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Sustainability

Adapting to the challenges of an ever-changing world

 

Our ambition

 

In 2020, we created Arval Beyond, our 5-year strategic plan to transition from an automotive full-service leasing company to a specialist in mobility. Today, we want to go further by extending our role within the value chain and encouraging new ways of thinking. To act for impact.

Our ambition at Arval is to drive the change to sustainable mobility for all our markets, customers, suppliers, partners, and our teams. We are convinced that low-carbon, safe and responsible mobility overall is key for human wellbeing. 

 

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Alain Van Groenendael

Alain van Groenendael

Arval Chairman & CEO

Our ambition at Arval is to drive the change to sustainable mobility for all our markets, customers, suppliers, partners and our teams. We are convinced that low-carbon, safe an responsible mobility overall is key for human wellbeing.

  

Our sustainability strategy

 

Sustainability 2025

(1)Average of CO2 emissions are calculated as a weighted average of the Arval entities’ fleet (Passenger cars and light commercial vehicles). In a context of regulation change (NEDC, WLTP), the CO2 emissions will be adjusted to the WLTP, making use of the results of a NEDC-WLTP correlation internal study, to ensure comparable stringency. (2)The 2026 ambition assumes similar or better supporting measures from the relevant governments on electric vehicles, as well as charging infrastructures and supporting services being further upgraded. (3)Small to Medium Area Repair Technology ("SMART"): the use of specialist tools and products to repair damages such as dents and cracks. Avoids the need to replace or repaint an entire panel or component. (4)Percentage calculated on the basis of insurance claims of motor third party liability (MTPL) observed by Greenval, covering geographies representing 81% of the fleet leased by Arval. (5) Any mission that contributes to decarbonising corporate customers' mobility. (6) SMP are positions identified and validated by governing bodies of Core businesses / Métiers / Transversal and integrated Functions as having an important impact at Group level. (7) Arval fleet leased for the benefit of its employees and at the expense of Arval, worldwide excluding Latin America, Morocco & Turkey.

  

The Economy

 

 

Our People

The Community

The Environment
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Arval UK Sustainability Report 2024

  

Sustainability Achievements and Commitments

 

ARVAL UK AWARDED ECOVADIS PLATINUM MEDAL IN FEBRUARY 2026

EcoVadis Platinum 2026

With a sustainability score of 88/100, Arval UK is positioned among the top 1% of all companies assessed by EcoVadis across all industries in the previous 12 months.

The EcoVadis Platinum Medal reflects the quality of our commitments and objectives with tangible actions and results, encompassing not only environmental challenges such as sustainable mobility, but also social issues throughout our value chain.

About EcoVadis

EcoVadis operates a web-based collaborative platform, scoring companies’ sustainability performance by assessing their policies, actions and results, as well as inputs from third party professionals and external stakeholders.

Companies are assessed on 4 main themes towards Environment, Ethics, Labour and Human Rights and Sustainable Procurement. These topics are divided into 21 sustainability indicators.

Read Arval UK’s EcoVadis recognition page.

 

Other Insights

 

  

1 MILLION HOURS 2 HELP - THE FIRST PHILANTHROPY PROJECT AT ARVAL

1MH2H Label

In September 2018, BNP Paribas Group signed an agreement on Fundamental Rights and Global Social Framework with UNI Global Union, that promotes fundamental rights for employees and establishes a common social framework for close to 190,000 employees of the BNP Paribas Group in 65 countries.
As part of this agreement, the Group undertook to contribute to a more sustainable and more equitable world, in particular with the aim of reaching a total volume of 1 million paid solidarity hours at Group level by devoting a part of their working time to build a more inclusive and environmentally-aware world.

At Arval, the programme was launched internationally in September 2020. Arval Philanthropy is part of our sustainability strategy, through Engagement #9: “Sustain Corporate Philanthropy actions related to our core business”. 

The objective is to reach 50,000 solidarity hours performed by employees in all Arval countries during their working time, by 2025.