustainable, healthy and high-quality development,
                                                                                                                                                                                                              fixation, personnel handling. Since the establishment of our
occupational ethics and incorruption system, implemented incorruption construction management in all our business flows,                    we organized all our employees to receive related training of
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with an aim to create a working atmosphere of “compliance, incorruption and integrity”.                                                     business ethics. During the reporting period, we organized
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                                                                                                                                            eight sessions of clean practice publicity and promotion in the
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              and external stakeholders to supervise our clean practice
Clean practice is a basic requirement for all our employees. In order to strengthen the clean practice awareness among our                  for new employees at 100%. In addition, we required all our
                                                                                                                                                                                                              management together. During the reporting period, we
employees and encourage them to always observe the occupational spirit of clean practice and integrity, we have formulated                  employees to sign the “Letter of Commitment on Clean
                                                                                                                                                                                                              investigated several corruption cases, involving such types
institutional documents such as the “Regulations on Clean Practice”, the “Regulations on Gifts and Rewards”, “Regulations on                Practice of Employees”. 100% of our employees have signed
                                                                                                                                                                                                              as non-public bribery, duty encroachment and infringement
Rewards for Whistle Blowers”, and the “Agreement on Honest and Clean Cooperation”, updated our mechanism for handling                       it, creating a working atmosphere of fighting and warning
                                                                                                                                                                                                              on commercial secrets, which had greatly strengthened our
corruption events and regulated our work procedures.                                                                                        against corruption in the company.
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                                                     The sustainable development of supply chain has been included into the supply chain management
     Industrial Leadership
                                                     system to further reduce the carbon emission of industrial chain and realize its sustainable development
                                                     and transformation.
                                                     A new online supplier relations management (SRM) system was established to achieve digital
     Driven by Innovation
                                                     management transformation.
                                                     The proportions of strategic and long-term cooperation with suppliers have increased significantly.
                                    Innovation and R&D
                                                     covering related materials such as resource recycling, engineering equipment technology and solid
                                                     With an R&D investment of RMB 486.5543 million, our team covers China, Japan and South Korea, and
                                                     our internationalized R&D team reaching 599.
                                                     We further enhanced the industry-leading IPD integrated product development mode.
                                                                                                     [remark]
                                    Quality of craftsmanship
                                                     The EMT in Hubei, Guizhou, Yuyao and South Korea have all passed the certification of ISO 9001 and
                                                     IATF16949 quality control system.
                                                     Our first pass yield of products increased by 5.94% than previous year, and our rate of quality products
                                                     increased by 8.81% than last year.
                                                     passing rate of review reaching 100%.
                                    Customer service
                                                     A customer relations management (CRM) system was released to achieve information-based and
                                                     systematic customer management.
                                                     A complaint handling rate of product service for customers at 100%.
                                                     An average customer satisfaction degree during the reporting period at 96.1%.
                                      Remarks: Three utility model patents became invalid in 2022.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
We actively unleashed our innovation and pioneering capacity, deployed our innovation in cutting-edge products such as                     and reasonable prices. In terms of supplier management,                technology and established a new online supplier relations
sodium battery and LMFP to stay leading in the industry and constantly improved our innovation capacity in engineering design              we adopted strict procurement management by means of                   management system to transfer the original supplier
and equipment to enhance our “professionalism” in all aspects. Meanwhile, we implemented comprehensive quality assurance                   promoting the standardization of bidding procedure and                 registration, admission and evaluation from offline to
and prevention and upgraded our product quality with methods such as “digitalization”. We enhanced the efficiency of our                   the evaluation system of suppliers to ensure the reliability           an online platform. In this way, we achieved a digital
“platform-based” operation by establishing a full cycle of customer service management process, so as to satisfy the diverse               of our raw materials and cost competitiveness.                         information platform for the management and interaction
demands of different customers. In addition, while carrying out strategic cooperation with our partners in the upstream and                                                                                       o f s u p p li e r s , si g ni f i c a n t l y e n h a n c e d o u r s u p p li e r
                                                                                                                                           In addition, we followed the innovation and reform trend
downstream of industrial chain, we also paid attention to the suppliers’ performance in sustainable development and facilitated                                                                                   management ef ficiency and empowered our digital
                                                                                                                                           of digital transformation in the industr y, constantly
the development of our “ecological” industrial chain architecture, providing a strong support for the low-carbon transformation                                                                                   transformation.
                                                                                                                                           deepened the application of new-generation information
of the new energy material industry.
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                                                                                                                                             ◆ Generation of                                                         ◆ Removal principles
                                                                                                                                                                                  ◆ Visiting suppliers                                                          ◆ Communication and
                                                                                                                                             procurement demands                                                     (without cooperation
                                                                                                                                                                                  ◆ Supplier review                                                             exchange
                                                                                                                                             ◆ Collection of supplied                                                for a long time/
                                                                                                                                                                                  ◆ Scoring of suppliers                                                        ◆ Training and guidance
                                                                                                                                             material information                                                    disqualification/
As a leader in high-nickel ternary material, we aimed to build a globally competitive cyclic industrial chain around our                                                          ◆ Supplier evaluation                                                         ◆ Experience exchange
                                                                                                                                             ◆ Supplier registration                                                 blacklist)
                                                                                                                                                                                  ◆ results and release                                                         ◆ Complaint handling
“Battery Triangle Strategy”, and try to build a sustainable supply chain that is “efficient, safe, collaborative and green”                  ◆ Supplier inspection                                                   ◆ Removal process
through various methods and channels such as supply chain management, responsible procurement and cooperation
with our suppliers, so as to achieve win-win development with our supply chain partners and practice our concept of“being                                                                  Due diligence management process for suppliers
the strongest and working with the strongest on the basis of coexistence and blend”.
On the basis of observing related laws and regulations                                                                                     Adhering to the concept of sustainable development, we were committed to raising the sustainable development
at home and abroad, we formulated systems such as                                              Ronbay headquarters                         requirements for suppliers at home and abroad and paid a lot of attention to the environmental and social factors
                                                                                             Responsible for managing
the “Regulations on Suppliers”, the “Regulations on Risk                                                                                   in our procurement as we deployed the green and low-carbon supply chain. Meanwhile, we were also committed to
                                                                                          strategic cooperation suppliers
Identification and Evaluation of Supply Chain” and the                                                                                     responsible procurement management for the global supply chain. Currently, our domestic bases have achieved 100% of
“Control Procedure for Evaluation and Management of                                                                                        local procurement to further stabilize our supply chain.
Suppliers” and upgraded and regulated our management                                          Business departments
proces s of supply chain. Besides, the sus tainable                                         Responsible for managing                       1. Environmental and social responsibilities of suppliers
                                                                                        centralized procurement suppliers
development of supply chain has been included into the                                                                                     We in c l u d e d t h e p e r fo r ma n c e of o ur sup p lie r s in   developed review and evaluation items for their environment
supply chain management system to actively empower                                                                                         environmental and social responsibilities into our                     safety and sustainable development, raised management
our suppliers and enhance their risk management                                                  Subsidiaries                              consideration for the admission and evaluation of suppliers            requirements in such areas as environment protection and
p e r fo r m a n c e in te r m s o f e nviro n m e n t a n d s o cia l          Responsible for managing general suppliers and             and chose those companies that were safe, compliant, green             security for them. We scored and classified our suppliers
                                                                                             temporary suppliers
responsibility, further reduce the carbon emission of                                                                                      and energy-saving as our suppliers in priority. Meanwhile, we          based on their performance in environment protection and
industrial chain and realize its sustainable development                                                                                   also conducted a “review and evaluation of our suppliers with          security and actively practiced responsible procurement.
                                                                                Three-level classified management structure of suppliers
and transformation.                                                                                                                        regard to environment safety and sustainable development”,
Our procurement modes mainly cover two links, namely                     home and abroad and formed a relatively stable list of
procurement strategy and supplier management. As                         qualified suppliers with appropriate competitive and
to procurement strategy, we established long-term                        dynamic adjustment to ensure that the raw materials were
cooperation with famous raw material suppliers at                        continuously and steadily supplied with reliable quality
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                           lithium resource giants such as Alb and SQM to continually       suppliers and visited the suppliers at the site, and carried out
                                                                                                                                           optimize our global supply chain’s layout. Our supply chain’s    experience sharing online and team guidance offline at once
       Environment safety and sustainable review conducted on Huayou New Energy Technology
                                                                                                                                           construction goal was to “build a global and competitive         so as to communicate with our suppliers in time on the market
       (Quzhou) Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                                                           supply chain with our characteristics and sustainable            dynamics and risk changes. For the problems that occurred
       In December 2022, we organized an environment safety and sustainable development review on our supplier Huayou New Energy           development and advance new progresses in cooperation            to suppliers during work, we raised effective suggestions and
       Technology (Quzhou) Co., Ltd. The supplier conducted a self-review according to the evaluation criteria. The review this time was
                                                                                                                                           between enterprises in a way of reciprocity and mutual           offered substantial assistance to help improve the quality of
       organized remotely online by us to communicate with the supplier on such aspects as compliance and performance management,
                                                                                                                                           benefit”.                                                        products they supplied and create a
       environment management, GHG emission management and security management.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            good business atmosphere for our win-
                                                                                                                                           We kept in close contact with our suppliers, maintained active   period, we finished annual summary and
                                                                                                                                           communication and exchange with them in different ways
                                                                         the way to receive the RMI certification.                         and sought after joint growth and progress with them. We         visited 23 suppliers at the site and
In order to avoid procurement of conflic t minerals,
                                                                                                                                           regularly held large-scale communication meetings with           provided training for 9 suppliers.
we strictly prohibited our suppliers to develop, trade
and export mineral resources in conflict-hit and high-
                                                                         In order to expand our green supply chain, we advocated
risk regions, paid attention to the possible social and
                                                                         saving resources among suppliers based on the green
environmental impacts of any minerals and fully respected
                                                                         concepts such as energy saving, emission reduction and
the labor rights and benefits of any mine. We promised
                                                                         environment protection in our procurement, in our effort
to observe the “Guide to Due Diligence Management for
                                                                         to improve the raw material structure of our supply chain
China’s Responsible Mineral Supplier Chain” and the “OECD                                                                                  We were clearly aware that innovation is the primary driving force for the new energy industry. Relying on the three major
                                                                         and explore a new trail in battery materials. During the
Guide to Due Diligence Investigation of Responsible Supply                                                                                 supports, “global R&D deployment, efficient R&D system, and competitive talents”, we will keep stepping up our effort
                                                                         reporting period, we launched green procurement projects
Chain of Ores from Conflict-hit and High-risk Regions”,                                                                                    in scientific research and innovation and seek more scientific research and innovation talents. While deepening our
                                                                         based on close-loop recycling and formed a complete
introduced the requirement of “due diligence investigation                                                                                 advantages in high-nickel, we will explore new materials and technologies, deploy our intellectual property rights in the
                                                                         industrial close-loop by reprocessing ternary waste into
for mineral supply chain” into the development and                                                                                         industrial chain and become a leader of frontier technology in the global new energy material industry.
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admission of suppliers at home and abroad, and upgraded
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the “Letter of Commitment on Never Using Conflict
Minerals” formulated by us into a letter of commitment
                                                                         accounting for about 5% of all raw materials, achieving the
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to be observed by the enterprise. During the reporting
period, all our suppliers that processed cobalt metal from
                                                                         reduction.                                                        1.R&D deployment                                                 as Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Ningbo and key overseas
                                                                                                                                           Under the guidance of New Integration Strategy, we planned       regions such as South Korea, Japan, the US and Europe.
                                                                                                                                           to accelerate the construction of our production capacity,
                                                                                                                                           promote our global production capacity deployment and
                                                                                                                                                                                                            On the basis of global R&D layout, our Central Research
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Institute fully unleashed its advantage in positive electrode
                                                                                                                                           in five to ten years. During the reporting period, we signed
                                                                                                                                                                                                            high-nickel. Under the guidance of our strategic goal to
                                                                         excellent partners such as Huayou, GEM and Liqin, so as to                                                                         “become a technology firm with the highest commercial
Adhering to the concept of “working with the strongest based                                                                               Energy Technology and Central China Headquarters” with the
                                                                         lock our future production capacity in advance. Meanwhile,                                                                         value in the world’s battery field”, we were actively engaged
on coexistence and blend”, we worked with various partners                                                                                 people’s government of Hanyang District of Wuhan, planning
                                                                         we worked with industry-leading enterprises worldwide                                                                              in innovation and exploration and perfected the construction
to promote the sustainable development and construction                                                                                    regional R&D centers such as Central China Institute of New
                                                                         in the construction of supply chain. In 2022, we signed a                                                                          of our innovation and R&D management system around four
of the new energy industry, and deeply explore and innovate                                                                                Energy Technology. In addition, we launched innovation and
                                                                         strategic cooperation agreement with Ningbo Liqin Resource                                                                         parts, namely “technology development process, frontier
the ecology of cooperation based on the characteristics                                                                                    R&D strategy at home and abroad, focused on supporting the
                                                                         Technology Co., Ltd., to cooperate in the development                                                                              research system, personnel development system and
of different suppliers. During the reporting period, the                                                                                   regional development of the industry, and deployed our R&D
                                                                         of nickel resource of Indonesia, and signed a long-term                                                                            intellectual property system”.
proportions of strategic and long-term cooperation between                                                                                 around the regional advantaged technology. In the future,
us and suppliers had increased significantly. We successively            supply agreement of lithium raw material with international       we will establish R&D centers in major cities of China such
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
     ◆ Technology development system                          ◆ Frontier research system
     • At the stage of product R&D, we simplified             • In the future, our Research Institute of Technology will carry out in-depth
       and upgraded the process of our original                 research on frontier technologies such as solid battery, dry electrode, lithium-   In order to become a comprehensive positive electrode                 customers, we managed our product development as an
       product development system based on our                  rich manganese base and spinel nickel-manganese and always stay leading            material supplier “covering all markets of power battery and          investment project, and upgraded our product research
       condition to develop a new R&D system with               in the industry in new fields, preparing leading next-generation technology
                                                                                                                                                   energy storage”, we continually enriched our R&D team,                and development through cross-department collaboration.
       our characteristics, IPD integrated product              and incubating new business for Ronbay. We have managed to incubate new
       development system and fully applied it in               business such as sodium ion battery and LMFP battery.                              increased our investment in R&D and carried out R&D efforts.          While further strengthening the competitive edge in high-
       the process of product development.                                                                                                         We have made major achievements in such areas as product              nickel material, we also accelerated our deployment in the
                                                                                                                                                   innovation, R&D patents and development of industrial                 innovation and R&D in LMFP and sodium battery materials
     • We tried to detect performance flaws in                ◆ Personnel development system
       the performance, service life and safety of                                                                                                 standards. During the reporting period, our R&D investment            to effectively reduce the use of nickel and keep mastering
       batteries.                                             • We cooperated with excellent universities and research institutes,                 amounted to RMB 486.5543 million.                                     leading innovative technology, with our core technology
     • In terms of positive and negative electrodes             implemented the talent introduction measure of “Hundred Talent Plan”,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         covering related materials such as positive electrode
       and auxiliary materials for electrodes, we               attracted excellent talents through internal cultivation and introduction          1.R&D achievements                                                    materials of lithium/sodium battery, precursor, resource
       assisted the tests of our clients, detected              from the outside. Meanwhile, we also introduced a lot of excellent talents
                                                                through channels such as the National Post-doctor Workstation and National         We were engaged in the research and development of                    recycling, engineering equipment technology and solid
       flaws in performance and materials and
       quickly improved them. We upgraded our                   Thousand Talent Plan.                                                              battery positive electrode material and precursor. Centered           battery.
       batter y chemical research system into                                                                                                      on IPD R&D model and oriented around the demands of
       our material electrical chemistry research             ◆ Intellectual property system
       system, expanded our product categories
       and tracks and predicted our products and
                                                              • We managed our intellectual property work in accordance with the                   Major innovation and R&D achievements
       actual applications, business models and
                                                                “Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights of Enterprises” to protect our
       means of technology on the medium and
                                                                intellectual property security and obtain the certification of intellectual
       long run.
                                                                property management system.
                                                                                                                                                                                •  NI90 positive electrode material: we achieved a breakthrough in the energy density parameters
                                                                                                                                                                                   of battery cell, connected with several clients of Europe, America, Japan and South Korea and
                                                                                                                                                                                   accelerated the certification of related products and product lines.
                                                                                                                                                                                •  Series 8 low-cobalt mono-crystal precursor product: we released customized innovative products and
                                                                                                                                                                                   significantly lowered the processing cost while keeping the performance parameters,
                                                                                                                                                                                •  Achieved innovation in high-nickel mono-crystal process and passed the certification of international
Besides, we also actively launched
                                                                                                                                                                                   head battery cell makers.
o p e n in n ovatio n a c ti vitie s in         • We established an “Innovation Alliance of Ningbo for Next-generation Battery
                                                                                                                                                                                •  Ultra high-nickel positive electrode material: we developed excellent products with a high capacity, a
                                                  Materials” with Veken Technology Co., Ltd., Ningbo Viken New Energy Technology
cooperation with key universities,                                                                                                                  Product innovation             low cost and circulation in high temperatures.
                                                  Co., Ltd., Ningbo Veken Battery Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Supcon Tech Co., Ltd., Ningbo
excellent enterprises and experts                 Institute of Industrial Internet Co., Ltd., and Ningbo University to carry out related                                        •  LMFP: We were the first company worldwide to achieve a volume production and shipment of LMFP
                                                                                                                                                                                   positive electrode material at the level of thousands of tons and established cooperation with our
to build bridges for communication                researches in the R&D, engineering, intelligent equipment and digital product lines
                                                  of next-generation battery materials and their application, and the development of                                               clients at the downstream.
with different platforms, build the
                                                  next-generation positive electrode material, battery and equipment.                                                           •  Positive electrode material for sodium ion battery: We achieved a breakthrough from 0 to 1, with each
industr y together and achieve                                                                                                                                                     indicator improved significantly, connected with a number of clients at home and abroad and achieved
win-win cooperation. For our                                                                                                                                                       a sales and shipment volume at the level of tens of tons.
deployment in frontier technology               ◆ Academy-research cooperation                                                                                                  •  Fully solid battery material: We developed ternary positive electrode material suitable for solid battery,
                                                                                                                                                                                   effectively improved the compatibility between positive electrode and electrolyte interface, and won
in the f uture, we es tab lishe d               • We worked with Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering of Chinese                                                high recognition from our customers at home and abroad.
technology ties with our partners                 Academy of Sciences, Ningbo University and Ningbo University of Technology to
to promote the upgrade of                         undertake a major program of scientific innovation in 2025, “the development of
                                                  ferromanganese Prussian white positive electrode material applied in sodium ion
product innovation route; for our                                                                                                                                               • We achieved a major breakthrough in different fields such as precursor co-precipitation technology,
                                                  battery”;
exploration in green and low-                                                                                                                                                     positive electrode material doping technology, sintering technology in the atmosphere of positive
                                                • We established a long-term in-depth cooperation with several universities and                                                   electrode material, surface treatment technology of positive electrode material, high-voltage mono-
carbon technology, we worked with
                                                  research institutes, signed a technology cooperation agreement with Northeastern                 Technical innovation           crystal material production technology, NiCoMn metal recycling technology, Li2CO3 recycling
excellent universities and research               University of China, Central South University, University of Science and Technology                                             technology, ultra high-nickel positive electrode material production technology and high-nickel
institutes to explore the future                  Beijing, University of Nottingham Ningbo and Beijing Institute of Technology, and                                               waterless technology.
                                                  launched a series of development cooperation programs.
direction of green development.
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Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
In the face of the rapidly developing industrial chain in the       electrode material and other key products, and the
new energy sector, we especially established a market               recycling methods of positive electrode material. Through
analysis department to collect and analyze industrial               comprehensive and effective patent portfolio strategy, we
information from different channels and showed the                  created a “moat” for our business innovation.
direction for the company’s technology R&D, which had
significantly raised our speed in material R&D and volume
                                                                    We fo c u s e d o n t h e va r iet y exp a n sio n a n d q ua lit y
introduction and greatly enhanced our scientific research
                                                                    improvement of materials in the new energy industry,                                                                              Research training for our R&D staff
and innovation capacity.
                                                                    trying to become a demonstrator and leader for the high-
Depending on our prominent scientif ic innovation                   quality development of battery material industry in the               for our scientific research team to improve their ability. Our                    3. R&D team motivation
capability and industrial merger and acquisition capacity,          future. We kept promoting standardization and efficiency              research institute has established a complete training system                     Our central research institute was devoted to building an
we managed to master a number of core technologies                  of new energy material industry. During the reporting                 for employees to help our teams and talents to improve their                      entrepreneurship platform and guiding our teams and talents
of the industry. During the reporting period, the number            period, we participated in the drafting or revision of 5              innovation abilities and unleash their innovative thinking,                       to launch technical innovation actively through incentive
of patents granted to us reached a new height with                  national standards under the centralized management of                and our employees’ innovation in scientific innovation to                         mechanism with projects. In addition, we developed the
granted. So far we have submitted a total of 604 patent             Commit tee, 3 industrial standards and 2 industrial                   research institute organized a total of 171 class hours of                        & Reward”, established awards such as proposal, granting,
applications and been granted 346 patents, including 19             standards under the centralized management of China                   training for our R&D staff, including 22 courses of professional                  commercialization of achievements, patent defense and
patents granted in South Korea. Our patents cover frontier          Electronics Standardization Institute and promoted the                skills, system knowledge and financial knowledge, a total of                      publications for our internal staff and encouraged our
products such as spinel nickel-manganese, lithium-                  progress and development of industrial technology.                    29 class hours at the level of our research institute.                            employees to make inventions and creations.
rich manganese base and solid battery material, and
                                                                                                                                          With strategic positioning of “protecting core technology,                        Korean Patent Office”, “Patent Law of the United States”
                                                                                                                                          rights”, we further regulated the processes of patent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            and “Patent Law of Japan”, and were in active pursuit of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the certification of intellectual property management
We paid attention to the construction of our R&D and                excellent talents that agree with our technology concept              applic ation and review, and adopted standardized                                 system. We established the “System for Approval of
innovation talent team and the fostering of our employees’          and strengthen the construction of our talent team for core           management for the whole process of our intellectual                              Patent Declaration and Punishment & Reward” inside the
innovation capability. In order to support the implementation       positions. Meanwhile, we actively promoted our overseas               property rights such as creation, management, application                         company, developed a punishment and reward system for
of our New Integration Strategy goals and strengthen our R&D        talent localization strategy and continually recruited excellent      a n d p r o te c t i o n t h r o u g h e s t a b l i s h i n g a c o m p l e te   the protection of intellectual property rights. Whenever
and innovation capability and industrial competitiveness, we        local talents into our teams in Japan and South Korea, so as          intellectual property system.                                                     employees were found with such behaviors as misconduct
will cultivate endogenous talents and recruit external talents      to build a talent highland. During the reporting period, the                                                                                            in office, plagiarism and leak of commercial secrets in the
to build a high-level technology and management talent              number of our R&D staff reached 599, accounting for 12.90%            1.Construction of intellectual property system                                    intellectual property management, they were punished
team with an international vision,original innovation ability, an   of all our employees, of which over 45.8% were master                 In order to strengthen the compliance construction of                             according to the seriousness of the case. Those employees
ideal and high quality.                                             and doctoral research fellows graduating from first-class             our intellectual property rights at home and abroad, we                           with a prominent performance in intellectual property
                                                                    universities.                                                         followed domestic laws and regulations such as the“Patent                         management would be commended accordingly.
We actively explored new cooperation modes for coordinated          2. Cultivation of R&D talents                                         PRC” and the “Guide to Intellectual Property Management                           2.Patent layout and defense
development with universities and research institutes.              We attached importance to the ability development of talents          of Industrial Enterprises”, observed international laws and                       Starting from our business strategy, we applied for patents
We released a “Hundred Talent Plan” to attract more                 and were devoted to creating a rich variety of opportunities          regulations such as “Paris Convention”, “Patent Law of                            in time, chose the right regional and protection scope to
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form patent clusters and adopted patent portfolio strategy, so
as to safeguard our own products and technologies, and build a
                                                                                    Defense against the lawsuit filed
legal barrier against external challenges.                                                                                             1.Quality control system
                                                                                    by Umicore
Meanwhile, we continued to strengthen the intellectual property                                                                        In accordance with the system certification requirements, we kept improving our quality control system and enhancing
                                                                                    From 2019, Umicore Inc. and Korea Umicore          our quality control to establish a quality benchmark in the global new energy material industry. By the end of the reporting
protection and patent risk warning for our core products. On
                                                                                    Limited (hereinafter referred to Umicore) filed
the basis of analyzing and sorting out the infringements on our                                                                        period, EMT in the manufacture regions of Ronbay such as Hubei, Guizhou, Yuyao and South Korea had all passed the
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existing products, we fully tracked and evaluated the intellectual                                                                     certification of ISO 9001 and IATF16949 quality control system.
                                                                                    investigation against Ronbay in China and
property risks involved in each link of our new products including                  South Korea respectively. So far, the courts
“approval of new projects, research and development and                             of China and South Korea have dismissed
                                                                                    the legal action from Umicore, or Umicore          We established a three-level quality
marketing of products” and adopted a defense layout against
                                                                                    has withdrawn its lawsuit on its own. Ronbay                                                                                                        Responsible for designing the corporation’s
our patent risks.                                                                                                                      control architecture composed of the
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                                                                                    boasts leading technology and independent
                                                                                                                                       “corporation, business departments                              The Corporation                  management of related indicators.
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Besides, we also protected our legal rights and benefits by                                                                            and factories”. We attached high
                                                                                    NCM811 and has independent intellectual                                                                                                             Responsible for strategy designing, operation
means of administration and jurisdiction. In the face of patent                                                                        importance to quality innovation, set
                                                                                    proper t y in S85E, providing necessar y                                                                                                            management and indicator decomposition
infringements, we set up an intellectual property defending team                    intellectual property barrier for us to continue   up a quality innovation team at each                        Business departments                 at the level of business departments.
composed of our intellectual property department, professional                      to explore the global market.                      level to focus on such aspects as the
law firm’s intellectual property lawyers and intellectual property                                                                     external market research, the quality                                                            Implementing indicators as business units
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agent’s professionals to defend and safeguard our intellectual                                                                         innovation management of R&D and
property rights actively and continuously.                                                                                             equipment, the introduc tion and
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In accordance with related laws and regulations and                   infringement risks to defend against the risks. Meanwhile,
ma na g e m e nt s y s te m s , we p e r fe c te d o ur inte r na l   we included the requirement of intellectual property             2) Full life cycle quality control mechanism
protec tion system for intellec tual proper t y rights,               protection into our product development to ensure that
                                                                                                                                       We shif ted qualit y control for ward through the IPD                     During the reporting period, we compiled or revised
established the mechanisms of patent infringement                     our core technology and intellectual property rights were
                                                                                                                                       process, carried out quality control activities throughout                systems such as the “System of Rewards and Penalties for
analysis and supervision mechanisms. We retrieved and                 under all-round supervision and protection from the start
                                                                                                                                       the life cycle of products and adopted end-to-end close-                  Quality”, the “Internal Review Management System”, the
analyzed patent information in corresponding countries                of our research and development.
                                                                                                                                       loop management and concerted efforts in such areas as                    “Handbook of Magnetic Impurities Management” and the
or regions, screened the patent risks, identified possible                                                                             market, R&D, manufacture and procurement to ensure                        “Supplier Management Agreement” to further improve
                                                                                                                                       that our products met the demands of customers and                        our full life cycle quality control mechanism, implement
                                                                                                                                       addressed their problems and challenges; ensure that                      the requirement of high quality in every process of our
                                                                                                                                       the comprehensive competitiveness of our products was                     production, every position and every employee, so as to
                                                                                                                                       improved continually and the requirements of customers                    keep improving our quality management performance and
                                                                                                                                       could be satisfied constantly with high quality.                          product quality.
                                                                                                                                         ◆ Supplier quality management
Adhering to the core concept of “creating values for our customers with quality products”, we provided our customers
worldwide with quality products. In terms of hardware, we continued to increase investment in R&D to upgrade the                            •  Supplier management process: We tried to practice product quality control in the entire process by being strict with raw materials,
equipment. In terms of software, we continually strengthened the quality control mechanisms of ISO9001 and IATF16949                          adopting real-time monitoring on our production and conducting sampling tests on our finished products, while adopting a
                                                                                                                                              supervision mechanism to further guarantee the high quality of our products. During the reporting period, we revised the “Supplier
and enhanced the awareness and abilities of our personnel. Through advanced tools such as IPD and digitization, we
                                                                                                                                              Quality Agreement”, further enhanced the quality of raw materials and continually improved our product quality.
continually perfected our quality control system in the whole life cycle so as to win trust from customers with the best
quality.
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Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
     ◆ R&D quality management                                                                                                              In order to continue to promote the company’s product            impurities improvement, production maintenance and IE
                                                                                                                                           quality improvement, solidify our status as an industrial        program improvement to create a good atmosphere of
      •  In terms of R&D quality, we actively promoted the IPD model and developed complete review tools based on the five tools of        benchmark and promote our global layout, in 2022,                improvement within the company, fully expose and solve
         IATF, established the role of PQA, developed product quality plans with a preventive concept and supervised their execution.      we carried out different forms of quality improvement            quality problems and further improve our product quality
         We classified the quality review points by the maturity of technology and implemented quality reliability analysis and quality    activities among all our employees such as harmful               control.
         evaluation; we tried to guarantee product quality in the full life cycle.
     ◆ Process quality management
      •  In order to enhance our process quality management, we planned the LPA (layered process analysis) mechanism during
         the reporting period, where we conducted regular and frequent standardized reviews at each level so as to confirm the
         consistence of operating standards within the organization. We examined the organization from 13 segments such as feeding,
         packaging, warehousing and logistics and reviewed a total of 808 problems. Among them, the VOC segment of customers
         was adjusted dynamically according to their requirements to ensure that their requirements were satisfied, as a result of which      Harmful impurities removal         IE program improvement activity                              TPM activity
                                                                                                                                                 master competition
         we won recognition from several clients.
Meanwhile, in 2022, we established
the Manufac ture E xecution                                                                                                                1.KPI indicators
Sys tem (M E S) and L aborator y                                                                                                           In 2022, under the unremitting efforts of all our employees, our product quality was improved greatly. The first pass yield
Information Management System                                                                                                              of our products increased by 5.94% than last year and our rate of good quality improved 8.81% than previous year, which
(LIMS) and an information system                                                                                                           further guaranteed the safety and stability of our products.
and a digital foundation with our
own characteristics to digitally                                                                                                           2.Customer audit
e m p owe r o u r q ua li t y c o nt ro l ,
                                                                                                                                           During the reporting period, a total of 41 customers at home and
achieve automatic computing and
                                                                                                                                           abroad conducted 41 quality audits on our positive electrode
abnormality identification of our
                                                                                                                                           factories, with an audit pass rate at 100%. They spoke highly of
product data and enhance the
                                                                                                                                           our system management and product control performance. In
efficiency and accuracy of product
                                                                                                                                           August, we received a special visit from the CATL, which awarded
quality control, laying a foundation
                                                                                                                                           an authentication certificate of “5S benchmark line” to us. Our
for our digital transformation.                                                                     The launch ceremony of LIMS project
                                                                                                                                           quality level met the requirements of our customers at home and
                                                                                                                                           abroad.
In order to keep improving our quality control and practice                  quality improvement tools and methods. Meanwhile, we          3.Honorary awards                                                                   benchmark line” from the CATL
our quality concept, we attached high importance to                          regularly carried out evaluation to help our employees        Under our ceaseless pursuit of outstanding quality, we achieved an excellent performance in 2022 and won honorary
quality-related training, developed different forms of                       constantly enhance their quality awareness and ensure         awards such as “Evaluation of Chinese Brand Value”, “Vice Chairman Organization of the 7th Council of Ezhou Municipal
training courses, with our training contents covering                        that they indeed mastered the product quality theoretical     Quality Technology Association”, “Award for Outstanding Quality” (awarded by Energy Very Endure), “Excellent Supplier
dif ferent fields such as qualit y control system and                        knowledge and practical methods.                              of the Year” (awarded by the CATL).
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Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                    Japan and the EU from offline to online, so that the customer information could be traced and our sample process became
                                                                                                                                    visualized. In this way, we achieved standardization and information-based management of our sales orders in the whole
                                                                                                                                    process and further enhanced our customer satisfaction degree.
                                                                                                                                    We emphasized on the protection of the rights and benefits        would organize a special session or visit the customer to
                                                                                                                                    of our customers and had formed a complete set of handling        avoid receiving more complaints from similar clients and
                                                                                                                                    processes for customer complaints and feedback. During            continuously improve our products and services. During
                                                                                                                                    the reporting period, we updated and revised systems              the reporting period, our customer complaint solving rate
                                                                                                                                    such as the “Control Procedure for Customer Service” and          reached 100%.
                                                                                                                                    “Customer Satisfaction Degree Management System” to
                                                                                                                                    clarify the standardization requirements for our customer         2.Product call-back mechanism
                                                                                                                                    service, strengthen our product call-back mechanism, fully        We established a three-level product call-back mechanism
                                                                                                                                    investigate our customer satisfaction degree, so that our         to provide our customers with all-round quality guarantee.
                                                         Honorary awards of quality                                                                                                                   Whenever defec tive goods was shipped, we would
                                                                                                                                    customer complaint channels could remain smooth and their
                                                                                                                                    complaints could be handled in a timely and fair manner as        immediately notify the clients and launch the call-back
                                                                                                                                    much as we could.                                                 mechanism according to the emergency level of the event, to
                                                                                                                                                                                                      minimize the loss of our clients. During the reporting period,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      no product call-back had occurred in the company.
                                                                                                                                    In order to ensure that we were able to quickly and effectively
                                                                                                                                    handle customer complaints, we clarified our complaint            3.Customer satisfaction survey
                                                                                                                                    sorting standard and the duties of each department in             We regularly conducted a customer satisfaction survey, with
We not only tried to produce quality products, but also aimed to be leader for customer service quality in the industry.
                                                                                                                                    complaint handling in our “Control Procedure for Customer         the dimensions covering the percent of pass, timely delivery
Adhering to the service concept of “centering around the customers”, we continually improved our customer service
                                                                                                                                    Service”, had a timely insight into feedback from customers,      rate, response to customer complaints. By measuring our
before, during and after sales, tried to understand and satisfy the demands of customers in all aspects and actively
                                                                                                                                    responded to their requests and improved our service quality.     customer satisfaction degree and analyzing our current
improved the customer service satisfaction degree and the efficiency of our response to customer demands.
                                                                                                                                    For the customer complaints we received, we established           shortages, we organized related departments to rectify such
As our factory in South Korea was put into production in 2022, we also deployed a complete international customer                   a complete complaint handling mechanism, and required             shortages actively in time. Our average customer satisfaction
service team in our factories in Seoul and Chungju of South Korea, covering our communication and connection with                   that an official reply or response must be given to our           degree during the reporting period was 96.1%.
customers in four language zones, Chinese, English, Korean and Japanese, so as to extend our customer service to cover              customers within 24 hours. Whenever it was necessary, we
the overseas markets all over the world.
                                                                                                                                    We respected the rights of our customers, attached high           storage and transmission management, cross-department
We were committed to providing our customers with                      mechanism in the full life cycle, so as to optimize the      importance to the protection of their privacy and strictly        information confidentiality management. Besides, we kept the
standard services and stable, reliable solutions. during               customer service experience and improve the efficiency of    observed related laws at home and abroad such as the              names of our customers as secret in the form of codes, strictly
the reporting period, we formulated some institutional                 our response to customer requests as much as we can.         “Cyber-Safety Law of the PRC”, the “Personal Information          adopted authority control within departments and isolated
documents such as “Customer Demands Management                                                                                      Protection Law of the PRC” and the “EU General Data               the information access permission based on positions, so
                                                                       Meanwhile, we released a customer relations management
Process”, “Control Procedure for Customer Demands                                                                                   Protection Regulation”. We tried to avoid information security    as to fully safeguard the privacy, rights and benefits of our
                                                                       (CRM) system, which has shifted the management of
and Contract Review” and “Sales Contract Management                                                                                 risks and protected the privacy of our customers from such        customers.
                                                                       customers in countries such as China, South Korea, the US,
System”, established a customer service management                                                                                  aspects as adopting system authority control, information
                                                       We promoted the core technology for recycling and reuse of waste and scrap to establish a battery triangle
                                                       strategy.
     Green Development to
                                       The vision of carbon neutrality
                                                       We established a goal of carbon neutrality and built a model “beacon factory” in Xiantao of Hubei.
     Improve Environment
                                                       Our environmental protection investment exceeded RMB 17 million.
                                                       Ronbay Guizhou obtained the certification of ISO 50001 energy management system. We also launched
                                                       the system certification for our positive electrode factories in Ezhou and Xiantao of Hubei and South Korea.
                                                       We signed a package of agreements with Hubei Energy Administration and used clean energy instead of
                                                       We carried out carbon screening for Ronbay Hubei, Ronbay Wuhan and Ronbay Guizhou, all of which had
                                                       We implemented life cycle assessment for our products to accurately evaluate our production and
                                       Three wastes management
                                                       economy.
                                                       Our production bases that have been put into production have all obtained the certification of ISO 14001
                                                       environment management system.
                                       It was a common ideal shared by everyone in Ronbay to “develop new energy industry and improve the humankind’s living
                                       environment”, which was also the social responsibility to be fulfilled by us. Centered on our “Battery Triangle Strategy”, we focused
                                       on such business fields as battery disassembly, recycling and cascade utilization to further develop an “ecological” cyclic industrial
                                       chain. Meanwhile, in order to respond to the national policies of “carbon peak and neutrality”, we were striving to develop and use
                                       clean energy, keep tapping our potential in energy saving and carbon reduction, so as to provide strong guarantee for the building
                                       of zero-carbon factories. In addition, we implemented the environment protection concept of “zero accidents, zero penalties, zero
                                       complaints”, established and promoted a scientific environment management system, continually reduced the environmental
                                       impacts of our own operations and developed an environment-friendly enterprise by means of reducing the pollutant discharge,
                                       recycling and reusing our wastes and “digital” empowering.
                                       We expanded from the industrial chain of positive electrode material to the “battery triangle” cyclic industrial chain, actively
                                       deployed business such as battery disassembly, recycling, extraction, refinement and mineral in the upstream of our supply
                                       chain, and deployed business such as battery operation and cascade utilization in the downstream of our supply chain,
                                       so as to form a complete battery triangle strategy and provide strong guarantee for the “ecological” development of our
                                       industrial chain.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                      Our model “beacon factory” in Xiantao of Hubei
We aimed to minimize the use of raw materials and turn our wastes into resources and make them harmless with our
core technologies for waste recycling and reusing such as “NiCoMn metal recycling technology” and “Li2CO3 recycling                   In 2022, we built a model “beacon factory” in Xiantao of Hubei,   possible by 2025”.
technology”. We recycled and reused elements such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium with methods such as                       reduced carbon emissions and resource waste in such aspects
                                                                                                                                                                                                        In terms of green building, our factory in Xiantao introduced
                                                                                                                                      as energy saving and consumption reduction, green building
chemical dissolution and impurities removal, boasting a high comprehensive recycling rate and taking the lead in the                                                                                    the concept of green design into each design link from the
                                                                                                                                      and green logistics and achieved green development.
industry.                                                                                                                                                                                               very beginning, observed the technical requirements such
                                                                                                                                      In terms of energy saving and consumption reduction, on           as using environment-friendly materials, thermally insulated
                                                                                                                                      the basis of reducing the use of fossil fuels such as oil and     enclosing structures and adopting double-layer vacuum
                                                                                                                                      gas, Ronbay Xiantao planned to purchase forestry carbon           glass. By using facilities such as efficient energy-saving and
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                                                                                                                                      fuel combustion and air-conditioning refrigerant and the          a true sponge factory.
We were actively exploring the cyclic utilization of power
                                                                                                                                      greenhouse gas emission from such sources as waste water
batteries. The joint venture subsidiary TMR deployed and                                                                                                                                                In terms of green logistics, our factory in Xiantao used electric
                                                                                                                                      treatment. The production and operation of our plants and
invested by us has already achieved mature application in                                                                                                                                               vehicles and transport trucks for logistics, commuting and
                                                                                                                                      factories were aligned to the domestic and international
                                                                                                                                                                                                        service in all occasions, while encouraging our employees to
the recycling and reuse of lithium battery waste. In addition,                                                                        standards of “zero-carbon factory” in our effort to achieve
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we signed a strategic cooperation agreement with GEM,                                                                                 zero carbon emission in our Xiantao factory and “achieve our
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striving to seek cooperation in such fields as power battery                                                                          goal of zero-carbon factory in domestic industry as soon as
recycling, disassembly and utilization, cascade utilization and
powder sorting and achieve a sustainable supply of material
products. We also adopted several recycling and reusing                                                                       Other than the factory in Xiantao, we had developed detailed carbon neutrality paths for such aspects as roof distributed
technologies in the production of ternary materials and                                                                       PV, green electric power trading, green credits trading and certified emission reduction trading.
precursor, with an aim to avoid environmental impacts and
realize an ecological cyclic economy.
                                                                                                                              improvement of energy use efficiency and regulated the
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                                                                                                                              rational utilization of energy according to the regulations               consumption, reducing our loss and pollutant discharge,
Adhering to the concept of “achieving sustainable development through energy saving and carbon emission reduction”,
                                                                                                                              of each area of operation, formulated the “Energy                         and included energy management into our strategic
we actively implemented the governance action against climate changes. We actively promoted the use of clean energy,
                                                                                                                              Consumption Quota Regulations” and further strengthened                   and annual planning. In addition, we adopted energy
planned the procurement of green power and built our own PV facilities. We also deeply mined our potential in energy
                                                                                                                              energy management, identification of energy management                    assessment, took the fulfillment of the energy use reduction
saving and emission reduction in our production process, evaluated our products and measured our carbon footprints in
                                                                                                                              opportunities and management systems related with                         goal as part of our assessment and evaluation, and offered
the full life cycle, laying a foundation for us to build factories with carbon neutrality.
                                                                                                                              energy measurement. By the end of the reporting period,                   rewards to those regions and individuals that had done well
                                                                                                                              our Guizhou subsidiary had obtained the certification of the              in energy management.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        In 2022, we explored energy saving and consumption
Based on our own environment management system,                      neutrality and how to achieve the goal. Meanwhile, we                                                                              reduction in our production end through process
                                                                                                                              of energy management system for our other positive
we actively practiced our green development strategy,                were actively building “beacon factories”, and coping                                                                              optimization, equipment energy efficiency and energy
                                                                                                                              electrode factories, including our factories in Ezhou and
established a goal of “achieving carbon neutrality at the            with climate changes and challenges and improving our                                                                              management control, and gradually lowered our energy
                                                                                                                              Xiantao of Hubei and South Korea.
level of organizational operation of our factories in Hubei          sustainable development capacity with new technologies                                                                             consumption and carbon emissions during our operation
and Xiantao by 2025” and developed our goal of carbon                under the concept of green development.                  We were strict with every link from product design                        and production.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
     ◆ Equipment upgrade                                                  ◆ Process optimization                                            and rationally deploy in-factory PV sheds and recharging piles to build a new integrated electric power system, supply
                                                                                                                                            Ronbay Xiantao with green power from nearby and achieve a high proportion of local renewable energy consumption.
      • Automatic logistics system was used instead of traditional        • Air separation oxygen-generation system: the pressure
       forklifts to improve logistics efficiency and electrification        of our kiln adopted a low pressure system to optimize the
                                                                                                                                               ◆ Demonstration energy base project in Xiantao                       ◆ Distributed PV project in Ezhou
       rate and lower the transport energy consumption for each             use of oxygen compressor and lower the air separation
       unit of goods.                                                       system’s energy consumption by over 15%.
                                                                                                                                                • Through the fishery-solar hybrid power station, integrated        • Our distributed PV project adopted the model of power
      • Ventilation system reconstruction for the low-voltage             • Power factor control and optimization: We adopted                     wind power farm and new energy storage power plant, the             generation for self-use and surplus power connection to
       power distribution room: we improved the ventilation                 normalized control for power factors and enhanced the                 Xiantao base established an energy management platform              the grid, with a total installed capacity of 5.73MW. After the
       system of power distribution room, effectively reduced               level of our power factors (above 0.95)to guarantee reactive          and system and developed an integrated intelligent self-            project is put into use, it can achieve a proportion of 100%
       the indoor temperatures and saved electricity bills of RMB           power compensation.                                                   balance system through the 220kV user station access                for the power generated for self-use.
                                                                          • Lithium hydroxide crushing system: It achieved nitrogen
      • Cooling water system reconstruction: We mounted a                   reutilization of air separation system, recycled the residual
       temperature control device to the fan of cooling tower, and          pressure energy and lowered the system’s energy
       by optimizing the running frequency of the water pump, it            consumption.
       was estimated to save energy consumption of 1,140,000
                                                                          • Optimization of heating, ventilation and dehumidification
       kwh a year.
      • Compressed air waste governance: We improved the
                                                                            system: We optimized its working conditions and reduced
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       leak of compressed air, which was estimated save power               estimated to save energy consumption of 2,240,000 kwh a
                                                                                                                                            In 2022, we launched carbon footprint accounting at the organizational level and carried out green and low-carbon
       consumption of 4.10 million kwh a year.                              year.
                                                                                                                                            environment protection according to the results. Currently, our three bases in Hubei, Wuhan and Guizhou carried out
                                                                          • Optimization of ceramic rotary kiln system: The system
                                                                                                                                            carbon footprint accounting according to ISO 14064 and obtained the verification certificate. In addition, in accordance
                                                                            could achieve dynamic rolling and quick heating to lower
                                                                                                                                            with the carbon footprint accounting report, we developed pertinent measures and plans for carbon emission reduction,
                                                                            the invalid energy and heat loss, which could effectively
     ◆ Energy management and resource recycling
                                                                            lower the system’s energy consumption by about 70%.             providing a strong support for us to fulfill our goal of “carbon neutrality” in the future.
      • Energy use control: According to the requirements of              • Oxygen recycling and utilization: By optimizing the kiln
       areas and time sections, our design optimized the lighting           exhaust gas system, we achieved oxygen recycling and                                The carbon footprint accounting result of Ronbay in 2022
       time of power distribution room and workshops to reduce              reuse, which could save energy consumption of about
       unnecessary lighting energy consumption, which was                   835,000 kwh a year.
       estimated to save energy of 1,250,000 kwh a year.
                                                                                                                                            Ronbay Guizhou
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We applied advanced technologies to improve our energy                 participated in the market-based trading of green power
use efficiency, maximized the use of clean energy instead of           in Hubei, purchased green power through market-based                                     0              20                40            60                80                100                 120
traditional energy in our active effort to build zero-carbon           trading, so that our factories used green power for 100%.
factories.                                                                                                                                                                  Ronbay Hubei                       Ronbay Wuhan                           Ronbay Guizhou
                                                                       Meanwhile, we adopted various advanced and intelligent
We signed a package of agreements with the Hubei Energy                technologies and a large energy integrated management
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Administration and developed green and clean energy                    platform of the central control and scheduling system to
                                                                                                                                                      Scope 2                  4.78                              18.24                                   8.86
from nearby in various forms such as fishery-solar hybrid,             integrate power generation, transmission and distribution,                     Scope 3                 28.85                             113.54                                   40.48
wind-solar hybrid and roof distributed PV. We actively                 energy storage regulation and flexible response to loads                   Remarks: Unit 10,000 ton
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
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In order to evaluate the environmental impacts of our products in the full life cycle, we carried out a life cycle assessment           We established a complete internal system in accordance
on five products such as NCM polycrystal, NCM monocrystal and ultra-hight nickel, accurately measured and evaluated                     with ISO 14001 environment management system, set up
the impacts of our production and upstream links in various characteristic factors (such as greenhouse gas impact, water                an environment management system controlled by the                                                 The Corporation’s Quality and
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consumption impact and resource consumption impact). In addition, we actively studied and planned the green power                       management at each level, supervised by each functional
trading, green credit trading and carbon emission permit trading and promoted the implementation of green solutions.                    department and strictly implemented by employees, refining
                                                                                                                                        environment management to each level to improve our                                              Quality and Environment Security
                                                                                                                                        environment risk management, try our best to reduce the                                        Department of Business Departments
                                                                                                                                        win harmony between environment and society. By the end of
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Efficient water resource management is also an important link to facilitate the fulfillment of zero carbon. By taking                   the reporting period, our production bases that have been put
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  of Subsidiaries
measures in water resource management such as equipment optimization, technology transformation and water resource                      into production have all obtained the certification of ISO 14001
repeated utilization, we effectively enhanced the use efficiency of water resource. We also conducted life cycle assessment             environment management system.                                                          Organizational structure of environment management
(LCA) analysis related with water resource for some products. Currently, the water use for production of our products per
ton is equivalent to 1,000 - 1,500 cubic meters.
     ◆Reduction and improvement                  ◆ Improvement in water discharge               ◆ Recycling of production
     in ionized water preparation                per ton and water recycling rate               waste water
     • The water consumption was reduced           • The water discharge per ton decreased    • By using the waste water in recycling
      and the consumption of ionized water          by 59.2% from 2021 by reducing the         water station after treatment at the
      per ton of products decreased 89.1%           amount of ionized water prepared,          waste water treatment plant and
      from 2021 by optimizing the ionized           launching several reconstruction           reducing the replenish to the system’s
      water energy consumption of MVR               projects, improving the water use of       circulating water, in 2022 we saved
      compressor, adjusting the water use           public equipment, and using distilled      about 43,000 tons of water.                       EMT, our subsidiary
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      strategy of the centralized dissolving        water instead as raw material for
      workshop, and shifting from ionized           dissolving crystals; the recycling rate
      water to distilled water supplied to the      of distilled water increased 35% than
      workshops.                                    2021.                                                                               We h a ve e st a b l i s h e d a t h re e - l e ve l e n v i ro n m e n t    We further enhanced our environment risk management
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                                            Highlights in our water saving measures                                                     was responsible for strategic planning, system construction,                 on our production bases, including institutional flow,
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                                                                                                                                        were responsible for undertaking and decomposing our                         hazardous waste process control and radiation safety
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                                                                                                                                        of the headquarters and business departments and
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                                                                                                                                        performed the specific daily management.                                     facilities for waste water, waste gas, solid waste and noise
We strictly observed the “Environment Protection Law of the PRC” and the laws and regulations applicable to the area of
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operation, developed internal systems such as the “Environment Protection Management System”, with an aim to perfect                    We strictly observed laws and regulations such as the
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our regular and transparent environment management system, strictly implement pollutant control in the whole process                    “Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Law of the PRC”, the
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and encourage all employees to adopt innovative measures for energy saving and emission reduction. Based on advanced                    “Water Pollution Prevention Law of the PRC” and the “Solid
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tools such as digitization, we continually reduced the environmental impacts of our own operations.                                     Waste Pollution Prevention Law of the PRC” in carrying out
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
We formulated internal management systems such as the “Administrative Regulations on Civilized Construction of
Engineering Projects” for hazardous wastes and general industrial wastes generated in our production and operation, and                      We insisted on choosing environment-friendly raw materials and tried to reduce our environment impact at the source
controlled all wastes generated by factories in the whole process. Necessary measures to prevent stir-up, permeation or                      to ensure that our products were free of substances such as lead, mercury, nickel, hexavalent chromium, PBB, PBDE and
environment pollution were adopted by us during the waste recycling, storage, transport and disposal. Each department                        met the national standards and regulations such as the “Requirements on Banned Substances in Vehicles” (GB/T 30512-
confirmed the waste handover point and the wastes were collected and transported by designated staff to the centralized                      2014). Besides, we also formulated management systems such as the “Management System for Safety of Hazardous
warehouse for storage and disposal.                                                                                                          Chemicals”, the “Management System for Handling of Hazardous Chemicals” and the “Management Regulations on
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Our waste gas mainly include waste gas
generated in our production process, the dusts
                                                              ◆ Reduction of waste gas discharge in our Zunyi factory
stirred up during our construction and the                                                                                                       Hierarchical control                                Normalized control                           Registered use and disposal
                                                              • The lithium hydroxide crushing system in our Zunyi factory used the air
waste gas generated in our sewage treatment
                                                                separation system to reuse the nitrogen discharged and lowered the              • Three-level control: we established a              • Daily supervision: We established          • Entry and exit registration: We adopted
plant. Each production base of us formulated                    crushing system’s energy consumption. In 2022, the air-nitrogen ration                                                                                                              entry and exit management for our
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s y s t e m s a n d re g u l a t i o n s s u c h a s t h e      of PSA nitrogen-generating system was 4.5:1, which was estimated to               management at three levels, namely                   carried out daily inspection and record      chemical warehouse, made registration
“Administrative Regulations on the Control of                   save power of 1,400,000 kwh throughout the year.                                                                                                                                    records in time to ensure consistency
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Atmospheric Pollution” and the “Administrative                                                                                                    teams;                                             • Special investigation: our department
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Regulations on the Civilized Construction of                                                                                                    • Focused supervision: We established a                and company would inspect the
                                                              ◆ Transformation of waste gas discharge technology in                               chemical management system and list                  chemical warehouse irregularly to
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Engineering Projects”, implemented daily                                                                                                                                                                                                            checked the entry time of hazardous
                                                              our South Korea factory EMT                                                         to supervise the hazardous chemicals,                ensure the storage safety of chemical
inspection and maintenance requirements,                                                                                                                                                                                                            chemicals, evaluated and discarded
                                                                                                                                                  establish a special warehouse for                    warehouse.                                   expired chemicals and disposed them
supervised the construction organizations and                 • Our South Korea factory EMT improved our waste gas with rotary kiln               hazardous chemicals and post safety                                                               as hazardous waste so that the whole
project sites to ensure that waste gas reached                  filter bags and changed the filter bags from parallel connection to series        warning labels.                                                                                   process was under control.
                                                                connection, changed the internal cartridge filter to a folding style, as a
the standard in a real-time manner. Besides,
                                                                result of which the nickel content of hazardous matters in the waste gas
we made innovations to reduce the waste                         emissions was lowered by 95.8% and was controlled effectively within
gas and pollutants, eliminating our impact on                   the standard range.                                                                                                            Our daily management measures for chemicals
atmospheric environment from the root.
                                                                                                                                             We developed special emergency schemes for hazardous
                                                                                                                                             chemicals, regularly carried out emergency drills such
Our waste water mainly included life sewage and production
                                                                                  ◆ Waste water recycling and treatment                      as leak accidents in the handling of sodium hydroxide
waste water. We developed management procedures at the
                                                                                  technology application                                     and organized training such as use safety of precursor
level of subsidiaries such as the “Management Procedure for the
                                                                                                                                             and explosive chemicals, safety knowledge of hazardous
Control of Water Pollution” and the “Management Procedure for                     • During the reporting period, in order to further
                                                                                                                                             chemicals and emergency disposal. We regularly
Environment Protection Facilities” to ensure that waste water                       reduce the discharge of production waste water,
                                                                                    we achieved recycling of waste water by optimizing
                                                                                                                                             conducted special inspections on chemicals in the
treatment facilities were running normally. During the reporting
                                                                                    our waste water treatment process. Currently, our        factory, sorted out the registration and requisition records
period, we employed new processes for resource recycling to
                                                                                    recycling and utilization rate reached 96%. Each year,   of chemicals, conducted risk evaluation and intensive
recycle waste water, further reduce the discharge of pollutants
                                                                                    we can save a waste water treatment cost of millions     monitoring on new chemicals to ensure that risks were
and achieve the goal of standard waste water treatment and                          of RMB.
                                                                                                                                             under control.
resource recycling.
     Caring about Employees,
                                                      We introduced internal online learning platform to release over 3,000 external general courses and eight
                                                      selected courses.
                                      Health and safety guarantee
     Ushering in the Future                           In 2022, we carried out safety-related training of 5,892 hours to train 3,473 person-times in total.
                                                      There was no workplace fatalities among our employees, with workplace injury departure rate decreasing
                                                      by 66.7% than 2021.
                                                      subsidiary EMT had all passed the certification of ISO 45001 occupational health and safety system.
                                      respected and guaranteed the rights and benefits of every employee, attached high importance to their diversified
                                      development and comprehensive cultivation. Through methods such as partnership mechanism, safeguarding the rights
                                      and benefits of employees, employee training, communication and care, we achieved an organic integration between our
                                      strategy of “organization, professionalism and globalization” and our talent management to constantly pursue common
                                      growth between employees and the enterprise.
                                      Around our New Integration Strategy, we tried to establish an operating architecture of three systems based on Shared
                                      Service Center (SSC) and supported by Center of Experts (COE) and Business Partnership (HRBP), developed an
                                      organizational operation mechanism, a talent management and development system and a corporate culture system
                                      adapted to our strategy to form a global HR ecosystem rich in innovation and cultural inclusiveness and continually realize
                                      the values of human capital.
                                      Upholding an employment concept of fairness and                 guaranteed their work and life abroad, but also respected
                                      equity and taking factors like skills and performance           the local culture of our overseas factories. We emphasized
                                      as our measurement criteria, we never discriminated             localized construction, strengthened the employment and
                                      any employees regardless of their ages, gender, race,           cultivation of local employees, fully unleashed the roles
                                      nationality, marriage and family status, health condition and   of local management and backbone employees in the
                                      religion, and insisted on zero tolerance towards child labor    company’s operation management, thus providing a strong
                                      and forced labor. Meanwhile, we valued the development          support for the company to expand overseas markets and
                                      and management of our overseas employees, not only              achieve a global layout.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
We established a complete HR management system,                     academic performance.                                        We insisted on equal pay for equal work, developed                               benefit and seek common development and arouse their
opened transparent recruitment channels such as public                                                                           normative documents such as the “Salary Management                               working enthusiasm to the largest extent. Meanwhile, we
domain websites and local employment websites. Through              2.Fair and equal environment for human resource              System” and “Year-end Bonus Management System”                                   also established the “Management System for Employees
complete recruitment mechanisms and comprehensive                   We established basic principles and requirements such        to establish a scientific, reasonable salary system. We                          Dispatched by Ronbay Overseas” to confirm the pay
salary system, we regulated our recruitment process to              as legal employment, respecting human rights and             observed the principle of “allocation according to the                           and welfare policies for those employees sent abroad,
provide strong support for the company to introduce                 safeguarding legal rights and benefits of employees to       amount of work done”, kept improving the fairness                                guarantee their work and life, so as to satisfy the company’s
talents. Meanwhile, we launched industry-academy                    ensure that all employees of Ronbay and our supply chain     and equity of salary allocation so as to arouse the work                         requirements for sustainable development and support the
cooperation with renowned universities and research                 could enjoy respect and esteem and establish a culture       enthusiasm of our employees and improve their working                            company’s development strategy.
institutes such as Zhejiang University, Central South               of safety, respect, fairness and inclusiveness for all our   efficiency. By establishing entrepreneurial platforms for
University, Northeastern University and Ningbo Institute of         employees.
Materials of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and provided
     During the reporting period, we had a total of 4,644 employees, 100% of whom had signed a contract. They classified
     statistic data are as follows.
                                                                                                                                 We emphasized the employees’ ability development, always advocated that employees should be baptized by culture and
                                                                                                                                 empowered by management, open up their mind and keep improving through learning and innovation. We promoted the
                                                                                                                                 construction of our talent system, continually perfected our talent cultivation system to promote the career development
       By gender                                                     By age
                                                                                                                                 of our employees, prepare and reserve talents for the company and provide strong support for the company’s high-quality
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         Male                                          3545              <30                       1663
         Female               1099                                      30-50                                      2754          5.2.1 Talent System Project
                                                                         >50       227                                                                                                                            operation more efficient. In addition, we made our core
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       By education background                                                                                                   system, diagnosed and analyzed our organizational                                talents achieve great progress in cultural blend and abilities
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                    Doctor       17                                                                                                                                                                               interview, appointment communication and training.
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                    Master                       491                                                                             of our cadres at the senior, medium and basic levels,
                                                                                                                                 documented our organizational structure and signed
                  Bachelor                                              1125                                                                                                                                      We managed talent cultivation in the whole process of
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             Junior college                                   775
                                                                                                                                 adjustment scheme to empower our talent growth. In 2022,                         and reserve” so as to satisfy the demands of our business
       Technical secondary                                                                                  2236                 we organized organizational diagnosis and adjustment                             for talents and achieve our success and the growth of
          school and below
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Moreover, we attached high importance to the rights and benefits of female employees and actively protected their legal                                    “Little Eagle Plan”                                                                     “Eagle Plan”
rights and benefits by developing special labor protection policies for female coworkers. The company offered paid leaves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The “Eagle Plan” covers the cultivation of cadres at the senior, medium and basic
such as prenatal check-up leave, maternity leave and breastfeeding leave for female coworkers, and adjusted their work              “Little Eagle Plan” covers learning and blend, training on positions and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     levels, covering all management staff. In addition, we also had three-month
                                                                                                                                    accelerated growth, providing all-round training support for newly employed
content and arrangement during pregnancy and breastfeeding according to the actual situation to support their career                                                                                                 integration plan for new employees recruited from society and professional
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development and retention.                                                                                                                                                                                           talents into successors of key positions and reserve talents.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
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                                                                                                                                            We held a total of 22 online open courses and 13 online               We held 55 training sessions for director of each department,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  We held 48 training sessions for manager of each department
We attached importance to the career development                         We were firmly convinced that talent was the driving                                                                                     or higher positions, involving 1,135 person-times.
planning of our employees, promoted the construction of                  force for our continuous development. In 2022, we further
our talent system project. Through organizational diagnosis              strengthened the construction of the Ronbay Academy,                                                           Training and development course system
and analysis and talent structure analysis, we developed                 with an aim to build a most innovative university in the
new organizational adjustment scheme and personnel                       new energy industry and fully upgrade our technology
adjustment scheme, created career development                            talent cultivation system. Meanwhile, we planned to build a    During the reporting period, we organized continuous and                the morale of our team, spread our internal experience
opportunities and smooth development channels for                        physical base of Ronbay Academy of 400 mu in Xiantao of        diversified training courses according to the company’s                 through executive series courses, business giants’ sharing
our employees. During the reporting period, through                      Hubei. Other than internal empowering, based on industrial     requirements for production and operation, such as                      and spread of internal experience, and through exploring
organizational diagnosis and adjustment and optimization                 exchange, management research and consultation with            institutional and cultural training, leadership training,               real cases, analyzing problems, passing on knowledge,
of related processes and mechanisms and analysis of our                  related business, we were trying to build a carrier platform   universal knowledge and literacy training and professional              learning skills, tools and methods to empower the
talent structure, more than 100 cadres had been promoted,                linking with our business strategy, training our internal      skill improvement training. In terms of induction training              employees’ efficiency. In 2022, the Eagle Action series
and the executive force and enthusiasm of our cadres and                 talents and empowering our industrial chain.                   for new employees, we offered training by combining                     launched a total of 12 training sessions, involving 4,338
management had well improved.                                                                                                           theory and practice, involving contents such as professional            person-times and covering all employees, with 71 cases
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      employees                                                             professional talents                                                                                                                Meanwhile, we introduced internal online learning platform,
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       Selective courses                      Leadership                   Special quality projects      chain with internal            training, corporate culture publicity and training, safety
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
Adhering to the career development management                         competitiveness in terms of pay and welfare. During the       We listened to the voice of our grassroots employees actively through four major communication channels, including
principles for our employees “tapping full potential of               reporting period, we developed salary adjustment schemes      earnest talks and informal discussion with cadres, visits from executives and internal interviews. In addition, we established
talents in seeking common development”, we launched                   including promotion pay rise, performance pay rise, special   social groups of employees and cadres to follow up the problems and suggestions from our employees, and reply to and
promotion of employees in rank and position openly                    pay rise, CPI pay rise and pay rise for fresh graduates.      address their questions in time.
and fairly each year and encouraged the diversified
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development of talents. In accordance with the career
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growth demands of the employees, we adopted measures                                                                                      Earnest talks with employees
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such as internal transfer and competition to help our
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employees widen their career development path.
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We kept improving our salary and welfare system, rewarded             160 persons, and 1,529,411 shares unlocked; the second
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those employees with an excellent performance and                     category of attributable people at 172 persons, with              sprint actively and continually,we held earnest
development potential to solidify our attractiveness and              3,079,372 attributable shares.                                    talks with employees of the fourth season in
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        The commendation ceremony of our Eagle                                                                                          rational suggestions in a relaxing and delightful
        Action                                                                                                                          atmosphere. The earnest talks had effectively
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        In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of all employees and
                                                                                                                                        and employees and enhanced their mutual
        arouse their working potential, our Xiaocao’e subsidiary
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        held a grand commendation ceremony for the Eagle Action.                                                                        them through exchange of thoughts and sharing
        This time, 3 excellent Eagle Action teams, 6 excellent team                                                                     experience. As a result, everyone was more
        leaders and 10 active members were selected. The award-                                                                         confident with a firmer goal.
        winning teams expressed recognition towards the Eagle
        Action platform and said that in their future work, they
        would stick to higher standard requirements and encourage
        more coworkers to seek common progress.
                                                                                                                                     Each year, we carried out a satisfaction
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Goals and requirements               Resource support
                                                                                                                                     degree survey among our employees in
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                                                                                                                                     resource support, learning and growth, and
                                                                                                                                     launched the rectification according to the                          Valuing opinions                    Work values
                                                                                                                                     rational suggestions from the employees.
                                                                                                                                     During the reporting period, we handed out                                Teams                            Partners
We valued humanistic care for our employees and encouraged equal dialogues between employees, or between the                         a total of 4,579 questionnaires and received
superior and the subordinate. We were convinced that good, harmonious and sincere interpersonal relations and the                    3,523 valid questionnaires, with an overall                             Progress                     Learning and growth
working atmosphere of harmony, mutual trust and common progress were the foundation for us to work efficiently. We                   participation proportion at 77%.
provided our employees with smooth dialogue channels, considerate care, complete welfare and diversified activities so as                                                                                  Dimensions of organizational atmosphere survey
to keep improving their sense of belonging and happiness.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                        The 4th funny sports meeting of Ronbay Guizhou
While guaranteeing that our employees enjoy basic rights            them with convenient accommodation. During festivals
                                                                                                                                        In May 2022, the 4th funny sports meeting of Ronbay Guizhou was
and benefits, we kept enriching our welfare and providing           and holidays, we handed out welfare cards, gift boxes
                                                                                                                                        kicked off at the basketball court. Seven teams participated in the
our employees better treatment. Starting from the basic             and allowances to them, indeed seeking more welfare to
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necessities of our employees, we built a canteen at our             enhance their sense of recognition and belonging with
                                                                                                                                        the management and cadres also joined the event.
production bases to improve their dining environment and            Ronbay.
quality, and built dorms at our production bases to provide
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                                                                                                                                        In June 2022, Ronbay Hubei joined hands with its excellent partner
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In July 2022, the dorm building was transformed into an R&D office In October 2022, Wuhan Ronbay finished decoration as the employees
building at our industrial park in Tanjialing, Yuyao of Ningbo.    moved in.
                                                                                                                                        The 4th funny sports meeting
                                                                                                                                        In July 2022, in order to enrich the employees’ after-work cultural
                                                                                                                                        life and arouse their enthusiasm in sports, the Trade Union
                                                                                                                                        Committee of Ronbay Hubei and the General Office held the 4th
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In 2022, our headquarters and subsidiaries organized a rich variety of employee activities to strengthen their vitality and
cohesiveness and create a healthy and positive cultural atmosphere.
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         The 112nd International Women’s Day                                                                                            Pioneer of the Era, Building Industrial Clusters”
         In March 2022, we organized presentation of fresh flowers, a trip                                                              In July 2022, in order to fully unleash the pioneering and model role
         to the Daren Village and artistic flower arrangement with the                                                                  of Party members in improving services, optimizing management,
         theme of “women’s striving effort to co-build the most beautiful                                                               R&D and innovation and overcoming difficulties, the Party branch
         Ronbay”, sending our festive greeting and blessing to our female                                                               organization of Ronbay Ningbo launched a Party Day event of“Being
         coworkers.                                                                                                                     a Pioneer of the Era, Building Industrial Clusters”, and re-visited the
                                                                                                                                        Long March Education Base and Xiangshan Maoyang Patriotism
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Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
         Series activities of “Boosting Spirit of Employees, Empowering Eagle Action”
         In the fourth quarter of 2022, we actively launched the series
         activities of “Boosting Spirit of Employees, Empowering
         Eagle Action”, which included but were not limited to funny
         sports meeting, cultural and recreational activities and skill
         competition to encourage the employees to be devoted to the
         fourth season of Eagle Action with greater determination and
         confidence, and accumulated strength for the work to be done
         in the fourth season with faster speed, higher efficiency and                                                       We strictly observed related laws and regulations such         from the company’s production safety committee. We
         stronger cohesion.                                                                                                  as the “Law of the PRC on Prevention and Control of            included environmental safety management into the
                                                                                                                             Occupational Diseases”, the “Production Safety Law of the      annual performance evaluation indicators at each level so
                                                                                                                             PRC”, the “Administrative Regulations on Occupational          as to achieve comprehensive supervision and management
                                                                                                                             Health at Workplaces”, developed and implemented               on environmental safety.
                                                                                                                             rules and systems related with production safety such
         Healthy Running                                                                                                                                                                    ◎ Construction risk management system
                                                                                                                             as the “Administrative Regulations on Potential Hazards
         In November 2022, the running interest group and trade union                                                        Identification” and “System of Rewards and Penalties           We established a construction risk management system to
         committee organized a healthy running event with the theme                                                          for Environmental Safety”, required all middle and high-       reduce the risks of accidents, compiled and implemented
         of “Yue Running, Youth and Health in Reaching the Height like                                                       level cadres of the environmental safety department to         32 construction safety management system documents
         an Eagle” to celebrate another new height achieved by Ronbay                                                        sign a letter of responsibility on safety and environment      of engineering projects and implemented them in all our
         Hubei in monthly output, strengthen the company’s spiritual                                                         protection, linking production safety with the salary and      projects. We established a normalized and compliant
         civilization and corporate culture construction and enrich the                                                      performance of each department and executives and              diagnosis and supervision management mechanism and
         sports and cultural life of employees.                                                                              confirming the management requirements and standards           a construction safety appraisal mechanism for projects.
                                                                                                                             for each issue such as safety management, potential            Construction control was introduced at the stage of
                                                                                                                             hazards identification, emergency management and               feasibility demonstration of the projects, importing
                                                                                                                             accident penalties.                                            related laws and regulations, including standards such
                                                                                                                                                                                            as environment protection, occupational health and fire
                                                                                                                             In order to fulfill our production safety goals, we observed   prevention and planned and implemented the safe and
                                                                                                                             the norms of “three managements and three musts”,              civilized construction schemes after the subcontractors
                                                                                                                             strictly implemented the core requirement that “the head
                                                                                                                                                                                            entered the construction site and during the construction,
                                                                                                                             of each organization is the primary person in charge of        trying to identify and control the risks throughout the
                                                                                                                             safety”, established a safety management architecture          construction period.
                                                                                                                             from top to bottom covering the headquarters, subsidiaries
We always put at the first position to strengthen production safety and protect the health of our employees. We              and each production unit, and strictly implemented             ◎ Hidden hazard identification mechanism
implemented the management guideline of “putting safety first based on prevention and comprehensive governance”,             the responsibility system for production safety. As the        We carried out comprehensive compliance diagnosis and
established a complete occupational health and safety management system, and on the basis of strengthening the safety        safety supervision and management organization, our            hidden hazard identification in every production base in
red line management, continually enhanced the construction of substantial safety, practiced the goal of “zero accident” in   production safety committee set up a leading group             China. Our production bases adopted hierarchical control
production safety, with an aim to become an industrial benchmark for safety and create a healthy and safe working and        composed of senior management, responsible for                 and dual-prevention mechanism and encouraged all
living environment for our employees.                                                                                        inspection and supervision of production safety. Each          employees to participate in hidden hazard identification
                                                                                                                             business department and subsidiary of Ronbay also had          based on the award for reporting hidden hazards.
                                                                                                                             a production safety committee subject to the supervision       Meanwhile, we addressed and regulated the production
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Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
safety problems and potential safety points to improve                   the abilities of our employees to handle emergencies and               ◎ Safety education and training
by means of continuous rectification, tracking and                       protect themselves. In 2022, we organized a total of 38
                                                                                                                                                In addition, we regularly launched Production Safety Month                           Special safety series activities
optimization, so as to ensure that our production could                  various drills such as hazardous chemical emergency drills,
                                                                                                                                                activities each year, and were deeply aware of the safety concept                    themed as “Observing Production
continue steadily. During the reporting period, we had                   special emergency drills for accidents in confined space,              that “safety is our responsibility”. Through various activities and
identified a total of 7,476 environmental safety hidden                  special emergency drills for pandemic prevention and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Safety Law as the Primary Person in
                                                                                                                                                training, we created a strong atmosphere of safety and promoted
hazards, with a rectification rate of 100%.                              control, comprehensive emergency drills for fire accidents             all employees to develop a safety red line awareness and safety
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Charge”
                                                                         in finished product warehouses, special emergency drills               development concept. We also regularly shared penalty cases                          In order to actively respond to the call of national
◎ Safety warning and emergency mechanism                                 for sunstroke and emergency drills for fire accidents in               for violations of production safety in our internal publications.                    “Production Safety Month”, each base of Ronbay
We regularly organized safety emergency drills to enhance                                                                                                                                                                            convened a mobilization meeting, launched safety
                                                                         hazardous waste warehouse.                                             Through the study of typical cases, we urged the head of each
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     education and training activities such as on-site
                                                                                                                                                business department, subsidiary and department to indeed                             safety hazard identification, workshop team meetings
                                                                                                                                                fulfill their production safety responsibility, strengthen the safety                and safety knowledge quiz. 100% of the employees
                                                                                                                                                awareness of all employees and keep improving the substantial                        in each production base had been involved. On the
                                                                                                                                                safety of the company. In 2022, our safety education and                             basis of strengthening safety awareness, each base
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     actively carried out special safety governance, fully
                                                                                                                                                training themes included regulations on precursor and explosive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     identified safety risks in the production areas and
                                                                                                                                                chemicals, occupational health and hygiene, high-risk operations,                    took a preventive move to further enhance our safety
                                                                                                                                                change management, introduction to the standardization system                        management.
                                                                                                                                                of production safety and production safety responsibility system.
                                                                                                                                                We also invited external medical workers to give health instruction
                                                                                                                                                and conventional training to our workers. During the reporting
                                                     Photos of our emergency drill scenes
                                                                                                                                                period, we organized training for 158 times to train a total of 3,473
                                                                                                                                                person-times with a length of 5,892 hours and fully strengthen
                                                                                                                                                our safety management, with our work-related departure rate
                                                                                                                                                declining by 66.7% than 2021.
       Special improvement of environmental                                   Special improvement of environmental
       safety in our Xiaocao’e factory                                        safety in our Tanjialing factory
       During the reporting period, we launched reconstruction of             During the reporting period, our Tanjialing factory launched
       rainwater open channel, MVR facilities and hazardous waste
       warehouse at our Xiaocao’e factory with a total investment
                                                                              work such as odor treatment for our waste water treatment
                                                                              facilities and fire safety upgrade of our workshop with a total
       of RMB 5.70 million, achieving 100% rain-sewage diversion              investment of RMB 900,000. As a result, unorganized waste         By updating our rules and regulations such as the“Administrative Regulations on Labor Protection Supplies”and the“Administrative
       in the factory, reducing the discharge of waste water and              gas emission reached the standard at our waste water plant        Regulations on Labor Protection Appliance”, we effectively prevented and reduced the occurrence of occupational hazards and
       improving the factory’s safety and environment protection              and the fire safety emergency was enhanced, the factory’s
                                                                                                                                                diseases. We provided extra insurance and guarantee for the staff on related positions, regularly organized occupational health risk
       level during its production and operation.                             production safety was improved, creating a comfortable
                                                                              working environment.
                                                                                                                                                warning and notification, on-site environment supervision, routine inspection, and provided the employees with corresponding
       ◆ Reconstruction of rainwater open channel: The rain                                                                                     labor protection appliance to protect their occupational health. During the reporting period, Ronbay Hubei, Ronbay Guizhou,
       closed conduit in the factory was changed to an open                   ◆ Odor treatment at waste water treatment facilities:             positive electrode factory in Yuyao, Xiaocao’e subsidiary and South Korea subsidiary EMT had all passed the certification of
       channel, set with an early collection tank for rain so that the        For the unorganized odor generated in the waste water
                                                                                                                                                ISO 45001 occupational health and safety system. There was no occupational disease incident in the corporation, and the
       rain could be collected and treated in a centralized manner            treatment, we adopted spraying process to treat the odor
       during the first 15 minutes after a rainfall to ensure that            and ensure that the emission was stable and met the               occupational health checkup of our employees achieved a qualification rate of 100%.
       rainwater discharge met the standard.                                  requirements;
       ◆ Investment and construction of MVR facilities: We                    ◆ Upgrade of workshop’s fire safety system: In order to
       invested to build MVR equipment used for production                    eliminate the hidden danger left by the original building’s
                                                                                                                                                        Occupational noise protection at our Guizhou factory
       waste water treatment, adopted the process of triple effect            fire safety construction A, we improved the workshop’s fire
       evaporation to further reduce the sewage discharge. The                safety hardware by adopting measures such as introducing                  In order to reduce the harm of production noise to our employees, our factory in Guizhou launched noise reduction transformation
       sodium sulfate generated from the evaporation could bring              fire safety evacuation signs and emergency lighting system                on the high and low-voltage power distribution room of workshop 801. After the transformation, the area’s noise had been reduced
       profits as a side product.                                             and the reserve lighting equipment at the power distribution              by 24%.
                                                                              room.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Fulfilling Responsibility to Repay the Society
                                                                                                                                               and repaying the society in different forms in our exploration and innovation of social involvement.
          Fulfilling Responsibility to                                                                                                         Adhering to the “ecological” concept of our New Integration Strategy, we were committed to building
                                                                                                                                               a social ecosystem of mutual coexistence and blend and joining hands with all quarters of society
                                                                                                                                               to create good community relations, promote public benefit activities and try our best to repay the
          Repay the Society                                                                                                                    society and embrace a brighter future.
          In 2022, we launched humanistic care among the vulnerable groups in local communities by means of greeting and          Loving donation to warm the campus - loving
          charity donations. We continually worked with stakeholders to fulfill our social responsibility. During the reporting   donation held at Qingjiang Elementary School
          period, we donated a total of RMB 300,000 for the development of public welfare in communities.
                                                                                                                                  in Shenxi Town
                                                                                                                                  Children are the future and hope of our country and the focus of
            Making some contribution to boosting rural                                                                            our attention all the time. On August 29, 2022, the trade union
                                                                                                                                  of Ronbay Guizhou organized a loving donation at Qingjiang
            revitalization - our contribution to the boosting
                                                                                                                                  Elementary School by sending various school supplies and
            of consumption of agricultural products from
                                                                                                                                  sports equipment such as schoolbags, pencil sets, markers,
            Daliang Mountains                                                                                                     badminton rackets, chess, gobang, basketballs and badminton.
           In 2022, we actively responded to the national rural revitalization                                                    Through close contact and warm exchange, the kids felt care
           strategy, trying to support the poverty relief effort of the Daliang                                                   from the enterprise.
           Mountains region in Sichuan. Our Xiaocao’e subsidiary purchased
           agricultural and sideline products such as edible oil and buckwheat
           noodles with a value of about RMB 50,000 from Daliang Mountains
           and handed them out as greeting welfare for our employees.
                                                                                                                                  Staying true to original aspiration and carrying on the revolutionary spirit - a greeting trip to the
                                                                                                                                  veterans of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid North Korea
                                                                                                                                  On November 22, 2022, Ronbay Hubei joined hands with the federation of trade unions and the Urban and Rural Integrated
                                                                                                                                  Development Bureau of Gedian Development Zone to launch a greeting trip to the veterans of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid
                                                                                                                                  North Korea. They learned in detail about their physical status and living conditions, listened carefully to their extremely hard and bitter
            Warm love - greeting the senile and lonely                                                                            stories of fighting in the war, and provided the old ex-servicemen with spiritual comfort and material support so that they could feel care
            elderly people in Longjiang and Qingjiang                                                                             and respect from the society.
            villages
           In order to carry forward the traditional virtues of Chinese people
           and express gratitude to the workers of the era for their hard work,
           on April 28, 2022, our trade union organized a greeting trip of love
           to the senile and lonely elderly people in Longjiang and Qingjiang
           villages of Guizhou Province. A delegation of staff from Ronbay
           Guizhou sent their care to the elderly people, carrying various life
           supplies such as rice, flour and edible oil, clothes and tissues and
           healthcare products for the elderly such as fish oil, calcium tablets
           and protein powder.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Appendix 1 / Appendix 2
Appendix 1 Chronicle of Events of Ronbay in 2022                                                                              Appendix 2 Honorary awards
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Serial No.                                                    Chronicle of events in 2022                                                               Awarding institution                                 Name of award
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              The company’s “New Integration Strategy signing & Xiantao positive electrode base commencement                                                                                The best listed company in the ESG sci-tech
                                                                                                                                        Cailian Press and Sci-tech Innovation Board Daily
              ceremony” were held to signal that the New Integration Strategy was officially launched in Hubei. We signed                                                                   innovation board in 2022
              a series of new integration cooperation agreements with the Hanyang district of Wuhan, and officially
              invested to build our headquarters in central China and our Research Institute of New Energy Technology.                                                                      “Top 50 Chinese enterprises for innovation
                                                                                                                                        Forbes China
                                                                                                                                                                                            strength in 2022” selected by Forbes China
                                                                                                                                        China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance        Top 10 supply chains of power battery in China
              Our Phase I of lithium battery positive material project in Chungju of South Korea was completed and put
              milestone progress in our global layout.                                                                                                                                      The influential enterprise of the year in the China
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              Our ultra-high nickel and high-nickel and low-cobalt products were developed: our production capacity                                                                         2022
              of positive electrode reached 250,000 tons, ranked first globally; our domestic market share of high-nickel
              ternary materials ranked first in the industry for three years in succession and our global market share took
                                                                                                                                                                                            The award for “new energy enterprises with the
              the first spot for two years in succession, as our leading advantage continued to grow.                                   Cailian Press
                                                                                                                                                                                            highest investment value in 2022”
              We were striving to promote our sodium battery positive electrode material business and had taken the
              lead in the market.                                                                                                                                                           National post-doctoral scientific research
                                                                                                                                        Human Resource and Social Security Administration
                                                                                                                                                                                            workstation
              In July 2022, Ronbay Technology held a strategy release event of 2022 in Yibin, Sichuan in the form of an
                                                                                                                                        Ministry of Industry and Information and China      A national single champion in the manufacture
              material supplier covering all markets.
                                                                                                                                        Federation of Industrial Economy                    sector
                                                                                                                               Ronbay
              We signed a package of agreements in Xiantao and Hubei, as our battery triangle fund had raised RMB 2.65
              billion in total. We signed a letter of intent with Changjiang and Ezhou.                                                 Science and Technology Bureau of Ningbo             A major science and technology project of Ningbo
              Our first private placement application was reviewed and approved by the SCRC, which planned to raise a
              fund of RMB 5.428 billion.
                                                                                                                                                                                            A key enterprise to be fostered as a single
                                                                                                                                        Economy and Information Bureau of Ningbo
              We signed a long-term procurement agreement with Liqing Resource; Ronbay Battery Triangle Fund                                                                                champion in Ningbo
              IPO in Hong Kong Stock to further deploy upstream resources.
                                                                                                                                        Science and Technology Bureau of Ningbo             Hubei Provincial Enterprise Innovation Consortium
              We were listed among the “Top 50 Chinese enterprises for innovation strength selected by Forbes in 2022”
                                                                                                                                        Economy and Information Department of Hubei         A demonstrative enterprise for intelligent
              capital market value ranking in 2022”.
                                                                                                                                        Province                                            manufacture points in Hubei Province
              We established a normalized annual work organizational system: we established five modules including
              strategy and operation planning, organizational personnel, evaluation and motivation, full budget and                     Economy and Information Department of Hubei
              independent accounting, management reform and risk control, achieving comprehensive and systematic                        Province
              innovations.
              In 2022, we continually upgraded our “intellectual property rights”, handling 136 patent requests all year
              round, with a growth of 300% year on year, a new historic height.
              Our lithium supply chain had formed project cluster management, optimized the supply structure, with
                                                                                                                                                                                            An excellent business-academy joint innovation
                                                                                                                                                                                            center in Ezhou
              chain.
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                               Appendix 3 Key performance list
Appendix 3 Key performance list                                                                                              Indicator                                Unit                                   2022
Economic performance                                                                                              Total greenhouse gas emissions             Tons of CO2 equivalent                       2151212.69
                                                                                                                  Intensity of greenhouse gas
                                                                                                                                                     Tons of CO2 equivalent/ ton of products                 24.12
                                                                                                                  emissions
                           Indicator                                            Unit                 2022
                                                                                                                  Resource use
                                                                                                                  Total water resource consumption                10,000 tons                             338,054.51
     Total assets                                                          RMB 100 million          256.60
                                                                                                                  Tap water                                       10,000 tons                             338,054.51
     Business revenue                                                      RMB 100 million          301.22
                                                                                                                  Surface water                                   10,000 tons                                  0
     Growth rate of business revenue                                                %               193.62
                                                                                                                  Water intake from other sources                 10,000 tons                                  0
     Net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed
                                                                           RMB 100 million           13.53        Total amount of recycled water                  10,000 tons                             290,486.58
     company
     Growth rate of net profit attributable to shareholders                                                       Use of materials
                                                                                    %                48.54
     of the listed company
                                                                                                                  Plastics                                            ton                                   304.68
     Basic earnings per share                                                RMB/share               3.00
                                                                                                                  Timber                                              ton                                    43.46
                                                                                                                  Paper                                               ton                                    0.90
Environment Performance List
                                                                                                                  Printing ink                                        ton                                    0.04
                                                                                                                  Waste gas
                    Indicator                                       Unit                         2022             Nitric oxide emissions                              ton                                    3.42
                                                                                                                  Sulfur oxide/sulfur dioxide
                                                                                                                                                                      ton                                    3.45
         Energy use                                                                                               emissions
         Direct energy consumption                          Tons of standard coal                68.16            Dusts                                               ton                                    45.78
         Diesel                                                     ton                           3.15            Solid waste
         Oil                                                         L                         59,593.38          Total waste water discharge                         ton                                   226,621
         Indirect energy consumption                        Tons of standard coal              84,142.69          Solid waste
         Purchased electric power                                   Kwh                      684,547,425.80       Hazardous waste                                     ton                                  1,652.85
         Steam                                                      ton                        91,823.00          General garbage (harmless waste)                    ton                                  96,095.00
         Comprehensive energy                                                                                     Recyclable waste                                    ton                                 107,957.08
                                                            Tons of standard coal              84,210.85
         consumption
         Greenhouse gas emissions 3
         Resource use                                                                                             Other than the greenhouse gas emission data, the statistical caliber of environment performance data is consistent
                                                                                                                  with the annual report.
         Scope 1                                         Tons of CO2 equivalent                 3,628.02      3
                                                                                                                  The greenhouse gas emission is disclosed based on the carbon accounting certification obtained by Ronbay in
         Scope 2                                         Tons of CO2 equivalent               318,886.61          2022 and accounted in accordance with the international standard “ISO 14064-1:2018 Specifications and Guide on
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         Scope 3                                         Tons of CO2 equivalent               1,828,698.06
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Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
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Social performance
                                 Indicator                            Unit            2022                            Indicator                                   Unit                   2022
       Employment                                                                             Female employees                                                   hours                  10.56
       Total number of employees                                     persons          4,644   By rank of position
       By Gender                                                                              Grassroots employees                                               hours                  10.65
       Number of male employees                                      persons          3,545   Middle-level management staff                                      hours                   8.99
       Number of female employees                                    persons          1,099   Senior management staff                                            hours                    3
       By age                                                                                 Product R&D and innovation performance
       Number of employees ages 50 or above                          persons          220     Product R&D investment                                           RMB 10,000              48655.43
       Number of employees ages between 30 and 50                    persons          2,726   Number of researchers                                             persons                  599
       Number of employees ages 30 or below                          persons          1,698   Proportion of researchers with master or doctor degree               %                    45.08
       By education background                                                                Product quality and safety
                                                                                              Total number of violations of laws and regulations by provided
       Technical secondary school and below                          persons          2,236   products and services in terms of health and safety and            cases                    0
       Graduation from3 junior college                               persons                  labeling
                                                                                              Total number of violations of laws and regulations in terms of
                                                                                                                                                                 cases                    0
       Undergraduate                                                 persons          1,125   market promotion
                                                                                              Total number of violations of laws and regulations in terms of
       Master                                                        persons          491                                                                        cases                    0
                 Indicator                                    Unit             2022           customer privacy
       Doctor graduates                                              persons           17     Proportion of the sold or shipped products to be called back
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                                                                                              due to safety and health
       By rank of position
                                                                                              Number of complaints received on products and services             cases                    3
       Grassroots employees                                          persons          4,509
                                                                                              Complaint handling rate of products and services                     %                     100
       Middle-level management staff                                 persons          121
                                                                                              Supplier performance
       Senior management staff                                       persons           14     Total number of suppliers                                           ones                   4857
       Health and safety of employees                                                         By region
       Number of employees with work injury                           cases            8      Chinese mainland                                                    ones                   4811
       Number of work injury fatalities                              persons           0      Suppliers from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan China                    ones                    4
       Proportion of work injury fatalities                            %               0      Overseas suppliers                                                  ones                    42
       Employee training                                                                      Local suppliers                                                     ones                   776
       Coverage rate of employee training                              %              100     Annual summary and exchange finished with suppliers                 ones                    20
       Per capita training hours                                       %              10.56   On-site visit and communication with suppliers                      ones                    24
       By Gender                                                                              Social welfare performance
       Male employees                                                 hours           10.56   Amount of charity donations                                      RMB 10,000                31.63
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Appendix 4 GRI Standards Index
Appendix 4 GRI Standards Index
 Disclosed                                                                                                                     Disclosed
 topic/item
                                     Disclosure title                                       Chapter index                      topic/item
                                                                                                                                                                Disclosure title                                     Chapter index
 GRI 1: Fundamentals                                                                                                           Anti-corruption
 GRI 2: General disclosure                                                                                                     205-1         Operation points with corruption risk assessment       2. Standard Governance and Outstanding Operation
 Organization and reporting practice                                                                                                         Conveying and training of anti-corruption policy and
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                                                                                                                               Environment
                Entities covered in the organizational sustainability
                report
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Appendix 2 Key performance list: Environment
                Influence of highest governance body in terms of                                                               Energy
                supervision and management
                The role of highest governance body in the
                sustainability report                                                                                          302-3         Energy intensity                                       4. Green Development to Improve the Environment
 Strategy, policy and practice
                                                                                                                               Water resources and sewage
                                                                                                                                             (as a public resource)
                                                                                                                                             Influence related with management and water
 Substantial issues                                                                                                                          discharge
 Economy
                The reporting organization should report how it          5. Caring about Employees, Ushering in the Future
                stated in GRI 3: 3-3                                     performance
 Economic performance                                                                                                          305-1         Direct greenhouse gas emissions (category 1)           4. Green Development to Improve the Environment
                                                                         performance                                           305-3         Other indirect greenhouse gas emissions (category 3) 4. Green Development to Improve the Environment
Ronbay Technology
Environment, Social Responsibility & Governance Report 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Appendix 4 GRI Standards Index
Appendix 4 GRI Standards Index
 Disclosed                                                                                                                  Disclosed
 topic/item
                                     Disclosure title                                   Chapter index                       topic/item
                                                                                                                                                             Disclosure title                                        Chapter index
                                                                                                                                           Employees covered by occupational health and safety
                                                                                                                                           management system
 Waste                                                                                                                      403-10         Health issues related with work                         5. Caring about Employees, Ushering in the Future
                Significant impact related with the generation of
                wastes
                                                                                                                                           Per capita training hours received by each employee
                                                                                                                                           a year
                                                                                                                                           scheme
                                                                                                                                           evaluation
 Supplier environment evaluation                                                                                            Diversified and equal opportunities
                New suppliers screened with the environment           3. Leading the Industry with the Driving Force from
                standard                                              Innovation
                Negative impacts of supply chain on environment and 3. Leading the Industry with the Driving Force from     405-2          Basic salary of male and female                         5. Caring about Employees, Ushering in the Future
                actions taken                                       Innovation
                                                                                                                            Anti-discrimination
 Society
                The reporting organization should report how it                                                             406-1          Discrimination events and correction actions taken      5. Caring about Employees, Ushering in the Future
                in GRI 3: 3-3                                                                                               Forced labor
 Employment                                                                                                                 409-1          Operation points and suppliers with forced labor risks 5. Caring about Employees, Ushering in the Future
                Welfare provided for all employees (excluding
                temporary or part-time employees)
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Innovation
 Occupational health and safety                                                                                                            Negative impacts of supply chain on society and         3. Leading the Industry with the Driving Force from
                                                                                                                                           actions taken                                           Innovation
                                                                                                                            Clients health and safety
                Hazard identification, risk assessment and accident
                investigation                                                                                                              Evaluation of health and safety impacts in the          3. Leading the Industry with the Driving Force from
                                                                                                                                           category of products and services                       Innovation
                                                                                                                                           Violations involving health and safety impacts in the   3. Leading the Industry with the Driving Force from
                Occupational health safety affairs: involvement,                                                            416-2
                consultation and communication of workers and staff
                                                                                                                            Customer privacy
                                                                                                                                           Proven complaints related with infringement on          3. Leading the Industry with the Driving Force from
                                                                                                                                           customer privacy and loss of customer data              Innovation
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