Lower carbon chemical solutions
Credible, certifiable and affordable decarbonisation solutions are available today to enable manufacturers to meet sustainability demands without compromising product quality. Develop your solutions together with Shell Chemicals. Achieve your lower carbon goals without compromise.
Decarbonisation that works for your business, certified, scalable and available today
Balancing business performance with sustainability commitments is challenging, especially when the path to lower emissions isn’t always clear. Shell Chemicals solutions are designed around your operations, markets and pace.
- Certified pathways to reduce scope emissions
- Carbon accounting flexibility across geographies and sites
- Affordable decarbonisation
- Independent assurance
Deep decarbonisation available now
Shell Chemicals offers lower carbon solutions supported by Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), Bio/Bio-Circular feedstocks and Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS). These solutions can be tailored to your decarbonisation preferences and affordability to meet your needs.
Unlocking potential with Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)
CCS provides an affordable and scalable option for decarbonising, from everyday products to building materials. Using CCS, significant amounts of emissions associated with manufacturing/material production can be permanently abated while continuing to use the same products. This minimises disruptions to existing supply chains while making progress towards emissions goals.
Decarbonise with confidence
To meet carbon reduction targets, business’ value chains need measurable, auditable carbon reduction solutions. With independent third-party carbon certification, such as SCS Carbon Assured and ISCC Carbon Footprint Certification (CFC), you can confidently account for reduced CO2 emissions at the product or corporate level, ensuring the credibility of your claims.
A Case for CCS
CCS directly reduces CO2 E in scope 1 or scope 2 emissions from industrial processes in plants and other high-emission sectors. This could be a lever you can use towards science-based initiatives (SBTi).
Read the FAQ's to learn more about the Shell Chemicals approach to CCS.
What is carbon capture and storage (CCS)?
What is carbon capture and storage (CCS)?
Carbon capture and storage is a combination of technologies that capture and store carbon dioxide deep underground, preventing its release into the atmosphere.
How does CCS work?
How does CCS work?
Capture - To start with, the carbon dioxide being released needs to be captured for storage. Once captured, CO₂ capture involves the separation of CO2 from a mixture of gases, usually using a chemical solvent. The captured CO₂ is then separated from the solvent, compressed, and made ready for transport.
Transport - Transport can happen in a few ways. CO₂ is generally pumped through a pipeline, but it can also be transported by ship, rail or truck from the industrial site where it has been captured to its storage site, which may be onshore or offshore.
Storage - Once the captured CO₂ arrives at the storage site, it is injected deep underground into the microscopic spaces in porous rocks. One or more layers of impermeable rock, called cap rock, lying above the porous rocks, form a seal that ensures that CO₂ remains deep underground, permanently.
Measuring, monitoring and verification - Regular monitoring both above and below ground is put in place to confirm that CO2 remains permanently and safely stored underground.
How can CCS be used toward my goals?
How can CCS be used toward my goals?
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an affordable and scalable option for decarbonizing the chemical value chain. Using CCS, significant amounts of emissions associated with manufacturing can be permanently abated while continuing to produce the same products. This minimizes disruptions to existing supply chains while making progress toward decarbonization goals.
Is CCS supported by the government bodies?
Is CCS supported by the government bodies?
Many countries around the world support CCS, especially those with high industrial emissions and strong climates commitments. Accelerating CCS deployment has been underwritten by policy and regulatory support, financial incentives, infrastructure development, public-private partnerships and/or Research, Development and Innovation efforts across numerous countries, notable the U.S., EU, UK, Canada Australia, China, Norway, the UAE and Sundi Arabia.
Beyond governments, who supports CCS?
Beyond governments, who supports CCS?
Leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and nonprofit groups support the benefits of CCS including: Clean Air task Force (CATF), Global CCS Institute, Bellona Foundation, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), Energy Transitions Commission (ETS), Carbon Capture Coalition, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and World Resources Institute (WRI).
Why is CCS a critical solution?
Why is CCS a critical solution?
CCS is an essential decarbonization solution to achieve net-zero emissions, tackling hard to abate sectors, complementary with other solutions (e.g. renewables), backed by scientific consensus with permanent and proven storage.
Is CCS safe and permanent?
Is CCS safe and permanent?
- CCS is designed to store CO2 safely, drawing on proven technologies that the oil and gas industry has been using for more than 50 years, with some CCS projects having been in operation for around 20 years. Shell has been commercially operating CCS in Canada for 10 years at its Scotford facility.
- Multiple operational CCS projects around the globe that demonstrate the efficacy of the technology; projects that together can capture and store around 244 million tonnes of CO2 every year.
Did you know?
- CCS can help you reach your scope 3 emissions targets. Certification solutions are available to help you meet your scope 3 emission needs.
- EU compliant certification is available today. Assurance you can be confident in is available through third-party certification bodies including SCS Carbon Assured and ISCC CFC.
- Affordable decarbonisation solutions are now available. Shell offers lower carbon chemical solutions, using various decarbonisation levers across a range of price points tailed to the specific needs of our customers.
- Deep Decarbonisation is attainable and available today. The use of multiple pathways may allow for greater decabonisation. Including technologies like Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can offer greater depth of mitigation.
- Consumer demand for sustainable products remains high. 85% of consumers had shifted their purchasing behavior towards more sustainable options in the past five years (McKinsey, 2024). Nearly half of all consumers expect sustainability as a prerequisite for every product/brand (McKinsey, 2024). Consumers are willing to spend an average of 9.7% more on sustainably produced or sourced goods (PWC, 2024).
Explore the benefits of mass balance
Mass balance is a broadly accepted accounting approach that allows manufacturers to replace conventional materials with more sustainable alternatives and provide independent third-party certification of sustainability claims. Mass-balanced products retain the same performance characteristics as their conventional counterparts and are equally strong, effective and durable.
Shell Chemicals CCS Investments
- Shell in Canada
- Shell in the Netherlands
- Project Porthos
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