PYLONTECH 2024 SUSTAINABILTY REPORT_20250429173855A518

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About this Report

This report is the sustainable development report of Pylon Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Pylontech" or "the Company"), which describes Pylontech's management practices and performance in environmental, social and corporate governance in 2024. The aim is to have frank communication with various stakeholders on relevant content and respond to their concerns on various issues.

Organizational scope

The report covers Pylon Technologies Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise specified, the scope of the consolidated financial statements for the same period as the company is consistent.

Time scope

The reporting period is from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. In order to improve the completeness of the report, some information in the report may exceed the aforementioned range.

Reporting period

This report is released once a year, simultaneously with the company's annual report and the specific release time is subject to the current year.

Compilation basis

This report is based on the Guidelines No. 14 of Shanghai Stock Exchange for Self-Regulation of Listed Companies—Sustainability Report (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines) and the preparation process complies with the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) Sustainable Development Reporting Standards (2021 Edition) (hereinafter referred to as the "GRI Standards"), while also referencing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and key issues of mainstream ESG ratings.

Information and data sources

The information and data disclosed in this report are sourced from official documents, statistical reports and periodic reports within Pylontech and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise specified, all financial information in this report is presented in Chinese yuan.

Report Confirmation and Disclaimer

The content of this report has been reviewed by the board of directors and confirmed that there are no false records, misleading statements, or significant omissions. However, this report contains some forwardlooking statements and due to the influence of external variables, the future development results or trends implemented may differ from the relevant statements.

Report verification

This report has been independently verified by SGS. The verification statement is attached.

Report

acquisition and response

The Chinese and English versions of this report can be found and downloaded on the company's official website (https://www.pylontech.com.cn).

If you have any suggestions or opinions on this report, please contact the company:

Contact: Xu Chuang

Phone:+86-18018593038

E-mail:xu.chuang@pylontech.com.cn

Message from CEO

In 2024, the 20th anniversary of the release of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Ten Principles on Environment, Social and Corporate Governance coincides with the 15th anniversary of Pylontech's deep cultivation in the energy storage field. At this historic moment, we officially join the UNGC and fully integrate the Ten Principles into our company's operations.

As an important force in promoting sustainable development, Pylontech has written "Liberating Your Energy Sustainably" into its corporate DNA, relying on vertically integrated R&D and manufacturing capabilities and a global service system to provide full scene energy storage solutions for new power systems. We not only provide safe, efficient and reliable products to safeguard the entire life-cycle of clean energy facilities, but also strive to build a sustainable development paradigm for energy transformation.

In the past and future, we will continue to improve our sustainable development plan: optimize every process of R&D and manufacturing, enhance the effectiveness and reliability of the entire product life-cycle and continuously improve the market competitiveness of our products. Inspire the potential of every employee and strive for our collective mission. Strengthen the environmental management system to ensure compliance, even beyond compliance. Accelerate the integration of sustainable procurement into internal governance, effectively prevent and control potential supply chain environmental, social and corporate governance risks. In addition, we will showcase our processes, goals and results through information disclosure and subject them to external audits to achieve visualization, verifiability and optimization of the sustainable development process. In the same year, we won the ESG Information Transparency Award from an international authoritative institution.

As the world moves towards sustainable development, Pylontech will always uphold the original intention of creating value for the world, proactively undertake the social responsibility that enterprises are expected to fulfill , work together with stakeholders, become a firm supporter of customer success and contribute to the sustainable development of the industry with concrete actions.

Mr. Tan Wen CEO of Pylon Technologies Co., Ltd.

Getting to Know Pylontech

Company Profile

Pylon Technologies Co., Ltd.was founded in 2009 and officially listed on the A-share Science and Technology Innovation Board (stock code: 688063) in 2020. As a specialized enterprise in the field of energy storage, Pylontech adheres to the mission of "Liberating Your Energy Sustainably" and focuses on providing energy storage products and solutions to global customers. With over ten years of technological accumulation and market development, Pylontech has achieved business layout in more than 90 countries and regions worldwide, continuously enhancing industry influence and consolidating competitive advantages.

Pylontech has long focused on the field of energy storage, vertically integrating the industry chain and mastering key technologies in the battery module, battery management system, system integration and other key links of the industry chain. The energy storage products and solutions developed and produced by Pylontech cover various scenarios such as households, industrial and commercial areas, new energy generation, data centers and communication base stations.

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Dedication to ESS

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Corporate Culture

Mission

Vision

To Energize Billions With Smarter Power

Values

Liberating Your Energy Sustainably Integrity, Responsibility, Accountability Cohesion, Devotion, Accomplishment

Business Layout

Pylontech actively promotes its global layout, covering multiple countries and regions such as North America and Europe and has established operating entities and production bases in key areas. While consolidating its existing advantageous market, Pylontech has customized and developed energy storage products that meet the needs of users in different countries and regions, achieving significant results.

Sustainability Management

Stakeholder Communication

The cooperation and support of stakeholders are important cornerstones for Pylontech to promote sustainable development practices. Pylontech attaches great importance to communication with stakeholders and has established diversified communication mechanisms for different groups. Through regular and irregular exchanges, it efficiently and comprehensively understands and collects the demands and expectations of all parties and is committed to establishing a cooperative relationship of mutual trust and win-win, providing strong support for sustainable development.

Double Materiality Assessment

• Assessment Process

In 2024, Pylontech has conducted materiality analyses of its sustainability issues in accordance with the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Guidelines, referring to the requirements of the Self-regulatory Guidelines for Listed Companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Science and Technology Innovation Board No. 13- Preparation of Sustainable Development Reports for "issue materiality analyses" and referencing the European Financial Reporting Advisory Committee (EFRAG)'s European Sustainability Reporting Standards, the EFRAG's EFRAG IG 1: Materiality Assessment Implementation Guidance and the Global Sustainability Standards Board's Sustainability Reporting Standards 2021. The analyses has been carried out through four steps: analyses of Pylontech's business background, establishment of an issue list, double materiality assessment and review of assessment results.

Assessment of issue materiality

• Pylontech engages with stakeholders through a combination of regular and irregular methods and conducts a centralized stakeholder opinion survey every two years. In 2024, Pylontech engaged with 222 stakeholders through surveys, evaluating the severity of the impact (scale, scope, irremediable character) and the likelihood of the impact, and taking into account the opinions of internal and external experts to form an impact materiality matrix

• Conduct communication with 26 functional department managers of Pylontech through on-site interviews and surveys, evaluate from two dimensions: "likelihood of impact" and "the potential magnitude of financial effects" and refer to internal and external expert opinions to form a financial materiality matrix

Understand Pylontech's activities and business background

• Understand the competitive landscape of the industry and position Pylontech's sustainable development level within the industry

• Based on this year's policy trends, key concerns in capital market ratings, domestic and international sustainability disclosure standards and management practice requirements, understand the sustainable development background in which Pylontech operates

• Interpret the impact of Pylontech's business on the upstream and downstream of the value chain, identify Pylontech's main stakeholders

Establish a list of issues

• Engage with stakeholders based on the actual situation of Pylontech, analyze the business background of Pylontech, make appropriate adjustments on the basis of the previous year's issue list and preliminarily form an issue list

• Pylontech defines the time horizon for the impact of issues on Pylontech based on its strategic development plan and resource allocation plan. The short-term is less than 2 years, the medium-term is 2 to 5 years and the long-term is more than 5 years

• Analyze the actual and potential impacts, risks and opportunities of Pylontech's sustainability issues in the short, medium and long term based on the judgments of internal and external stakeholders

Issue confirmation and approval

• Reviewed and confirmed by the Board of Directors,, and disclose key issues of high materiality in 2024 in the report

Adjustment of the 2024 Pylontech Issue List

According to the requirements of the Guidelines, adjust the issues expression based on the actual situation of Pylontech

Energy utilization, water resource utilization, pollutant emissions, waste disposal, resource recycling, environmental compliance management, product and service safety and quality, sustainable supply chain, innovation driven, rural revitalization and social contribution, information security and privacy protection, business ethics

According to the requirements of the Guidelines and in combination with policies, peers and ratings, additional issues have been identified

Ecosystem and biodiversity conservation, industry cooperation and development, ESG management, due diligence, intellectual property protection, stakeholder communication

1No additional explanation on issues without changes

• Identification Results Of Double Materiality Issues

Pylontech uses the top 30% of the maximum value set by the financial materiality assessment score as the threshold for determining whether each issue has "financial materiality", and the top 50% of the maximum value set by the impact materiality assessment score as the threshold for determining whether each issue has "impact materiality". Combined with legal and regulatory requirements, the impact materiality of some strong regulatory issues has been adjusted and increased and the materiality analyses results are presented using the issue matrix diagram method.

Based on the comprehensive analyses of impact materiality and financial materiality, among the 26 preliminary identified issues by Pylontech, 5 issues of sustainable supply chain, climate change response, innovation driven, risk management and clean energy opportunities have double materiality. 3 issues of human capital development, product and service safety and quality and customer relationship management only have financial materiality, 15 issues only have impact materiality and 3 issues have neither financial nor impact materiality. For issues identified as financial material, Pylontech conducts in-depth analysis and issues management, enhancing disclosure in the report.

In response to issues of high financial or impact materiality, Pylontech conducts in-depth analyses of the impact paths of stakeholders on the business, comprehensively evaluates the potential effects of these impacts on Pylontech's financial condition, operating results, cash flow and other financial performance over different time periods. By systematically assessing the risks and opportunities of various issues, Pylontech is able to accurately identify potential challenges and development opportunities, providing bases for developing practical and feasible response strategies, ensuring flexibility and competitiveness in dealing with external environmental changes.

The strategy to address climate change can reduce Pylontech's carbon footprint, mitigate climate-related risks, and enhance its reputation for environmental responsibility. By implementing emission reduction measures, Pylontech can actively respond to global climate change challenges and promote sustainable development.

Pylontech seizes opportunities in the green transformation of the market and adopts sustainable technologies, which not only helps improve resource utilization efficiency but also enhances market competitiveness.

Product and service safety and quality directly affect consumer health and satisfaction, impacting brand reputation and market share. Ensuring high safety and quality standards enhances customer trust, strengthens competitiveness, and promotes longterm business growth.

Effective customer relationship management enhances customer loyalty, improves satisfaction, boosts sales performance, and ensures a continuous revenue stream, ultimately strengthening market share and competitiveness.

Extreme climate changes may lead to supply chain disruptions, such as transportation delays or raw material shortages caused by natural disasters or extreme weather. These disruptions may affect the timely production and delivery of downstream operations, resulting in delayed or canceled customer orders and increased operational costs.

By improving product adaptability to extreme climate conditions, Pylontech can attract more customers, especially in regions significantly impacted by climate change. Providing climate-resilient products can open new markets and increase market share.

By increasing investment in clean energy, companies can stabilize energy supply, reduce cost fluctuations, comply with increasingly stringent global environmental regulations, and enhance market competitiveness. At the same time, the increased demand for clean energy products can open up new markets and customer groups for companies. If product R&D projects fail to match market demand, there may be sunk costs for R&D failures.

Pylontech places great emphasis on product safety, implementing strict regular quality inspections to ensure reliability. Providing high-quality and high-safety products strengthens customer trust. In a market increasingly valuing quality and safety, superior products contribute to brand loyalty and market expansion. However, unexpected product safety incidents may lead to negative consequences.

Through refined customer relationship management, Pylontech can better understand customer needs, provide personalized services, and strengthen pre-sales, in-sales, and after-sales management, thereby improving customer satisfaction and loyalty, and enhancing market share and brand influence.

upply chain environmental and social risk management helps ensure that companies comply with environmental and social responsibilities in their supply chains. By proactively managing social risks such as environmental protection and labor rights, companies can enhance their brand reputation and strengthen the trust of consumers and investors.。

An innovation-driven strategy enhances corporate competitiveness and market adaptability. Continuous technological innovation and product R&D enable Pylontech to meet market demands, upgrade business models, maintain leadership, and strengthen brand value and customer loyalty.

Employee development and training directly impact talent retention, innovation capacity, and long-term competitiveness. Providing continuous training and career development opportunities enhances employee skills, productivity, loyalty, and job satisfaction.

Risk management involves identifying, assessing, and responding to potential risks affecting business objectives. Effective risk management reduces financial, reputational, and legal risks, ensuring stable operations in the face of internal and external challenges, supporting long-term sustainability.

The company is improving its sustainable procurement system and strengthening ESG risk control in the supply chain, enhancing downstream customer trust and engagement. However, any non-compliance with domestic and international sustainability standards within the supply chain could result in regulatory penalties or negative market reactions, potentially damaging corporate reputation.

Ongoing technological innovation allows Pylontech to develop more competitive products to meet changing market demands. Innovations in intelligent and green products open new markets and reinforce market leadership.

By increasing investment in employee skill development and career growth, Pylontech improves workforce efficiency and innovation, strengthening core competitiveness, market adaptability, and employer branding.

By refining risk management systems and integrating new technological tools, Pylontech can proactively identify and mitigate risks, reducing losses while enhancing business continuity and market competitiveness.

SDG-Aligned Actions

Pylontech has developed detailed response plans for the risks and opportunities brought to Pylontech by various issues based on the results of the double materiality assessment. By combining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Pylontech's strategic framework for promoting sustainability, Pylontech has taken a series of specific actions aimed at actively addressing environmental, social and governance challenges, while leveraging Pylontech's core strengths to make positive contributions to achieving sustainability goals.

Exploring the New Era of Environmental Protection

7.1 Universal access to modern energy

7.2 Increase the global proportion of renewable energy

7.a Promote access to clean energy, technology and investment

12.2 Sustainable management and use of natural resources

12.4 Responsible management of chemicals and waste

12.5 Significantly reduce waste generation

Building New Paradigms of Responsibility

13.3 Establishing knowledge and capacity to address climate change

Pylontech's core goal and mission is to provide sustainable clean energy for everyone and is committed to providing first-class energy storage system solutions

Pylontech has delivered over 2 million sets of energy storage systems to more than 90 countries and regions worldwide, making significant contributions to the use of clean electricity worldwide

Pylontech actively invests in the development of clean energy technologies and infrastructure construction, accelerating the global energy transition

Pylontech promises responsible procurement, selecting durable and reusable materials with long lifespan to improve material selection and purchasing secondary materials (such as waste or recycled feed) or renewable materials to reduce the use of raw materials and non renewable materials

Pylontech follows strict safety standards, conducts product life-cycle environmental impact assessments, improves product cycle life and reduces environmental impact throughout the product life-cycle

Pylontech develops an annual waste reduction plan, which includes detailed and economically feasible reduction plans for waste residues, waste electrolytes, waste packaging materials, physical and chemical sludge, waste activated carbon, etc

Pylontech actively responds to climate change, builds a product carbon footprint management platform, collaborates with universities and research institutes to develop carbon footprint standards for the lithium battery industry and contributes to the sustainable development of the industry

1.4 Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources

Pylontech adheres to the principle of "people-oriented" and safeguards the rights and interests of employees from multiple dimensions. It has established a diverse range of welfare and care systems that prioritize experience and provides free or low-cost accommodation for eligible employees

3.6 Reduce road injuries and deaths

3.9 Reduce diseases and deaths caused by hazardous chemicals and pollution

4.4 Increase the number of people with relevant skills to achieve financial success

4.7 Sustainable development and global citizenship education

Pylontech pays attention to the commuting safety of employees, provides free parking spaces for employees and promptly reminds cyclists to wear helmets to ensure safe travel

Pylontech regularly conducts monitoring of occupational hazards, implements targeted protective measures based on the identified situation and provides necessary labor protection equipment for all employees

Pylontech continues to establish a safety training system, providing employees with abundant learning resources and growth opportunities. In 2024, Pylontech established a Learning and Development Center, which offers courses in four categories: skills, safety, research and development and management. The center comprehensively covers the core areas of employee ability improvement and provides a professional platform support for employee training

Pylontech actively integrates the concept of sustainable development internally, providing employees with awareness and institutional support for sustainable lifestyles, gender equality and anti discrimination

Building New Paradigms of Responsibility

5.1 Eliminating discrimination against women and girls 5.5 Ensure full participation in leadership and decisionmaking

Improving resource efficiency in consumption and production 8.5 Equal pay for equal work and decent work

Pylontech always adheres to the principle of fair and just employment, prohibits any form of

product design and manufacturing considering modularity, disassembly and recyclability, increasing the proportion of renewable materials. The core product has been evaluated by WEEE, with a theoretical recycling rate of

Pylontech advocates a compensation management philosophy centered on valuing talent, performance culture and focusing on cost efficiency and is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive and competitive compensation and benefits system

8.7 Ending modern slavery, trafficking and child labor 8.8 Protecting labor rights and promoting a safe working environment 10.3 Ensuring equal opportunities and eliminating discrimination

Develop sustainable, resilient and inclusive infrastructure

Strengthen research and upgrade industrial technology

Protecting children from abuse, exploitation, trafficking and violence

New Empowerment of Stable Governance

Significantly reduce corruption and bribery

16.6 Establish effective, responsible and transparent institutions

16.7 Ensure responsive, inclusive and representative decision-making

16.8 Promote and enforce non discriminatory laws and policies

Pylontech has established a sound employee file management system by improving the recruitment process, strengthening age verification and identity review of applicants and avoiding the risk of hiring child labor

Pylontech adheres to the occupational health and safety management policy of "people-oriented, safety first", actively eliminates and reduces occupational hazards and fully guarantees the occupational health and safety of employees

Pylontech has formulated Labor and Human Rights Policy that clearly defines the zero-tolerance goal of labor human rights management, ensuring "zero" discrimination and "zero" harassment in all workplaces and eliminating the occurrence of child labor and forced labor

Pylontech actively expands the application scenarios of its products under different extreme conditions and is committed to developing high-quality, reliable, sustainable and disaster resistant infrastructure to support economic development and enhance human well-being

Pylontech actively invests in R&D throughout the entire industry chain, with R&D personnel accounting for 33.73% of the total number of employees and R&D expenses accounting for 17.22% of total revenue

Pylontech has optimized the recruitment process, strengthened age verification and identity verification of applicants, improved the employee file management system and effectively prevented the risk of child labor recruitment

Pylontech adheres to the core values of "Integrity, responsibility and accountability" and always upholds a "zero-tolerance" policy, firmly opposing any form of corruption, bribery and unfair competition

Pylontech has clarified the responsibilities and authorities of the shareholders' meeting, board of directors, supervisory board and senior management, implemented the principle of independent decision-making, execution and supervision and formed an effective balance mechanism to ensure the standardized operation of corporate governance

Pylontech fully recognizes the importance of diversity and independence of the board of directors in company decision-making. Board members have academic backgrounds and practical experience in various fields such as lithium batteries, energy storage systems, law, accounting and financial management, injecting diverse experience and unique insights into company decision-making

Pylontech has formulated a Labor and Human Rights Policy and established a zero-tolerance goal for labor human rights management. It is committed to eliminating discrimination, harassment, child labor and forced labor in all workplaces, actively promoting and implementing non discriminatory laws and policies and promoting sustainable development

Sustainability Management Architecture

In order to continuously improve the sustainability management level and performance of Pylontech, Pylontech has established a comprehensive sustainability organizational structure and management system, consisting of the board of directors, supervisory board, top management/sustainability leadership group, sustainability working group and liaison personnel from major departments, to achieve supervision, management, coordination and implementation of sustainability work. At the same time, Pylontech focuses on enhancing the professional competence of its top management in the field of sustainability, in order to continuously strengthen its strategic leadership and decision-making capabilities in sustainability management.

During the reporting period, Pylontech officially joined UNGC and pledged to support its ten principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. Pylontech continues to optimize its sustainability management and actions, creating more sustainability value for stakeholders.

Pylontech attaches great importance to risk and opportunity management in sustainability. During the reporting period, Pylontech revised the "Risk and Opportunity Response Management Procedure" and established a comprehensive planning, implementation and evaluation system for risk and opportunity response measures related to sustainable issues. This provided operational guidance for incorporating risk and opportunity management processes into sustainable management systems such as quality, environment and occupational health and safety, ensuring the effectiveness of relevant measures.

Pylontech extensively collects risk and opportunity information through various departments and the "Risk and Opportunity Assessment Team" is authorized by the General Manager to conduct assessments and report regularly to the upper management. The top management conducts annual measures and effectiveness verification reviews. This year, Pylontech relied on the analyses of double materiality company issues, coordinated by the CEO's office, combined with the collection of diverse stakeholder opinions, evaluated the dependence and impact of various business processes on resources and capital, identified key risks and opportunities and submitted the analyses results and the management of major sustainable development risks and opportunities to the Board of Directors for review.

Sustainability Governance Architecture Chart of Pylontech

Board of

Board of Supervisors

Those Charged With Governance

Board of directors:The highest decision-making body for Pylontech's sustainability work, approving Pylontech's sustainability strategy, short-term and long-term sustainability plans, supervising the formulation and implementation of sustainability strategies, and making decisions on major issues related to Pylontech's sustainable development.

Management

Top management/Sustainability leading group:Composed of Pylontech's president and department heads, responsible for reviewing Pylontech's sustainability strategy, short-term and long-term sustainability plans, reviewing the achievement of sustainability goals, risk and opportunity assessment results, major issues, and annual sustainability reports.

Sustainability working group:Composed of dedicated sustainability personnel, responsible for building and maintaining the sustainability governance system, regularly reviewing work progress and proposing improvement suggestions. Develop sustainability strategic goals, short-term and medium to long-term plans, systems, and workflows. Continuously tracking global sustainability trends, including policies, regulations, and actions, identifying major sustainability issues and promoting their implementation. Their compensation is linked to Pylontech's sustainability performance.

Execution Level

Each functional department:Each department's sustainability liaison is responsible for promoting the deep integration of sustainability management work with Pylontech's daily operations, ensuring effective implementation of sustainability management work internally and forming a mechanism for top-down and closed-loop management. At the same time, Pylontech clarifies the sustainable development responsibilities of each department, incorporates them into performance evaluations, and implements reward and punishment measures to promote the achievement of sustainability goals.

Responding to Climate Change/26

GREEN FIRST MOVING TOWARDS LOW-CARBON AND HIGH-QUALITY DEVELOPMENT

Responding to Climate Change

Pylontech actively responds to the national strategic goal of "peaking carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060" and proactively formulates and implements corporate carbon neutrality plans. By establishing a sound climate change governance system and a comprehensive carbon reduction management mechanism, Pylontech systematically identifies the risks and opportunities brought by climate change, continuously improves its climate governance capabilities and promotes green and low-carbon transformation through practical actions.

Pylontech Climate Change Management System

Climate governance architecture

• Pylontech has established a three-level climate governance framework that organically connects governance, management and implementation, guiding organizations at all levels to carry out orderly efforts to address climate change.

Strategy

• Assess the potential operational and financial impacts of identifying significant risks and opportunities on Pylontech.

• Carry out relevant management actions to reduce the carbon footprint of the entire operational life-cycle.

Risks and opportunities management

• Identify potential risks and opportunities in operational activities based on the risk analysis framework of TCFD and incorporate climate change risks and opportunities as part of overall operational risk management.

Targets and performance

• Actively identify the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

• Set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and disclose greenhouse gas emissions in the sustainability report annually to evaluate Pylontech's performance in Responses to climate change management and develop improvement plans.

Governance

Pylontech has established a comprehensive three-level climate governance system, forming an organic organizational structure that connects governance, management and execution. To ensure the achievement of climate goals, Pylontech will incorporate carbon reduction performance indicators into the assessment system of relevant department heads and establish a dual track mechanism of "incentive enhancement": rewards will be given to teams that achieve emission reduction goals and special capacity building support will be provided to departments that do not meet the standards, continuously improving the organization's climate governance capabilities.

Strategy

Board of directors

Sustainability leadership group

Approve Pylontech's climate transition strategy, short-term and longterm climate plans, supervise the formulation and implementation of climate transition strategies and make decisions on major climate issues for Pylontech

Coordinate Pylontech's climate governance work, including risk and opportunity management, goal setting, cross departmental resource coordination and regularly report on climate management progress to the board of directors

Each department and subsidiary

Implement established emission reduction targets and implementation paths, strictly implement various carbon reduction management measures and ensure the effective implementation and high-quality landing of climate action plans at the operational level

Pylontech systematically identifies and evaluates climate related risks and opportunities in its operations based on industry characteristics and global business layout and constructs a comprehensive climate risk and opportunity assessment matrix accordingly. By quantitatively analyzing the probability of risk occurrence and potential impact, Pylontech prioritizes various risks and opportunities and develops differentiated climate response strategies and implementation plans.

risks

Frequent extreme weather events such as typhoons and floods may lead to safety production accidents, affect factory operations, or cause supply chain disruptions.

• Pay attention to extreme weather warnings and deploy flood and typhoon prevention work in advance. Daily monitoring and maintenance of operational locations susceptible to typhoon weather to prevent water ingress into factories and battery swapping stations.

• Consider power stability factors in site selection, without relying on a single power

• Pre-planning for natural disasters such as typhoons and floods, developing emergency plans, and conducting emergency drills

Physical risks
Material Climate Risks and Opportunities

The increasingly strict climate related requirements may lead to an increase in energy and raw material costs. For example, the emission control costs of China's power generation industry will be transferred to electricity costs, increasing energy costs. The climate compliance costs, supply chain security, and stability of the battery industry supply chain will also lead to an increase in raw material prices, thereby affecting the market competitiveness of Pylontech's products.

• Vigorously promote the construction of self built photovoltaic power stations, increase the use of "self use" green electricity, effectively control the potential risks of rising external energy costs while reducing carbon emissions.

• Establish a new sodium ion battery production project and manage key mineral risk exposures. Successfully developed sodium batteries to replace lead-acid batteries and has abundant patent layouts in the field of sodium batteries.

With the development and innovation of green technologies and the introduction of supportive policies, the accessibility of renewable energy is gradually increasing, and prices may gradually decrease. Actively transforming energy usage can reduce direct energy costs and respond to regulatory pressures and low-carbon goals faced by Pylontech in the end market.

• Pylontech vigorously promotes photovoltaic construction and continues to expand the scale of self-produced renewable electricity use.

• Develop a decision-making tool for green power procurement in enterprises, and determine the proportion of renewable energy in different scenarios based on emission reduction plans.

Climate-related Risk and Opportunity Matrix

With the continuous strengthening of global climate governance, the new energy industry is facing increasingly severe regulatory compliance challenges. For example, laws and regulations represented by the EU's Battery and Waste Battery Regulations have put forward strict requirements for the full life-cycle management of batteries. Enterprises not only need to ensure current compliance, but also need to proactively respond to upcoming regulatory policies.

• Pylontech has established a product compliance transformation team to conduct carbon footprint accounting and declaration for typical products, track the supply chain carbon footprint in accordance with the requirements of the Battery Law for value chain boundaries, and establish a data quality assurance system to ensure compliance with climate related compliance requirements.

In the context of the "dual carbon" goal, green and sustainable products and services will better meet market demand and expectations, further developing and providing climate friendly products can achieve additional business and revenue growth.

• Pylontech establishes a system for identifying and transforming clean energy opportunities, with standardized operation of supporting systems, and builds a matrix style cross departmental collaboration architecture and process to achieve full process tracking and feedback from requirement identification to product realization.

• Organize multi departmental joint research and development, comprehensively improve product energy efficiency, low toxicity, safety, and longer lifespan from structural development, mechanical design, material development, thermal management, and other aspects, to meet the market's demand for sustainable products.

Pylontech has deeply integrated the risks and opportunities related to climate change into its strategy. Based on its medium and long-term development plan, Pylontech has set climate change management goals and regularly reviews them to ensure that its business model aligns with the direction of low-carbon economic transformation.

Risk Management and Response Measures

Pylontech has closely integrated industry characteristics, internal and external development environments and internal and external professional opinions to establish a comprehensive process for managing the impacts, risks and opportunities related to climate change. This process covers four key steps: identification, evaluation, sorting and management, ensuring that Pylontech can systematically address climate challenges and seize transformation opportunities.

• Through multi-dimensional analysis such as policy bench-marking and industry research, clarify the potential impact of climate change on supply chains, production operations and market demand

• Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, conduct in-depth analysis of identified risks and opportunities. Evaluate the likelihood of risk occurrence and its financial impact on the business through financial materiality assessment, while quantifying the potential benefits brought by opportunities

• Based on the severity and urgency of risks and opportunities, as well as their impact on Pylontech's strategic goals, determine priorities and adjust climate management strategies accordingly

• Clarify the main pathways for Responses to climate change and incorporate them into Pylontech's overall strategic planning, establish specialized task force decomposition goals and establish corresponding tracking and assessment mechanisms

Pylontech adheres to the concept of carbon reduction throughout the entire life-cycle and systematically promotes lowcarbon transformation in core links such as design, manufacturing and supply chain, building a multi-level climate change response system. On the design side, Pylontech practices the concept of "source reduction" and reduces the use of non renewable materials. On the manufacturing side, Pylontech continues to optimize its energy structure and promote energy-saving technological transformation projects to achieve operational emissions reduction. On the supply chain side, Pylontech continues to promote the collection and accounting of supplier real-time data and conducts due diligence to promote carbon reduction in raw materials.

In terms of carbon footprint management, Pylontech continues to demonstrate leadership and actively exert influence. At the operational level, we have established a cross departmental carbon management team to comprehensively grasp the energy consumption and carbon emissions of each link in the product life-cycle through independent research and development of internal data collection platforms and modeling accounting tools. As of the end of 2024, Pylontech has completed carbon footprint accounting for 17 core products including the Force series, Powercube series and US series and all accounting results have been verified and certified by third-party authoritative institutions to ensure the accuracy and credibility of the data.

In order to further enhance Pylontech's carbon management capabilities, Pylontech has conducted a series of internal training covering climate risk opportunities, greenhouse gas accounting, product carbon footprint and other issues, striving to popularize carbon management concepts and practical skills to every employee and improve Pylontech's carbon management efficiency.

Pylontech will also expand its sustainable impact to the entire value chain, establish strict management requirements for suppliers and conduct relevant training to ensure that its products meet the sustainability standards of the countries where they are launched. At the same time, we encourage and support suppliers to take more proactive measures to jointly promote the industry towards a higher level of sustainable development.

[Case] Leading the green transformation, the carbon footprint quantification standard for lithium-ion batteries drafted by Pylontech has been released

In December 2024, the group standard T/CQAE 12002-2024 Greenhouse Gas Product Carbon Footprint Quantification Method and Requirements for Lithium Ion Batteries jointly drafted by Pylontech, China Electronics Standardization Institute, Huawei Digital Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University, Kunming University of Science and Technology, etc. was officially released and will be fully implemented from December 27, 2024. This standard aims to standardize the carbon footprint quantification methods and requirements for lithiumion batteries and battery pack products, fill the industry gap and is of great significance for promoting the green transformation and upgrading of China's battery industry.

Indicators and Targets

Pylontech has established a complete value chain (including scope 1, 2 and 3) greenhouse gas emission accounting system, conducted greenhouse gas inventory checks on Pylontech's main operating points for three consecutive years in accordance with ISO14064-1:2018, obtained third-party independent verification statements and effectively controlled and managed greenhouse gas emissions by base and module.

In 2024, Pylontech's scope 1 and 2 (based on location) greenhouse gas emissions were 36,302.40 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent and the unit revenue greenhouse gas (scope 1 and 2) emission intensity was 18.11 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per million revenue. The total greenhouse gas emissions of scope 1 and 2 decreased by 5.81% compared to the previous year. Pylontech is actively adjusting and updating its existing greenhouse gas emission reduction and carbon neutrality targets.

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Note: The greenhouse gas emission performance statistics cover Pylontech, Yangzhou Pylontech, and Anhui Pylontech. This report retrospectively adjusts historical data according to the latest verification criteria.

Environmental Compliance Management

Environmental

Management System

Pylontech abides by EnvironmentalProtection Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina, ISO 14001:2015 EnvironmentalManagement System Requirements andUsage Guide as well as other laws, regulations and relevant standards strictly, formulating EnvironmentalProtection Policy and Environmental, OccupationalHealthandSafety Operation Procedures and other system documents in combination with the actual situation of each operation point to improve the construction of the environmental management system, define the environmental management responsibilities and powers of each level of Pylontech and continuously improve Pylontech's environmental management level and environmental performance on the basis of ensuring environmental compliance. By the end of 2024, Pylontech, Yangzhou Pylontech and Anhui Pylontech have all obtained ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system certification, no major environmental pollution accidents have occurred and no penalties have been imposed by regulatory authorities for environmental violations.

The President's Office of Pylontech is responsible for supervising and making decisions on environmental policies and goals on behalf of the top management and ensuring their effective implementation. Pylontech has established an EHS Committee, which has an EHS Office under the Safety and Environmental Protection Department. Its members include EHS managers and safety managers from various departments. The EHS Committee is mainly responsible for leading and promoting the implementation of environmental protection policies and system construction. the EHS Office is specifically responsible for implementing environmental protection policies and regulations organizing education and training and investigating hidden dangers and other important tasks.

All production bases of Pylontech have established emergency command organizations and regularly conduct environmental emergency plan drills. In 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech and Anhui Pylontech respectively carried out drills for excessive discharge of wastewater under abnormal conditions and emergency drills for chemical leaks.

[Case] Emergency Drill for Chemical Leak at Anhui Pylontech

On November 30, 2024, Anhui Pylontech conducted an emergency drill for a chemical leak outside its chemical warehouse. The simulated scenario involved a minor leak caused by the collapse of chemicals during delivery. Upon discovery, the individual quickly reported it, initiating the emergency response plan. The emergency response team orderly implemented measures such as isolation, medical assistance and cleanup. The drill was completed successfully, enhancing employees' safety awareness and emergency response capabilities.

Pylontech also organizes and carries out various environmental protection training actively. In 2024, Pylontech conducted a total of 4 environmental protection training sessions for all employees, covering the popularization of laws and regulations, safe management of hazardous waste, emergency training for sudden environmental incidents and environmental accident warning education.

In July 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech organized a training session on hazardous waste management for the heads of various workshops. The training covered the definition and types of hazardous waste, standardized operational procedures and comprehensive process management. It also emphasized the importance of proper disposal through case studies, aiming to enhance the company's environmental compliance level.

Environmental Risk Prevention and Control

Pylontech has established a complete emergency response mechanism for sudden environmental incidents to effectively prevent, promptly control and eliminate pollution hazards, improve the ability to respond to sudden environmental incidents and minimize the impact of environmental pollution and ecological damage. 100% of Pylontech's production bases have formulated emergency response plans for sudden environmental incidents. As of the end of 2024, Pylontech, Yangzhou Pylontech and Anhui Pylontech have completed the filing of emergency response plans.

[Case] Hazardous Waste Management Training at Yangzhou Pylontech

Energy Management

The energy involved in Pylontech's production and operation mainly includes electricity, natural gas, gasoline, etc. Pylontech follows the relevant standards such as Energy ManagementSystem Requirements andUsage Guide (GB/T 23331:2020), formulating Energy ManagementManual applicable to Yangzhou Pylontech and Energy Consumption andGreenhouse Gas Emission ManagementProcedure" applicable to all operating points to strengthen the company's energy management system and system construction. In 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech completed the ISO 50001:2018 energy management system review successfully, further reflecting its continuous optimization of energy management.

Pylontech is committed to promoting digital energy management continuously. In 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech Energy Consumption Management System will be fully completed and put into use, realizing real-time monitoring and analyses of water, electricity, gas consumption and load conditions, effectively assisting digital energy consumption management, helping the company to promptly discover energy consumption anomalies and then take targeted measures to optimize and adjust, ensuring efficient and reasonable energy use.

Pylontech actively promotes the clean energy substitution strategies. Starting from 2023, Pylontech will construct a distributed photovoltaic power generation system in three phases, adopting the "self-generation and self-use, surplus power to the grid" operation mode and cooperate with the purchase of green electricity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions during production and operation. In 2024, Pylontech's total photovoltaic power generation will reach 12,981.76MWh, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 7,602 tons.

At the same time, Pylontech actively carries out energy-saving and consumption-reduction projects in production operations, including boiler waste heat recovery projects, differentiated capacity discharge recovery systems, installation of high-efficiency energy-saving equipment and the use of automatic control systems in air-conditioning rooms, etc., to effectively improve energy utilization efficiency and reduce energy consumption indicators.

In July 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech organized a training session on hazardous waste management for the heads of various workshops. The training covered the definition and types of hazardous waste, standardized operational procedures and comprehensive process management. It also emphasized the importance of proper disposal through case studies, aiming to enhance the company's environmental compliance level.

Pylontech has introduced high-vacuum, contact ovens to replace convection ovens in the baking process. While meeting the standards for moisture control in battery cells, this upgrade has significantly shortened the process time from 38-42 hours to just 7 hours. This has notably improved the production efficiency of battery cells and reduced energy consumption per Unit. Currently, this equipment is widely used in the production of all series of pouch and aluminum-cased products.

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In order to further improve the level and professionalism of Pylontech's energy management, Pylontech regularly conducts training on issues such as green factories, energy management and equipment energy efficiency-related regulations to enhance the knowledge reserve of Pylontech's energy management-related personnel. In addition, Yangzhou Pylontech arranged two energy management personnel to participate in the energy management training organized by the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, systematically studying energy-saving policies, detection and diagnosis and energy utilization analyses and successfully obtained the energy management certificate to help Pylontech's energy management be carried out effectively.

Yangzhou Pylontech Energy Management Monitoring System

Water

Management

Pylontech abides by Water Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina and other laws and regulations, formulating the Planned Water ManagementWorkInstructions and strengthens water resources management. In 2024, Pylontech's water sources are all municipal water and no water is taken from areas with water stress and no negative impact is caused on the local communities of the operating points due to water withdrawal.

Pylontech has set a water resource management goal of "Reducing Total Water Intensity by 5% by 2027, with 2022 as the Base Year". In production and operation, Pylontech has adopted measures such as recycling water and reclaimed water through water conservation technology transformation and further identified and optimized water conservation links through water balance and water accounting methods, improved water use efficiency and reduced water waste.

Water-saving Cooling Tower (Application-oriented)

The water-saving cross-flow cooling tower is selected, with an efficient water distribution system and packing structure, which is superior to the counter-flow cooling tower in terms of water evaporation loss, water loss due to drift and watersaving design. The water flow of the cross-flow cooling tower is perpendicular to the air direction, reducing the direct contact time and area between water and air, thereby reducing water evaporation loss and water drift loss. The efficiency of the water temperature drop comparison method can be achieved at ≥100%, the fan efficiency is ≥80% and the water drift rate of the cooling tower is ≤0.001%.

Recycling and Utilization of Steam Condensate Water

Install a steam condensate water recovery system to recycle 95℃ steam condensate water to the insulation water tank and pump it to the boiler room. Then, use the boiler flue gas recovery circulation heating to send it into the boiler, reducing the gas consumption of 1T steam from 80m3 to about 72.5m3. By 2024, 335,940m3 of gas can be saved and approximately 35,000 tons of condensed water can be recycled and reused.

In order to enhance employees' awareness of water conservation and implement water resource management effectively, Pylontech regularly organizes water conservation training. In 2024, Pylontech has carried out special training on water resource protection and cherishing water resources, which has enhanced employees' awareness of the importance of water resources and effectively promoted water resource management.

In addition, Pylontech also actively encourages suppliers to set water conservation goals and formulate practical water conservation measures. To ensure the effective implementation of this measure, Pylontech incorporates water conservation performance into the supplier access standards and annual assessment system to encourage suppliers to actively participate in water resource management and jointly reduce water consumption in the supply chain and transportation links.

Pollutant Emissions and Waste Management

Pylontech strictly abides by Water Pollution Prevention andControlLaw ofthe People s Republic ofChina, Air Pollution Prevention andControlLaw ofthe People s Republic ofChina Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina on the Prevention andControlofEnvironmental Pollution by SolidWaste as well as the laws, regulations and standards of the operating locations. Based on the actual conditions of each production base, it has formulated Waste ManagementProcedures, Wastewater, Waste Gas andFactory Boundary Noise ManagementProcedures and other procedural documents to achieve comprehensive management of wastewater, waste gas and solid waste generated during production operations.

According to EnvironmentalFactor Identification andEvaluation ManagementProcedure, Pylontech reviews and updates the environmental factor identification and evaluation results of each base at least once a year. In response to the identified pollution factors, Yangzhou Pylontech Equipment Department conducts daily inspections of pollutant treatment facilities and installs electricity monitoring for daily inspections by the Safety and Environmental Protection Department to ensure the normal operation of the treatment facilities and avoid excessive discharge of pollutants. In addition, Pylontech regularly entrusts qualified third-party professional institutions to conduct pollutant testing. In 2024, Pylontech's wastewater, exhaust gas and other related test results will meet the standard requirements.

Emissions and Waste Management Mechanism

Wastewater

Emission types:industrial wastewater such as soft water preparation tail water, boiler periodic drainage, indirect circulating cooling water system drainage, equipment cleaning water, workshop floor cleaning water and domestic sewage.

Emission standards:"PollutantEmission Standardfor Battery Industry".

Treatment process:Acid alkali neutralization and other processes are used to remove heavy metal elements and other pollutants from wastewater.

Treatment method:Domestic sewage from Yangzhou Pylontech is treated in septic tanks and industrial wastewater is pre treated to meet standards before being discharged to the Shikang Sewage Treatment Plant. Pylontech’s Headquarters has no industrial wastewater and domestic sewage is discharged through the sewage pipe network to the sewage treatment plant for standard discharge.

Exhaust Gas

Emission types:organic waste gas from coating process organic waste gas from coating process organic waste gas from liquid injection organic waste gas from wiping section, welding fumes, etc.

Emission standards:"Pollutant Emission Standards for Battery Industry, Odor Pollutant Emission Standards, Boiler Air Pollutant Emission Standards.

Treatment facilities and systems:Treatment facilities and systems: For organic waste gas from coating processes and wiping sections, activated carbon adsorption is used. For organic waste gas from coating process, NMP recovery system + three-stage water absorption system is used for treatment. For the injection of organic waste gas, de-humidification and secondary activated carbon adsorption are used. For welding fumes, a welding fume dust collector is used for treatment.

Treatment method:After being treated by exhaust gas treatment facilities and systems, it meets the emission standards.

Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste

Types:waste activated carbon, hazardous waste generated by processes, general waste and household garbage.

Control standards:Pollution Control Standards for Hazardous Waste Storage and Management Measures for Hazardous Waste Transfer List.

Storage locations:hazardous waste warehouse, general industrial solid waste warehouse.

Disposal method:Carry out solid waste classification and treatment. For hazardous waste, it shall be transported and disposed of by qualified third-party professional organizations. For recyclable general waste, it is classified and recycled and disposed of internally by Pylontech, manufacturers, service units and waste collection stations. General waste and garbage with no utilization value shall be disposed of by municipal sanitation.

In terms of hazardous and non-hazardous waste reduction, Pylontech achieves effective solid waste reduction and environmentally-friendly treatment through pre-treatment and optimized packaging. In addition, Pylontech regularly conducts waste classification and recycling training to enhance employees' awareness and skills in waste management. In 2024, Pylontech will achieve a total reduction of approximately 12.6 tons of hazardous waste and save approximately RMB 262,600 in costs.

Strict pre-storage evaluation

Pre-processing and classification storage

Unified packaging standards

For raw materials, electrolytes, etc., they need to be confirmed by email that they cannot be recycled and evaluated by R&D/process/safety and environmental assessment as unusable before they can be stored as hazardous waste.

Waste slurry needs to be filtered before being stored to reduce moisture content and ease the difficulty of hazardous waste treatment. The filter element needs to pour out the internal slurry before being stored to achieve effective separation and utilization of resources.

Promote the use of ton bags as unified containers for hazardous waste such as activated carbon and filter cartridges, to improve management efficiency and environmental protection level.

Place ton bags inside the original cardboard boxes and pallets to contain waste and only transfer the ton bags during transfer. Reuse the cardboard boxes and pallets to improve transfer efficiency and reduce pollution.

The positive electrode coating process is equipped with an advanced NMP (N-methylpyrrolidone) recovery system, which has a higher recovery rate and integrates an automatic monitoring device for NMP concentration in the oven, which can more effectively recover and utilize NMP in the waste liquid.

Biodiversity Conservation

Pylontech is committed to protecting biodiversity and species habitats to the greatest extent possible and strives to achieve a balance between business development and ecological protection. Pylontech refers to the LEAP approach framework (locate, evaluate, assess and prepare) proposed by TNFD to conduct a value chain biodiversity risk assessment for its industry system.

In 2024, Pylontech used the Biodiversity Impact Assessment Tool (BIAT) to conduct biodiversity impact assessments on each operating site. According to the assessment results, none of Pylontech's operating sites are located in or adjacent to biodiversity conservation areas and there are no endangered animals listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Redlist of China's Biodiversity (RCB) or animals protected by the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China within a radius of 1 km. There is no negative impact on biodiversity near the operating sites due to production and operation activities.

Recycle packaging
NMP recycling and utilization
Solid Waste Reduction Measures

At the same time, Pylontech strictly abides by relevant domestic and international laws and regulations such as EnvironmentalImpactAssessmentLaw ofthe People' s Republic ofChina and Regulations on EnvironmentalProtection Managementof Construction Projects and thoroughly implements the principles of ecological protection throughout the entire life cycle of engineering construction. It clearly requires that biodiversity protection must be taken into consideration at all stages of project planning, construction and operation and strives to minimize the impact of production operations on the ecological environment and biodiversity. Project Planning

Conduct on-site investigation before site selection, assess the potential environmental impacts of the project site on biodiversity and natural resources and design scientifically reasonable environmental impact control measures based on the assessment results.

Implement Three Points on Simultaneity of environmental protection strictly, ensure synchronous implementation of environmental impact assessment during the construction process and timely completion of relevant acceptance work.

Construction

Conduct environmental hazard inspections regularly, identify and solve potential environmental problems promptly.

Strengthen ecological environment management to ensure that all activities during project operation comply with environmental protection requirements.

Organize extensive ecological environment protection publicity and education activities to enhance employees' awareness of ecological protection.

Based on the results of the environmental impact assessment, targeted ecological restoration work will be carried out to ensure that the ecological environment system in the relevant areas can be restored in a timely and effective manner after the project exits, achieving sustainable utilization of the ecosystem.

Product LCA Management

Pylontech has always integrated the concept of sustainability into the entire life cycle of its products and has continued to explore resource conservation and environmental footprint reduction solutions in the R&D stage, raw material selection stage, production, transportation, product use and end-of-life recycling of products and has continued to promote the construction of a greener, more environmentally-friendly and efficient product system.

Promote the concept of "source reduction" actively, considering modularity, disassembly and recyclability in product design, reducing the use of non renewable materials and improving the recyclability and re-usability of products.

Expand the application of green and environmentally-friendly materials in products and establishing a dedicated material development department to ensure sufficient technical reserves for the selection of green and environmentally-friendly materials.

When importing material suppliers, review their relevant information in accordance with the Regulations on the Management of Hazardous Substances to confirm their compliance.

The laboratory has testing capabilities and conducts sampling and control of materials with different risk levels in accordance with the Management Specification for Sampling and Inspection of Hazardous Substances for RoHS requirements.

Select materials with long lifespan, durability and strong re-usability to improve material selection and prioritize the purchase of secondary materials (such as waste or recycled feed) or renewable materials.

According to REACH requirements, invite authoritative third-party organizations to conduct conformity testing on the product and notify according to regulations when triggering notification requirements.

Adhere to the concept of recyclability in the design of transit packaging materials, adopting a circular packaging design to save material consumption.

By replacing clean energy, carrying out emission reduction projects and strengthening intelligent control, we continuously improve energy efficiency and the proportion of clean energy.

Introduce an automated logistics system within the factory to achieve electrification of vehicles and reduce energy consumption.

Optimize the layout outside the factory, relocate the Kunshan system integration production line to Anhui and Yangzhou according to product categories, significantly reduce the transportation of intermediate goods factories, shorten the distance of the supply chain and reduce the impact of logistics on the environment effectively.

Improve the service life and charge/discharge efficiency of products continuously, enhance their durability and performance as well as reduce resource consumption and waste generation.

Participate in the preparation of the industry standard Technical Requirements for Recycling of Lithium ion Battery Energy Storage Systems actively, promote the standardization of recycling technology, improve the industry's environmental protection level and contribute to the circular economy.

As of the end of 2024, all of Pylontech's self-developed and self-produced battery products have obtained RoHS and REACH compliance reports from third-party professional organizations. Some products have undergone strict WEEE Directive evaluation and their theoretical recycling rate exceeds 94%, demonstrating the product's excellent environmental performance and resource recycling efficiency.

[Case] Pylontech has been awarded the first EU Battery Regulation Conformity Assessment Statement by SGS

At the 7th China International Import Expo, the international certification body SGS issued the first EU Battery Regulation Conformity Assessment Declaration (Module A) for Pylontech's industrial and commercial energy storage products, marking a significant breakthrough in Pylontech's compliance work and providing strong support for the products to penetrate international markets such as the EU.

Opportunities in Clean Energy*/44

INNOVATION NEVER STOPS AND TECHNOLOGIES ACHIEVE GREEN PRODUCTS

Customer Relationship Management*/65

Supply Chain Management*/53

Intellectual Property Protection/51

Innovation-driven*/47

Product and Service Safety and Quality*/60

Opportunities in Clean Energy*

The global energy transition is accelerating, with energy storage technology emerging as a crucial support for optimizing energy structures and enhancing the stability and flexibility of power systems. Meanwhile, the trend of comprehensive electrification is driving the market to demand higher performance for battery products.

Governance

Adhering to the concept of "Ensuring Smooth Product Planning for Sustained Market Success," Pylontech has established a relatively comprehensive system for identifying and converting opportunities in clean energy. Internally, it has formulated Demand Management Process and Organizational Operation Norms and set up a governance structure led by Pylontech's top management to identify and convert clean energy opportunities, coordinating decision-making and overseeing related work. The Process and Digital Operations Department is responsible for the overall management of market demands and the development of digital tools, ensuring precise and efficient information flow. The Product Planning Department and the Process Management Department specifically carry out demand collection, analyses and conversion, collaborating with various departments to advance demand implementation, forming a closed-loop management mechanism to ensure precise response and efficient implementation of market demands.

Strategy

Pylontech is committed to establishing and improving a standardized system for identifying and converting opportunities in clean energy, covering product planning and demand management, to ensure that R&D quality is quantifiable, traceable and optimizable. By leveraging digital tools, Pylontech optimizes demand collection, analyses and management processes, enhancing information flow efficiency and achieving precise response and efficient implementation. Through systematic training, Pylontech strengthens the understanding and execution capabilities of various functional departments in demand management, promoting collaborative R&D and improving overall quality.

Risk management and response measures

Pylontech is promoting the identification and transformation of clean energy opportunities based on market opportunities, product characteristics and product demands. By 2024, it will integrate into the Integrated Product Development (IPD) process, further improve the matrix based cross departmental collaboration architecture and workflow construction, achieve flexible allocation of manpower and technical strength, promote cross departmental collaboration, ensure efficient information transmission, improve the overall operational efficiency of the demand conversion system, enhance the competitiveness of Pylontech's energy storage solutions and help the industry move towards a more efficient, intelligent and sustainable energy future.

Gathering Analyses

Distribution

Complete the overall planning of opportunities and demands, identify key nodes and control them to ensure effective identification and management of new opportunities in the clean energy field.

Analyze, filter, classify and sort the collected requirements, evaluate market trends, customer needs and technical feasibility and propose priority recommendations for requirements

By distributing and coordinating requirements, ensure that relevant teams accurately receive and implement them and promote the transformation of requirements into concrete actions

Implementation and Verification

Drive product initiation and project approval, develop development plans, adjust and optimize technical solutions and ensure that products meet market and technical requirements

Verify the implementation of requirements continuously to ensure the smooth achievement of goals

Pylontech deploys digital tools actively to promote standardization, intelligence and efficient collaboration in demand management, helping to comprehensively improve R&D efficiency and quality. The introduction of digital tools such as data center, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) System, data center environmental control, office intelligent platform and industry intelligence center has improved the overall operational efficiency and information integration capability of Pylontech continuously, providing strong support for high-quality mass production product innovation.

Digital Demand Collection Assists in Online Management of Clean Energy Opportunities

In 2024, Pylontech aims to develop an online requirement collection and management tool, facilitating comprehensive digital management of requirements throughout the entire process - from proposal and analyses to distribution and verification. This initiative will guarantee prompt response and precise conversion of requirements, thereby optimizing the information flow mechanism. Additionally, it will enhance the transparency and controllability of requirement tracking, ultimately enabling more scientific and efficient R&D decisions.

Full participation:All employees can submit requirements, enhancing the transparency and participation of requirements

Real time viewing and feedback:The RMT team can view the requirement list online, while analyzing and distributing it at the monthly requirement meeting to ensure timely processing of requirements

Quick response to urgent needs:The system identifies the "emergency analyses" option automatically and configures it through IT automation to ensure that the RMT team responds quickly to urgent needs

Visual management of the entire process of requirements:Each stage of requirements has an independent list, ensuring that responsible parties can view and follow up on the status of requirements at any time, reducing manual communication costs, greatly improving the efficiency of requirements management and helping Pylontech operate efficiently

In order to strengthen the professional capabilities of various departments in transforming clean energy opportunities, Pylontech is gradually constructing a systematic training system that covers key roles in core functional departments such as R&D, marketing and manufacturing, ensuring efficient collection, accurate analyses and effective transformation of demand, enhancing the collaborative ability of the R&D team and improving product R&D efficiency comprehensively.

Indicators and Targets

Pylontech has formulated a series of quantitative management goals around the identification and transformation of clean energy opportunities, covering demand response rate, demand conversion rate, training coverage, etc. At the same time, Pylontech plans to rely on digital management tools to achieve timely supervision of the progress of goal completion and ensure that all work is measurable, traceable and optimizable.

Innovation-driven*

Pylontech regards innovation as the core driving force for high-quality development. With the continuous development of industry technology and the expansion of Pylontech's business scale, as one of the few domestic companies with independent R&D and manufacturing capabilities for core energy storage components such as battery cells, modules, battery management systems and energy management systems, Pylontech continues to increase investment in R&D sites, equipment, instruments and other hardware and software to improve the R&D environment and platform to attract more outstanding talents.

Governance

In 2024, Pylontech will construct a comprehensive R&D center to better integrate R&D resources. The R&D center has 8 departments covering the R&D of various products such as battery cells, modules, battery management systems (BMS) and system integration and centrally configures laboratory testing facilities to optimize the allocation of R&D resources. To ensure the efficient advancement of R&D work, the overall decision-making and supervision of the R&D center are coordinated and guided by Pylontech's top management. At the same time, Pylontech actively invests in the training and introduction of top R&D talents. As of the end of 2024, Pylontech's R&D team has a total of 713 people, demonstrating the professional strength of Pylontech's R&D team. Pylontech's growing R&D investment and continuously strengthened talent strategies will reserve strong momentum for Pylontech's sustainable technological development.

Strategy

Pylontech has always adhered to its original aspiration of being demand-oriented and industrialized, examining and promoting the continuous advancement of product technology from a global perspective. Pylontech closely follows the forefront of science and technology, covering every link from battery cells to modules, from BMS to energy storage system integration, to production processes and equipment and continuously deepens R&D innovation. To ensure the steady advancement of technological progress, Pylontech has formulated a thorough strategic plan to promote the application and optimization of technological achievements and improve the reliability and applicability of products.

Collaboration between Industry, Academia and Research Trend Capture

Always stay at the forefront of industry development and actively participate in various scientific and technological research projects. By deepening industry exchanges and paying attention to global research trends, we continuously strengthen collaborative cooperation with industry associations, universities and research institutes to jointly promote technological innovation and meet the country's major strategic needs.

Make cutting-edge technology reserves the strategic pillar of Pylontech's development. Through independent research and deep integration with partners, actively layout new lithium battery energy storage technologies and related product processes, keenly capture future technological trends and quickly respond to the challenges of emerging technologies.

Talent Construction Innovation Incentives

Pylontech continues to optimize the structure of its R&D team, enhance the overall strength of the team and actively engage in deep cooperation with domestic and foreign research institutes. By integrating external R&D resources, we can jointly promote breakthroughs and innovations in core technologies and construct a systematic, efficient and collaborative innovation ecosystem.

Always maintain high investment in R&D innovation and continuously improve incentive mechanisms. By implementing diversified compensation systems, promotion channels and other incentive measures, the creativity and potential of R&D personnel are fully stimulated and the overall R&D strength of Pylontech is continuously pushed to new heights.

Risk Management and Response Measures

Pylontech identifies innovation risks and opportunities through a systematic demand management process to ensure the effective connection between technological innovation and market demand. In terms of risk management, Pylontech focuses on technical feasibility, market adaptability and potential compliance requirements and reduces the uncertainty of technology application through innovative product safety management. In terms of opportunity identification, Pylontech relies on demand analyses to optimize the direction of innovation, promote the implementation of innovative solutions, expand diversified application scenarios and enhance the market value and sustainable competitiveness of technology.

• Innovative Product Safety

Pylontech regards energy storage safety as its top priority and is committed to providing customers with safer, more durable and more intelligent energy storage solutions. In order to enhance Pylontech's independent R&D strength, in 2024, Pylontech increased its investment in laboratory testing capabilities and comprehensively upgraded the testing environment and technical level, indicating that Pylontech's laboratory testing capabilities can meet a wider range of and higher requirements for product testing needs, providing strong guarantees for product safety, compliance and market competitiveness.

[Case]Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory, Constructing Electromagnetic Safety Shield

The EMC laboratory not only has the ability to verify the anti-interference capability of system equipment in its electromagnetic environment, but also can determine whether the equipment causes electromagnetic interference exceeding the standard limit to other equipment, ensuring that energy storage products can maintain excellent performance in various electromagnetic environments. The Pylontech EMC Laboratory covers an area of approximately 900 square meters, with a cumulative investment of over 10 million yuan. It complies with multiple international standards such as IEC61000 and meets the standard requirements of global markets such as Europe, North America and China.

Pylontech has the ability to conduct product testing in accordance with international standards in its own laboratories and has strong data credibility and compliance. In 2024, Pylontech successfully obtained TÜV Rheinland witnessed laboratory certification and SGS witnessed laboratory certification. In early 2025, it officially passed the review of the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) and was awarded the CNAS laboratory accreditation certificate, indicating that Pylontech's laboratory management system and testing capabilities have reached the standards recognized by international authoritative organizations.

• Innovative Solutions

Pylontech explores innovative energy storage solutions actively and expands new energy application scenarios. In 2024, Pylontech will promote the evolution of energy storage systems from a single energy supply mode to an efficient, flexible and intelligent integrated energy solution by integrating photovoltaic, energy storage and flexible DC transmission technologies. Focusing on improving energy utilization efficiency, optimizing grid adaptability and enhancing scenario applicability, Pylontech continues to optimize the layout of energy storage technology, helping new energy to access various application scenarios more stably and widely and promoting the low-carbon transformation of the energy structure.

In 2024, Pylontech set up a special research team to respond to EU battery regulations and took the lead in laying out product compliance work overseas. At the same time, it worked with industry associations, universities and research institutions to deepen technical exchanges and standard coordination and jointly promote the green, low-carbon and highquality development of the industry with partners and help the sustainable transformation of global energy. In the same year, Pylontech was elected as the vice chairman Unit of China Chemical and Physical Power Sources Industry Association (Energy Storage Application Branch), further strengthening industry cooperation and promoting energy storage technology innovation and standard construction.

Pylontech's Participation in the Formulation of Published Standards in 2024

Standard Name Standard No. Technical Committees

Safety requirements for lithium batteries and battery packs used in energy storage systems

General quality characteristics of lithium-ion battery systems for energy storage

Technical Specification for Evaluation of Green Design Products Lithium ion Batteries

Technical Specification for Evaluation of Operating Characteristics of Grid connected Micro-grids

Technical requirements for connecting energy feeding devices to the distribution network

Safety requirements for lithium batteries and battery packs used in energy storage systems

Technical requirements for carbon footprint assessment: Lithium ion batteries and battery packs

GB 44240-2024

T/CIAPS 0020—2022

T/CESA 1327—2024

GB/T 41995—2022

DL/T 2590—2023

GB 44240-2024

T/CQAE 12002-2024

Working Group on Standards for Lithium ion Batteries and Similar Products of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

China Chemical and Physical Power Industry Association

China Electronics Industry Standardization Technology Association

SAC/TC564 Micro-grid and Distributed Power Grid Integration

SAC/TC564 Micro-grid and Distributed Power Grid Integration

Working Group on Standards for Lithium ion Batteries and Similar Products of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Working Group on Standards for Lithium ion Batteries and Similar Products of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Indicators and Targets

Pylontech sets management goals such as new product safety compliance rate, safety test coverage, standard setting participation and R&D investment ratio to ensure that innovative products meet regulatory requirements and reduce technology application risks. By continuously increasing R&D investment and promoting the formulation of industry standards, Pylontech will improve the level of technical standardization and market competitiveness.

In 2024, Pylontech invested 345.14 million yuan in research and development, accounting for 17.22% of total revenue, an increase of 5.54 percentage points compared to the previous year.

Intellectual Property Protection

Intellectual property is an important part of a company's core competitiveness. Pylontech is committed to maintaining fair competition order, while constructing an intellectual property management system that integrates protection, risk control, operation and management to ensure the standardized and systematic management of intellectual property, provide strong support for technological innovation and market competitiveness and construct a solid intellectual property protection barrier.

Pylontech abides by the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China, Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China as well as other laws and regulations, formulating internal management systems such as Patent Management Specifications, Intellectual Property Risk Management Specifications, Computer Software Compliance Management Regulations, Product Naming Specifications and Intellectual Property Reward Measures. While standardizing intellectual property protection measures, it also enhances employees' enthusiasm for technological innovation.

R&D Innovation Management Targets
Perfomance in 2024

Intellectual Property Protection Measures for the R&D Process of Pylontech

Phases Management Measures

Proposal

Analyze the layout of existing technology patents, avoid technical pitfalls and find innovative paths for technology.

Conduct patent search and analyses, evaluate whether the proposed technology may infringe on valid patents of others and determine the feasibility and risk points of the

Conduct comprehensive patent infringement search and analyses, identify patents at risk of infringement and generate patent risk investigation reports.

Based on patent search results, develop an intellectual property application plan, carry out patent layout and adopt a combination of strategies to construct protection barriers

Development

Pre-Launch Risk Control

According to the internal management system of the Patent Management Standards, establish a patent grading management procedure to control patent quality and optimize patent management.

Establish a risk warning database, track project development progress in real-time, update patent database searches and promptly identify new risks.

Pre-launch risk assessment of the product, reviewing the entire product and development process to ensure no infringement risk.

Conduct leak detection and fill in gaps to ensure comprehensive protection of R&D products/technologies.

In order to enhance the intellectual property awareness and rights protection ability of all employees, stimulate the innovation vitality of R&D personnel, Pylontech has formulated the Intellectual Property Incentive Measures and regularly conducts relevant training. In 2024, Pylontech will also use AI technology to construct an intelligent intellectual property data management platform, improving the efficiency of intellectual property management while facilitating employees' learning of intellectual property related knowledge.

In 2024, Pylontech actively participates in intellectual property related exhibitions and forums for cooperation and exchange, showcasing its innovation capabilities while learning from advanced experiences in the industry.

In April 2024, Pylontech participated in the China Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit, exchanged ideas with peers and learned relevant experience in intellectual property management.

In May 2024, Pylontech participated in the kickoff meeting of the examiner practice base project and learned to think about intellectual property from the perspective of patent examination.

Pylontech 2024 Intellectual Property Related Honorary Awards

In April 2024, it was awarded

In September 2024, it became

In November 2024, it was awarded "2024 Patent Examiner Practice Point" "High-value Patent-undertaking Unit in Shanghai" "2024 Shanghai Patent Demonstration Unit"

Supply Chain Management*

Pylontech complies with domestic and foreign laws and regulations and has established a series of internal management systems such as Product Lifecycle Management Specification and Safety Parts and Product Responsibility Management Procedure to ensure that products meet high standards in design, production, delivery and after-sales service and continuously enhance product market competitiveness.

Pylontech has formulated a Sustainable Procurement policy for supplier ESG management in 2024, referring to the EU's Due Diligence Directive on Corporate Sustainability, Batteries and Waste Batteries, Germany's Due Diligence Act for Supply Chain Enterprises, the United Nations' International Charter of Human Rights, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Code of Responsible Business Conduct for Multinational Enterprises, Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct Management, Guidelines for Responsible Supply Chain Due Diligence on Minerals from Conflict Affected and High Risk Areas as well as other laws to develop a series of due diligence policies and management systems covering supply chain risk assessment, key material tracing, supply chain reporting and appeal procedures, etc.

In 2024, Pylontech has established a sustainable procurement governance structure and work procedures at all levels of the supply chain, providing a clear operational framework and standardized execution path for sustainable management of Pylontech's supply chain, ensuring supplier compliance and transparency in ESG and promoting continuous optimization and risk control of the supply chain.

Pylontech Supply Chain Sustainable Procurement Governance Architecture

Strategy

With the acceleration of globalization in the battery industry and the increasingly strict environmental and social responsibility regulations in different regions, the sustainability of the supply chain has gradually become an important component of the "going global" strategy for enterprises. Pylontech plans to enhance the transparency and efficiency of the entire supply chain through supplier empowerment, digital transformation of the supply chain and assistance to small and medium-sized suppliers, helping suppliers strengthen their management in environmental, social responsibility and governance (ESG) aspects. At the same time, a strict supply chain due diligence system ensures that all partners comply with Pylontech's social responsibility requirements. These measures not only promote the sustainable development of Pylontech's own supply chain, but also lay a solid foundation for Pylontech's sustainable competitiveness in the global market.

Risk Management and Response Measures

Pylontech has developed a detailed supplier operation and ESG risk assessment plan in 2024, conducting risk assessments for key suppliers of critical raw materials. Detailed inspection contents are specified for ten modules including supplier quality management system, ESG risk management, design and development, supplier development and management, warehousing and material control, production control, equipment and facility management, quality control, testing and measurement as well as sales and customer service. Pylontech carries out targeted risk mitigation and prevention plans based on the review results, continuously improving the resilience of the supply chain and implementing them in various daily supply chain management work such as supplier admission, audit and evaluation, rectification and elimination.

As the top manager of the sustainable procurement system, it is responsible for overseeing the operation of sustainable procurement policies as well as ensuring clear communication of relevant responsibilities and authorities within Pylontech

Responsible for building and maintaining a sustainable procurement system for the supply chain, ensuring that suppliers comply with responsible management policies, assessing environmental and social risks as well as promoting supplier responsible practices

Update the supply chain responsibility management policy to ensure compliance with the latest laws and regulations, conduct internal audits and management reviews as well as develop training plans to enhance the professional abilities of employees and suppliers

Review the compliance of the sustainable procurement system in the supply chain regularly, collaborate with the CEO's office to conduct internal audits and management reviews as well as ensure that document retention meets internal control and regulatory requirements

Review the applicability and effectiveness of documents regularly to ensure compliance with Pylontech's internal control and regulatory requirements

Supplier Risk Assessment

On-site/ Online Audit

• Pylontech conducts risk assessments on material suppliers with significant procurement materiality and requires suppliers with high environmental, social and governance risks to undergo risk assessments at least once every year.

• High-risk independent suppliers should be reduced to medium risk in the next risk assessment. If two consecutive risk assessments result in high risk, Pylontech will develop alternative suppliers for this material category and gradually reduce the procurement allocation quota for high-risk independent suppliers.

• High risk suppliers must undergo on-site audits or hire third-party organizations to conduct third-party audits.

• For suppliers with medium or low risk, online audits can be completed by filling out the Supplier Audit Form online.

• At least one person conducting on-site audits must pass Pylontech's internal auditor training course.

Pylontech Supply Chain Risk Management Process

Remedial and Improvement Plan

• High-risk suppliers should provide feasible risk remediation plans based on audit results. If necessary, the company will dispatch professional personnel to provide training or on-site guidance to suppliers, assisting them in establishing risk management capabilities.

• Pylontech regularly tracks the improvement actions of high-risk suppliers to ensure effective implementation of relevant actions.

• Suppliers with low to medium risk should implement corrective measures and close all corrective items identified through online audits.

• If the supplier is unwilling to cooperate with the improvement or has a low willingness to cooperate with the improvement, the procurement department may reduce the supplier's procurement allocation for the next year or terminate the cooperation relationship with the supplier.

• Supply Chain Resilience Management

Currently, Pylontech is gradually building a supplier quality management system with the General Manager of the Manufacturing Center as the highest responsible person and the Quality Center, R&D Center and Manufacturing Center procurement departments working together to further improve the supplier admission, dynamic evaluation and optimization management processes, establish supplier assessment and improvement measures plans and promote continuous optimization of suppliers through regular performance evaluations to ensure the stability and reliability of the supply chain. At the same time, Pylontech implements a supplier incentive and punishment mechanism, giving priority cooperation opportunities or resource allocation to outstanding suppliers and developing rectification plans or adjusting cooperation strategies for non-compliant suppliers to ensure the steady improvement of the overall quality and efficiency of the supply chain.

• Pylontech implements classified management for suppliers of production materials, suppliers of materials shipped with products and outsourcing suppliers. According to the degree of impact, value and exclusive supply of materials on product realization, distinguish whether they are key materials and conduct admission reviews according to different review standards.

• The procurement department conducts market research and data collection based on demand, selectively distributes the Supplier Survey Form to suppliers and conducts preliminary evaluations.

• Submit the Supplier On-site Audit Form to the supplier for online self-assessment and request corresponding supporting materials to be provided. Combine the on-site audit to assess the supplier's technical development capabilities and relevant qualifications.

• Apply for small-scale trial production sample evaluation through the Sample Review Form and conduct it synchronously with on-site audit.

• Qualified suppliers will be included in the "Qualified Supplier List" after approval by the Deputy General Manager.

Rectification and Elimination

• For suppliers who have passed the on-site review but have poor performance, Pylontech requires them to reply with reasons, analyses and corrective/preventive measures within two weeks of receiving the audit report and complete the rectification within one month.

• For suppliers who fail the sample review, Pylontech will arrange for them to send samples again or change suppliers.

Pylontech has developed a Supplier Performance Evaluation Form to carry out daily management of suppliers, set quality control goals for different types of materials, conduct quarterly audits of supplier quality, delivery time, price, service and other aspects and classify and manage suppliers based on the evaluation results. For suppliers with excellent performance, Pylontech will provide greater opportunities for cooperation or incentive measures to promote long-term cooperation. For suppliers who fail to meet the assessment standards, the allocation of procurement shares will be reduced and suppliers will be required to submit rectification plans, participate in quality review meetings, focus on quality control, or take measures such as downgrading and replacement to promote continuous optimization of the supply chain and improve overall operational efficiency and risk prevention and control capabilities.

Measures to Ensure the Resilience of Pylontech's Supply Chain

Inventory Management

• Establishing bonded and tax paid warehouses in Europe, optimizing inventory management, reducing customs clearance time, enhancing supply chain flexibility, ensuring rapid response to customer demand and reducing supply interruption risks.

• Strengthen the accuracy of sales forecasting, optimize inventory allocation through data analysis, ensure inventory turnover, improve the adaptability of the supply chain to market changes and reduce the risk of stock-outs and backlogs.

Cooperation with Suppliers

• Provide packing suggestions when introducing new products, optimize packaging solutions, improve transportation efficiency, reduce damage and logistics costs and ensure smooth delivery of products.

• Select suitable logistics companies and advantageous routes for different products and countries, optimize transportation efficiency, reduce cross-border logistics risks and improve supply chain stability.

• Establishing direct partnerships with COSCO and Maersk to ensure position priority and price advantages, reduce supply chain uncertainty caused by capacity fluctuations and enhance global supply chain resilience.

• Sign procurement framework agreements, quality agreements, etc. for key material suppliers evaluated as qualified and update them in a timely manner based on the validity period of the agreements, clarifying procurement terms and quality standards, ensuring supply chain stability and reducing risks caused by price fluctuations and supply uncertainty.

Pylontech Supplier Development Management Process

• Sustainable Supply Chain Management

The global market has increasingly stringent due diligence requirements for supply chains and the introduction of EU battery regulations has accelerated the necessity of supply chain due diligence. In response to the identified environmental, social and governance risks in the supply chain, Pylontech has effectively prevented and mitigated supply chain risks by strengthening internal and external audits, establishing reporting mechanisms and providing supplier capability training. At the same time, increase research and development investment, promote sustainable design and chemical substitution, gradually establish a supply chain traceability system and ensure that the supply chain meets environmental and social responsibility standards.

Prevention and Mitigation Measures for ESG Risks in the Supply Chain of Pylontech

Strengthening the internal audit:Strengthen the capacity building of audit and audit teams and invite external third-party organizations to conduct supplier environmental and social audits

Establishment of reporting mechanism:Develop Reporting and Appeal Management Procedure, clarify the complaint reporting mechanism for negative incidents such as supplier environment and society, promise to strictly keep the information of complainants confidential and ensure the responsible management, transparency and compliance of the supply chain;

[Case] Internal Training on Supply Chain ESG Risk Management

In 2024, Pylontech successfully held an internal training session on supply chain ESG risk due diligence and internal audit, inviting external experts and coordinating the participation of various relevant departments. This training is mainly aimed at colleagues in the procurement department, supplier quality management department, audit department, etc., with the aim of deeply imparting the core methodology of ESG risk due diligence in the supply chain, covering multiple areas such as environment, society, business ethics and material traceability and helping companies comprehensively evaluate the overall performance of the supply chain through a global perspective approach.

This training not only enhanced the professional competence of relevant personnel, but also further strengthened Pylontech's ability in the field of sustainable procurement. After the training, Pylontech accelerated the improvement of its supply chain ESG management system and established a closed-loop management process of "identification assessment - mitigation and prevention - communication report - warning and remediation", laying a solid foundation for achieving more efficient, transparent and sustainable supply chain management.

Mitigation

Supply chain traceability management:gradually establish a supply chain traceability system to ensure source traceability of key materials and four core materials (including nickel, cobalt, lithium and natural graphite). Collect key information on supplier production, recycling and responsible procurement practices.

Biodiversity monitoring:Establish a monitoring system for biodiversity in the surrounding environment, monitor changes in species numbers regularly and develop conservation plans.

Indicators and Targets

As of the end of 2024, Pylontech had a total of 345 primary suppliers. In order to ensure the efficient operation of the supply chain, Pylontech has set strict control targets for the quality of suppliers' incoming materials and through regular reviews and tracking, ensures that every link meets the standards. At the same time, Pylontech has established a fiveyear quantitative management goal for sustainable supply chain, covering key areas such as supplier ESG performance, product quality and supply chain risk and conducting periodic reviews. During the trial operation phase of the sustainable procurement system, the proportion of first tier suppliers who have signed the sustainable procurement charter or supplier code of conduct is 13.24% and the percentage of suppliers who have signed clauses that include environmental, labor and human rights requirements is 15.77%. Pylontech plans to achieve 100% signing of first tier suppliers within two years and the progress of achieving this goal is linked to the performance of relevant responsible persons to ensure the effective implementation of the sustainable supply chain strategy on a global scale.

Material replacement: Increase investment in product research and development, explore renewable materials, actively eliminate and replace chemicals with health hazards as well as reduce energy and material use

Training on supplier capability:We plan to conduct supplier capability training once a year to enhance our ability to identify and prevent environmental and social risks

Supplier responsibility requirements:Core suppliers are required to sign 100% of Integrity and Honesty Commitment Letter and Corporate Social Responsibility

Commitment Letter, promising not to use conflict minerals. Core raw material suppliers are required to sign a commitment letter for conflict minerals. Risk Prevention

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Goals and Progress of Pylontech

Child labor, forced labor, discrimination and harassment incidents occur in the supply chain

Environmental pollution violations occur in the supply chain

Proportion of procurement personnel involved in sustainable procurement

Completion rate of supplier social responsibility audit plan

Product and Service Safety and Quality*

Governance

Pylontech complies with domestic and foreign laws and regulations and has established a series of internal management systems such as the Product Lifecycle Management Specification and Safety Parts and Product Responsibility Management Procedure to ensure that products meet high standards in design, production, delivery and after-sales service and continuously enhance product market competitiveness.

In 2024, Pylontech revised the Pylontech Management Manual to clarify product and service safety and quality governance structure. Pylontech adopts a cross departmental working group to establish and maintain quality management system. The CEO selects a management representative who is responsible for system planning and implementation, monitoring management objectives, implementing corrective measures, etc., reporting the operation of the system to the general manager and proposing improvement suggestions. At the same time, a dedicated responsibility will be established to be responsible for China Compulsory Certification (CCC), ensuring the correct use and continued effectiveness of CCC certificates and marks as well as participating in CCC organized seminars, experience exchanges and academic activities related to certification work actively.

Strategy

Pylontech adheres to the quality management goal of "customer-centric, improving to produce and deliver high-quality products continuously while meeting customer requirements and exceeding customer expectations" and upholds the management policy of "quality first, customer first, development and innovation, people-oriented, full participation as well as continuous improvement". Pylontech attaches great importance to product safety, implements regular quality inspections strictly, ensures product reliability and prevents potential impacts of defective products on customer health and usage safety.

Risk Management and Response Measures

Pylontech evaluates whether the purchased materials meet regulatory requirements, market demand, environmental protection requirements, etc. in the early planning stage of the product. In the process stage, it also systematically evaluates the safety risks of the product through various methods such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), durability simulation and material testing, safety experiments, life testing, material testing, environmental simulation, etc., to avoid harm to product manufacturing and product users as well as economic losses to relevant parties.

To ensure that the products meet quality requirements and comply with corresponding industry standards, Pylontech has developed an Inspection and Test Control Procedure, which establishes a corresponding Control Plan for each product to conduct on-site quality inspections and judges whether the inspection is qualified according to the Process Standards. In terms of quality system audit, each base of Pylontech conducts internal audit work at least once a year and all rectification items have been closed.

Incoming Material Acceptance Warehouse-out Inspection Process Inspection

• Pylontech conducts quality inspections on all raw materials, purchased parts and auxiliary materials.

• For projects that Pylontech is unable to conduct inspections on, the supplier shall conduct the inspection themselves or entrust an external third party to conduct the inspection and provide a qualified inspection report.

• Unqualified materials will be labeled as unqualified and the next step of work will be carried out in accordance with Instructions for Handling Raw Material Abnormalities.

• Pylontech conducts process inspections, including first article inspection, self inspection, patrol inspection and full inspection. Items that have not been inspected or have not completed the inspection shall not be stored in the warehouse.

• The adverse results of the inspection are recorded in the Assembly Inspection Record Form and Packaging Inspection Record Form. For major quality issues, the quality supervisor must be notified in a timely manner.

• After the product is produced, the quality department inspectors sample and test each batch of qualified products according to the control plan and fill out inspection reports for each product.

• Unqualified sampling batches shall be isolated and placed in accordance with the Unqualified Product Management Procedure for subsequent processing.

• Trigger production line shutdown when fatal defects, total defects or batch based raw material defects occur that affect product safety.

• Product Quality and Safety

In order to standardize the management process of Pylontech's products from mass production to de-listing, ensure scientific and rational decision-making, Pylontech has formulated the Product Lifecycle Management Specification, established a life-cycle management team responsible for coordinating the allocation of resources at key nodes of the product life-cycle, combined with strict design optimization, quality control and after-sales support, promoting product innovation and progress continuously as well as providing customers with high-quality and high-value products and services.

Pylontech attaches great importance to product safety and has established Safety Parts and Product Responsibility Management Procedure to strengthen risk control in the entire process of product development, process development, product realization and service related to national laws, regulations and safety performance.

Identification and Protection

• In the product operation manual, provide customers with safety operation guidelines in both Chinese and English versions, clearly describe the usage period and conditions, require only trained professionals to operate and explain the possible consequences of misoperation.

• Label safety regulations products in procurement and production according to their usage scenarios and the degree of harm to personnel on duty. Warning signs should be placed for personnel in positions that pose significant risks, such as acid, alkali, burns, pressure injuries, etc.

• For dangerous goods, in addition to maintaining the original product labeling, warning and fire prevention signs should be placed in designated storage areas and sites.

Pylontech Product Safety Management Measures (Parts)

Response Plan Safety Training Summarizing Experience

• Pylontech has developed the Identification Traceability and Inspection Status Management Procedure and Traceability Management Work Instructions to ensure effective monitoring and verification of the quality of raw material sources, production processes and finished products. In the event of any quality problems, effective corrective measures can be taken to quickly trace back to the source of the problem.

• When there are abnormal situations in product safety and manufacturing process safety, the site shall follow the anti plan of each process and the Process Exception Management Work Instructions. When safety related products are found to be noncompliant, immediate control measures such as sealing and retrieval should be taken.

• For abnormal situations that cannot be resolved by the response plan, Pylontech will provide feedback layer by layer according to the process exception rules and if necessary, eliminate them through remedial or market recovery actions at the customer's site.

[Case] Pylontech has Obtained the Tüv Süd Mark Certificate for Energy Storage Batteries Under the Eu Battery Regulation

• Pylontech provides training for personnel involved in product safety and manufacturing process safety and records the effectiveness of the training verification. Pylontech also supervises and assesses the implementation of the training.

• The project team is responsible for learning from previous experiences and lessons in product safety and manufacturing process safety during the development and design of new products, optimizing design schemes and ensuring product safety and manufacturing process safety.

In September 2024, Pylontech released C&I Product Safety White Paper at the RE+ exhibition in Anaheim, USA. In the article, based on long-term accumulated research and market experience, Pylontech deeply analyzes the safety risks that exist throughout the entire life-cycle of energy storage systems and proposes targeted safety solutions covering battery research and development, electrical design, system integration and other aspects, demonstrating Pylontech's emphasis on safety in product development and market applications, as well as its determination to work with industry partners to construct a reliable, resilient and sustainable energy network.

In the future, Pylontech will be committed to enhancing the global influence of product safety, strengthening cooperation with industry partners actively and jointly promoting product safety solutions that comply with international regulations and standards, providing higher levels of security and compliance support for the global market.

Pylontech is committed to creating safe and reliable energy storage product solutions and working together with industry chain partners to construct a safe and sustainable industrial value chain. In January 2025, Pylontech officially obtained the TÜV SÜD Mark certificate for fixed battery energy storage systems under the EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 issued by TÜV SÜD. The certification company also awarded TÜV SÜD the title of "sustainability and Impact Partner", indicating that both parties will explore and practice sustainable concepts based on a common vision of sustainability, work together to address global environmental and social challenges and create a sustainable energy future.

• Product Inspection and Non-conforming Product Management

For detecting non-conforming products, Pylontech has established the Non-conforming Product Management Procedure and Non-conforming Product Control Procedure to control the non-conforming situation of raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products and delivered products strictly. By implementing measures such as rapid review and processing, supplier collaboration for rectification, product recall management and defect analyses, we ensure timely resolution of issues and enhance product stability and customer satisfaction.

• For non-conforming raw materials, Pylontech must provide review and handling opinions within 3 days, assist suppliers in returning and replenishing goods and supervise corrective measures.

• For unqualified semi-finished and finished products, Pylontech's process engineer must provide review and handling opinions within 2 days and carry out selection, rework, repair, direct concession acceptance or recall and scrap.

• After delivery, for non-conforming products at the customer's location, the customer can select and inspect the non-conforming products and accept some qualified products. At the same time, Pylontech will take corrective and preventive measures and sign a new agreement if necessary to meet the customer's normal needs.

• For receiving external certification non conformance information, Pylontech will notify customers of the products that need to be recalled after review. Products that can be reworked and repaired will be tested again and qualified before being stored and shipped. Products that need to be scrapped will be confirmed by the responsible person and disposed of in inventory and recalled products.

[Case] Pylontech Releases C&I Product Safety White Paper
Non-conforming Product Management Procedure of Pylontech (Parts)
Unqualified Review
Mobile Product Recall

Analyses And Improvement Unqualified Statistical Analyses

• Based on the nature of the non-conforming product, the quality department shall issue an Exception Report to the supplier or responsible department order a root cause analyses and complete the deadline for rectification.

Customer Relationship Management*

Governance

• Pylontech compiles the content, quantity and reasons for non-conforming products in the process and finished products, holds monthly quality review meetings for analyses and discussion, taking corrective and preventive measures.

Pylontech strives to enhance employees' awareness of product quality and safety and establish a relatively complete quality management training system. Pylontech distributes training survey questionnaires every year to develop training plans, conducts internal training for front-line employees on site and conducts external and invited training for management position employees.

Indicators and Targets

By 2024, all major operating points of Pylontech will have obtained ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certification. Among them, Yangzhou Pylontech has obtained the IATF16949:2016 automotive quality management system standard, which helps to achieve comprehensive quality assurance and risk prevention.

Pylontech 2024 Quality Management System Certification

Pylon Technologies Co., Ltd. GB/T 19001-2016/1S0 9001:2015

Jiangsu Pylon Battery Co., Ltd. GB/T 19001-2016/1S0 9001:2015 IATF 16949:2016

19001-2016/1S0 9001:2015

Pylontech has also established a series of quality management objectives, covering multiple dimensions such as production and manufacturing, customer satisfaction, internal audits, testing equipment management, product verification and testing, non-conforming product control, correction and prevention. The progress of goal achievement is linked to the performance of responsible executives and department heads.

Pylontech regards customer relationship management as the core of the enterprise, establishes a customer-centric operation model, actively builds alignment between customer needs and Pylontech's delivery and service level and continuously strengthens the customer service system construction across pre-sales, in-sales and after-sales stages. Pylontech complies with domestic and foreign laws and regulations and has established internal management processes and standards for different sales processes. Pylontech's general manager appoints customer representatives who are responsible for setting quality goals according to customer requirements, arranging relevant personnel capacity constructing, timely handling customer complaints as well as achieving product and service demand matching.

Strategy

Pylontech continues to deepen its global development strategies, constructs an overseas localized sales and service system actively and strengthens its overseas localized operational capabilities. In the domestic market, Pylontech has established branches or offices in multiple provinces and cities to accurately understand the needs of different regions, establish cooperative relationships with leading energy storage integrators, developers and operational investors in various regions across the country, broaden sales channels and enhance market competitiveness.

In 2024, Pylontech actively supports rapid and accurate response to customer needs through partnerships and sales team empowerment, digital efficiency improvement, multi scenario operation and maintenance and other after-sales services. At the same time, through an active after-sales service system, enhancing customer complaint handling capabilities and improving customer satisfaction.

Risk Management and Response Measures

Pylontech has established a full process customer relationship management risk control system covering pre-sales, in sales and after-sales, ensuring the accuracy of customer demand response, stability of project execution and continuous optimization of service delivery. Pylontech identifies and responds to key risks such as planning deviations, misjudgments of investment feasibility, delivery delays, compliance risks and delayed after-sales response, ensuring smooth progress and long-term satisfaction of customer cooperation. At the same time, relying on data feedback and continuous optimization mechanisms, Pylontech continuously improves customer experience and consolidates stable and sustainable customer relationships.

Index Performance in 2024 2028 (Target Year)

Domestic Market

International Market

Pylontech Customer Relationship Management Process

Pre-sales : scheme formulationn, project survey, investment analyses

In-sales : project promotion, compliance filing, construction and acceptance

After-sales : on-site debugging and grid connection, operation and maintenance monitoring and fault handling, fault analyses and optimization

Pre-sales Provide diversified solutions and use ROI tools and CRM systems to accurately track customer needs

In-sales : Strengthen delivery capabilities, optimize supplier management and ensure efficient performance

After-sales : Improve the quality incident response mechanism, proactively deploy service resources and enhance customer satisfaction

• Customer Demand Response

To enhance the understanding and application capabilities of all parties regarding products and services, Pylontech has conducted a series of training sessions to help all parties more efficiently master key technologies and operational points, ensuring sufficient professional support during project implementation and operation. At the same time, by continuously optimizing the training content and format, Pylontech continuously improves the team's practical ability and service level, providing more accurate and efficient support to meet customer needs.

Pre-sales coaching

• Provide guidance on project proposal development and capacity economic calculation for channels and investors involved in services

Induction training

Sales Personnel Training

After-sales coaching Regular training

• Provide guidance on equipment operation, troubleshooting and maintenance for service providers and owners

• Newly hired sales personnel in the Technical Services Department receive training on Pylontech, products organizational structure and work integration processes

• Newly hired sales personnel from the Ministry of Commerce receive training on reimbursement, bidding, product ordering and other aspects

• The Technical Service Department conducts regular monthly training on products, technology, project cases, etc

• The Ministry of Commerce receives quarterly training on order delivery, customer factory audit processes, etc

Pylontech enhances the security and stability of energy storage systems through professional operation and maintenance services. Combining remote monitoring and on-site inspections, identifying risks and optimizing operational status accurately, while providing customized service solutions, developing specialized inspection plans for different application scenarios, improving equipment safety and reliability continuously as well as helping customers achieve efficient and stable energy storage operations.

[Case] Pylontech Conducts Comprehensive Power Station Inspections To Safeguard Green Energy Security

In August 2024, facing the changing climate conditions in summer, Pylontech plans ahead to conduct comprehensive and seamless inspections and maintenance from the application environment of energy storage power stations to equipment sheet metal protection, fire-fighting facilities, ventilation conditions, temperature control systems and power wiring harnesses. During the inspection process, the Pylontech team adheres to the principle of "safety first, quality first" and strives for excellence in every detail to ensure the high-quality completion of the inspection work. At the same time, the Pylontech team also provides customized service solutions, tailoring inspection plans according to the actual situation of different power stations to meet the diverse needs of customers.

[Case] Digitalization Empowers Customer Relationship Management and Enhances the Operational Efficiency of Energy Storage Projects Throughout their Entire Life-cycle

In 2024, Pylontech empowers customer relationship management actively through digital means to optimize the management efficiency of energy storage projects throughout their entire life-cycle. Improve the timeliness and transparency of customer communication, optimize project delivery processes and enhance visual management of equipment operation to provide customers with more efficient, intelligent and reliable energy storage solutions.

[Case] Intelligent Operation and Maintenance to Enhance After-sales Service:

In the after-sales stage, Pylontech has established a project debugging information flow program to ensure real-time uploading and feedback of key data during the debugging process, improve debugging efficiency and reduce communication costs. At the same time, Pylontech has launched a power station operation and maintenance information collection and statistics system, which enables remote monitoring and analysis of power station operation data, facilitates rapid identification of potential problems, improves equipment failure response speed and provides data support for subsequent optimization.

To protect customer rights and avoid accusations of misleading sustainability claims, Pylontech has established a sustainability statement control system under the authorization of the top management. According to departmental responsibilities, Pylontech classifies and manages relevant statements to ensure that the promotional content is truthful, transparent and in compliance with industry standards and legal requirements. All statements have been reviewed to ensure accuracy and compliance, reflecting responsible marketing principles. There have been no incidents of violations of laws and regulations related to product and service information and labeling, marketing communication in 2024.

Intelligent Tools Assist in Precise Pre-sales:

In the pre-sales stage, Pylontech developed capacity measurement tools for both mobile and PC devices. The sales team can quickly calculate the optimal configuration plan for the energy storage system based on customer needs, improving the accuracy and response speed of the plan formulation. At the same time, Pylontech has established an online knowledge base to integrate product technology, market information and bidding documents, providing unified information support for internal teams and enhancing the professionalism and consistency of solution production and customer communication.

Delivery of Digital Management Optimization Project:

During the sales phase, Pylontech established a project promotion management and information flow system to ensure efficient and smooth cross departmental collaboration. The system realizes the full process information sharing from scheme formulation, equipment procurement to construction delivery, enabling sales, engineering and supply chain teams to accurately coordinate, improve project promotion efficiency and ensure that customers can track project progress in real time, enhancing cooperation transparency.

Responsible Marketing Management Measures of Pylontech

Brand and Corporate Culture Department

Domestic and International Marketing Department

Securities Legal Department and Head of ESG

Support and assist spokespersons in carrying out external speaking work and establish standardized public speaking practices for Pylontech

Collaborative control of product identification labels and green declaration related claims

Special report on collaborative control publicly released to the public

In response to customer complaints, Pylontech has established the Customer Complaint Handling Control Procedure to standardize the customer complaint handling process, ensure that problems are fundamentally resolved and prevent similar issues from happening again.

Pylontech Customer Complaint Handling Process

The technical team will promptly respond to complaints, communicate in detail with customers, fully understand the specific content of the complaint and fill in the information of the responsible person and contact person.

The technical team quickly led relevant departments to conduct in-depth analysis of customer complaints, trace the root cause of the problem and ensure that no details were missed.

The technical department and quality department will continue to follow up on the implementation effectiveness of evaluation measures and provide timely feedback to customers on the progress and results of handling, maintaining good communication with customers.

• Customer Satisfaction

In order to improve the customer service experience continuously, Pylontech has developed a customer relationship management program and conducted customer satisfaction surveys. Through external surveys and internal continuous monitoring, we have gained a deeper understanding of customers' true feedback on product quality and price, market and business and pre-sales and after-sales services, and product recommendation willingness. In 2024, the overall customer satisfaction score is 94.14%, maintaining a relatively high level.

Pylontech conducts a systematic analysis of the survey results, identifies the reasons for customer dissatisfaction accurately, formulates effective corrective and preventive measures and ensures continuous optimization of products and services. In 2024, Pylontech will continue to promote service improvement, committed to enhancing customer satisfaction, providing customers with better product experiences, more stable shipping efficiency, lower product prices and better business terms.

Pylontech conducts customer communication through irregular phone calls and offline visits. In the future, Pylontech will gradually establish customer grading management standards, improve the performance evaluation system for sales personnel, enhance the service level and efficiency of the sales team, in order to achieve higher customer satisfaction and promote the continuous growth and optimization of Pylontech's business.

Core Measures to Improve Customer Satisfaction of Pylontech

Service Level Improvement

Prevent negative service impressions, quickly respond and correct defects in services, deeply understand customers' actual needs, continuously optimize service systems and enhance overall customer experience.

Strengthening the Handling of Customer Complaints

Improve the complaint management system, optimize the handling process and response mechanism and enhance employees' service awareness and skills.

Core Measures

Strengthen customer relationship maintenance and case library construction, improve problem-solving ability, optimize customer experience, enhance satisfaction and brand trust.

After-sales Service System Perfection

Adhere to national laws and regulations, optimize resource allocation, clarify division of responsibilities and improve work efficiency and service quality.

By improving the after-sales service system, we ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing guarantees for the sustainable development and brand constructing of the enterprise.

Indicators and Targets

Pylontech sets management goals such as customer satisfaction, No. of customer complaints and completion rate to quantify the effectiveness of customer relationship management. By tracking customer experience, optimizing feedback mechanisms, ensuring efficient complaint handling, improving product and service quality continuously and enhancing customer relationship stability and satisfaction.

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Employee Rights and Benefits

Employee Rights Protection

Pylontech always adheres to the guiding principle of "people-oriented", strictly abides by laws and regulations such as Labor Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina and Labor ContractLaw ofthe People' s Republic ofChina and has established a sound employee rights protection system around employee employment and promotion, salary and benefits, working hours and vacation, etc. It has formulated internal management norms such as PersonnelEstablishmentandRecruitmentManagement System and RankManagementMeasures to protect the basic rights and interests of employees effectively.

Pylontech always adheres to the principle of fair and just employment and explicitly prohibits the employment of child labor and forced labor. The employment types of company employees include contract workers, outsourced workers, retired and rehired employees and interns, with no labor dispatch employment. By improving the recruitment process, strengthening the age verification and identity review of applicants, Pylontech has established a sound employee file management system to avoid the risk of hiring child labor. Pylontech explicitly prohibits any form of forced labor such as intimidation, threats, kidnapping, fraud, etc. In 2024, Pylontech actively promotes Pylontech's rules and regulations through training, enhances employees' legal awareness and self-protection ability, effectively protects employees' rights and interests and creates a fair, just and harmonious working environment.

Employment and Promotion

• Implement PersonnelEstablishmentandRecruitmentManagementMeasures and carry out multichannel recruitment through recruitment websites, internal recommendations, headhunting and other channels.

• Adhere to the recruitment principle of "having both moral integrity and professional skills" and use good moral qualities and professional skills as the recruitment criteria for employees.

• Promise employees equal opportunities in employment and promotion.

• Provide employees with a comprehensive and competitive compensation and benefits system.

• Provide fair salaries to employees, implement job based pay and determine the salary structure and standards based on employee positions, job levels, abilities, performance and other criteria.

Compensation and Benefits

Working Hours and Vacation

• According to national regulations, pay corresponding social insurance for employees, so that they can receive corresponding assistance and compensation in the event of old age, illness, work-related injury, unemployment, childbirth, etc.

• The industry to which Pylontech belongs is not within the scope of national regulations requiring the purchase of safety production liability insurance, therefore it does not involve the relevant content of employee safety liability insurance.

• Develop an employee working hour system based on the characteristics of the job position, which is divided into standard working hour system, flexible working hour system and comprehensive calculation working hour system according to relevant national and local policies and regulations.

• Provide statutory holidays to employees in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country and the place of contract performance.

In 2024, Pylontech abides by laws and regulations strictly and has not engaged in any illegal activities in employee employment, promotion, working hours, vacation, salary and incentives, demonstrating a firm commitment to compliant operation and safeguarding employee rights and interests.

Employee Benefits and Care

The happiness and work passion of employees are the driving force of Pylontech. In addition to fulfilling its social insurance payment obligations in accordance with the law, Pylontech has also established a diverse and experience oriented welfare and care system for all employees, regularly organizing various cultural and sports activities, continuously improving employees' sense of happiness and belonging and creating a comfortable, dynamic and harmonious working atmosphere.

Pylontech attaches great importance to the work-life balance of female employees and is committed to providing a more humane working environment and care for female employees.

[Case] Pylontech Women's Day Event

In March 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech organized Women's Day activities to express care and gratitude for female workers. During the event, Pylontech provided exclusive flowers and exquisite gifts for each female employee and opened a dedicated cafeteria window to further enhance their work experience and happiness.

Pylontech is committed to creating a healthy and vibrant working atmosphere and providing employees with a variety of cultural and sports activities. In addition to regularly organizing sports such as badminton and football, Pylontech also holds health lectures and other activities to promote physical and mental health and team communication. All activities are provided by Pylontech free of charge and are carried out throughout the year to encourage employees to participate voluntarily and create a harmonious and vibrant working environment.

By 2024, the coverage rate of diversity and anti-discrimination awareness training will reach

[Case] Traditional Chinese Medicine Lecture Hall is within Pylontech and health lectures are heartwarming

In order to care for the physical health of employees and promote a healthy lifestyle, in August 2024, Pylontech invited experts from Nanjing Gulou Hospital Yizheng Hospital to hold a lecture on traditional Chinese medicine health knowledge and eight section brocade teaching. 50 employees attended the lecture. This lecture is closely related to daily life and has strong practicality. It not only spreads knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation, but also provides practical health care for employees and has received widespread praise.

Employee Communication

Pylontech always maintains an open communication attitude and encourages employees to offer suggestions and seek solutions through various channels such as forums, emails, QR codes, etc. Yangzhou Pylontech also supports the establishment of a trade union and signs a Collective Agreement to strengthen the protection of employee rights and interests. In 2024, Pylontech opened the President's mailbox to further construct a bridge for efficient communication between the company and employees. As of the end of 2024, a total of 5 issues have been released and an average of more than 30 employee suggestions and opinions have been processed and fed back in each issue.

Employee satisfaction surveys are an important channel for companies to communicate with employees. They help companies systematically evaluate employees' true feelings about the work environment, benefits, career development, etc. and optimize management mechanisms based on survey results to improve employee happiness. To ensure the accuracy and objectivity of the survey results, Pylontech has designed three types of customized questionnaires for different levels and positions to fully reflect the concerns of different groups. In 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech's employee satisfaction reached 91%, a significant increase over the previous year.

Equality and Diversity Opportunities

Pylontech has always advocated a cultural atmosphere of equality, diversity and innovation, adhered to the principle of zero tolerance for discrimination and created an honest, trustful, diverse and inclusive working environment. Pylontech strictly abides by Labor Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina as well as the laws and regulations of the global operating locations, advocates fair employment and opposes employment discrimination. Pylontech's Employee Handbook clearly stipulates that the principles of open recruitment and merit-based recruitment are adopted to provide equal employment and promotion opportunities for employees of different nationalities, races, genders, ages, religious beliefs and cultures. In 2024, Pylontech hired minority employees to promote multicultural integration.

Pylontech firmly opposes workplace harassment and ensures employees from sexual harassment, threats and intimidation at work. Pylontech has clearly defined the three-level employee complaint procedure in Employee Handbook For unfair treatment, employees can complain to Pylontech's management through formal channels in accordance with the prescribed procedures. Once harassment, threats and other behaviors are verified, Pylontech will regard them as serious violations of discipline and deal with them accordingly. Pylontech promises to strictly keep the complainant's information confidential and will open a "The Way of Complaint" mailbox (suzhidao@pylontech.com.cn) for situations that cannot be resolved through the three-level procedure and promises to respond to the investigation results within 5 working days.

Diversity and Anti-discrimination Awareness Training

To enhance employees' awareness of diversity, anti-discrimination and anti-harassment, Pylontech has conducted a series of social responsibility training. The training covers an overview of social responsibility, child labor and protection of minors, aiming to strengthen employees' sense of moral responsibility and promote a culture of fairness and inclusivity within Pylontech. Through training, Pylontech helps employees gain a deeper understanding of the importance of social responsibility and strengthens Pylontech's commitment to ethics, law and social responsibility.

By 2024, the coverage rate of diversity and anti-discrimination awareness training will reach

Pylontech has established clear goals and action plans in the management of labor rights, committing to achieving the following key objectives by 2028:

No. of labor human rights risk assessments

Coverage rate of labor human rights risk assessment

No. of incidents of discrimination, harassment, child labor, forced labor, etc

Human Capital Development*

Pylontech firmly believes that employees are the core driving force and important cornerstone of Pylontech's sustainable development and attaches great importance to talent training and development. In order to standardize and promote training and talent development work, Pylontech has formulated a complete training management and talent development system, aiming to enhance employee capabilities and promote the common growth of the company and employees.

Governance

Pylontech has established a sound human capital development management framework. The board of directors coordinates and supervises the implementation of human capital development policies to ensure that talent strategies are consistent with Pylontech's long-term goals. The human resources department formulates and implements specific policies to meet the talent needs of each department and ensure that employee growth is coordinated with Pylontech's development. The heads of each department are responsible for team management and career development, strictly implement human resources policies and promote the construction of talent echelons and the improvement of organizational effectiveness.

In terms of training, Pylontech's Human Resources Department is responsible for formulating an annual training plan and carries out internal and external training in accordance with the employee growth cycle, focusing on employee onboarding, promotion, internal transfers, etc. In terms of talent development, the company and employees jointly formulate career development plans and provide opportunities to help employees achieve their personal development goals.

Strategy

Pylontech regards human capital as the key driving force for the sustainable development of the enterprise, aiming to construct a high-quality, innovative talent team. By providing a wide range of training and development opportunities, it helps employees achieve personal growth and value creation. Based on a fair ability and performance evaluation system, Pylontech provides employees with fair promotion opportunities, a platform for cross-departmental communication and practice and a variety of incentive plans to stimulate employee potential and broaden the possibility of career development.

Risk Management and Countermeasures

Pylontech regards talent inventory as an important means to optimize human resource allocation, focusing on the three core capabilities of managers: "leading teams, focusing on results and cultivating talents" to ensure that talent layout accurately matches the needs of corporate development. Pylontech's human resources department takes inventory of existing talent every six months, evaluates staffing and submits RecruitmentDemandApplication and Position Description Pylontech formulates a recruitment plan based on the annual budget to ensure that recruitment decisions are in line with Pylontech's strategic direction and promote efficient allocation and continuous optimization of human resources.

Talent Team Construction

In 2024, Pylontech will mainly attract outstanding graduates through recruitment seminars, online recruitment and school recommendations. In addition, Pylontech has diversified its recruitment channels, covering third-party labor, internal recommendations, independent recruitment, school-enterprise cooperation and other models to further meet the needs of business development and talent reserve.

Recruitment Channels and Achievements

Social Recruitment

School Enterprise Cooperation

• Recruiting nearly 300 talents through various forms such as full coverage of recruitment websites (such as 51job, Zhaopin.com, Liepin.com, BOSS Direct Recruitment, etc.), headhunting and talent intermediary channels, government and Democratic League special job fairs, etc.

• In the autumn 2024 campus recruitment season, we will hold offline job fairs with more than 20 universities, such as Harbin Institute of Technology, Nanjing University, Southeast University, etc.

• Participate in "Come to Pudong, let the world see you - Global Elite Talent Direct Train Recruitment Activity" organized by Pudong Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.

• Organize the "Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology - MBA Program Visit" activity, recruiting nearly 100 students for the school.

Pylontech is committed to constructing a flexible and sustainable talent development team and has established a complete internal transfer mechanism. It publicly releases internal transfer information every month and the transfer process can be initiated once an employee application is received and an agreement is reached with the relevant departments. In 2024, Pylontech will achieve more than 100 cross-department transfers within the entire group, providing more possibilities for employees' career development, while promoting cross-departmental talent flow and resource optimization.

Staff Training and Development

Pylontech attaches great importance to talent development and team constructing and has constructed a complete talent training system. It has designed multi-stage training programs around the employee growth cycle to fully support career development. Pylontech has created an online training platform to provide employees with convenient and efficient learning resources. At the same time, it has implemented a mentor system, with senior employees serving as mentors to help new employees quickly integrate into the workplace. Through diversified training and practice, Pylontech continues to optimize the talent development path and help employees and enterprises grow together.

Orientation Training

Pylontech Employee Training System

• Set up 12 online courses for social recruitment employees, covering company introduction, information protection, intellectual property protection, job skills training, etc. and hold laboratory and manufacturing base visits and learning activities offline.

• Equip each fresh graduate with a mentor for one-on-one teaching, regularly evaluate their work performance, learning outcomes and professional ethics.

• Invite external instructors to provide customized training courses and workshops for fresh graduates.

• Pylontech provides high and low voltage training for employees and provides subsidies for training fees and examination fees for high-altitude operation certificates.

Professional Competence Training

Leadership Development

• Based on the development of employees at all levels, Pylontech has established a total of 52 professional courses, covering technical courses such as production processes and techniques, as well as functional courses such as nonviolent communication.

• Employees with excellent performance can submit to internal trainers and mentors for systematic training through workshops, training, experience extraction and interviews. In 2024, there were a total of 60 on-the-job mentors and 45 on-the-job lecturers in Pylontech.

• Provide online courses on Leadership ABC for employees, focusing on performance and goal segmentation for training and conduct job performance reports after training to verify the effectiveness of the training in practice.

• In the future, we will combine the results of talent inventory to enhance the abilities of managers comprehensively through coaching, action learning, external training and other methods.

[Case] Training on Sample Development Process Standards

In 2024, Pylontech conducted training on sample development process standards, aiming to enhance employees' understanding and application of process requirements during the product development phase. The training content covers multiple important aspects such as sample classification, size standards, packaging technology and cell testing, ensuring that employees can strictly operate according to the standards, thereby improving production quality and process level.

Pylontech has constructed a customized training system. Relying on the practice of tutor teaching, Pylontech has compiled the Tutor Teaching Manual and Tutor Teaching Cases andextractedthe ART (Aim, Resource, Time) model, combining the teaching goals, performance goals and new employee growth goals and driven by tasks and projects to ensure that trainees grow steadily in the process of "learning by doing and learning by doing". In addition, Pylontech has established a dynamic follow-up and evaluation mechanism to continuously optimize the teaching cycle and learning time to ensure that the training process is scientific and efficient.

[Case] Passing on the torch through generations, forging ahead: Pylontech's New Plan

In July 2024, the signing ceremony for the mentorship program for the graduating class of 2024 at Pylontech began. Both the master and apprentice sign an agreement to clarify their responsibilities and training objectives, providing strong support for new employees to integrate into the workplace. Through the mentorship mechanism, Pylontech not only strengthens the talent cultivation system, but also promotes experience inheritance and team collaboration, laying a solid foundation for the career development of fresh graduates.

In September 2024, Pylontech held the Teacher's Day themed activity of "Empower Innovation of Pylontech, Construct Foundations with Teaching Grace", launched multiple interactive games and awarded the "Excellent Teacher Award" and "Education Pioneer Award" to outstanding internal trainers, encouraging them to uphold the "teaching spirit and craftsmanship", continue to develop and share excellent courses and contribute greater strength to Pylontech's cultural heritage, experience accumulation and talent development.

Pylontech continues to strengthen the construction of the training system to provide employees with rich learning resources and growth opportunities. In 2024, the Pylontech Learning and Development Center was officially launched to sort out training courses and lay the foundation for Pylontech College and the online training system. By the end of 2024, Pylontech had sorted out 357 courses, covering four major categories: skills, safety, R&D and management, to fully support employee capacity constructing.

Pylontech provides career development opportunities for female employees to enhance their development potential in the workplace. Pylontech helps female employees achieve their personal career goals through regular career planning guidance, promoting gender balance and multicultural formation. In 2024, Pylontech will have 5 more female middle-level managers than in 2023.

Pylontech ART Model

Employee Promotion and Salary Incentives

According to the development needs of employees, Pylontech has established a dual career promotion system of "management channel" and "technical channel" to provide employees with diversified growth paths. Employees can choose to focus on technology and grow into industry experts or engage in management practice and move towards management positions based on their own interests and career plans.

In order to further standardize job grade management and promote career planning, Pylontech updated the JobGrade ManagementMeasures in 2024. According to business characteristics, positions are divided into technical, manufacturing, functional and marketing categories and divided into ten levels based on employees' knowledge and skills, job responsibilities and contributions. Pylontech conducts job grade evaluation and appointment twice a year to ensure a clear promotion path and provide employees with a clear career development direction.

Pylontech advocates a salary management concept that focuses on talent, performance culture and cost-effectiveness and is committed to providing employees with a complete and competitive salary and welfare system. Employees can enjoy monthly salary, performance bonus, year-end bonus and other salaries, as well as various welfare subsidies, allowances and other comprehensive salary guarantees.

Pylontech is guided by the concept of strong performance incentives, fairly evaluates employee performance and realizes employee value recognition and incentives. Pylontech conducts performance appraisals on employees on an annual basis to achieve parity between employee performance and salary and promotion. In addition, qualified outstanding talents have the opportunity to obtain long-term incentives such as equity incentives to fully stimulate employee potential.

Indicators and Targets

Focusing on talent development, Pylontech has set management goals such as annual employee training coverage and employee performance appraisal coverage, strengthened the internal talent training mechanism and promoted continuous optimization and efficient operation of the organization.

Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational Health and Safety Management System

Pylontech abides by the relevant laws and regulations strictly such as Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina on the Prevention andControlofOccupationalDiseases and Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina on WorkSafety. In combination with the actual production and operation conditions of each base, Pylontech has formulated internal management specifications such as OccupationalHealthandSafety ManagementRegulations and HazardIdentification andRiskAssessmentManagementProcedures

Pylontech has established an Environmental Health and Safety Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "EHS Committee"), which is responsible for implementing safety laws and regulations, promoting risk management and hidden danger investigation organizing safety training and emergency drills, supervising safety inspections and rectification and coordinating with competent authorities to ensure safe and compliant operation of the laboratory. The Safety Committee holds a safety work meeting every quarter and major issues or accidents can be proposed to be discussed and resolved at temporary meetings.

Pylontech has set up an EHS office under the EHS Committee to fully implement production safety and fire safety responsibilities and actively eliminate and reduce occupational hazards. In 2024, Pylontech elected 9 occupational health and safety employee representatives to assist the EHS Committee in the formulation and review of occupational health and safety policies and objectives, participate in risk management and safety affairs management, etc. The employee representatives were unanimously approved by the Workers' Congress and approved by the President.

Occupational Health and Safety Management Policy: Ensure your health, produce safely, people-oriented, develop sustainably, comply with regulations and improve continuously

Pylontech regularly organizes various departments to carry out comprehensive safety risk identification and assessment in accordance with the HazardIdentification andRiskAssessmentManagementProcedure, focusing on production processes, equipment protection, high-risk operations and other fields, identifying and assessing hazards in production processes and material storage, quantifying risk levels and formulating prevention and control measures. At the same time, Pylontech establishes a safety risk file to ensure the systematic and traceable management, completes regular safety risk reports in the first quarter of each year, continuously optimizes the safety management system and ensures production safety.

Pylontech conducts internal and external audits of the factory and all relevant departments and personnel covered by the social responsibility system every year to ensure the compliance and effectiveness of the system. In 2024, the ISO 45001:2018 occupational health and safety management system certification of Pylontech's major operating sites will continue to be valid.

Pylontech

Occupational Health

Pylontech provides employees with safe and hygienic working and living conditions, regularly monitors occupational hazards, ensures that the workplace meets the requirements of occupational health and hygiene and equips all employees with necessary labor protection supplies. If any non-compliance is found, the relevant departments will be urged to take improvement measures immediately. No cases of occupational diseases were found in 2024.

Occupational Hazards

Noise, power frequency electric field, laser, high temperature, etc

Tin dioxide, fluoride, hydrogen fluoride, etc

Occupational Health Management Measures (Parts)

Detection and Evaluation of Occupational Hazard Factors

• Every year, qualified external service agencies are commissioned to conduct testing on positions exposed to occupational hazards and the test results are disclosed to relevant units and employees.

• Every three years, external agencies are commissioned to evaluate job positions exposed to occupational hazards.

Hazard Notification

• Inform employees of the occupational hazards, protective measures and job benefits of hazardous positions in the contract truthfully.

• When an employee's job position changes and they engage in occupational disease hazard operations that were not notified in the original contract, they should be promptly informed and a new Notice ofOccupationalDisease HazardFactors should be negotiated and signed.

Occupational Health Examination

• On-boarding physical examination: Arrange pre-employment occupational health examinations for employees applying for toxic and harmful job positions. If occupational disease contraindications are found, they shall not be arranged to work in the position.

• On-the-job physical examination: Regularly arrange occupational health examinations for employees on duty. If occupational diseases are found, they should be treated promptly and transferred away.

• Resignation physical examination: Provide occupational health examinations for departing employees who have worked in toxic and harmful positions. If occupational disease patients are found, they should be treated properly and assisted in recovery.

On-duty Personnel Supervision

• Resignation physical examination: Provide occupational health examinations for departing employees who have worked in toxic and hazardous positions. If occupational disease patients are found, they should be treated properly and assisted in recovery.

• Workers with occupational taboos shall not be arranged to engage in the prohibited tasks.

• Pregnant and lactating female employees shall not be arranged to engage in work that is harmful to themselves, their fetuses or infants.

Emergency Supplies and PPE

• Equip workplaces that may cause acute occupational injuries with on-site first aid supplies, flushing equipment, etc.

• Regular maintenance and overhaul of occupational disease prevention equipment to ensure its normal and effective operation

• Provide employees with shock-absorbing cotton, earplugs and other protective materials to reduce risks such as noise exposure

Preventing Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI)

• By optimizing the homework process, reducing repetitive movements, allocating work tasks reasonably and reducing the sustained load on muscles and joints.

• Conduct health education and training regularly to enhance employees' awareness of RSI, teach correct operating methods and protective measures.

In order to standardize chemical management and prevent environmental pollution and safety accidents, Pylontech has formulated the Dangerous ChemicalUse ManagementSystem requiring that all stored and used chemicals must be clearly labeled with their hazardous characteristics and levels. At the same time, Pylontech regularly conducts chemical-related knowledge training for employees, covering the hazards of chemicals, protective measures, storage requirements and waste disposal methods, to ensure that employees are familiar with and strictly abide by them and to ensure the safety and compliance of the working environment.

Pylontech actively organizes occupational health and safety publicity and training to popularize occupational health and safety knowledge and improve employees' occupational health and safety protection skills. In 2024, Pylontech conducted 24 safety and environmental protection-related training, covering 832 people.

[Case] Occupational Health Week Activity

In order to implement the OccupationalDisease Prevention andControlLaw, Pylontech organized occupational health publicity and training activities in April 2024. The activities were widely promoted through electronic screens, banners, canteens and other channels and special training was jointly held with the Yizheng Health Supervision Institute and the Development Zone to enhance employees' awareness of occupational health management. Pylontech organized relevant personnel to participate in the Jiangsu Province Comprehensive Supervision of the Medical and Health Industry (Occupational Health Special Topic) Knowledge Competition and conducted a special inspection of occupational health, focusing on the wearing of personal protective equipment, updating of occupational hazard notification cards and management of emergency facilities and rectifying problems found.

Safety in Production

Pylontech pays attention to production safety, strictly abides by Production Safety Law ofthe People s Republic ofChina and other laws and regulations, formulates internal management systems such as Production Safety AccidentEmergency Plan, Production Safety AccidentManagementSystem and Production Safety Responsibility System to improve Pylontech's emergency response and on-site handling capabilities comprehensively in production safety accidents and ensure operational safety and employee health.

Pylontech carries out fire protection knowledge publicity and skills training actively, conducting fire fighting and emergency evacuation drills regularly to ensure that evacuation passages and safety exits are unobstructed. At the same time, Pylontech formulates environmental and safety emergency plans to prevent environmental and production accidents, pays attention to the physical and mental health of employees and is committed to creating a safe, healthy and harmonious working atmosphere. In 2024, Pylontech organized 61 related emergency drills, with about 1,600 participants.

[Case] Emergency Drill for Chemical Leakage

In order to enhance the level of safety management and the ability to respond to sudden chemical leakage incidents, Pylontech organized a chemical leakage emergency drill in 2024. The drill covered accident detection, alarm activation, emergency response, leak handling/recovery as well as verifying the feasibility and efficiency of the emergency response mechanism. This drill strengthened the practical ability of employees in emergency response to chemical leaks, further improved Pylontech's hazardous chemical safety management system and ensured efficient personnel disposal processes.

[Case] Enhancement Training on Emergency Response Capabilities

In 2024, Pylontech provided occupational health training for workers involved in occupational hazards, covering the use of protective facilities, wearing of occupational disease prevention equipment and emergency response. Four emergency drills will be organized, including food poisoning, chemical leakage poisoning, heatstroke prevention and first aid, to enhance employees' emergency response capabilities and ensure the effective operation of the occupational health management system.

Occupational Health-themed Training Occupational Special Hygiene Inspection

In 2024, Pylontech had no major production safety accidents and the No. of deaths caused by work-related injuries was

Pylontech has set clear goals in occupational health and safety, continuously optimized risk control measures and improved safety management level.

Serious injury or above accidents

No. of occupational patients and acute poisoning accidents

Fire and explosion accidents

Public events subject to government penalties or media influence

General environmental pollution accidents

In May 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech actively fulfilled its social responsibility by donating 100000 yuan to the Red Cross Society of Yizheng City to support the improvement of living standards and basic security for impoverished families in Yizheng City. This demonstrates Pylontech's care for vulnerable groups in society and further demonstrates its responsibility in promoting social harmony and sustainable development.

Warm-sending Activities in Nursing Homes

Rural Revitalization and Social Contribution

Pylontech has always adhered to the concept of "devoting ourselves to charity and demonstrating corporate responsibility", actively fulfilling our social responsibilities and contributing to social harmony and sustainable development. In 2024, Pylontech will continue to deepen its public welfare practices, pay attention to the needs of vulnerable groups, actively respond to social concerns, demonstrate corporate responsibility through pragmatic actions and contribute to constructing a more inclusive and sustainable society.

In June 2024, Yangzhou Pylontech went to the Elderly Care Home in Yizheng Economic Development Zone to carry out condolence activities, send care and warmth to the elderly in the home and give a total of 15 Dragon Boat Festival benefits to the elderly, convey holiday blessings to the elderly, show the enterprise's practice of traditional culture of respecting the elderly and promote the deep integration of community care and social responsibility.

[Case] Charity Day Donation Ceremony
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SOLID GOVERNANCE CONSTRUCTS A FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Information Security and Privacy Protection*/99

Risk Management*/96

Corporate Governance/92

Business Ethics/94

Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance Structure

Pylontech abides by the Company Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina Securities Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina as well as other laws and regulations strictly, establishing a corporate governance system with the Company Articles of Association as the core, including Rules ofProcedure for Shareholders'Meetings, Rules ofProcedure for BoardMeetings, Rules ofProcedure for Supervisory BoardMeetings and other basic systems, which clarify the responsibilities and powers of the general meeting of shareholders, board of directors, Board of Supervisors and senior management, implement the principle of independence of decision-making, execution and supervision, form an effective check and balance mechanism and ensure the standardized operation of corporate governance.

Pylontech's board of directors consists of a strategic committee, an audit committee, a nomination committee and a remuneration and assessment committee. The strategic committee is mainly responsible for studying and making recommendations on Pylontech's long-term development strategies and major investment decisions. The audit committee is responsible for reviewing Pylontech's financial information and its disclosure, supervising and evaluating internal and external audit work and internal control. The nomination committee is responsible for formulating the selection criteria and procedures for directors and senior management, selecting and reviewing candidates for directors and senior management and their qualifications, etc.. The remuneration and assessment committee is responsible for formulating and assessing the assessment criteria for directors and senior management and formulating and reviewing the remuneration policies and plans for directors and senior management.

In 2024, in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations such as ShanghaiStockExchange Science andTechnology Innovation BoardListedCompany Self-Discipline Supervision Guide No 1 - StandardizedOperations and ManagementMeasures for IndependentDirectors ofListedCompanies and the latest provisions of Company Articles of Association, Pylontech revised a No. of systems such as Rules ofProcedure for Shareholders'Meetings, covering the remuneration management of directors, supervisors and senior executives, related-party transaction management and the working rules of various committees of the board of directors, so as to better adapt to the actual situation of Pylontech.

General Meetings of Shareholders

Board of Directors

Board of Supervisors

Special Committee

Pylontech attaches great importance to the improvement of the professional ability and compliance awareness of directors, supervisors and senior managers. In 2024, Pylontech organized directors, supervisors and senior managers to participate in three external special training activities organized by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, China Association of Listed Companies and other organizations. The issues covered listed company supervision policies and key points, analysis of typical cases of violations of laws and regulations, etc., which improved the performance of directors, supervisors and senior managers and their self-discipline awareness and further promoted the quality of corporate governance.

Director Diversity and Independence

Pylontech fully recognizes the importance of diversity and independence of the board of directors to Pylontech's decisionmaking. An independent board of directors can enhance the fairness and objectivity of Pylontech's decision-making, while a diversified board of directors can inject diversified experience and unique insights into Pylontech, thereby enriching and optimizing the decision-making dimensions. The board of directors has a total of 8 members and the members have academic backgrounds and practical experience in multiple fields such as lithium batteries, energy storage systems, law, accounting and financial management, of which independent directors account for 37.5%.

In 2024, Pylontech responded to regulatory requirements actively, followed the requirements of relevant regulatory documents strictly such as the Regulations on the ManagementofIndependentDirectors ofListedCompanies, systematically revised and improved Pylontech's Independent Director Work System and introduced the "Independent Director Special Meeting" mechanism to further strengthen the independence and supervisory effectiveness of independent directors in the corporate governance structure and promote the overall improvement of Pylontech's governance level.

Investor Relations and Communications

Pylontech attaches great importance to the protection of investors' rights and interests and has formulated the Investor Relations ManagementSystem and Information Disclosure Affairs ManagementSystem to protect investors' rights to know, asset income, participation in major decisions and selection of managers, etc. Especially for small and medium-sized investors, the shareholders' meeting strictly implements the cumulative voting system, the separate counting of votes of small and medium-sized investors for major matters, etc., to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of small and medium-sized investors effectively.

Pylontech strictly fulfills its information disclosure obligations and strengthens the timeliness, completeness, accuracy and fairness of information disclosure. In 2024, Pylontech will complete information disclosure in a timely manner in accordance with the provisions of the Information Disclosure Affairs ManagementSystem, gradually improve the quality of information disclosure and achieve zero errors in information disclosure throughout the year.

In order to actively respond to investors' concerns, Pylontech has established transparent, efficient and diversified communication channels to help investors understand Pylontech's information more comprehensively and intuitively. Pylontech maintains communication with investors through investor hot-lines and emails to protect the right to know of all types of investors and convey Pylontech's development logic and highlights. In addition, Pylontech attaches great importance to the reception of investor research and development. After the reception activities, it compiles the Investor Relations Activity RecordForm and publishes it regularly on the "SSE e-Interaction" website.

In 2024, Pylontech disclosed 4 regular reports and 62 interim reports.

Pylontech has always attached great importance to shareholder returns. Since its listing, it has distributed a total of approximately RMB 745 million in cash dividends, of which the 2023 annual equity distribution has been completed in July 2024. In addition, Pylontech actively implemented the share repurchase plan and has launched two consecutive share repurchase plans with a total amount of RMB 320 million. In 2024, Pylontech launched a special action of "improving quality, increasing efficiency and focusing on returns" and continued to disclose the progress of repurchases, enhancing investor confidence.

Business Ethics

Pylontech has always adhered to the "zero tolerance" policy and firmly opposed any form of corruption, bribery and unfair competition. In accordance with the Foreign CorruptPractices Act (FCPA) and other domestic and foreign laws and regulations, Pylontech has formulated the Business Ethics Policy and Employee Handbook, which clearly stipulates anti-fraud, anti-unfair competition, anti-corruption and bribery, anti-money laundering and conflict of interest management and clarifies the code of conduct for employees to prevent bribery, abuse of power and other corruption.

Pylontech is committed to constructing a sound internal management system. The audit department is responsible for determining the key areas of focus of business ethics, accurately identifying and closely monitoring possible violations and potential risks in business processes, regularly reporting the progress of business ethics work to the president and being accountable to the board of directors, aiming to continuously improve Pylontech's ethical standards and compliance culture and ensure the legitimacy and transparency of Pylontech's operating activities.

Pylontech requires new employees to sign an EmploymentDeclaration to declare that there are no intellectual propertyrelated disputes before joining Pylontech and that they will not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any relevant parties during their employment. At the same time, Pylontech regularly conducts compliance education activities for all employees to strengthen the publicity of the integrity culture, with a training coverage rate of 100%. In January 2024, Pylontech's audit department held a special training on business ethics, covering anti-corruption and bribery, fair competition, anti-fraud, anti-money laundering and conflict of interest management.

In addition to regulating the behavior of internal employees, Pylontech also clearly regulates the behavior of contractors, suppliers, customers and third-party partners in accordance with relevant anti-corruption and anti-bribery management regulations, covering key areas such as corruption, conflicts of interest and gift giving, in order to prevent abuse of power and corruption.

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above the level of company supervisor or in positions related to

In 2024, Pylontech conducted a comprehensive audit of its internal business ethics-related behaviors and, after rigorous review and evaluation, did not identify any major anomalies or violations.

In order to protect the interests of Pylontech and encourage fair reporting, Pylontech has established a complete supervision and reporting mechanism. Pylontech has clearly defined the reporting investigation steps, communication mechanism and reward and punishment measures in the Business Ethics Policy and Employee Handbook to encourage employees, customers and partners to report any misconduct in real name. Pylontech promises to strictly keep the identity and information of the reporter confidential and ensure the fairness of the reporting process.

Pylontech severely cracks down on violations of business ethics. Any employee who violates relevant regulations will face dismissal and be included in the list of dishonest persons. If suspected of committing a crime, he or she will be transferred to the judicial authorities for handling in accordance with the law. In 2024, Pylontech had no lawsuits or cases involving corruption or violations of business ethics.

•Conduct training on anti-corruption, bribery, fair competition, conflicts of interest, fraud and money laundering at least once a year

•Business ethics risk assessment frequency ≥1 time/year, covering 100% of the premises

•The annual internal audit frequency of Pylontech's business ethics is ≥1 time/year, covering 100% of the premises

•Zero corruption and bribery incidents. 0 incidents of unfair competition. 0 fraud, money laundering and conflict of interest incidents

Risk Management*

Governance

The Board of Directors of Pylontech is the highest decision-making body for comprehensive risk management. The Audit Committee is responsible for supervising the independence, resource allocation, audit plan formulation, report quality and work performance of the internal audit department to ensure that the internal audit work can effectively identify, evaluate and respond to various risks faced by Pylontech.

Pylontech complies with Company Law and other laws and regulations and has formulated governance system descriptions such as Company Articles ofAssociation and Information Disclosure Affairs ManagementSystem to clarify the responsibilities and work processes of each governance body and ensure that the decision-making process is legal and compliant.

Pylontech monitors changes in its own operations and industry environment continuously, accurately identifies key risks and refines prevention and control responsibilities to all levels of entities. By strengthening the risk responsibility of the leadership, clarifying the responsibilities of business departments, audit departments and legal departments, building a comprehensive and efficient risk control system and enhancing Pylontech's risk prevention and control capabilities.

Three Lines of Defense for Risk Management

1st line of defense: business departments

Identify and report potential market risks, competitive risks and operational risks and participate in the development of relevant risk mitigation strategies

2nd line of defense: legal departments

Identify risks related to legal compliance, provide legal advice to Pylontech to avoid contractual, regulatory and litigation risks and ensure that Pylontech's operational activities comply with legal and regulatory requirements

3rd line of defense: audit departments

Audit the financial and business operations of Pylontech, evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls, reveal risks in financial reporting and operations and provide improvement recommendations to enhance the risk awareness and management capabilities of the entire organization

Strategy

Pylontech understands deeply that a sound risk management and internal control system is the key to timely identifying and responding to potential risks and achieving high-quality sustainable development. Based on Pylontech's risk governance framework, we have established a systematic risk identification, assessment and monitoring process. Each business unit and functional team comprehensively identifies risk factors through regular and irregular internal and external information collection and conducts in-depth analysis and assessment of identified risks from multiple dimensions such as risk probability and impact.

Risk Management and Countermeasures

• Internal Control

Pylontech has constructed a comprehensive internal management and control system to achieve refined management processes from macro to micro. The system covers key links such as financial budget, material procurement and sales and coordinates the smooth progress of the entire production process, thereby effectively controlling business risks and promoting standardized management and efficient operation of Pylontech.

Pylontech optimizes the internal audit process continuously, formulates the InternalAuditManagementSystem and Internal AuditWorkManual, strictly follows the supervision and guidance of the Audit Committee, takes standardized operations and enhances Pylontech's risk resistance as the core goals, regularly identifies internal risk factors, constructs a risk control matrix and continuously expands the scope of internal audit. At present, the risk matrix established by Pylontech covers 16 key areas such as organizational structure, corporate culture, social responsibility and human resources, ensuring the effective control and management of various risks throughout the entire process.

Internal Audit Process

Develop audit plan based on annual audit plan and professional experience

In order to enhance the risk prevention and control capabilities of key business processes, Pylontech will mainly conduct internal audits on the three major sectors of procurement and payment cycle, sales and collection cycle and sustainable development in 2024. For matters to be rectified, Pylontech will continue to track the rectification, consolidate the audit results, improve the overall risk management level and provide strong guarantees for Pylontech's stable operation and sustainable development.

To ensure the effective operation of the risk management system, Pylontech's audit department conducts a special risk management assessment covering each business unit and functional team at least once a year, supervises and evaluates the implementation effect of risk management work and thereby promotes the continuous improvement and optimization of the risk management system.

At the same time, Pylontech conducts a comprehensive ESG-related audit every year, covering multiple key dimensions such as labor human rights, business ethics, environmental protection measures and effectiveness. In 2024, for all nonconforming items found in the audit, Pylontech has taken corrective measures in accordance with the requirements of the Corrective Action Table and completed all rectifications.

• External Audit

In 2024, Pylontech invited a professional third-party organization to conduct a comprehensive on-site audit of the main production base, Yangzhou Pylontech and systematically evaluated the potential risks of the base in terms of labor rights protection, occupational health and safety, environmental protection management, business ethics practices and supply chain sustainability. Based on the risk issues clearly pointed out in the audit results, Pylontech responded quickly and formulated targeted corrective and improvement measures and established a continuous monitoring mechanism to ensure that various corrective measures are effectively implemented, thereby effectively mitigating and preventing related adverse effects and improving Pylontech's overall ESG management level continuously.

Indicators and Targets

In order to improve the overall risk management level, Pylontech continues to pay attention to indicators such as the frequency of risk events, the completion rate of risk rectification and the coverage rate of risk management training and sets key goals to regularly review the completion status to ensure that risks are closed in a timely manner and provide guarantees for the stable development of Pylontech's business.

Information Security and Privacy Protection

In order to fully protect business secrets and customer privacy, Pylontech strictly abides by the requirements of domestic and foreign laws and regulations such as PersonalInformation Protection Law ofthe People' s Republic ofChina and Data Security Law formulating systems such as the "Employee Handbook" and the "Confidentiality Management System" to clarify the code of conduct for employees in information security. In 2024, Pylontech newly formulated a complete set of information security management system documents including the Information Security ManagementManual, covering access control, password management, security management and other contents and implemented a series of strict security measures. In 2024, Pylontech did not have any data security lawsuits.

Pylontech has established an information security management framework led by the CEO, with management representatives responsible for system establishment and maintenance and system administrators assisting in management and responsible for daily operations. The information security supervisor of each department is responsible for the information security of the department and the departmental information security officer performs specific work and is responsible for collecting and providing feedback on information security-related opinions. After summary and analysis by the management representative, the supervisor reports to the general manager and promotes the implementation of improvement measures to ensure the effective operation of the information security management system.

In 2024, Pylontech successfully obtained the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. The certification scope covers the three entities of Pylontech, Anhui Pylontech and Yangzhou Pylontech, demonstrating Pylontech's comprehensive layout in the field of information security.

In order to enhance the competitiveness of products in the global market, especially in regions with strict data protection requirements, Pylontech is carrying out EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance certification for household savings and industrial and commercial savings. In order to achieve this goal, Pylontech has carried out comprehensive data compliance construction for products, including minimizing data collection, strict permission management, triggering permission collection in specific scenarios and improving privacy statements, etc., to ensure the legality, security and minimized use of user data.

In daily management, Pylontech adopts advanced technologies to strengthen information security management, including deploying bastion hosts and adopting Green Shield encryption system, strengthening access control of core equipment and managing file security effectively.

Daily Information Security and Privacy Protection Measures (Listed)

Install enterprise-level antivirus software

• Monitor and defend against threats comprehensively such as viruses and malware, achieve real-time detection, response and disposal and ensure system security

Install green certificate management system for all employees

Confidential document identification and classification management

Permission access control

Dual-machine master-slave system prevents information loss

Security audit and log analysis

Regular inspections by operation and maintenance personnel

• Ensure the security of employees' access to system resources through identity authentication and permission management and prevent unauthorized access and operation

• Classify, mark and protect sensitive information, set different levels of security policies according to the importance of the file and ensure that confidential information is not leaked

• Implement strict authority management to ensure that each employee can only access resources within their scope of responsibility, preventing unauthorized access and abuse of information

• Use dual-machine hot standby or cold standby solutions to ensure that when the host fails, the backup machine can quickly take over to ensure business continuity and data security

• Conduct regular security audits and log analysis to identify potential security risks and abnormal behaviors

• Conduct quarterly inspections of systems, networks and equipment to promptly identify and address potential security risks, ensuring the stability and reliability of the enterprise's information security environment

In response to potential internal information security risks, Pylontech has also established a complete information security incident management mechanism and compiled an Information Security Incident Management Table to record various internal information security incidents systematically. By regularly reviewing and analyzing such incidents, Pylontech can promptly discover and identify the root causes of the problem, thereby taking effective measures to improve and optimize related work processes and continuously improve information security protection capabilities. In 2024, Pylontech did not have any incidents of leaking or infringing the privacy of internal and external stakeholders.

In addition, Pylontech regularly conducts information security training for all employees to improve their security awareness and simulates network attacks to improve their ability to respond to emergencies, creating a corporate culture that values information security. In 2024, the information security training rate for new employees will reach 100%.

[Case] Special Training on Information Security

In May 2024, the Digital Operations Department of Pylontech held a special information security training for all departments and subsidiaries. The training content included basic information security knowledge, protection measures and management systems and enhanced employees' awareness of the importance of information security by analyzing real information security incident cases.

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Pylon Technologies Co., Ltd.
Pylontech, the company, we Shanghai
Jiangsu Pylon Battery Co , Ltd
Yangzhou Pylontech
Yangzhou, Jiangsu
Anhui Pylon Technologies Co , Ltd
Anhui Pylontech
Hefei, Anhui

1Self - generated renewable electricity comes from the rooftop photovoltaic projects of the company and Yangzhou Pylontech

2The calculation refers to GeneralRulesforComprehensiveEnergyConsumptionCalculation (GB/T 2589- 2020)

3Renewable energy includes solar photovolta c self - generation.

4Direct energy includes natural gas, gasoline and self - generated renewable electricity.

5Formula description: Comprehensive energy consumption intensity = total comprehensive energy consumption/operating income

1The company has a small amount of hazardous waste that is stored at the end of the year and transferred at the beginning of the next year, resulting in the sum of the hazardous waste disposal and recycling volumes being inconsistent with the total amount of hazardous waste.

2Other disposal methods for hazardous waste include R5 recycling /reuse of other inorgan c substances

of operations that have undergone human rights impact or risk assessments

Percentage of operations with labor and human rights certifications

Percentage of operations that have undergone a specific risk assessment

"Revenue-generating department" refers to the department that promotes the company's revenue, as distinguished from administrative departments such as human resources and IT. This year, the company's calculation scope is the company's

"STEM-related positions" refer to positions related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This year's calculation scope is the company's technical personnel. The No. of employees covered by work-related injury insurance is slightly lower than the total No. of employees, mainly because some employees joined the company in December 2024, but the company started paying

ing month. The company ensures that all eligible employees enjoy work-related

so the overall

rate reaches 100%.

the

Supplier Management

Data security and privacy protection

Economic performance

Content Index

Index of Bench-marking for the Guidelines No. 14 of Shanghai Stock Exchange for Self-Regulation of Listed Companies Sustainability Report (Trial)

ments

chapters of

Disclosure requirements

Staff

Due diligence

Stakeholder communication

Anti-commercial bribery and anti-corruption

Anti-unfair competition

Self-disclosure issue

GRI sustainability reporting standards content index

Instructions

Corresponding chapters of this report

Employee rights and benefits

Human capital development

Occupational health and safety

Risk management

Supply chain management

Stakeholder communication

Business ethics

Business ethics

Clean energy opportunities

Intellectual property protection

Pylon Technologies Co , Ltd has prepared this report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, with a reporting period from Januar y 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

GRI 1 used GRI 1: Foundation 2021

Applicable GRI industr y standards No applicable industr y standards

According to the "GRI" principle, this bench-marking index table is formed by combining the identification results of important issues of Pylontech and the disclosure content of Pylontech's 2024 Sustainability Report

Among them, after comprehensive judgment, the company has identified the following issues as non substantive issues ( some of which are not presented in the benchmark index table): GRI 202 market resence, GRI 207 taxation, GRI 301 materials, GRI 410 security practices and GRI 415 public policy.

Not applicable to "be omitted"

GRI 2: General Disclosure (2021)

2-1 Organizational details Entering Pylontech

2-2 Entities included in the organization's sustainability report Regarding this report

2-3 Reporting period, reporting frequency and contact person Regarding this report

2-4 Restatement of information ESG performance data

2-5 External verification Regarding this report

Not applicable to "be omitted"

2-6 Activities, value chain and other business relationships

2-7 Employees

Workers other than 2-8 employees

2-9 Governance structure and composition

2-10 Nomination and selection of the highest governing body

2-11 Chairman of the highest governing body

2-12 In terms of management impact, the supervisory role of the highest governing body

2-13 Authorization of responsibility for management impact

2-14 The role of the highest governing body in sustainable development reports

2-15 Conflict of interest

Regarding this report

Entering Pylontech

Supply chain management

Product and service safety and quality

Customer relationship management

Human capital development

ESG performance data

Employee rights and benefits

Corporate Governance (For specific details, please refer to 2024AnnualReportofPylonTechnologies Co, Ltd)

Corporate Governance (For specific details, please refer to 2024AnnualReportofPylonTechnologies Co, Ltd)

Corporate Governance (For specific details, please refer to 2024AnnualReportofPylonTechnologies Co., Ltd.)

(For specific details, please refer to 2024Annual ReportofPylonTechnologiesCo., Ltd.) GRI 2: General Disclosure (2021)

2-16 Communication on important concerns

Sustainable development management architecture

2-6-b-iii

2-6-c

2-6-d

Lack/incompleteness of information

The upstream and downstream components of the company's value chain are complex and it is planned to improve the disclosure of value chain information within 2 years

Sustainable development management architecture

Sustainable development management architecture

Corporate Governance (For specific details, please refer to 2024AnnualReportofPylonTechnologies Co, Ltd)

Stakeholder communication

Sustainable Development Management Architecture

2-12-b

Lack/incompleteness of information

The company plans to improve the supervisory role of the highest governing body in impact management within 2 years

2-17 Common knowledge of the highest governing body Sustainable development management architecture

2-18 Performance evaluation of the highest governing body Be omitted

2-19 Salary policy Be omitted

2-18-a 2-18-b 2-18-c

2-19-a 2-19-b

2-20 Procedure for determining salary Be omitted

2-21 Annual total salary ratio Be omitted

2-22 Statement on sustainable development strategy President speech

2-20-a 2-20-b

2-21-a 2-21-b 2-21-c

Confidentiality restrictions

2-23 Policy commitments Be omitted

2-23-a 2-23-b 2-23-c 2-23-d 2-23-e 2-23-f

2-24 Integration policy commitment Be omitted 2-24-a

2-25 Procedures for remedying negative impacts

Supply chain management Product and service safety and quality

Employee rights and benefits

Business ethics 2-25-a 2-25-c 2-25-d 2-25-e

Confidentiality restrictions

Due to information confidentiality requirements, it will not be disclosed to the public temporarily

Due to information confidentiality requirements, it will not be disclosed to the public temporarily

Confidentiality restrictions

Due to information confidentiality requirements, it will not be disclosed to the public temporarily

Confidentiality restrictions

Due to information confidentiality requirements, it will not be disclosed to the public temporarily

Confidentiality restrictions The company will implement timing disclosure

Lack/incompleteness of information The company will implement timing disclosure

Lack/incompleteness of information The company has established an appeal mechanism for negative impacts and will continue to improve corresponding remedial measures in the future

GRI 2: General Disclosure (2021)

2-26 Mechanisms for seeking advice and raising concerns

2-27 Compliance with laws and regulations

2-29 Methods for stakeholder participation

2-30

Stakeholder communication

Business ethics

Employee communication

Please refer to each chapter of the report for details

Stakeholder communication

Analysis

Please

Please

302-1 Energy consumption within the organization

Energy management

ESG performance data

302-2 External energy consumption of the organization Energy management

302-3 Energy Intensity

ESG performance data

ESG performance data

302-4 Reduce energy consumption Energy management

302-5 The energy demand for products and services has decreased Energy management

Water resources and sewage

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI 303: Water Resources and Wastewater (2018)

3-3 Management of substantive issues

303-1 Interaction between organizations and water as shared resources

303-2 Management and Drainage Related Impacts

303-3 Water intake

303-4 Drainage

303-5 water consumption

Biological diversity

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

3-3 Management of substantive issues

304-1 Organization owns, leases and manages operational points located in or adjacent to protected areas and areas with rich biodiversity outside of protected areas

The significant impact of 304-2 activities, products and ser vices on biodiversity

304-3 Protected or restored habitats

304-4 Species listed on the IUCN Red List and National Conservation List in habitats affected by operations

Analysis of dual importance issues

Water resource management

Pollutant emissions and waste management

Water resource management

Pollutant emissions and waste management

Pollutant emissions and waste management

ESG performance data

ESG performance data

ESG performance data

of dual importance issues Biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity conservation

GRI 302: Energy (2016)
Analysis
GRI 304: Biodiversity (2016)

Emission

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021) 3-3 Management of substantive issues

305-1 Direct (Scope 1) greenhouse gas emissions

305-2 Indirect energy (Scope 2) greenhouse gas emissions

305-3 Other indirect (scope 3) greenhouse gas emissions

305-4 Greenhouse gas emission intensity

GRI 305: Emissions (2016)

305-5 Greenhouse gas emission reduction

Analysis of dual importance issues

Pollutant emissions and waste management

Responses to climate change

Responses to climate change ESG performance data

Responses to climate change ESG performance data

Responses to climate change ESG performance data

Responses to climate change ESG performance data

Responses to climate change

ESG performance data

305-6 Emissions of ozone depleting substances (ODS) Be omitted

305-6-a

305-6-b

305-6-c

305-6-d Not Applicable

During the reporting period, the company was not involved in significant emissions of related refrigerants and other ODS, therefore they were not quantified

305-7 Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx) and other major gases

Management

ESG performance data

emissions and waste management

306-1 Waste generation and significant impacts related to waste Pollutant emissions and waste management

306-2 Management of significant impacts related to waste Pollutant emissions and waste management

Waste generated by 306-3

306-4 Waste transferred from disposal

306-5 Waste entering disposal

ESG performance data

ESG performance data

ESG performance data

Waste
GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021) 3-3
of substantive issues
Analysis of dual importance issues Pollutant
GRI 306: Waste (2020)

Supplier environmentalassessment

Lack/incompleteness

Lack/incompleteness of information

Pylontech plans to incorporate ESG assessment into the supplier development process within the next two years

Pylontech plans to improve relevant data communication in the next two years

Hire

Occupational health and safety

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI 403: Occupational health and safety (2018)

3-3 Management of substantive issues

403-1 Occupational health and safety management system

403-2 Hazard identification, risk assessment and accident investigation

403-3 Occupational Health Services

403-4 Occupational health and safety affairs: worker participation, consultation and communication

403-5 Occupational health and safety Training for Workers

403-6 Promoting Workers' Health

403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts directly related to business relationships

403-8 Workers covered by occupational health and safety management system

403-9 Work-related injuries

403-10 Work-related health issues

Training and education

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI 404: Training and education (2016)

3-3 Management of substantive issues

404-1 Average number of training hours per employee per year

404-2 Employee skills enhancement program and transition assistance program

404-3 Percentage of employees who regularly receive performance and career development assessments

Analysis of dual importance issues

Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

ESG performance data

ESG performance data

Occupational health and safety

ESG performance data

Analysis of dual importance issues

Human capital development

ESG performance data

Human capital development

ESG performance data

Diversity and equal opportunities

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunities (2016)

Confidentiality restrictions

Due to information confidentiality requirements, it will not be disclosed to the public temporarily

Anti-discrimination

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI 406: Anti-Discrimination (2016)

of association and collective bargaining

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI

Freedom of association and collective bargaining (2016)

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI 409: Forced or Compulsory Labor (2016)

Lack/incompleteness of information

This information is currently missing and cannot be fully disclosed

Local community

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI

Lack/incompleteness of information

This information is currently missing and cannot be fully disclosed.

Lack/incompleteness of information This information is currently missing and cannot be fully disclosed

Supplier Social Assessment

GRI

Lack/incompleteness of information

Pylontech plans to incorporate ESG assessment into the supplier development process within the next two years

Pylontech plans to improve relevant data communication in the next two years Customer Health and Safety

Lack/incompleteness of information

GRI

Marketing and Branding

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI 417: Marketing and Branding (2016)

3-3 Management of substantive issues

417-1 Requirements for product and ser vice information and identification

417-2 Violations involving product and ser vice information and labeling

417-3 Violations involving marketing communication

Customer privacy

GRI3: Substantive Issues (2021)

GRI 418: Customer Privacy (2016)

3-3 Management of substantive issues

418-1 Confirmed complaints involving infringement of customer privacy and loss of customer data

Analysis of dual importance issues

Customer relationship management

Customer relationship management

Customer relationship management

Customer relationship management

Analysis of dual importance issues

Information security and privacy protection

ESG performance data

ASSURANCE STATEMENT

CN25/00001937

SGS-CSTC’S REPORT ON SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITIES IN THE PYLONTECH ’S SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FOR 2024

NATURE OF THE ASSURANCE/VERIFICATION

SGS-CSTC STANDARDS TECHNICAL SERVICES CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as SGS) was commissioned by PYLON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as Pylontech) to conduct an independent assurance of the Chinese version of Pylontech s Sustainability Report for 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the Report) for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

INTENDED USERS OF THIS ASSURANCE STATEMENT

This Assurance Statement is provided with the intention of informing all Pylontech’s Stakeholders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The sustainability information in the Report and its presentation are the responsibility of the ESG governing body and the management of Pylontech. SGS has not been involved in the preparation of any of the material included in the Report.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the text, data, graphs and statements within the scope of assurance based upon sufficient and appropriate objective evidence.

SGS hereby states that it shall not be held responsible or liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages or losses arising from or in connection with the use of information provided in this report.

ASSURANCE STANDARDS, TYPE AND LEVEL OF ASSURANCE

The assurance of this report has been conducted according to the AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS v3) , a standard used globally to provide assurance on sustainability-related information across organizations of all types, including the evaluation of the nature and extent to which an organization adheres to the AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP,2018).

Assurance Standard, Type

Level of Assurance

AA1000AS v3 Type 2 Moderate

SCOPE OF ASSURANCE

The scope of the assurance included evaluation of quality, accuracy and reliability of the Report and evaluation of adherence to the following reporting criteria: Reporting Criteria

GRI Standards 2021 (With Reference to)

Self-Regulatory Guidance No.14 for Listed Companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange - Sustainability Report (Trial)

IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards

ASSURANCE METHODOLOGY

The assurance comprised a combination of pre-assurance research, interviews with relevant employees on-site at Pylontech, located at No. 300 Miaoqiao Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China; and documentation and record review and validation where relevant.

LIMITATIONS AND MITIGATION

Data drawn directly from independently audited financial accounts and intensity data calculated based on financial data has not been checked back to source as part of this assurance process.

The greenhouse gas emission related data in the Report has been directly adopted from the independent third party verification data and has not been double verified in this assurance.

This assurance engagement was restricted to the group level of Pylontech and did not include traceability of original data from all subordinate institutions.

STATEMENT OF INDEPENDENCE AND COMPETENCE

The SGS Group of companies is the world leader in inspection, testing and certification, operating in multiple countries and providing services. SGS affirm our independence from Pylontech, being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation, its subsidiaries and stakeholders.

The assurance team was assembled based on their knowledge, experience and qualifications for this assignment.

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

ASSURANCE/VERIFICATION OPINION

On the basis of the methodology described and the assurance engagement performed, the specified performance information included in the scope of assurance is accurate, reliable, and has been fairly stated.

The Report conforms to the four principles of the AA1000AS v3 to the following extent:

ADHERENCE TO AA1000 ACCOUNTABILITY PRINCIPLES (2018)

INCLUSIVITY

The Report has identified the organization’s stakeholders, collected their expectations and concerns, established methods for stakeholder communication and engagement, and undertaken various forms of dialogue and interaction with them.

MATERIALITY

The Report has reasonably disclosed significant issues and indicators that materially affect stakeholder evaluations and decisions, reflecting the organization’s most significant impacts on economic, environmental, and social matters based on the concerns raised by relevant stakeholders.

RESPONSIVENESS

The Report has demonstrated the established channels for stakeholder interaction to respond demands and expectations of stakeholders. Additionally, it has provided transparent responses on material issues to an appropriate extent.

IMPACT

The Report has provided an account of the monitoring and measurement of the principal activities’ impacts concerning environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.

CONCLUSIONS BASED ON GRI STANDARDS 2021

The assurance team concludes that the Report has been prepared referred to the requirements of GRI Standards 2021.

Signed:

For and on behalf of SGS-CSTC

David Xin

Sr. Director – Business Assurance 16/F Century Yuhui Mansion, No. 73, Fucheng Road, Beijing, P.R. China

Mar. 26th, 2025 WWW.SGS.COM

Pylon Technologies Co., Ltd

Website www.pylontech.com.cn

Address

No. 300, Miaoqiao Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China

E-mail

Sales: sales@pylontech.com.cn Service: service@pylontech.com.cn

TEL

+86-21-51317699

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