A device of the Mobility law of December 2019, the sustainable mobility package (FMD) allows employees who abandon the car to benefit from support from their employers.
And not just for those who choose cycling as an alternative.
But the implementation of the FMD is not mandatory for the employer, regardless of the size of the company.
The weak point of the device?
Deputy Matthieu Orphelin surveyed 43 large French companies to find out which ones have implemented it to date.
Result: only 39% of companies surveyed apply it and 19% are considering doing so.
Too little, for the deputy of Maine-et-Loire who also observes, where the FMD is in place, applications “at a discount”.
“Has your company set up the sustainable mobility package (FMD) or plans to do so, and if so, when?
The unlabeled MP for Maine-et-Loire Matthieu Orphelin posed the question to 43 large French companies.
Those who currently make up the CAC 40 and the three others to have left it recently (Accor, Atos and Sodexo).
In the end, 67% of them responded, says one in the team of Matthieu Orphelin.
And when this was not the case, “the employee unions sent us the information or we went through the company agreements ourselves.
The survey gave rise to a list of winners put online this Monday evening on a website created for the occasion: cac40avelo.fr.
Of the 43 companies surveyed, "42% have not done anything yet"
The survey aims to fill the lack of data to know whether or not companies have taken up the sustainable mobility package, introduced by the Mobility Orientation Law (LOM) in December 2019, but not mandatory.
“A first assessment of the introduction of this device in companies was planned within eighteen months, but has not always been carried out to date”, points out the deputy Mathieu Orphelin.
This Sustainable Mobility Package replaces the bicycle mileage allowance (IKV), which allowed a private company to pay an allowance to its employees using the bicycle for their home-work journeys and calculated on the basis of the number of kilometers traveled by the latter.
This is a first difference then with the Sustainable Mobility Package which can go up to 500 euros per year.
Even 600 euros since the promulgation of the Climate and Resilience law, last summer, when it is combined with the management of 50% of public transport subscription by the employer.
Another difference with the IKV: the sustainable mobility package is not limited to cycling but takes into account other soft means of transport.
From everyday carpooling to scooters and shared mobility services.
Interesting on paper.
The problem is that this sustainable mobility package is still rare in companies, including the largest ones.
“Of the 43 companies we interviewed, only 39% have implemented it, which is clearly very insufficient,” comments Matthieu Orphelin.
And 19% are currently thinking about setting it up and 42% haven't done anything yet.
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Discount packages?
Above all, even within the 39% who adopted it, the deputy for Maine-et-Loire and his team note an unequal application.
In the majority of cases (53%), companies limit the payments granted for sustainable mobility to the use of bicycles.
“For example, at Hermès and Safran, only employees coming by bike will be able to claim a sustainable mobility package, capped at 200 euros and 500 euros respectively per year”, illustrates the survey.
Same thing at Capgemini or Carrefour where, however, “the extension to other types of soft mobility is today a subject of discussion with our social partners”, writes the retail group in its response to the letter from the deputy .
In 2020, the compensation represented an average of 123 euros per year and per beneficiary, still indicates Carrefour.
This is another limit pointed out by the survey.
The compensation paid varies greatly from one company to another, depending on the rules of accumulation, the conditions for obtaining it, the ceilings adopted.
From 100 euros at Air Liquide, "where the flat rate cannot be combined with a reimbursement of a subscription to public transport", specifies Matthieu Orphelin's team, up to 500 euros at others (Safran therefore, but also Total Energies).
A podium that emerges?
Certainly, the policies in favor of soft mobility of these large companies are not limited to the FMD.
“Interesting additional actions are deployed and are going in the right direction, recognizes Matthieu Orphelin.
The development of specific dedicated car parks, bicycle repair and maintenance services, provision of charging stations for electric cars or even internal company carpooling sites.
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For the deputy of Maine-et-Loire, the podium of the most virtuous companies consists of Accor, Orange and, tied for third, Axa and L'Oreal.
They have in common to combine complementary actions promoting soft mobility and a FMD of a high amount – more than 400 euros – and not only accessible to employees coming by bike.
With the exception, however, of L'Oréal, on this last point.
"But the company is clinging to the podium thanks to the complementary actions it has put in place", justifies Matthieu Orphelin.
This is particularly the “security kit” option offered to employees benefiting from the FMD.
It allows them to be reimbursed for various safety equipment (helmet, lighting device, etc.) up to a limit of 50 euros.
Excuses that don't always work
At the other end of the list, among companies that have not implemented FMD and do not plan to do so, the MP finds some justifications unconvincing.
"Danone, for example, replied 'having preferred measures to promote the purchasing power of employees, in order to meet the majority expectations of employees'", he illustrates.
As for Thales and Michelin, the two groups point to the non-accessibility by bike of some of their industrial sites.
“An understandable brake, grants Matthieu Orphelin.
But nothing prevents starting by setting up the sustainable mobility package for carpooling* or even working with local authorities on the accessibility of their sites.
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Should we therefore generalize this sustainable mobility package?
This was already the question during the debates during the drafting of the mobility orientation bill.
The answers obtained by Matthieu Orphelin push him to ask for it again.
"Starting with companies with 1,000 employees, then 250 and so on," he says.
And also maintaining the flexibility of the tool on the amounts of the packages, the way of paying them or the associated additional measures.
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Next #teasing @opinionway poll for @FUB_fr
Message to trade unions and employers' organizations: there is an overwhelming majority in favor of a mandatory sustainable mobility package.
Yes, taking the 🚲 seriously means treating it like public transport!
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— Olivier SCHNEIDER (@oschneider_fub) February 6, 2022
A generalization desired by a majority of French people?
Matthieu Orphelin recalls the challenges: reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to our travels, while transport is the leading emission sector in France.
“In 2021, 76% of French people still use the car to get to work, and 62% of car trips are less than 10 km,” he explains.
The member of Maine-et-Loire is not the only one to see this generalization with a good eye.
76% of French people say they are in favor of it in a major study on the French and cycling carried out by the OpinionWay institute for the Federation of Bicycle Users (FUB), in view of its annual congress which is being held this Thursday.
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