--- description: Find out why Trek Bicycle was selected for the list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Trek Bicycle image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ce4539e257d1159/698a303522fb856227e2d452/T100-Companies-P-Trek.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Mar 30, 2022 # Trek Bicycle Pushing change by [Nik Popli](/author/nik-popli/) ## Nik Popli Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer  A mechanic assembles a bike at the Trek Bicycle Shop in San Diego, California, U.S., on Friday, May 15, 2020. A mechanic assembles a bike at the Trek Bicycle Shop in San Diego, California, U.S., on Friday, May 15, 2020.Sandy Huffaker—Bloomberg Bicycles are plenty eco-friendly, but building and shipping them still exacts a toll. Trek Bicycle in July became the world’s first major bicycle manufacturer to quantify that toll, publishing a sustainability report that found that producing and shipping each bike emits the same amount of carbon energy as an average car driving 430 miles. It now plans to reduce its reliance on [air freight](https://time.com/6116582/shipping-cop26-emissions/ "undefined"), use more sustainable materials, and consolidate shipments. The company’s hope, says president John Burke, is that “other companies in the bike business can do the same thing.” _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). Trek Bicycle Is one of the 2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159525/trek-bicycle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159525/trek-bicycle/"},"headline":"Trek Bicycle","datePublished":"2022-03-30T10:21:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:01:05.764Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159525/trek-bicycle/","keywords":["metaverse","TIME100 Companies","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ce4539e257d1159/698a303522fb856227e2d452/T100-Companies-P-Trek.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nik Popli","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/nik-popli/"}],"creator":"Nik Popli","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ce4539e257d1159/698a303522fb856227e2d452/T100-Companies-P-Trek.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159525/trek-bicycle/","name":"Trek Bicycle"}}]}] ```