Letter

Joint call: Leasing companies should step up climate ambition and become real green leaders

November 23, 2023

A coalition of 20+ NGOs and consumer organisations from across Europe call upon leasing companies to set a phase-out date to stop leasing fossil fuel cars latest by 2028

An alliance of 20+ NGOs and consumer organisations across Europe are uniting and calling on Europe’s top 7 leasing companies – Alphabet, Arval, Athlon, Ayvens, Leasys, Mobilize and Volkswagen Financial Services – to accelerate their transition to electric cars. 

This means:

  • Set a phase-out date to stop leasing fossil fuel cars latest by 2028.
  • Set ambitious interim zero-emission targets that are well ahead of the market in order to achieve this 2028 goal.
  • Increase the share of smaller and more affordable battery electric vehicles in your portfolio. 
  • Increase transparency and disclose the number and type of cars that you are registering in the EU and its markets.
  • Advocate for policy changes on a national and EU level that incentivise and enable the transition to electromobility in the leasing sector.

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