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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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Portrait of CEO Wael Sawan (photo)
Letter from the CEO
Strategy Our strategy to accelerate the transition to net zero.
Group of employees having a meeting in a glass office (photo)
Performance overview A selection of global metrics that we track within Shell.
Shell site offering customers Shell BioLNG and Shell Renewable Diesel  (photo)
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.
Three workers wearing helmets looking at a printed paper at the Vito facility - view from top (photo)
Living by our core values
Business ethics and transparency Powering Progress is underpinned by our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people.
Ethical leadership
Collaborations and stakeholder engagement
Political engagement We advocate our positions on matters which affect us, our employees, customers, shareholders or local communities.
Person holding the Ukraine flag with a building and the sun behind it (photo)
Our response to the war in Ukraine
Tax transparency
Safety We aim to do no harm to people and to have no leaks across our operations.
Employee wearing hard hat and hi-vis vest printed with HSSE leading a safety briefing outside (photo)
Our approach to safety
Personal 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
Customer using Shell recharge site to charge electric vehicle (photo)
Achieving net-zero emissions
Two menstanding by a number of electric vehicles using Shell Recharge site  (photo)
Our journey to achieving net zero
Energy transition in action
Delivering our climate targets
Managing greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions Our climate target is to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050.
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.
Sectoral decarbonisation
Carbon credits including nature-based solutions
Carbon capture and storage
Engineer installing solar panels (photo)
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 to help lower emissions from transport.
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.
Man wearing hi-visibilty vest and hard hat looking up in forest (photo)
Respecting nature
Our approach to respecting nature
Environmental collaborations
Community members being taught how to maintain beehives as part of a community engagement programme,Tarija (photo)
Protecting biodiversity
Circular economy and waste
Managing waste
Plastics Shell supports the need for improved circularity of global plastics markets.
View of lake with grasses growing at the side (photo)
Conserving water resources
Airplane between skyscrapers, view from bottom (photo)
Air quality
Happy young multi-ethnic couple using energy for cooking and preparing coffee in kitchen. Europe. (photo)
Powering lives
Our approach to powering lives
Woman checking ingredients from a food box (photo)
Cost of living crisis
Woman happily cooking at home using electric cooker and fridge, in Africa (photo)
Providing access to energy
Working with our suppliers
Supply chain In 2022, we spent around $41.5 billion on goods and services from around 24,000 suppliers globally.
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
Solar panel (photo)
A just transition
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.
Managing our impact on people
Engaging with communities Engaging with communities is essential to understanding their priorities and concerns.
Indigenous peoples
Cultural heritage
Involuntary resettlement
Frontline worker at the Nyhamna gas facility looking out over the water. (photo)
Generating shareholder value
Our business activities
Embedding sustainability into our activities
Perdido deep water rig illuminated at dusk (photo)
Producing oil and natural gas
Non-operated ventures We expect a joint venture operated by a partner to apply standards and processes, or principles, that are materially equivalent to our own.
Acquisitions and divestments
Service champion employee washing a car rear window at a Shell retail site in Singapore, Asia (photo)
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
Portrait of CEO Wael Sawan (photo)

Letter from the CEO

As we invest in the energy needed today, our target to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 remains at the heart of our strategy. We are making good progress. By the end of 2022, we had reduced carbon emissions from our operations by 30% compared with 2016 on a net basis, more than halfway towards our target of a 50% reduction by 2030.

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