Tax and economic contribution Economic and social contributions 2021 Economic To our employees through wages and related expenditure Paid in taxes and royalties borne and taxes collected Paid to suppliers a b c Spent on corporate social investment To providers of capital [A] d e $12.1 M a $58.7 B b $37.5 B c $149 M d $31 B e To our employees through wages and related expenditure Paid in taxes and royalties borne and taxes collected Paid to suppliers a b c Spent on corporate social investment To providers of capital [A] d e $12.1 billion a $58.7 billion b $37.5 billion c $149 million d $31 billion e [A] Of which $21.6 billion was paid to lenders, dividends of $0.3 billion were paid to non-controlling interests, and $9.1 billion was paid to Shell plc shareholders. Social Number of suppliers 24,000 Spend with suppliers$ billion 37.5 Employees 82,000 people Employee costs$ billion 12.2 Spend in countries where GDP is less than $15,000 a year per person$ billion 4.2 R&D spend$ million 815 New hires (experienced) 1,292 (34% female) New hires (operations centre) 2,742 (51% female) Social investment$ million 149 of which $94 million is voluntary Flagship STEM 60,000 students participated in NXplorers, our flagship STEM programme Pay linked to carbon intensity for 16,500 staff We started 182 R&D projects with universities [B] Women in senior leadership position 29.5% Women on the Board 50% [B] Compared with 124 in 2020
