Working with others
We have always understood the need to work with others to achieve our commercial, environmental and social goals, while the sharing of knowledge and experience with others contributes to better practices.
Collaboration with governments, non-governmental organisations, other energy producers, industry bodies, consumers and local communities helps us in many different ways. It is a proven way to learn new things, share best practices, achieve specific objectives, set future goals, and build trust with the many different stakeholders who have an interest in our company.
We work in partnership in many areas – for example, to help us implement our investment in communities more effectively, to reduce our environmental impact, to protect biodiversity or to improve on specific areas of human rights. Partnerships are also essential to help enhance safety and environmental standards and practices within our industry.
Some of the views of the organisations with which we participate may differ from our own. For example, we may not always agree with their opinions on topics such as climate change. In these cases, we make our views known within the organisation and seek to influence its position on certain policies.
Collaborations overview
The table shows some of the organisations that we collaborate with globally on topics such as environmental sustainability, climate change and technology. Shell also works with many community-based organisations.
Shell collaborations |
Environmental sustainability and climate change | Human rights and social responsibility | Safety and technical standards | Technology and innovation | Transparency and governance |
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Alliance to End Plastic Waste | Yes |
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B Team Responsible Tax Principles |
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Yes |
Bonsucro | Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Building Responsibly |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Business for Social Responsibility | Yes |
Yes |
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Clean Cooking Alliance |
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Yes |
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Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition | Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
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E4D / SOGA |
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Yes |
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Earthwatch | Yes |
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Energy Institute (EI) |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes | ||
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) |
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Yes |
GIZ |
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Yes |
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Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) |
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Yes |
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HeliOffshore | Yes | ||||
Hydrogen Council | Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) | Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) | Yes |
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IPIECA (industry association for environmental and social issues) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Jet Zero Council | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Mercy Corps | Yes |
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Methane Guiding Principles Coalition | Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Mission Possible Partnership | Yes | Yes | |||
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Roundtable for Responsible Soy (RTRS) | Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Roundtable for Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) | Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes | ||
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) | Yes |
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Yes |
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The Valuable 500 | Yes | ||||
Transparency International UK Business Integrity Forum |
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Yes |
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UN Environment Programme (UNEP) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
UN Global Compact |
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Yes |
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Yes |
UN World Food Programme (WFP) | Yes | Yes | |||
Voluntary Principles Initiative | Yes |
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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World Economic Forum | Yes | Yes | Yes |
More in Sustainability
Environmental and social partners
Shell works with environmental and developmental organisations all over the world. This helps us to reduce our environmental and societal impact, to improve the quality of land and water around our operations and to benefit local communities. Working with others in sustainability partnerships is the focus of UN Sustainable Development Goal 17.
Biodiversity
Our ambition is to have a positive impact on biodiversity. Find out what we're doing.