Millennium Development Goals

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Development agendas and partnerships need to recognise the fundamental role that modern energy plays in development.

What is Shell doing?

1. Core business activities

Working with partners to find, produce and deliver energy. We work with many partners including other oil companies, suppliers and contractors to find, produce and deliver energy.

2. Social investment

Many Shell companies work in partnership with global and local organisations on social investment programmes. See Millennium Development Goals 1-7.

3. Partnerships, policy dialogue and advocacy

Supporting international codes. We support the following international codes (all links in paragraph below open in new window): 
 

• United Nations Declaration on Human Rights
  
  
• United Nations Global Compact
  
  
• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Statement of Principles and Agreed Actions
  
  
• Global Sullivan Principles
  
  
• Global Reporting Initiative
  
  
• The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
  
  
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules of Conduct to Combat Extortion and Bribery in International Business Transactions

• ICC Business Charter on Sustainable Development (1991)
  
  
• International Labour Organization Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (2000)
  
  
• The ILO Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Transparency International Business Principles on Countering Bribery (2002)
  
  
• Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

Participating in partnerships: At the global level, the partnerships we support include: 
 

• Asia Clean Air Initiative: see Millennium Development Goal 7
• Breathing Space: see Millennium Development Goal 3  
• Embarq: see Millennium Development Goal 7
• Energy and Biodiversity Initiative: see Millennium Development Goal 7
• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: see Millennium Development Goal 1
• The Global Gas Flaring Reduction Public-Private Partnership: see  Millennium Development Goal 7
• The LPG Challenge: see Millennium Development Goal 1
• Renewable energy and efficiency partnership: see Millennium Development Goal 1
• UNEP Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles: see Millennium Development Goal 7