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Shell and Microsoft form alliance to help address carbon emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and Microsoft Corporation, building on a history of three decades of working together, are embarking on a new strategic alliance to support progress towards a world with net-zero emissions. This builds on the strong foundation of decades of technology collaboration between the two companies. This type of strategic alliance is a model for how companies can work together to achieve their net-zero ambitions. “Microsoft and Shell both have rich histories of innovation and bold ambitions to decarbonise,” said Huibert Vigeveno, Downstream Director of Shell. “We…

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Shell updates investors on plans to become net-zero by 2050

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) has updated investors on plans to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner (covering scope one, two and three emissions). The detailed steps, were outlined at Shell’s Responsible Investment Annual Briefing, included: An ambition to be net zero on all the emissions from the manufacture of all our products (scope one and two) by 2050 at the latest; Accelerating Shell’s Net Carbon Footprint ambition to be in step with society’s aim to limit the average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius in…

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Shell makes major step toward tax transparency, combating oil sector secrecy says Oxfam

Stuart Mitchell

Oxfam welcomes new disclosures from Royal Dutch Shell Plc (“Shell”), the British-Dutch oil and gas company, that are part of a broader move toward corporate tax transparency. Global tax dodging by multinational corporations fuels economic inequality and undermines investments in poverty-reducing social services. Tax transparency can help shine a light on whether companies are paying what they should. Oxfam encourages governments to require publication of companies’ country-by-country tax reports and for companies to disclose their profit and tax payments. In a new report recently released, Shell went beyond its legal…

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Drivers set to go carbon neutral with Shell

Stuart Mitchell

Shell will become the first retailer to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from customers’ fuel purchases at its UK service stations at no extra cost from October 17, 2019. This will be available at more than 1,000 Shell-branded service stations. According to a recent survey, 71% of people in the UK would like to reduce their CO2 footprints, but nearly half are not clear on the actions they can take. “Switching to an electric vehicle is the best way for drivers to reduce their CO2 footprints and they can…

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Plans submitted for the first waste to jet fuel plant in the UK and Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Altalto Immingham Limited, a subsidiary of Velocys and a collaboration with project co-investors British Airways and Shell, has submitted a planning application to develop what is expected to be Europe’s first commercial scale household and commercial solid waste to sustainable fuels plant in North East Lincolnshire. The site is near Immingham, close to the Humber Estuary. The plant would take over half a million tonnes each year of non-recyclable everyday waste otherwise destined for landfill or incineration, and convert it into cleaner burning sustainable aviation fuel and road fuel. The…

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