Rabobank Group

The Rabobank Group is committed to making a visible contribution to the mobility issue. Our mobility policy is founded on three core principles: reducing, avoiding and greening.

Reducing by driving/travelling fewer kilometers. Avoiding by steering clear of rush hours, travelling at other times or working from home. Greening by encouraging employees to commute to and from work by bicycle or public transport. We recently made the ABC lease car scheme we introduced in 2005 even greener. The labels have now been replaced by norms based on actual CO2 emissions.

Employees drive fuel-efficient lease cars
The new lease scheme provides an incentive for employees to select smaller and more energy-efficient cars. This is because if an employee opts for a more energy-efficient car that is less than his or her lease budget, he or she will receive the difference with the allowed lease budget in monthly payments. Each lease car driver is also issued an NS Business Card that allows him or her to choose to travel by train.

The New Way of Working
Working 'unplugged' likewise promotes more sustainable mobility behaviour. The core principle behind working 'unplugged' is that employees are free to decide every day their optimum working location and method and to select the corresponding form of transportation. This means it is sometimes more convenient to catch the train, other times more sensible to travel by bike and in other instances wiser to travel by car. Working from home can also be an option. Technology has now advanced to the stage that conference calls and video meetings are easy to arrange. The employee consequently has complete freedom of choice.