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Achieving net-zero emissions Working with our customers and across sectors to accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions.
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Respecting nature Protecting the environment, reducing waste and making a positive contribution to biodiversity.
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Powering lives Powering lives through our products and activities, and by supporting an inclusive society.
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Generating shareholder value Growing value through a dynamic portfolio and disciplined capital allocation.
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Our core values Living by our core values and our relentless focus on safety.
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Data tables Reporting on the safety of our operations, our impact on the environment and our contribution to communities.

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We believe that the actions we take as part of our Powering Progress strategy can help directly contribute to the 13 SDGs below, while indirectly contributing to others. For more examples of how we are contributing to the SDGs, see also www.shell.com/sdgs.

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Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Shell plc (photo)
Letter from the CEO
Strategy Our strategy to accelerate the transition to net-zero.
Performance overview A selection of global metrics that we track within Shell.
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Sustainability at Shell
Sustainability governance
Remuneration Driving action through remuneration.
About this report
Report Review Panel We use an external review panel to strengthen our sustainability reporting.
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Living by our core values
Business ethics and transparency Powering Progress is underpinned by our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people.
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Ethical leadership
Collaborations and stakeholder engagement
Political engagement We advocate our positions on matters which affect us, our employees, customers, shareholders or local communities.
Tax transparency
Safety We aim to do no harm to people and to have no leaks across our operations.
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Our approach to safety
Process safety We measure and report process safety incidents according to significance.
Preparing for emergencies We have programmes in place to reduce the number of operational spills.
Spill response and prevention in Nigeria
Transport safety
Product stewardship
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Achieving net-zero emissions
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Climate change and the energy transition
Delivering our climate targets
Managing greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions In 2021, we announced an absolute emissions reduction target.
Energy efficiency in our operations
Methane emissions We encourage industry-wide action on methane emissions reduction.
Flaring We are working to reduce flaring, which contributes to climate change and wastes valuable resources.
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Sectoral decarbonisation
Realising the role of nature
Carbon capture and storage
Providing lower-carbon electricity
Integrated power We believe Shell can become a leading provider of clean power.
Wind
Solar
Fuelling mobility We are producing and supplying low-carbon fuels help lower the carbon emissions from transportation.
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Biofuels
Electric vehicle charging
Hydrogen Hydrogen is a versatile energy carrier that can play a significant role in the transition to a lower-carbon world.
Driving innovation Our R&D activities are key to achieving our net-zero emissions target, in step with society.
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Respecting nature
Our approach to respecting nature
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Protecting biodiversity
Circular economy and waste
Managing waste
Plastics Shell supports the need for improved circularity of global plastics markets.
Conserving water resources
Air quality
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Powering lives
Our approach to powering lives
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Providing access to energy
Working with our suppliers
Supply chain In 2021, Shell spent around $37.5 billion on goods and services.
Local content We want to make a positive difference to countries and local communities where we operate.
Contributing to communities
Social investment
Community skills and entrepreneurship
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Contributing to Nigeria's economy
STEM education NXplorers aims to help young people develop complex and creative thinking.
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Worker welfare
Respecting human rights We have embedded human rights in our Shell General Business Principles, Code of Conduct and Shell Supplier Principles.
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Managing our impact on people
Engaging communities Engaging with communities is essential to understanding their priorities and concerns.
Indigenous peoples
Cultural heritage
Involuntary resettlement
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Generating shareholder value
Our business activities
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Embedding sustainability into projects
Producing oil and natural gas The most ambitious scenarios show that the world will continue to need oil and gas for decades.
Non-operated ventures Shell often works in joint ventures with national and other international energy companies.
Divested ventures
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Our performance data
About our data We began reporting voluntarily on our environmental, safety and social performance in 1997.
Our standards and policies Selected commitments, policies and frameworks.
Our Powering Progress targets Powering Progress has four main goals which together integrate sustainability with our business strategy.
Safety performance data
Greenhouse gas and energy data
Other environmental data
Social performance data

Letter from the CEO

Our Powering Progress strategy, which we launched in 2021, sets out how Shell can play a leading role in helping the world to reduce its carbon emissions. At the heart of our strategy lies our own target to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, in step with society’s progress in achieving the Paris climate goals.

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