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Performance overview

Performance in 2022

  • 1.7

    2021: 6.9

    serious injuries and fatalities per 100 million working hours. See Our approach to safety

  • 76 gCO2e/MJ

    2021: 77 gCO2e/MJ

    net carbon intensity, which measures the life-cycle emissions intensity of the portfolio of energy products sold. See Delivering our climate targets

  • 30%

    2021: 18%

    reduction in our total combined Scope 1 and 2 absolute greenhouse gas emissions compared with 2016, the base year. [A] See Delivering our climate targets

  • 66

    2021: 103

    operational process safety Tier 1 and 2 events. See Process safety

  • 9.5 billion

    2021: 9.1 billion

    litres of biofuels went into Shell’s petrol and diesel worldwide. [B] See Biofuels

  • 139,000

    2021: 87,000

    public and private electric vehicle charge points operated by Shell. See Electric vehicle charging

  • 1,790

    2021: 1,479

    reports to the Shell Global Helpline, where people can report potential breaches of the Code of Conduct. See Ethical leadership

  • 32% increase

    2021: 40% decrease

    in the number of operational spills of more than 100 kilograms. There were 54 in 2022 compared with 41 in 2021. See Spills

  • 33% decrease

    2021: 18% increase

    in flaring. Overall flaring decreased to 3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent compared with 4.5 million tonnes in 2021. See Flaring

  • $41.5 billion

    2021: $37.5 billion

    spent on goods and services from around 24,000 suppliers globally. See Supply chain

  • 30.4%

    2021: 29.5%

    women in senior leadership positions. See Diversity, equity and inclusion

  • $182 million

    2021: $94 million

    spent on voluntary social investment. See Social investment

  • $5 billion

    2021: $4.2 billion

    spent in countries where gross national income is less than $15,000 a year per person. [C] See Local content

  • 266,000

    2021: 271,000

    formal training days for employees and joint-venture partners. See Diversity, equity and inclusion

  • 78,300

    2021: 60,000

    students participated in NXplorers, our flagship STEM programme. See STEM education

[A] From assets and activities under our operational control.

[B] Including around 3 billion litres through our joint venture Raízen.

[C] According to the UN Development Programme's Human Development Index 2021.