Economic and social contributions in 2022
Economic [A]
Our relationships
Suppliers
24,000
78,000 students
participated in our flagship STEM programme NXplorers
Research and development expenditure
$1.075 billion
Research and development projects started at universities
250
Our people
Employees
93,000
Total employee cost
$14 billion
Experienced hires
10,076
(40% women, 60% men)
Graduate hires
332
(49% women, 51% men)
Pay linked to carbon intensity for
16,500 staff
Women in senior leadership
30%
Women on the Board
55%
- [A] Shell also makes significant payments to its suppliers and social investment programmes.
- [B] See Payments overview.
- [C] Of which $8.5 billion was repaid to lenders, $3.7 billion was interest paid to lenders, $0.2 billion was paid to non-controlling interests, $7.5 billion of dividends were paid to Shell plc shareholders and $18.6 billion was paid to repurchase Shell plc shares.
