Developing a sustainable mobility policy can significantly reduce a company's carbon footprint, boost its image and competitiveness, while offering safety and security benefits for employees.

There are several ways to approach sustainable mobility, including:

• Assess travel needs, frequency and mode of travels: An important part of your strategy should focus on reducing the number of employees travelling and how they are commuting, with a focus on travel modes that have low-carbon emissions.
• Motivate and reward your employees: Employees usually embrace the idea that their company adopts sustainability policies. However, it is important to inform them about low-carbon travel options and rules. In their personal appraisal, also consider simple methods to calculate their travel carbon footprint and establish a reward scheme.   
• Use green vehicles: Strive to source vehicles (leasing, buying, sharing) with low- or no emissions, including electric and hybrid cars, by creating a policy or offering incentives.
• Promote alternative transportation: Taxis and public transport are all sustainable and usually safe and stress-free options. 
• Fly wisely and only as needed: Flights have a very high carbon footprint, so a policy on flights can visibly reduce the company’s environmental impact. For shorter distances, trains are a good option. Criteria for unavoidable flights include: flying non-stop avoids fuel-burning landings, take-offs and taxi times; economy flights are lower impact because more people can board a single plane, which means fewer emissions per person.
• Promote cycling to work: Many European cities/regions are increasingly developing cycling infrastructure and introducing bike-sharing systems, and companies offer incentives to encourage green commuting and teleworking. Meanwhile, cycling is better for staff health, boosts morale and reduces tiring, stressful drives.

In addition to the environmental and promotional benefits of a green mobility policy, it can also save considerable cost, for example:

• Use of public transportation instead of company cars or rental cars is cheaper
• Taking trains instead of flights for shorter distances can be cheaper and faster
• Offering bicycles is cost efficient

These tips and many more can be found on EREK and by searching the internet. A company should calculate its travel carbon footprint before, during and after introducing green mobility measures. Free online platforms are available for this, and the results should be recorded in a monitoring sheet.