New report highlights the positive impact of Neurons global operations

Leading shared e-scooter and e-bike operator Neuron Mobility has announced its commitment to achieve Carbon Negative status for its global operations by 2025.

The commitment means Neuron will be taking ambitious measures to reduce its emissions footprint, as much as possible, by addressing emissions-intensive processes in the supply chain, manufacturing, operations and end of life treatment for vehicles.

In the UK, 35 per cent of all Neuron trips replaced a car journey, which has reduced the number of car trips taken by 405,000, avoided 118 tonnes of carbon emissions and offset the use of roughly 50,300 litres of petrol to date. Globally 3 million car journeys were replaced in 2021 saving an impressive 844 tonnes of carbon emissions.

Neuron has experienced tremendous growth globally since September 2020, with the company tripling its operations and launching in 22 new cities, including extensions in all three UK cities (Newcastle, Slough and Sunderland).

Neuron has also strengthened local economies by providing over 1,400 employment opportunities worldwide with a policy of not using gig-economy workers while also meeting national and local living wage levels for all staff across all markets.

The safety of riders and the wider community has always been a top priority for Neuron, from designing and manufacturing their own e-scooters to their work with safety partners and education programmes to spread awareness of safe riding.

Investment in safety innovation has been a driving force behind Neuron’s success and this continued in 2021 with the trial of new technology including the company’s ‘e-scooter brain’ which uses smart sensors and AI to detect and respond to dangerous riding in real time and to offer unprecedented control over how vehicles are ridden and parked.

Neuron’s ongoing focus on making a positive impact is valued by both riders and the cities the company operates in. In 2021 Neuron saw a 100 per cent renewal rate from city authorities in all markets, and when surveyed, 88 per cent of riders in the UK believed Neuron has had a positive impact on their cities.

Zachary Wang, Neuron CEO said, “in 2016 when we started the company, we envisioned a safe, sustainable and accessible way for people to move around cities and we remain laser-focused on this today. We continue to partner with cities and know that they view responsible operating as central to running a successful micromobility programme.

“We are committed to making a positive social, economic and environmental impact on cities, and setting an ambitious target to go beyond our current Carbon Neutral status, to become Carbon Negative by 2025, is the right thing to do.”

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