Driving the change towards
low-carbon mobility
Between the challenges of sustainability and the impact of digitalization, the business mobility sector is rich in challenges and promises. As part of the Beyond Fuel component of its strategic plan, Edenred now offers a complete range of business mobility management services beyond fuel – such as electric recharging, maintenance and tolls – enabling its customers to increase efficiency and reduce their environmental impact.
Supporting electromobility in Europe
Today, electric mobility is a major area of development: Edenred wants to enable professionals to choose an electric fleet – whether made up of heavy or light vehicles – and to charge their vehicles with the greatest possible peace of mind, whether at work, on business trips or at home.
Edenred extended its offering in 2024 with the acquisition of Spirii, a European SaaS (software as a service) platform covering the entire electric recharging value chain: installation and management of charging points for operators, location of charging stations and payment via an application for drivers.
Although they account for just 2% of vehicles on Europe's roads, heavy-duty vehicles are responsible for 25% of total CO2 emissions from road transport. Their electrification therefore represents an effective lever for achieving the European Union's climate objectives. UTA Edenred is encouraging this approach, notably through the extension of its 360° UTA eCharge public electric recharging solution, which is now available to electric heavy goods vehicles.
In 2024, Edenred also joined the ChargeUp Europe association, which works for the rapid deployment of recharging infrastructures across the continent.
Number of charging points for electric and hybrid vehicles in Europe included in the Edenred network, representing 98% coverage of European public stations
Beyond electromobility, Edenred is exploring all avenues of decarbonization. The "Move for Good" program helps mobility solutions customers in Europe and Latin America to measure, reduce and offset their CO2 emissions.
Acquisitions can also open up opportunities for decarbonization. In 2024, Edenred acquired the energy card of IP Gruppo api (IP), Italy's leading local fuel distributor, to become the country's No. 2 energy card issuer. In addition to giving IP's 50,000 energy card customers access to Edenred's European Beyond Fuel solutions, the merger will also provide them with the Group's expertise in fleet electrification.
Edenred also invested in 2024 in the Shift4Good impact investment fund, which mainly supports start-ups in Europe and Southeast Asia covering the entire sustainable transport ecosystem: connected fleet management, mobility as a service (MaaS) and battery technologies for electric vehicles.
Innovate to optimize
As a day-to-day platform for mobility managers, Edenred offers innovative solutions to simplify their tasks. In Brazil, these solutions include the GoHub interactive dashboard (which aggregates mobility data such as fuel purchase, maintenance, tolls, geolocation, parking, insurance, cleaning and telematics), and the TED digital assistant, based on artificial intelligence, capable of making recommendations concerning fuel choice, maintenance and journeys. The result: lower energy and maintenance costs, and greater vehicle availability and safety for drivers.
In Europe, UTA Edenred teamed up with German manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus in 2024 to roll out the MAN SimplePay service. This service makes it possible to know the operating costs of a fleet thanks to data analysis: the connection between Edenred energy cards and the platform gives an overview of all the transactions carried out for each vehicle concerned.
On the road, connected automatic toll collection devices (such as the UTA One Next box, which can be used across 17 European countries, or the Edenred Taggy badge in Brazil) enable drivers to pay tolls without having to stop – a gain in efficiency and a reduction in emissions linked to idling vehicles.
On the administrative side, our European subsidiary Edenred Finance provides cross-border transport companies with automated tax recovery for expenses incurred by their drivers.