Nio подписала соглашение о втором этапе проекта Clean Parks с ПРООН с целью расширения усилий по охране окружающей среды с низким углеродным следом.
The two parties will expand Clean Parks to more protected areas in the second phase.
The Clean Parks initiative has launched 19 projects in protected areas globally, including 5 national parks in China.
Nio Inc (NYSE: NIO) has renewed its partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the second phase of the Clean Parks initiative to advance its brand image and environmental efforts under this ecological initiative.
Stefan Liller, UNDP Resident Representative in China, and Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of Nio, signed the agreement on behalf of the two at the UN Compound in Beijing on Friday, while Nio founder, chairman, and CEO William Li witnessed the ceremony online.
Under the second-phase agreement, the two parties will continue expanding Clean Parks to more protected areas and develop replicable, scalable standards for low-carbon operations, renewable energy, and green mobility, according to a statement today.
The second phase of cooperation will also further bring in green finance to help build more resilient communities and cities, support women- and youth-led ecological innovation, and share China's experience in public-private partnerships for protected areas internationally, Nio said.
Liller commended Nio's pioneering contribution to the Kunming Biodiversity Fund, saying the second phase will explore innovative financing mechanisms to contribute to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and the Paris Agreement.
Liu Xin, deputy director general of the Department of International Cooperation at China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), who attended the ceremony, said the Academy of Forestry Inventory and Planning under the NFGA will join the second-phase implementation to explore the integration of clean energy with biodiversity conservation.
Clean Parks is the world's first automaker-led open platform for collaborative conservation in protected areas, launched by Nio in December 2021, when Li pledged to invest 100 million yuan ($14.89 million) over 3 years to support protected areas in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) and building clean energy infrastructure.
Nio subsequently teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and UNDP in 2022 to jointly advance the platform; to date, Clean Parks has launched 19 projects in protected areas globally, covering 5 national parks in China including Sanjiangyuan and Giant Panda.
During the first phase of cooperation launched in 2022, UNDP and Nio deployed microgrids integrating solar power, energy storage, and EV charging, along with EV patrol solutions, across 3 protected areas: Chongming Dongtan, the Yellow River Delta, and the Qilian Mountains.
At Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve alone, the system and EV patrols can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 28.4 tons annually, according to Nio.
The first phase also delivered guidelines for biodiversity-friendly supply chain management in the EV industry and capacity-building activities reaching more than 7,000 people.
Qin disclosed at the ceremony that renewable electricity accounted for 56% of the power used in Nio's manufacturing in 2025, and the company has built more than 9,800 charging and battery swap stations worldwide, including over 4,300 battery swap stations, delivering more than 130 million battery swaps to date.
He added that more than 860 Nio battery swap stations and 26,000 charging piles have participated in grid-interactive operations to unlock the value of distributed energy storage and support greater consumption of renewable electricity.
William Li said some models pack batteries up to 120 kWh weighing 700 to 800 kg, and 1.2 times the weight does 2.07 times the damage to roads.
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