In its first eighteen months of operation, the Cycle Friendly Employer Consortium has expanded its representation across Europe, welcoming four new members in 2018 and one new member already in 2019. The certification is currently being implemented in fourteen countries across Europe, with a total of more than 200 employers already certified as Cycle-Friendly. A call for applications is currently open to join the consortium and implement the scheme in non-represented countries. The CFE Consortium invites you to join us on two occasions during Velo-city 2019 Dublin next week!

“Meet the Cycle-Friendly Employers Consortium” Thursday 27th June 2019, 16.30-17.00, at the ECF Booth, Convention Centre Dublin

Members of the consortium will be waiting for you at the ECF booth during the Velo-city 2019 Exhibition to discuss and share their experiences with the certification, implementation in their countries and overall Cycle-friendly talk! How cycle-friendly are you really, why & how to get certified, how to convince your employer? Join us to get your questions answered.

“Cycling & The Workplace: Cycle-Friendly Employers” parallel session, Friday 28th June 2019, 10.30-11.30, Convention Centre Dublin

Bike-to-work campaigns are implemented across multiple countries, in diverse formats, with varying levels of success, in theory with a shared objective; employees cycle to work and employers enable them to do so. One certification scheme centralises efforts on promoting cycling to the workplace, by establishing a European standard for cycle-friendly companies. CFE Members from UK, Norway and Croatia share their experiences and are joined by the first Cycle-friendly Employer of Belgium – EASME! More here. 

*for the employers*

Are you an employer in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Croatia, Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Norway, UK, Romania, or the Netherlands?

Check-out your national contact point for certification here: https://cfe-certification.eu/countries

*for the newcomers*

The Cycle Friendly Employer Certification was developed to establish a European standard for cycle friendly companies. The certification is intended to help European companies to improve the situation for employees that cycle to work. As an acknowledgement for their effort these companies receive the certificate “cycle-friendly employer”. In 2017 organisations from Denmark, Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, Slovenia, Malta, Bulgaria, France, Croatia, Romania, Italy and the Netherlands, by building on the legacy of the Bike2Work project  decided to establish the Cycle-Friendly Employer Certification Consortium (CFE Consortium) in order to implement the CFE Certification Framework at national level. The aim was to facilitate, improve and standardise the certification process for employers at European level.

*& for the curious!* 

For our most recent success story from Norway: https://ecf.com/news-and-events/news/first-100-cycle-friendly-employers-norway
For more information on the Cycle-Friendly Employer Certification: https://cfe-certification.eu // 
For more on joining the Consortium: Call for Applications – Implement the Cycle-Friendly Employer Certification in your country // 
Contact us directly for any questions at cfe-certification@ecf.com.