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Sustainability rankings
We continue to be included in a number of leading indices that assess companies’ economic, environmental and social performance on behalf of investors.
Socially responsible investors include social, environmental and/or ethical factors in deciding which stocks or bonds to buy, keep or sell. Over the last decade this has become increasingly important, leading to the creation of sustainability indices to measure and track the economic, social and environmental performance of companies.
Carbon Disclosure Project
The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent not-for-profit organisation. It was launched in 2000 to collect corporate information on climate change and we provide our data to the project every year.
The project released its latest report in September 2011, including the updated Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index rankings – the top 10% of the FTSE Global 500 companies for climate change disclosure.
We are one of only three energy sector companies included in the Index. Our score increased to 90 points in 2011 from 89 in 2010.
Dow Jones Sustainability Index
We were included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) each year since it started in 1999, remaining in the top 10% of the oil and gas sector as measured by this index until 2010. In 2011 we were again not included based on DJSI’s view of the operations of Shell companies in Nigeria, although our score was well above the threshold for inclusion and was higher than last year. Our business principles, environmental and social standards and corporate governance continue to underpin our approach to sustainable development.
FTSE4Good
We were included in the FTSE4Good Index in 2011, as we have been every year been since it started in 2001. Companies must meet the index’s criteria on the environment, relationship with interested parties, supply chain, labour, bribery, and human rights to be included.
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs last updated their research in early 2010. We remained in second place in the Goldman Sachs GS SUSTAIN ESG (environmental, social and governance), which focuses on sustainable investing in the energy sector. Companies are rated according to 25 indicators across the categories of corporate governance, leadership, labour, communities and investment and environment.
