CIE-CONEBI is launching a White Paper on Bike leasing: A key driver to accelerate EU’s transition to clean mobility

Bike leasing is becoming a key driver for cycling growth and that’s why CIE-CONEBI has made it a strategic priority. Our new White Paper highlights how company bike leasing schemes are driving impressive growth, creating new jobs, delivering benefits for businesses, employees, and society. It also calls for bike leasing to be firmly included in the EU’s upcoming Clean Corporate Fleets initiative.

Over the past months, CIE and its Leasing Expert Group have met with key EU policymakers, sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and contributed to the public consultation on Clean Corporate Vehicles. Our message is clear: Europe needs a mode-neutral approach that allows businesses to meet zero-emission goals using the full range of clean mobility solutions available on the market, including (e-)bikes and cargo bikes.

Bike leasing presents a powerful opportunity to accelerate the EU’s transition to zero-emission mobility, while boosting competitiveness, growth, and jobs. By providing a cost-effective, accessible, and sustainable alternative to private car ownership, bike leasing aligns with the EU’s climate goals while fostering healthier, more efficient and inclusive urban mobility.

This is a European success story in the making – and it should be scaled EU-wide through the Clean Corporate Fleets initiative

To fully realise the potential, we call on the European Commission to include bike leasing into upcoming legislative initiatives, such as the Clean Corporate Fleets initiative, and to encourage all member states to adopt favourable legislation supporting company bike leasing schemes. 

The cycling industry is ready to deliver by providing a European-made, zero-emission, and cost-effective mobility option that is already transforming corporate mobility across Member States where the right incentives are in place. This must be recognised accordingly in the upcoming initiative with a mode-neutral definition of corporate fleets. Catering for the full range of zero-emission mobility solutions is not only logical from a sustainability perspective—it is also critical for reinforcing Europe’s competitive edge.

The White Paper will be launched on 16 September. Stay tuned - and follow CIE’s LinkedIn to get your copy.