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Photovoltaic industry: China is the most green country
The SVTC rank shows two Chinese photovoltaic companies at the first two places, satisfying the paramenters and outdistancing American and European rivals.
The Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition (SVTC), a Californian non-profit organization engaged in research, advocacy and grassroots organizing to promote human health and environmental justice, conducted a study on the virtuosity of various companies producing photovoltaic panels, drawing up a rank, the Solar-Scorecard-Ranking, that shows at the first places two Chinese companies. STVC dispels in this way the commonplace of China as the country of labour exploitation and of the use of low-quality, or even harmful, materials originating inferior costs.
In this report, the monitored companies have to satisfy the various parameters, among which there are environmental policies, health policies, workers’ rights, transparency in the reporting of polluting emissions, disposal cycle of products and the commitment in reducing the use of chemical substances.
According to STVC, the first two places belong to two Chinese giants in the photovoltaic sector, Trina Solar (at the first place for two years consecutively) and Yingli Green Energy, respectively with 77 and 75 points out of 100. The American SunPower and the Chinese Upsolar occupy the third and the fourth places, while the European companies are relegated from the fifth place onward. Among them, the German Solarworld and the Norwegian REC, that have lost many places because of their use of minerals collected in conflict areas and of harmful substances in their solar panels.
Anyway, although Trina and Yingli have reached the firsts places, this is not happened to other Asian companies, such as Suntech, LDK, China Sunergy and others, that have obtained unsatisfying places.
In this report, the monitored companies have to satisfy the various parameters, among which there are environmental policies, health policies, workers’ rights, transparency in the reporting of polluting emissions, disposal cycle of products and the commitment in reducing the use of chemical substances.
According to STVC, the first two places belong to two Chinese giants in the photovoltaic sector, Trina Solar (at the first place for two years consecutively) and Yingli Green Energy, respectively with 77 and 75 points out of 100. The American SunPower and the Chinese Upsolar occupy the third and the fourth places, while the European companies are relegated from the fifth place onward. Among them, the German Solarworld and the Norwegian REC, that have lost many places because of their use of minerals collected in conflict areas and of harmful substances in their solar panels.
Anyway, although Trina and Yingli have reached the firsts places, this is not happened to other Asian companies, such as Suntech, LDK, China Sunergy and others, that have obtained unsatisfying places.
