The natural environment supports all human activity. We continually look for new ways to reduce the environmental impact of our operations, products and services. In this section, we cover our performance in Health, Safety, Security and the Environment (HSE) across our businesses.
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Managing Resources
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Protecting the Environment |
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 The natural environment supports all human activity. We continually look for new ways to reduce the environmental impact of our operations, products and services throughout their life.
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Efficient use of natural resources, in particular energy, land and water reduces our costs and respects their value. Energy efficiency is not only important in terms of using resources efficiently; it is also vital to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Shell Group Environmental Performance |
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Hydrocarbon production and refinery throughput levels were both higher in 2001 than in 2000, which contributed to some increases in overall emission levels. An increase in gas flaring (which particularly impacted greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions), and a small number of large spills, which contributed to a significant increase in overall spill volumes, were of particular concern. Despite this we are still on track to meet 2002 GHG reduction target.
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