Some businesses are tempted to do away with company cars, or at least limit their number. They then use company bikes, mobility loans, or even car sharing. With advantages for these companies but also for employee drivers who renounce, partially or completely, company vehicles.
A major environmental challenge
Director of the Mobile Lives Forum, a research institute that focuses on the place of travel in our lifestyles, Sylvie Landriève highlights an observation :
“Until the end of the 19th century, a French person travelled 4 km per day. Today, he travels 56 km every day — and that figure reaches 100 km for a resident of the United States. In addition, transport is responsible for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions and the car generates half of these emissions. For its part, work is responsible for 40% of the distances traveled. Conclusion: if we want to limit the warming of our planet, the lever for work-related travel should be activated as a priority.”
Including that of the company car.
Car or not a company car?
“At the macroeconomic level, we hear about limiting the role of the company car, echoes Alain Teig.”
This former fleet manager, now director ofEchomobility, a consulting and training company in fleet management, however, considers that:
“The company car is such a social advantage that it seems difficult to part with it. Certainly, companies whose employees work and live in large cities should get started. But as soon as we leave highly urbanized areas such as Paris, Lyon or Marseille, those with the best public transport systems, it's over: employees need their cars.”
Not to mention that companies continue to incorporate large gas-powered sedans into their car catalogs.
Pollutant emissions: the obligations of companies
At the head of the Mobile Lives Forum, a research institute that studies displacement in our lifestyles, Sylvie Landriève recalls the arguments that go in the direction of reducing polluting emissions associated with company vehicles :
“The obligation for companies with more than 500 employees to carry out a carbon footprint is one. This balance sheet includes the carbon emissions associated with business trips. And since January 2023, the transport of employees and suppliers has been accounted for”, underlines the director of Vies Mobiles.
She also cites the environmental guidelines :
- Ban on the sale of new combustion vehicles from 2035
- Objective of zero carbon emissions in 2050
- Mobility Orientation Law (LOM) : taxation of 40% low-emission vehicles (less than 50g CO₂) in fleet renewals by 2027, and of 70% in 2030
She adds:
“Not to mention the reflection on company bikes, bicycle mileage allowances, the use of public transport, car sharing, mobility credit or sustainable mobility packages for trips between home and work. And these arrangements should provide an opportunity for employers to use these obligations to improve their image rather than being subject to these laws.”
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