Driving decarbonisation:
from ‘what’ to ‘how’
Business leaders explain why and how they choose to decarbonise
Pioneering leaders across transport and industry have made the commitment to decarbonisation. Moreover, they see the opportunity in decarbonisation. Their ambitions are forged out of a strategic vision and personal commitment to deliver value to their customers, shareholders and society. In these short films, chief executives and board members of some of the world’s largest companies explain the actions they are taking to reduce carbon emissions and why they choose to work with Shell as their decarbonisation journeys move from “what” to do, to “how” to do it: Shell’s strategy supports a balanced transition that delivers the benefits of energy today while helping to build the clean energy system of the future and achieve more value with less emissions.
Emirates
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Title: Reducing emissions in aviation with Emirates
Duration: 2:49 minutes
Description:
Driving decarbonisation in aviation: a testimonial from Adel Al Redha of Emirates
Anna Mascolo introduces the video, before Adel Al Redha speaks on the partnership between Emirates and Shell Aviation, describing how Emirates uses Sustainable Aviation Fuel, or SAF, as part of their decarbonisation efforts.
Reducing emissions in aviation with Emirates
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A two-way split screen, images swapping out as the central divide pings back and forth: a jumbo jet takes off, moving away from the camera; a close up of the turbine of an aeroplane jet, spinning slowly; a Shell Aviation refuelling vehicle with complex machinery pulls up alongside an Emirates aeroplane; an Emirates jumbo jet lands on a runway, other Emirates jets visible in the background; a man in a Shell Aviation hi-vis vest and ear defenders stands looking up at the undercarriage of a plane; an Emirates plane stands on the tarmac outside a hangar; a woman in a Shell Aviation hi-vis vest stands with her back to the camera, operating complex machinery; a side-on view of an Emirates jumbo jet taking off.
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Driving decarbonisation in aviation
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A shot from under the wing of an aeroplane, the jet engine taking up the right of the screen and an airport terminal, blurred, in the distance, taking up the left.
[Anna Mascolo]
Keeping our world moving while reducing emissions is everybody’s challenge. Today, bold business leaders are working to solve it. Shell works with leading airlines to reduce emissions by unlocking the true value of flight.
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Anna Mascolo talks to camera in a common area with modern sofas and chairs.
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Anna Mascolo, Executive VP, Low Carbon Solutions
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Emirates, Dubai
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A shot of a fleet of Emirates aeroplanes standing on the tarmac of Dubai airport under a hot sun; one plane can be seen taking off in the background.
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One of the world’s biggest international airlines
Driving Dubai’s trade and tourism growth
[Adel Al Redha]
The production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel is vital to reduce carbon emissions. Emirates and other airlines have already committed to the use of SAF and this will help provide Shell Aviation the business case to embark in this journey.
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Adel Al Redha speaks to right of camera in a brightly lit room with large windows looking out onto the runway of an airport.
Four-way split screen: an industrial plant by a river with a complex network of walkways and pipes; a close-up of clear liquid in glass bottles, possibly in a lab; a man in a Shell Aviation hi-vis vest operates a complex-looking piece of machinery covered in gauges and switches; the camera rapidly zooms in to the “Blended SAF” sign on the yellow cab of a Shell Aviation refuelling vehicle, the image switching to a wider shot of the vehicle parked alongside an Emirates aeroplane.
Adel Al Redha speaks to right of camera in a brightly lit room with large windows looking out onto the runway of an airport.
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Adel Al Redha, Deputy President and COO, Emirates
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An extended shot of a Shell Aviation refuelling vehicle pulling up alongside a parked Emirates jet plane.
Workers in Shell hi-vis uniforms pull a long pipe out of an open hatch on the side of a refuelling vehicle.
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A closer shot of Emirates jet planes parked on the tarmac of Dubai International Airport, the end of the terminal building visible.
The challenge: decarbonising the world’s existing jet plane fleet
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[Adel Al Redha]
SAF can be safely dropped into existing jet engines and a fuelling infrastructure and can potentially reduce carbon lifecycle emission by up to 80% comparing with conventional jet fuel. The use of technology and logistics efficiency will help make the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel more economical and more widely available. Emirates appreciate Shell Aviation efforts in taking the steps in making SAF available for Emirates and we are pleased to working with Shell Aviation on this matter.
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Three-way split screen: Adel Al Redha speaks to right of camera in a brightly lit room with large windows looking out onto the runway of an airport; a man wearing a hi-vis vest and ear defenders is lifted in a cherry picker towards the underside of a plane wing, cutting to a closer shot of him opening a panel in the wing; a man, kneeling on the tarmac, connects a large pipe to an outlet in the floor.
Four-way split screen: A shot of the man in the cherry picker attaching a pipe to an inlet in the underside of a plane wing, cutting to a shot of him standing on the tarmac, looking up at the underside of the wing; a close-up of the turbine of a jet engine turning slowly; a man wearing a hi-vis vest and ear defenders watches a liquid churning in a clear pipe; workers mill around an aviation refuelling vehicle parked in the shadow of an aeroplane.
A computer-generated image of a jet plane flying above occasional fluffy clouds, over a blue ocean with low-lying islands.
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* When used in neat form (i.e., unblended) and calculated with established life cycle assessment methodologies, such as CORSIA methodology.
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Adel Al Redha speaks to right of camera in a brightly lit room with large windows looking out onto the runway of an airport.
Sped-up footage of Dubai International Airport, looking down the length of one of the long, tubular terminal buildings, Emirates jet planes parked at gates down the length of the building.
The camera pans around an Emirates jet plane in the middle of a large expanse of tarmac.
A side-on shot of an Emirates plane on a large expanse of tarmac.
A shot over the wing of a plane as it taxis along the runway, the panels of the wing lowering.
Adel Al Redha speaks to right of camera in a brightly lit room with large windows looking out onto the runway of an airport.
A wide shot of a plane taking off from a runway.
A shot over the wing of a plane that has just taken off, the runway still visible below.
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Working together: to supply sustainable aviation fuel
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A shot under the wing of an aeroplane towards another aeroplane in the distance as it taxis along a runway.
[Adel Al Redha]
Emirates has a long-standing working relation with Shell Aviation. We worked closely on the technical, logistical and safety aspects of making SAF available at Dubai Airport to power our first SAF flight to Sydney. We are now working with Shell Aviation on one of our biggest operations, London Heathrow, where they will once again be our supplier under LHR SAF incentive programme.
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The camera moves between a Shell Aviation refuelling truck and another vehicle towards an Emirates jet plane parked in front of an airport gate.
Two men with their backs to the camera, wearing Shell Aviation hi-vis vests and ear defenders, are in conversation, a refuelling vehicle in the background.
A woman hands a piece of paper to a man, both wearing safety gear, next to a Shell Aviation refuelling vehicle parked under the wing of an Emirates aeroplane.
A computer-generated shot of an Emirates plane flying above sporadic white clouds over a blue ocean.
Three workers in Shell Aviation hi-vis vests are in conversation on the tarmac next to a refuelling vehicle and an Emirates plane.
Adel Al Redha speaks to right of camera in a brightly lit room with large windows looking out onto the runway of an airport.
Four-way split screen: an aerial shot of London Heathrow Airport; a blurry shot of people gathered in the concourse of an airport; a shot of a sign on a glass-fronted building that reads “Heathrow Airport”, before changing to a view of an aeroplane flying low over the camera; a view out of a window towards the nose of an aeroplane, the boarding bridge next to it disconnected.
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The future: every action matters
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[Adel Al Redha]
Emirates will grow in a sustainable way wherever is possible and our work with Shell Aviation is a demonstration of this.
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Adel Al Redha speaks to right of camera in a brightly lit room with large windows looking out onto the runway of an airport.
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Driving decarbonisation for our customers, shareholders and society.
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shell.com/energytransition
© Shell International Limited 2024
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Cautionary note page
Reducing emissions in aviation with Emirates
Emirates, one of the world’s leading airlines, is a key contributor to Dubai’s commercial success and a tourism destination. Emirates recognises that prosperity and sustainability travel together and so is committed to advancing the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Learn how Shell is helping Emirates reduce emissions at key hubs.
Yara International
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Title: Driving decarbonisation: from ‘what’ to ‘how’ with Yara International
Duration: 3:24 minutes
Description:
Addressing the challenges and collaborative solutions to reducing emissions in the food production industry.
Anna Mascolo, Executive VP of Low Carbon Solutions, remarks on the vital link between energy production, agriculture, and global sustainability, and the collaborative efforts between Shell and pioneering customers to reduce emissions.
Svein Tore Holsether, CEO of Yara International, comments on the historical significance of nitrogen fixation for food production and the imperative to address the emissions generated through this process. He discusses collaborative projects, such as carbon capture and storage initiatives, and innovative ventures like utilizing sugarcane residue for biogas production that can, in turn, be used in fertiliser production. He emphasises that the Paris Agreement is not a barrier but an opportunity to unlock new business opportunities in sustainable practices.
Driving decarbonisation: from ‘what’ to ‘how’ with Yara International Transcript
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Split screen: (left) Birds-eye view of an irrigation tractor watering a field of lined crops; (right) sped-up video of a supermarket with fresh produce on display.
Split screen: (left) Side-on view of a Yara facility on a sunny day with white smoke emerging from a tall chimney; (right) close-up of a lab technician swirling a test tube containing a blue-green liquid.
Split screen: (left) close-up of machinery at a Japanese LNG plant with steam rising from an intricate system of white pipes; (right) close-up of a large pipe labelled “CO2 TO PIPELINE” with arrows pointing to the right.
Split screen: (left) ground view looking up at a tall, white, cylindrical industrial tower; (right) a green leafy shoot rising from the soil.
Split screen: (left) outdoor close-up of a Shell technician in an orange jumpsuit and yellow helmet turning a large white metal wheel; (right) inside a Yara warehouse filled with large white sacks, a forklift carries sacks of fertiliser.
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Leading decarbonisation of food production
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Birds-eye view of three trucks harvesting lush green crops.
Side-on close-up timelapse footage of multi-storey office building transitioning from day to night, windows light up and people inside working at their desks.
Close-up of a kilowatt meter with numbers rising.
Side-on timelapse of the staircase and escalators at a bustling Japanese subway with people zooming hurriedly up and down.
Chefs working in a restaurant kitchen, large yellow flambé flame rising from a wok.
Side-on close-up timelapse footage of a multi-storey restaurant in Japan, patrons sitting at tables inside.
Street view timelapse footage panning across a line of terraced riverside bars and restaurants at night.
Anna Mascolo speaking to camera inside a cafeteria-style restaurant with people queuing with trays in the background, selecting food from a buffet.
[Anna Mascolo]
Keeping our world running while decarbonising energy that powers it is everybody's challenge. But what does food and this restaurant have to do with energy?
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Anna Mascolo
Executive VP, Low Carbon Solutions
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Split screen: (top) An irrigation truck watering rows of lush green crops; (bottom) camera pushing forward through the tops of barley stalks in a golden barley field with the sunset peeking through.
[Anna Mascolo]
Well, natural gas is used to make fertiliser, and without fertiliser, the world would struggle to feed itself.
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Split screen: (top left) a combine harvester harvesting grain crops; (top right) sped-up video of a supermarket with fresh produce on display; (bottom left) sped-up video of an open-air market with fresh produce on display; (bottom right) close-up of fruits and vegetables on display in a supermarket
Bottom right image transitions to an aerial view of a vegetable market looking down on rows of stalls adorned with a large variety of colourful vegetables.
Anna Mascolo speaking to camera.
[Anna Mascolo]
Shell works with pioneering customers to unlock the value in more energy and less emissions.
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YARA Norway
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Fertiliser deliveries: 22.7 million tonnes
Revenue: $24.1 billion
Operations in 60 countries
[Svein Tore Holsether]
Yara was founded 120-so years ago. We're based on a breakthrough innovation of how to get nitrogen out of the air and turn it into a fixed product that we can use to feed the plants.
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Side-on view of a Yara facility on a sunny day with white smoke emerging from a tall chimney.
A female lab technician at a laboratory desk drops a green liquid into a test tube filled with yellow liquid.
Close-up of the same lab technician’s hand swirling a test tube containing a blue-green liquid.
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera in an office, large windows behind him with city views.
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Svein Tore Holsether
CEO, Yara International
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Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
[Svein Tore Holsether]
Today, that innovation feeds four billion people every year. But at the same time, it's a production process that results in significant emissions, and we need to deal with that. But let's not forget there are huge business opportunities connected to this. There is a lot of potential income as a result of that.
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Split screen: (top left) Birds-eye view of combine harvesters harvesting a field of grain crops; (top right) close-up of a person walking along a row of leafy green seedlings; (bottom left) a pile of yellow potatoes; (bottom right) aerial view of a lush green field.
Bottom left image transitions to a panning sped-up aerial view of a dining table covered in various serving dishes adorned with a selection of foods.
Split screen: (top left) a couple preparing a meal from scratch; (top right) close-up a tabletop with rice dishes; (bottom left) close-up of an assortment of freshly baked breads ; (bottom right) a group of people sitting around a table in a restaurant enjoying a meal.
Split screen above previous split screen: (top left) an aerial view of an outdoor market at night with brightly coloured stalls lit up; (top right) side-on view of people browsing stalls at an outdoor market at night.
Birds-eye view of an expansive chemical plant
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
Birds-eye view of a Yara industrial facility
Fresh produce moving along a supermarket conveyor belt.
Split screen: (top left) close-up of a man’s hands holding a handful of grain; (top right) close-up of fresh leafy lettuces on display in a supermarket; (bottom left) close-up of cannoli and creamy pastries topped with glossy berries in a display cabinet at a bakery; (bottom right) a selection of fruits and vegetables on display in a supermarket.
Supermarket clerk weighing fresh produce at the cash register.
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Side-on view of an industrial plant comprised of a complex system of metal tubes, towers, pipes, walkways and staircases.
The challenge: decarbonising fertiliser
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Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera holding a glass vile containing a grey substance.
[Svein Tore Holsether]
In order to produce this product, we use natural gas, and we produce CO2 as well. While we have made great progress in reducing that already, this is not something that any company can do alone.
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Split screen: (top) Birds-eye view of an industrial plant; (bottom) ground view looking up at an outdoor walkway at an industrial plant.
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
Birds-eye view of a coastal processing plant.
Birds-eye view of two Shell technicians in yellow hardhats and orange uniforms walking towards camera along an outdoor walkway at a Shell facility.
Transitions to one Shell technician walking away from camera on the same walkway.
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
Birdseye view of a Shell facility lighting up at dusk.
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[Svein Tore Holsether]
And that's why it's very helpful to work with a company like Shell that has decarbonisation very high on the agenda, and understands the needs that we have.
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Side-on view of an industrial plant.
The collaboration: carbon capture and storage
[Svein Tore Holsether]
I can mention one important project that we're working on right now, and that's carbon capture and storage. And that's a project we're doing together with Northern Lights, which is to capture that CO2, compress it, and then pump it down below the seabed for permanent storage. And these are the kinds of solutions the world needs now to address the emissions challenge.
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Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
Montage of industrial piping at an industrial facility.
Birds-eye view of an industrial plant with towering silver cylindrical tanks.
Ground view looking up at a tall, white, cylindrical industrial tower
Montage of bird-eye views of an industrial plant with towering silver cylindrical tanks.
High-altitude aerial view of an offshore windfarm with dwarfed turbines spinning under white fluffy clouds.
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
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The future: circular fertiliser
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Harvester stripping a row of sugarcane crops.
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
[Svein Tore Holsether]
So the great thing, when we work together with a company like Shell, is that we put our collective minds together to think about solutions. It's that we come up with new and exciting projects, like a really cool one in Brazil, where we're working on using residue from sugarcane production to turn that into biogas that we, in turn, can then use for the production of ammonia and fertiliser. It's really full circle, where you use the residue from crop production to produce fertiliser that you then, in turn, feed back in order to make even more crops. The Paris Agreement is not a barrier to business. It's an enabler of business opportunities.
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Birds-eye view of a sugarcane processing plant with white smoke rising from chimneys.
Side-on view of the same plant.
Harvester stripping a row of sugarcane crops.
Birds-eye view of a sugarcane processing plant.
Inside a warehouse filled with large white sacks, a forklift carries sacks of fertiliser.
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
Tractor moving along a field with rows of sprouting sugarcane plants.
Large white Yara sacks filled with fertiliser moving along a conveyor belt with workers monitoring.
A forklift carries several Yara sacks outside of a warehouse.
Two men in a crop field kneel down to inspect and discuss the Yara fertiliser product, then walk together through a row of tall leafy crops.
Ground-level camera pulling backwards through a field of tall crops.
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
[Svein Tore Holsether]
With the products that we produce, and how we produce them, we're then going to be able to tap into new value.
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Workers on a dock survey a boat being loaded with a fine powdery beige substance from a mechanical shoot.
Birds-eye view of a rural industrial plant with wind turbines in the background.
Svein Tore Holsether speaking to camera.
Birds-eye view of two Shell technicians in yellow hardhats and orange uniforms walking towards camera along an elevated outdoor walkway at a Shell facility.
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Driving decarbonisation for our customers, shareholders and society
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© SHELL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2024
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Decarbonising Food
Yara International, Europe’s largest fertiliser company, relies on natural gas to create ammonia to enable farmers to grow the food that sustains millions of people. They are making progress on reducing their emissions. Today they work with Shell on capturing and storing hard to avoid emissions2 and even creating fertilisers using biogas in Brazil3.
CMA CGM
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Title: Driving decarbonisation: from ‘what’ to ‘how’ with CMA CGM
Duration: 2:05 minutes
Description:
Driving decarbonisation in shipping: a testimonial from Rodolphe Saadé
Anna Mascolo introduces the video, before Rodolphe Saadé describes the efforts of CMA CGM in decarbonisation through LNG and their partnership with Shell.
Driving decarbonisation: from ‘what’ to ‘how’ with CMA CGM
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A two-way split screen, images swapping out as the central divide pings back and forth: an ariel shot looking down on a loaded-up freight ship sailing through the sea; a view over a dock piled high with shipping containers; a crane moves a blue CMA CGM shipping container; a freight ship is docked beneath a blue crane; a CMA CGM freight ship loaded with shipping crates in various colours sails across the sea; another shot of a dockyard full of shipping containers; a loaded-up CMA CGM freight ship is moored in brown waters; a male merchant navy officer in uniform stands on the bridge of a ship; a wide shot of a logistics depot filled with shipping containers; three men in CMA CGM-branded overalls and hard hats work in the engine room of a ship.
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Sped-up footage of a dockside depot at night.
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Driving decarbonisation in shipping
Introduction by Anna Mascolo
[Title]
Executive VP, Low Carbon Solutions
[Anna Mascolo]
Keeping our world running while decarbonising energy is everybody’s challenge. To solve it, business leaders must combine a commitment to reduce emissions with pragmatism to ensure the supply of energy and value to customers and investors.
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A camera pans over a dockside with cranes and shipping containers on a sunny day.
An ariel shot looking down on a lorry driving between rows of shipping containers.
A man in a blue shirt takes a cardboard box from a white van.
Hands place a cardboard box on the brick stoop in front of a door.
Anna Mascolo speaks to camera, standing in front of a window through which a grey cityscape can be seen.
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An ariel shot of the Old Port of Marseilles on a sunny day.
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CMA CGM Group
France
World’s 3rd largest shipping company
More than 155,000 employees
Interview with Rodolphe Saadé
[Title]
Chairman and CRO, CMA CGM Group
[Rodolphe Saadé]
As a responsible group and global leader in transport and logistics, I believe we have a special responsibility towards our customers. We have invested more than $15 billion in decarbonising our fleet, which will enable us to have 119 vessels capable of running on alternative fuels by 2028.
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Rodolphe Saadé speaks to left of camera in a modern meeting room, a conference table in the background.
A close-up of Rodolphe Saadé’s head and shoulders as he speaks to camera.
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Two men wearing work overalls are discussing a display in front of them.
Four-way split screen: an ariel shot looking down on cranes and shipping containers in a yard at night; a man in a forklift truck carrying a palette of cardboard boxes drives towards an open shipping container; a man in blue uniform inspects a pile of cardboard boxes in the back of a van; a CMA CGM freight ship sails across the sea on a sunny day, cutting to a different shot of the rear of the ship and then sped-up footage of a busy dockside.
An ariel shot of a CMA CGM freight ship moored in a port.
A shot from behind a CMA CGM ship as it sails down an estuary.
Rodolphe Saadé speaks to left of camera in a modern meeting room, a conference table in the background.
A CMA CGM ship sails past a mountainous coastline on a sunny day.
A CMA CGM ship sails towards the Marseilles, the CMA CGM headquarters just visible on the coastline.
A close-up of Rodolphe Saadé’s head and shoulders as he speaks to camera in a modern meeting room.
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A CMA CGM ship moored in a bay, a smaller tugboat close by.
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Working together: liquefied natural gas
[Rodolphe Saadé]
CMA CGM and Shell have built a long-lasting partnership based on Shell's expertise in meeting our needs. Shell is supporting LNG reach with its global infrastructure worldwide, such as in Singapore and Rotterdam.
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A freight ship sails towards the camera in an empty sea on a sunny day.
An ariel shot looking down on a freight ship as it sails across the sea.
Three men in orange overalls and hard hats discuss something that is in front of them, off camera.
Rodolphe Saadé speaks to left of camera in a modern meeting room, a conference table in the background.
A close-up of Rodolphe Saadé’s head and shoulders as he speaks to camera in a modern meeting room.
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Four-way split screen: an ariel shot of an industrial plant on a narrow strip of coastline, surrounded by the sea; a shot of a coastal windfarm at sunset; a shot of a cluster of white silos in a coastal industrial plant; an ariel shot of a port with cranes and freight ships.
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Neon yellow Shell logo outline overlays the previous imagery and animates to reveal next images.
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Uplifting music playing.
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A low-angle shot of the rear of a freight ship on a sunny day, cranes and windmills in the background.
A side-on shot of a loaded-up CMA CGM ship with a tugboat in the foreground.
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The future: renewable low carbon fuel
[Rodolphe Saadé]
After our pioneering choice of LNG, the next step to develop with Shell biomethane solutions for our LNG vessels. We are also turning to bio and e methanol. We are energy agnostic and believe that all these solutions will be needed to scale up. The decarbonisation of shipping will not be achieved by a single company. It requires the mobilisation of the entire sector, not just shipping lines, but also our partners in energy providers and customers, hence the importance of our partnership with Shell.
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A close-up of Rodolphe Saadé’s head and shoulders as he speaks to camera in a modern meeting room.
Four-way split screen: A side-on wide shot of a CMA CGM ship as it sails across an empty sea on a sunny day; a shot of the rear of a CMA CGM ship as it sails away from the camera on a cloudy day; the camera pans over a dockyard filled with shipping containers, a blue crane on the right of the screen; a crane carries a blue CMA CGM shipping container through the air.
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Four-way split screen: A shot of a cluster of black silos arranged in a triangle in an industrial plant; the camera zooms into an extreme close-up of a brown liquid in a round-bottomed flask; a man in a white, Shell-branded lab coat inspects pipes and tubes feeding into a larger mechanism; a shot of particles through a microscope floating across a light background.
A man in a white lab coat stands up and moves away from the desk he was sitting at in a modern lab environment.
Four-way split screen: A man in dark overalls and a white hard hat inspects a panel on a technical box; a male merchant navy officer in uniform stands on the bridge of a ship; a shot of the rear of a CMA CGM ship sailing away from the camera; a man in navy blue overalls walks past a wall of buttons and switches, a pair of people having a discussion in the background.
Three-way split screen: Two men in orange overalls inspect a piece of machinery in an industrial plant, switching to two men wearing hi-vis jackets in discussion in front of large silo that dwarfs them; an industrial vehicle slowly moves over the ground, the scoop on the front gathering material, switching to a wider shot of the vehicle moving through a large warehouse; Rodolphe Saadé speaks to left of camera in a modern meeting room, a conference table in the background.
A close-up of Rodolphe Saadé’s head and shoulders as he speaks to camera in a modern meeting room.
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Rodolphe Saadé speaks to left of camera in a modern meeting room, a conference table in the background.
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Driving decarbonisation for our customers, shareholders and society.
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BYD
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Title: Driving decarbonisation: from ‘what’ to ‘how’ with BYD
Duration: 2:39 minutes
Description:
Shell and BYD partner to help accelerate the energy transition and improve charging experiences for BYD's EV customers.
István Kapitány, Executive VP of Global Mobility at Shell, emphasises the importance for business leaders to take a pragmatic approach to decarbonising energy.
Li Qian, Secretary of the Board and Chief Investment Officer at BYD, discusses how BYD has partnered with Shell in order to address the challenge of providing sufficient EV charging solutions for their customers and to meet increasing demand, as well as commenting on the two companies’ current and future collaborative efforts in Asia and Latin America respectively.
BYD Master Transcript
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Yellow Shell logo outline enlarges animatedly, transitioning to a split screen: (left) a technician wearing a white helmet and khaki uniform, with his back to the camera, adjusts a valve on a complex system of piping; (right) close-up side view of an LNG tanker driving past the camera.
Split screen: (left) close-up of a worker walking along an outdoor elevated walkway overlooking a huge white tank in the background; (right) side-on view of a car park with Shell canopies above rows of parked cars.
Split screen: (left) birds-eye view of cars driving in a line towards camera over a bridge; (right) close-up of a large pipe labelled “CO2 TO PIPELINE” with arrows pointing to the right.
Split screen: (left) close-up of a tire turning on a red BYD car; (right) ground view looking up at a tall, white, cylindrical industrial tower wrapped in elevated walkways.
Split screen: (left) outdoor close-up of a Shell technician in an orange jumpsuit and yellow helmet turning a large white metal wheel; (right) Close-up of a red Shell Recharge service station sign.
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Driving decarbonisation in transport
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Side on view of a dark blue car pulling into a Shell Recharge service station.
Close-up montage of people using EV plugs.
Black car driving towards camera on a meandering tree-lined rural road.
[István Kapitány]
Keeping our world moving while decarbonising energy is everybody’s challenge.
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Side-on view inside a car as a woman glances out the window while driving along a grassy field at sunset.
István Kapitány speaking to camera with a Shell Recharge service station in the background.
Birds-eye view of an expansive lit-up cityscape at night.
Camera pans towards workers in hardhats kneeling on a rooftop covered in solar panels.
[István Kapitány]
To help solve it, pioneering business leaders must combine a commitment to reduce emissions with pragmatism to ensure the supply of energy and value for all.
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Camera pans along rows of complex mechanical machinery at a high-tech production facility.
Close-up of an engineer reviewing whiteprint plans and making notes.
Close-up side-on view of an engineer holding whiteprint plans at a construction site.
Camera pans forwards over a fleet of EV SUVs parked at a port-side parking lot.
Front-on view of a long line of red busses driving towards camera on a two-lane highway.
Close-up of a charging plug being plugged into an EV charging port.
István Kapitány speaking to camera with a Shell Recharge service station in the background.
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BYD China
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BYD China
Sells cars in 70 countries
Stopped making pure combustion engine cars in 2022
World’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer
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Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
[Li Qian]
Chinese people love cars, because that is the symbol of a better life.
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Close-up of a Song Plus DM-i headlight lit-up at night.
Front-on view of a Song Plus DM-i zooming towards camera around a winding road at night.
Side-on birds-eye view of a car travelling along a bridge over an expansive body of water at dusk.
Aerial view of a car travelling along a road surrounded by lush green forests on either side.
Side-on view of people and traffic crossing a bridge in Shanghai.
Man at the back of a car filled with luggage and boxes waves to his family sitting in the passenger seats in the foreground.
Close-up of a Chinese couple through the window of a moving car.
Close-up of a young Chinese boy and girl sitting in the backseat of a car, looking and pointing out of the window.
Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
[Li Qian]
At the end of 2023, BYD has delivered 6.5 million EV models globally.
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Li Qian
Secretary of Board, Chief Investment Officer, BYD
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Silver EV car drives towards camera through a futuristic lit-up tunnel.
Camera pushes forward, panning over a parking lot with a large fleet of electric SUVs uniformly facing in the same direction at a shipping port.
Split screen: (top left): Silver EV car drives towards camera through a futuristic lit-up tunnel; (bottom left) birds-eye view of cars driving in a line towards camera over a bridge; (top right) birds-eye view of cars driving up a ramp onto a large NYK Line cargo ship; (bottom right) birds-eye view of an expansive car park filled with cars.
Bottom-left imagery transitions to a fleet of new BYD cars parked facing each other in a rural green landscape with balloons attached to the cars; Bottom-right imagery transitions to a birds-eye view of a fleet of electric SUVs parked uniformly.
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Neon yellow Shell logo overlays the previous imagery and animates to reveal a side-on view of a Shell Recharge service station.
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Pulsating electronic music plays.
The challenge: charging infrastructure.
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Sped-up timelapse footage of cars pulling up to and leaving a Shell Recharge service station bay.
Aerial close-up view of EV cars docked and charging at a recharge bay.
[Li Qian]
The greatest barrier to switching to an EV car is the fear.
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Traffic moving away from camera along a busy city street at night, red brake lights illuminated.
Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
Side-on close-up view of a suited man plugging in an EV charger into the charging port of a red electric vehicle.
[Li Qian]
When you are driving far away and finding your car ran out of energy, your feeling of the freedom would soon fade away.
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Silver car zooms past camera on a rural dirt plain road.
Two cars zoom away from camera along a bridge.
Side-on view of a dark green vehicle zooming along a city street at night.
Side-on view of a large SUV driving past camera along a waterfront road at sunset with wind turbines in the background.
Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
Silver car zooms towards camera along a causeway between two bodies of water, leaving red neon motion lines in its wake.
Black SUV driving fast offroad, kicking up a cloud of dust in its wake.
A large black SUV drives offroad towards camera through a lush green forest populated by large trees at night, bright headlights illuminating its path.
Camera pans past a large Shell Recharge station with rows of electric vehicles charging while parked in canopied bays.
[Li Qian]
BYD needs a charging solution at a scale that could match the convenience of petrol retailing.
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Side-on view of a white car driving past rows of cars parked in canopied bays at a Shell Recharge service station.
Camera pans from left to right across a large Shell service station.
[Li Qian]
It makes sense to go to the company that helped to define the current retail network. That's Shell.
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Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
Close-up of the red and yellow Shell logo on a service station signpost.
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Neon yellow Shell logo overlays the previous imagery and animates to reveal a large Shell Recharge station with rows of electric vehicles charging while parked in canopied bays.
Working together: build charging stations at scale
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[Li Qian]
In Shenzhen, BYD and Shell already have EV operating charge points.
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Ground-level side-on view of a BYD/Shell Recharge service station.
Split screen: (top left): close-up of a white graphic on a blue background which reads “480kW”; (bottom left) close-up of a red BYD logo on a white signpost; (top right) close-up of the Shell Café logo next to a cash register; (bottom right) close-up side-on view of a dark red car reversing into a service station bay.
[Li Qian]
The flagship site can serve more than 3,300 customers per day.
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Split screen: (top left): close-up, camera pans upwards from a Shell Recharge logo to the red and yellow Shell logo on a white service station signpost; (bottom left) side-on view of rows of cars parked in canopied bays at a Shell Recharge service station; (right) Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
Close-up of a Shell service station employee handing a female customer a cup of coffee at the checkout point.
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Neon yellow Shell logo overlays the previous imagery and animates to reveal shiny BYD cars parked indoors at a BYD showroom with large glass windows in the background.
The future: global expansion
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Camera pans from left to right across white banners reading “Shell Recharge” and “BYD”.
[Li Qian]
In 2022, Shell and BYD signed MOU of global strategic partnership, and since that, the collaboration has gone faster and wider.
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Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
Birds-eye view of a densely populated cityscape with hundreds of tall buildings at sunset.
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*Raízen & BYD will construct EV charging hubs under the Shell Recharge brand.
[Li Qian]
In Latin America, BYD and Shell signed a contract to collaborate…
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Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
Side-on birds-eye view of traffic crossing the Octavio Frias de Oliveira cable stayed bridge in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil.
[Li Qian]
…starting with more than 600 new DC chargers in key Brazil cities.
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Li Qian speaking to right of camera.
Aerial view as camera pans across a busy highway in Guarulhos, Brazil, with cars lined up at a bridge off-ramp.
[Li Qian]
Big dreams have big challenges, need big solutions, need big partners.
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Driving decarbonisation for our customers, shareholders and society
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shell.com/energytransition
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Decarbonising Automotive
BYD is the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer. This Chinese company stopped producing internal combustion cars in 2022. They have big ambitions to grow in China – the largest EV market – and in Europe and the Americas. Hear how their big plans need big partners to unlock value.
Tokyo Gas
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Title: Driving decarbonisation: from ‘what’ to ‘how’ with Tokyo Gas
Duration: 3:08 minutes
Description:
Tokyo Gas and Shell’s partnership in leading the LNG transition and looking to the future of decarbonisation.
A male Shell representative introduces Tokyo Gas CEO, Shinichi Sasayama, who discusses Tokyo Gas and Shell’s collaborative efforts in addressing the challenge of decarbonising heat, through the use of liquified natural gas with carbon offsets, and exploring future solutions like e-methane in order to maintain a secure and sustainable energy supply.
Driving decarbonisation: from ‘what’ to ‘how’ with Tokyo Gas Transcript
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Yellow Shell logo outline enlarges animatedly, transitioning to a split screen: (left) birds-eye view of a parking lot with a large fleet of electric or hybrid SUVs uniformly facing in the same direction; (right) close-up of the sign at a Japanese Shell Recharge station.
Split screen: (left) a close-up of two glass bottles on a laboratory table, marked with the label ‘BioDiesel B100’ and containing transparent brown liquids; (right) A large yellow truck pulls out from a truck parking lot.
Split screen: (left) close-up of machinery at a Japanese LNG plant with steam rising from an intricate system of white pipes; (right) close-up of blue flames rising from a stove-top burner.
Split screen: (left) ground view looking up at a tall, white, cylindrical industrial tower; (right) a green leafy shoot rising from the soil.
Split screen: (left) outdoor close-up of a Shell technician in an orange jumpsuit and yellow helmet turning a large white metal wheel; (right) A huge LNG-powered cargo ship carrying multicoloured shipping containers sails along the river of an expansive shipping port with many industrial cranes in the background.
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Leading decarbonisation in liquified natural gas
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Man speaking to camera in an office.
[male Shell representative]
Keeping our world running while decarbonising the energy that drives it is everybody's challenge. Today, bold business leaders are working to solve it. Shell customers, like Sasayama-san, CEO of Tokyo Gas, Japan’s largest gas supplier, are supplying their customers with natural gas to reduce their emissions.
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Street-level view looking up at tall buildings on a sunny day with blue skies and fluffy white clouds passing by at speed.
Tokyo Gas CEO, Shinichi Sasayama, smiling as he walks down an office hallway towards the camera.
Split screen, divided in four: (top left) Birds-eye view of a water front storage facility with above-ground and underground white tankers; (top right) a large storage vessel floating in the ocean with mountainous landscape in the background; (bottom left) An LNG tanker truck leaving a Tokyo Gas LNG facility; (bottom right) close-up side view of a Japanese LNG tanker driving past the camera.
Split screen, divided in three: (top left) birds-eye view of a Japanese town with a river cutting through; (bottom left) sped-up birds-eye view of Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing with crowds of people crossing the street and traffic zooming in various directions; (right) Man speaking to camera.
(top left) transitions to a street-level view of workers in white uniforms working on an underground pipe network on a Japanese sidewalk or alleyway, cordoned off with a line of red cones.
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Tokyo Gas Japan
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Largest natural gas company in Japan
Over 63,000km of gas pipes
LNG transaction volume 19 million tons
[Shinichi Sasayama]
Tokyo Gas is one of the world's largest liquified natural gas companies, delivering natural gas to over 10 million customers.
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Shinichi Sasayama
CEO, Tokyo Gas
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Japanese family sitting around a dining table eating a meal and smiling
Close-up of Shinichi Sasayama gazing out of an office window
[Shinichi Sasayama]
I joined in 1986, and I have been with the company for nearly 40 years.
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Split screen: (top left) aerial sped-up view of a metropolitan Japanese area; (bottom left) birds-eye view of the Tokyo skyline with modern architecture at sunset; (right) Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
Top left image transitions to a sped-up birds-eye view of a lit-up harbour in Tokyo at dusk.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
The introduction of LNG has helped tackle pollution in the Tokyo area.
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Sped-up street-level view of a waterway in Tokyo with a passenger boat floating in the water, a Ferris wheel spinning on the harbour and modern architecture in the background.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
I believe it's critical not only to decarbonise but to do this while maintaining a secure supply of energy.
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A panning aerial view of a large coastline-adjacent oil terminal lined with wind turbines along the shore.
Split screen: (top left) a technician wearing a white helmet and uniform, with his back to the camera, adjusts a valve on a complex system of piping; (bottom left) side-on view of the LNG tanker Energy Glory; (right) Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
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The challenge: decarbonising heat
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Molten liquid pouring out of a steel pipe.
Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
There's been a lot of focus on decarbonising electricity, but solving how to decarbonise heat is increasingly important.
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Electricity tower and electric plant with power lines
Side-on view inside a foundry where molten liquid pours from a large container into a large tank with workers in hardhats overseeing the process.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
In fact, 60% of Japan's energy use is to generate heat, and electrification is not enough to decarbonise industry.
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Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
Split screen: (top left) side view of an LNG facility; (bottom left) yellow flames rising from burning coal; (right) Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
Split screen: (top left) aerial view of white tanks at an LNG facility; (bottom left) side view of white tanks at an LNG facility; (right) Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
Split screen: (top left) industrial steelmaker wearing a protective suit in a furnace room; (bottom left) a large mechanical arm pushing a pile of coal into a furnace room; (right) Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
That's why I believe natural gas and, in the future, hydrogen and e-methane will be very important.
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The collaboration: lower-carbon LNG*
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*LNG produces around 50% less carbon emissions than coal when used to generate electricity (IEA)
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Aerial view of a floating LNG terminal
Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
We've been working with Shell since introducing LNG, and, together, have played a great part in expanding the use of LNG in Japan. We introduced carbon-offset LNG* in Japan, supported by Shell. Over 100 of our customers have chosen our LNG with carbon offset*.
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Split screen, divided in four: (top left) aerial view of a lush tree lined landscape; (top right) a group of field workers preparing the earth for sapling planting; (bottom left) close-up of a field worker’s hands planting a sapling; (bottom right) close-up of a field worker’s feet patting down soil around a newly planted sapling.
Top-left visual transitions to red buckets containing saplings ready for planting
Split screen, divided in three: (top left) people pushing a row boat along a rural waterway; (bottom left) an expansive green mountainous landscape; (right) Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
Split screen, divided in three: (top left) people working in a waterlogged field; (bottom left) workers in a palm tree field; (right) Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
Split screen, divided in three: (top left) planted saplings in a wetland; (bottom left) an expansive green landscape; (right) Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
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*Carbon credits are purchased and retired to compensate the calculated lifecycle CO2 emissions of LNG. CO2 compensation may not be exact and is not a substitute for avoiding reducing emissions.
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The future: towards e-methane
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Simulated glass methane molecules spinning.
Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
We are also working with Shell on other energy solutions.
[Visuals]
Birds-eye view of a coastal energy plant with solar panels and wind turbines.
Close-up of a high-voltage electrical substation.
Outdoor side-on view of an electrical power facility.
Tokyo Gas office control room filled with monitors with several workers monitoring the screens.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
E-methane is made from ‘green’ hydrogen and CO2. It can be used in existing infrastructure without expensive modification.
[Visuals]
Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
Two workers in white hardhats and uniforms walking away from camera on an outdoor elevated walkway at a biogas plant.
A birds-eye view of small boats pulling up to a huge floating oil tanker in an expansive body of water near the coast.
Floating oil tankers docked at an LNG facility.
Three Shell technicians in yellow hardhats and orange uniforms walking away from camera at an LNG facility.
Shinichi Sasayama speaking to camera.
[Shinichi Sasayama]
I believe there are many areas where we can work together with Shell, a global player.
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Floating oil tanker docked at an LNG facility.
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Neon yellow Shell logo outline overlays the previous imagery and animates to reveal graphic text
[Text displays]
Powering decarbonisation for our customers, shareholders and society
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shell.com/poweringprogress
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Decarbonising Power and Industry
Tokyo Gas is Japan’s largest supplier of natural gas to power, industrial and residential customers. With Shell, they developed carbon offset LNG1, a critical fuel in the energy transition. Today, the two companies are developing the use of liquid synthetic gas, or e-methane, for hard-to-electrify industries.
1Carbon credits are purchased and retired to compensate the calculated lifecycle CO₂ emissions of LNG. CO₂ compensation may not be exact and is not a substitute for avoiding or reducing emissions.
2Northern Lights JV DA is a registered, incorporated General Partnership with Shared Liability (DA) owned equally by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies.
3Shell and Cosan each hold 44% controlling stakes in Raizen while other shareholders hold 12%.
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