Nature Positive Role of the Automotive Sector China Deep dive
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Nature-positive business opportunities for the automotive sector in China TABLE 1
Priority action Business opportunity
from Seizing Business
Opportunities in
China’s Transition
Towards a Nature-
positive Economy reportOriginal size Seizing
Business Opportunities
in China’s Transition
Towards a Nature-
positive Economy
report ($ billion)Adjustment factor
to size and share of
automotive sector Opportunity size
for automotive sector
($ billion)
1 Avoid and reduce
impacts from
operationsWastewater reuse 9
Automotive sector
share: 6.87%0.62
Expansion of renewables 157 10.78
Energy efficiency –
buildings161 11.06
Energy efficiency – non-
energy intensive sectors*66 4.51
2 Avoid and reduce
impact of the
materialsTechnology in large
scale farms6 0.41
Technology in
smallholder farms10 0.69
Livestock intensification 2 0.14
Reducing packaging
waste10 0.69
Additive manufacturing 19 1.3
Technology in energy and
extractives supply chains14 0.96
End-use steel efficiency 87 5.97
Circular economy –
automotive122Total (excluding mining
and metals sector) share:
98.30%119.89
3 Transform
product offeringGreen long-range
transport52
Automotive sector
share: 6.87%3.57
Fourth Industrial
Revolution-enabled long-
distance transport10 0.69
4 Conserve and
restore nature
with Indigenous
Peoples and local
communitiesNature climate solutions 3 0.21
5 Drive cross-sector
collaboration
on standards,
transparency,
infrastructure
and policy
*Additional opportunity beyond Future of Nature and Business report analysis, scaled to China’s share of global GDP .
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