UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | 001-34615 | Not Applicable |
| (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS
Employer Identification No.) |
1 Yingbin Road
Shangrao Economic Development Zone
Jiangxi Province, 334100
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Mengmeng (Pan) Li, Chief Financial Officer
Stella Wang, Investor Relations
Tel: (86) 21-5180-8777
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
| x | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023. |
| ¨ | Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. |
| Section 1. | Conflict Minerals Disclosure |
| Item 1.01. | Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report |
Conflict Minerals Disclosure
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar”) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to utility-scale, commercial and residential customers in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 85 GW for mono wafers, 90 GW for solar cells and 110 GW for solar modules, as of December 31, 2023.
JinkoSolar had over 57,000 employees across its 14 production facilities globally, 26 oversea subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Indonesia, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, and a global sales network with sales teams in China, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Vietnam and India, as of December 31, 2023.
The disclosures set forth herein for the reporting period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 are presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. According to section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the definition in the Form SD and for the purposes of this assessment, “conflict minerals” are defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten.
Description of Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
JinkoSolar has taken the following steps as part of its reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine whether any conflict minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country:
| ● | Prepared a list of the materials used during the production of its products; |
| ● | Determined whether any conflict minerals were necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by JinkoSolar (“necessary conflict minerals”); |
| ● | Identified the suppliers whose products contained necessary conflict minerals (“Suppliers in Concern”); |
| ● | Requested that the Suppliers in Concern provide a statement on where they obtained their products and materials that contained conflict minerals and the origin for these products and materials; and |
| ● | Analyzed whether the necessary conflict minerals used by JinkoSolar during the reporting period may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country or whether they were from scrap or recycled sources. |
JinkoSolar determined that during the reporting period, the conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products that it manufactures or contracts to be manufactured were tin, tungsten, gold and tantalum.
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| ● | Tungsten wire rope, tungsten hammer and molybdenum wire used in the production of silicon ingots use tungsten. JinkoSolar has made inquiries with all its suppliers of tungsten wire rope, tungsten hammer and molybdenum wire about the source of the tungsten used in their products and further requested that these suppliers provide confirmation of origin for the tungsten contained in their products. |
| ● | Tungsten wire used in the production of silicon wafers use tungsten. JinkoSolar has made inquiries with all its suppliers of tungsten wire about the source of the tungsten used in their products and further requested that these suppliers provide confirmation of origin for the tungsten contained in their products. |
| ● | Tin-coated copper ribbon, solder wire, solder tape and module junction box used in the production of solar modules use tin. JinkoSolar has made inquiries with all its suppliers of tin-coated copper ribbon, solder wire, solder tape and module junction box about the source of the tin used in their products and further requested that these suppliers provide confirmation of origin for the tin contained in their products. |
| ● | Stencil used in the production of batteries use tungsten. JinkoSolar has made inquiries with all its suppliers of stencil about the source of the tungsten used in their products and further requested that these suppliers provide confirmation of origin for the tungsten contained in their products. |
| ● | Plating material, soldering material and heat sink materials used in the energy storage system use tin, tungsten, gold and tantalum. JinkoSolar has made inquiries with all its suppliers of the aforementioned materials about the source of the tin, tungsten, gold and tantalum used in their products and further requested that these suppliers provide confirmation of origin for the tin, tungsten, gold and tantalum contained in their products. |
JinkoSolar does not make purchases of raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals and makes no purchases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries.
Determination
Based on JinkoSolar’s reasonable country of origin inquiry, JinkoSolar has no reason to believe that its necessary conflict minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.
Link in JinkoSolar’s Corporate Website
This specialized disclosure report on Form SD can be accessed on JinkoSolar’s investor relations website at http://ir.jinkosolar.com/.
| Item 1.02. | Exhibit |
Not applicable.
| Section 2. | Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure |
| Item 2.01. | Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report |
Not applicable.
| Section 3. | Exhibits |
Not applicable.
| Item 3.01. | Exhibits |
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.
| JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. | |||
| By: | /s/ Mengmeng (Pan) Li | ||
| Name: | Mengmeng (Pan) Li | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: May 30, 2024