Nature Positive Role of the Technology Sector 2025

Delivering financial growth and cost savings Aligning operations and value chains with a nature-positive pathway often unlocks significant economic opportunities and cost savings. Efficiency improvements in water, energy and land use directly reduce operational costs. Circular design and e-waste collection and recycling schemes reduce material costs and waste liabilities. The Forum’s New Nature Economy Report II: The Future of Nature and Business estimated that a full nature- positive transition in the global economy could create $10.1 trillion of annual business opportunities by 2030. Of this amount, estimates show that undertaking priority actions for the technology sector could unlock about $800 billion in cost savings and revenue upside by 2030 for businesses operating across the sector’s value chain. In particular, energy and water efficiency in operations, a move towards circularity through resource recovery, and engaging with the sector’s mining and minerals supply chain present significant business opportunities. See Figure 3 and Table 1 for more information. The nature-positive opportunities summarized in Figure 3 are derived from the Forum’s New Nature Economy Report II: The Future of Nature and Business and are further analysed in Table 1. More information on the calculation methodology can be found in Appendix B: Methodologies. Nature-positive business opportunities for the tech sector, by 2030 ($ billion) FIGURE 3 6030140929800 Food, land and ocean useInfrastructure and the built environmentEnergy and extractivesAdditional opportunityTotal Nature Positive: Role of the Technology Sector 10