Cycling together towards a greener future.

Our mission

our sustainability mission
Towards the next milestone.

At Lease a Bike, we have made a promise to make the world a little greener. We not only want to help other companies become more sustainable, but also make a major contribution to environmental protection ourselves.

Our mission is clear: we want to inspire employees to switch to cycling. We also want to make a contribution to society and the planet by creating or supporting sustainable cycling and health initiatives. As a company, we are aware of our special social responsibility. As part of this, we want to contribute to solving the challenges of tomorrow. Together with our partners.


To this end, we are active in various areas: Society. Planet. People. We want to facilitate access to emission-free mobility solutions for as many people as possible. We also want to take responsibility and operate more sustainably as a company. We are also focussing on our employees. We want to invest in and support our team.

We are investing in the future of our planet. For our society!

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Enabling emission-free mobility

We support our fellow human beings by enabling the use of emission-free mobility and making it more accessible to them, for example by donating bikes to charitable organisations.

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Taking responsibility

We are aware of our responsibility: to improve the sustainability of our company and our supply chain. That is why we are focussing on offsetting and reducing our CO₂ emissions.

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Investing in employees

Supporting employees is one of our main objectives in order to strengthen Lease a Bike in the long term. This includes, for example, the education and health of our employees.

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Share our progress

We publish an annual CSR report and explain our progress in the area of sustainability on our website. We are also committed to adapting our measures to the current state of the climate crisis.

Our mission in numbers

55%

fewer CO₂ emissions per employee by 2030.

Since 2022,

Lease a Bike is already climate active.

100

bikes are donated annually to certified organisations.

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We pursue these goals.

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Offset CO₂ emissions

We plant climate-stable trees in Germany. At the same time, we offset our team's CO₂ emissions by supporting climate protection projects worldwide with our partner Planted. Our digital company forest shows you how many trees we have already been able to plant in cooperation.

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Reducing our CO₂ footprint

In line with the climate agreement, we will reduce our carbon footprint per employee by 55% by 2030. We are gaining insights into emissions from gas, electricity, vehicles, public transport, air travel and, in future, waste. To minimise our CO₂ emissions, we purchase green electricity and are gradually switching to electric vehicles. We are also reducing our heating by 1° and encouraging our employees to cycle and use our own products. In this way, we want to raise awareness of sustainable behaviour within the company and encourage our employees to pay attention to sustainable processes in their day-to-day work.

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Donate bikes & promote social commitment

As a Group, we think outside the box and donate 100 reusable bicycles every year to certified organisations that promote easy access to green mobility. In this context, for example, we have also organised a driving safety training course for children and young people at the Hephata Foundation together with our cooperation partner Borussia Mönchengladbach. We also support social projects such as flowering meadows in the region and organise our own charity campaigns such as Bike to Work Days.

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Supporting employees

Our employees are the heart of the company. That's why we support our employees with further training and promote health and fitness programmes such as Hansefit.  We also favour the bike leasing of our employees and serve vegetarian and vegan alternatives at team events.

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This calculator is based on the assumption that a bicycle is used instead of a mid-range car (diesel or super). The values for CO₂ emissions are based on official figures from the Federal Environment Agency.
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Source: Federal Environment Agency Germany https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/5750/publikationen/2021_fb_umweltfreundlich_mobil_bf.pdf https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/Global-LCA-passenger-cars-jul2021_0.pdf http://www.pcf-projekt.de/files/1233231277/pcf_pilotprojekt_ergebnisbericht.pdf

2023 in figures

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5,000 €

donated to Lukas-Werk in Peine through Lease a Bike’s Charity event winner.

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2,000 qm

Blühpatenschaft (flowering sponsorship) set up in Molbergen to combat insect decline and support biodiversity.

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1,440

trees planted in co-operation with our partner Planted in 2023.

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95

employees worked at Lease a Bike in Germany in 2023 and benefit from the structural investments.

‘We are proud to contribute to a greener future with environmentally friendly mobility solutions. We actively promote sustainable strategies and processes in our company so that our internal processes also have a positive impact on the environment. We are convinced that by working together with our customers and partners, we can make a difference to create a more sustainable future together,’ says Christian Wölbern - Managing Director, Lease a Bike Germany.

Our goal: a positive impact on the environment.

Lease a Bike donates 50 bicycles to the SOS Children's Village in Düsseldorf

On 6 December, Lease a Bike provided a special surprise for the SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. association just in time for St. Nicholas Day: we donated 50 bikes, including e-bikes, to the aid organisation for use by educational staff. The donation was handed over at the SOS Children's Village in Düsseldorf. Half of the bikes will be sent to the SOS Children's Village in Essen.

What's on the list for 2024

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Expand collaborations

We are aiming at expanding our collaborations with regional partners to broaden our community outreach. For example, with possible new projects with local schools or other institutions.

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Boost personal involvement

We'd like to encourage our colleagues to get personally involved in the company's sustainability mission. For example, by initiating field-trip projects for company days with nature conservation groups.

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Activate stakeholder involvement

As well, we aim at further including our broader community in our CSR mission. For example, by bringing initiatives to life, like the Bike to Work Days, where stakeholders have the possibility to make their own contribution.

Download our CSR promise

Our CSR Statement
CSR Report
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