Fleet operators throughout Europe are accumulating extra emissions knowledge than ever earlier than, however most are failing to transform this into significant motion. In line with Alphabet’s 2025 European Fleet Emission Monitor (EFEM), simply 27% of corporations can precisely quantify their fleet’s CO₂ output, regardless of elevated funding in monitoring instruments.
The findings are based mostly on responses from greater than 740 fleet managers in 12 European international locations, together with the UK. Whereas digitalisation is advancing and sustainability stays a precedence, the report highlights a rising “disconnect” between knowledge assortment and actionable perception. Alphabet famous that many corporations stay reliant on handbook methods or legacy instruments, that are limiting their skill to adjust to tightening emissions laws.
European Fleet Emission Monitor 2025: Report
Within the UK, 21.4% of companies are utilizing fleet administration methods to trace CO₂ output—effectively beneath the European monitoring common of 43%. But, over three-quarters (76.2%) of UK respondents take into account sustainability a key consider decision-making. The hole displays an infrastructure lag, not a scarcity of curiosity. Many corporations are “nonetheless establishing the interior capabilities” required to handle rising knowledge volumes, the report said.
Outdated strategies stay widespread. Round 42% of respondents throughout Europe nonetheless depend on fuel-based emissions estimates, with an analogous share within the UK (21.4%) utilizing handbook methods. The report warns that this makes it tough for fleet managers to extract helpful insights or reply to rising compliance pressures.
Adoption of superior applied sciences can be restricted. Solely 4.5% of UK corporations are utilizing synthetic intelligence to watch driver behaviour, and the identical share for billing and value administration. The European averages are even decrease, at 0.7% and 1.8% respectively. Simply 3.3% of all corporations surveyed are utilizing AI to assist fleet reporting.
The report signifies that the EU’s Company Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), adopted in 2023, has but to considerably form fleet planning. Simply 8.4% of respondents throughout Europe mentioned the CSRD had influenced their method. Within the UK, the place the equal Sustainability Disclosure Necessities usually are not but necessary for many companies, that determine rose barely to 9.5%.
Nonetheless, 66% of corporations throughout the pattern have set particular CO₂ targets. Amongst these with devoted sustainability groups, 1 / 4 are centered on emissions monitoring, and 17.6% on carbon discount efforts. In line with Alphabet, this means future potential—however the present hole between coverage consciousness and sensible implementation stays a enterprise threat.