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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 are we 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:
- United Nations Declaration on Human Rights - opens in new window
- United Nations Global Compact - opens in new window
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Statement of Principles and Agreed Actions - opens in new window
- Global Sullivan Principles - opens in new window
- Global Reporting Initiative - opens in new window
- The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises - opens in new window
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules of Conduct to Combat Extortion and Bribery in International Business Transactions - opens in new window
- International Labour Organization Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (2000) - opens in new window
- The ILO Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Transparency International Business Principles on Countering Bribery (2002) - opens in new window
- Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights - opens in new window
Participating in partnerships
At the global level, the partnerships we support include:
