Our Climate Target Accessibility Transcript – US

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Our climate target.

Shell's target is to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, in step with society's progress in achieving the goal of the UN Paris Agreement on climate change.

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Tackling climate change

With this target, we will contribute to a net-zero world, where society stops adding to the total amount of greenhouse gases emissions (GHGs) in the atmosphere.

This supports the more ambitious goal to tackle climate change laid out in the Paris Agreement: to limit the rise in average global temperature to 1.5°Celsius

Becoming a net-zero emissions energy business means that we are reducing emissions from our operations, and from the fuels and other energy products we sell to our customers. It also means capturing and storing any remaining emissions using technology or balancing them with offsets.

We are transforming our business to meet our target, providing more low-carbon energy such as charging for electric vehicles, hydrogen and electricity generated by solar and wind power.

We are also working with our customers as they make changes, including in sectors that are difficult to decarbonise, such as aviation, shipping, road freight and industry.

YouTube Video ‘Shell’s Climate Target’

Shell’s Climate Target with transcript to 2 minute animation

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Our approach.

We believe our emissions peaked in 2018 and we will have to continue working to bring them down.

We will reduce emissions from our own operations, including the production of oil and gas, by increasing energy efficiency and capturing or offsetting any remaining emissions. Emissions from our own operations make up less than 10% of our total emissions.

Most of our emissions come from the use of the energy we sell, so we must also help our customers cut their emissions when they use that energy. Importantly, our target includes emissions not only from the energy we produce and process ourselves, but also from all the energy products that others produce and we sell to our customers.

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WE PLAY THREE ROLES

We are an energy provider

Becoming a net-zero emissions business means offering customers more low-carbon products, from renewable electricity, to electric vehicle charging and hydrogen. We aim to reduce the carbon intensity of the energy products we sell by 100% by 2050¹ in step with society. Carbon intensity is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with each unit of energy we sell, and which is used by our customers. This includes the emissions associated with the production, processing, transport and end-use of our energy products.

¹compared to 2016 including customers' own offsets.

Link to webpage ‘Our targets’

Link to webpage ‘our climate target faq’

Link to download ‘the net carbon footprint model: methodology pdf’

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WE PLAY THREE ROLES

We are an energy user

Our target is to achieve net-zero emissions from all our operations, as well as from the energy we need to power them. That means that any greenhouse gas emissions from making our products that cannot be avoided will be captured or offset using technology and nature.

Link to webpage ‘capturing and offsetting carbon’

Link to webpage ‘business milestones’

Link to webpage ‘the scale of the change’

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WE PLAY THREE ROLES

We are a partner for change

Working with our customers, we are helping them to address the GHG emissions they produce when they use products bought from us. We are also helping our customers to find ways to reduce their overall carbon footprints. Partnering with others includes supporting government policies to reduce carbon emissions, sector by sector.

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What are we already doing?

At Shell we are already changing as an energy provider, an energy user and a partner for change.

Link to webpage ‘Avoid, Reduce, Offset’

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AS AN ENERGY PROVIDER

On the move

We are meeting the growing needs of electric vehicle drivers – at home, at work or on the road. In total, we offer drivers access to more than 185,000 public electric vehicle charging facilities in more than 35 countries.

YouTube Video ‘A cab ride could help drive down carbon emissions’ and link to download transcript.

Link to webpage ‘Electric-Vehicle Charging’

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AS AN ENERGY PROVIDER

At home

In Great Britain, we supply hundreds of thousands of homes with 100% certified renewable electricity.*

*Our renewable electricity is certified by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs), which means that all the electricity customers buy from us is matched with the equivalent number of units from 100% renewable sources in the UK.

Link to webpage ‘Shell Energy’

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AS AN ENERGY PROVIDER

For business

Shell has deals with large companies like Microsoft and Wells Fargo to provide them with renewable power to help them meet their renewable energy goals.

Link to webpage ‘Microsoft’

Link to webpage ‘Wells Fargo’

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AS AN ENERGY PROVIDER

On the move

Through Raízen in Brazil, a joint venture with biofuels company Cosan, Shell is one of the world’s largest sugarcane ethanol producers.

Link to webpage ‘Biofuels’

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AS AN ENERGY PROVIDER

For business

MP2 Energy, part of Shell, is using advanced technologies to meet the lower-carbon energy needs of businesses and organisations.

YouTube Video ‘Big energy users lower emissions’

Link to download the transcript for the YouTube video

Link to webpage ‘MP2’

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AS AN ENERGY USER

Using cleaner power

One of the largest renewable microgrids in the US helps power operations at the Shell Technology Center in Houston - doubling up as a testing ground for grid technology and battery storage while also providing the site with renewable solar energy.

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AS AN ENERGY USER

Using new equipment and advanced technology for greater efficiency in our oil and gas operations.

We are using drones in the Permian Basin, USA, to detect methane emissions and improve energy efficiency.

Link to webpage ‘Drone Programme’

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AS AN ENERGY USER

Capturing emissions

Our Quest carbon capture and storage facility in Canada has captured and safely stored over 5 million tonnes of CO2

Link to webpage ‘Quest CCS’

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AS A PARTNER FOR CHANGE

Working with Conservation Organizations

Shell is part of a reforestation project located across the Mississippi Delta that helps to restore habitats and clean water as well as supporting the local economy by offering alternative revenue streams. The project has reforested 120,000 acres of land and planted 42 million trees.

Link to webpage ‘Nature-based Solutions’

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AS A PARTNER FOR CHANGE

Aviation sector

Airline KLM and Shell teamed up with the Dutch Ministry to perform the first ever passenger flight to run on synthetic kerosene produced with CO2, water and renewable energy.

Link to webpage ‘KLM’

Link to webpage ‘Amazon’

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AS A PARTNER FOR CHANGE

Shipping sector

In a joint report with Deloitte, we have also captured the industry view of how to decarbonise shipping.

Link to webpage ‘Deloitte/Shell Shipping Report’

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AS A PARTNER FOR CHANGE

Road freight sector

We are working with the Port of Los Angeles, Toyota Motor Corp. and Kenworth Truck Co to enable hydrogen trucks to operate out of the Port of Los Angeles, USA.

Link to webpage ‘Shore to store’

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See more examples at

Link to webpage ‘New Energies’

Link to webpage ‘Discover our approach to cutting carbon across different sectors’

Link to webpage ‘Read more about our advocacy and political activity’

Link to webpage ‘See our approach to a fair and just transition’

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Thank you for exploring

Link to webpage ‘Legal disclaimer’