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With the last major COP taking place in Paris in 2015, the annual UN Climate Change Conference took place in Glasgow. The summit was attended by those countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – a treaty that came into force in 1994. For many COP26 was the first major test of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Why was COP26 an important test of the Paris Agreement? Discover more in this article.

The new Countries Energy Transition Maturity Score study co-conducted by the Element-Arval Global Alliance and Arval is potentially one of the most important pieces of international fleet research that has been undertaken for some time.

The Element-Arval Global Alliance today announced SIXT Leasing Baltics as a new member of the world-spanning fleet management network, the longest standing strategic alliance in the fleet management industry with 3 million vehicles under management, now in 53 countries.

Arval Consulting and BNP Paribas Real Estate have just co-conducted a pioneering study on the impact of remote working on mobility and real estate offices. Here, Shams-Dine El Mouden, Arval's International Consulting Director, introduces some of the key findings...

Emil Frey France, France's leading car distribution group, and Arval, France's leading full service leasing company, have entered into a strategic partnership to create a full service leasing business for customers of the 250 dealerships of the Emil Frey France Group.

While business interest in electric cars has increased exponentially in the last year or so, progress in the electric van market has been much slower. However, there are signs that this situation is beginning to change – a trend that Arval is hoping to encourage with the release of an authoritative new report.

​​​​​​​Last July, the European Union proposed a zero-emissions target for new cars by 2035, an effective ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035. The European Commission also proposed a 55% cut in CO2 emissions from cars by 2030 versus 2021 levels and a 100% cut in CO2 emissions by 2035. In parallel, several countries have already announced accelerated timelines for the sale of Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) to be banned in 2030 or 2035. The continued acceleration of electrification is putting a significant pressure on OEMs to meet these targets and is spurring the development of electrification strategy for the coming years.

But what kind of decisions and investments have they already decided?

The next stop in our World Mobility Tour is Oslo, often referred to as the EV capital of the world.

Our discussion with Sture Portvik, the Manager for Electro mobility of the City of Oslo, enables us to discover the strategy of this city regarding all aspects of mobility.

Arval’s activity continued to develop well in the first half of 2021 thanks to the quality of its services and the strength of its business model: the leased fleet grew by 6.4% compared to the end of June 2020, reaching 1,416,777 vehicles, despite the longer delivery time for new cars in connection with the current shortage of semi-conductors on the market. It confirmed Arval’s position as the European leader in full service multi-brand leasing.