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On May 25, 2025, at the UN Global Compact (UNGC)'s Inaugural Global Business Summit in Jakarta, a total of 24 global leading solar companies including JA Solar, Jinko Solar, Tongwei, LONGi, GCL Group and other core upstream suppliers, collectively released the initiative for "Global Solar Sustainable Alliance (GSSA)". 

GSSA is the photovoltaic industry's first global sustainability action framework. Grounded in the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it requires enterprises to embed sustainability at the core of their strategies while establishing science-based carbon reduction targets. 

This initiative aims to advance ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) progress across the entire industrial chain. By integrating ESG standards, Chinese companies are poised to expand their international market presence through sustainable competitiveness.

Distinguished leaders across government, industry and academia attended the summit, including United Nations Global Compact Assistant Secretary-General and CEO Sanda Ojiambo, United Nations Resident Coordinator in China Siddharth Chatterjee , Chairman of the National Economic Council of the Republic of Indonesia H.E. Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Founder and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio, President of the China Electricity Council Bao'an Xin, Chairman of Xiamen Airlines Dong Zhao, Founder and Chairman of GCL Gongshan Zhu.

UNGC encourages more solar companies and supply chain partners to join this initiative and jointly advance the sustainable development of the industry.

To truly fulfill the summit's vision of 'Better Business, Better World: Accelerating the SDGs', the first co-signatories pledge to collaboratively develop a concrete action roadmap with stakeholder engagement, to ensure effective implementation of the Initiative.