Working with communities
We work closely with communities to understand their concerns and identify how to address them.
Communities
We aim to be a good neighbour wherever we work, by contributing to the well-being of communities. We work closely with them to manage the social impacts of our business activities, address any concerns about our operations, and enhance the benefits that we are able to bring.
Inside Communities
Access to energy
For many in the world, better access to energy could mean the difference between poverty and prosperity: it affects their health, education and their ability to earn a living.
Local employment and enterprise
Shell contributes to local economic growth in countries where we operate.
Community health
We run projects, often in partnership with local NGOs or development bodies, that provide people in communities with access to adequate healthcare.
Online Sustainability Report 2017
Discover what we say about our approach to sustainable development in our online Sustainability Report 2017.
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Farming for Future generations
Discover how Shell has helped a neighbouring community to build better lives as part of work to decommission a gas project in China.
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35 years of Shell LiveWIRE
Our programme, which helps young people with their business ideas, marks its 35th anniversary.
Learn more and meet the entrepreneurs
Environmental and community partners
We work with organisations all over the world to help us to reduce our environmental and societal impact and to benefit local communities.
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Widening horizons
How a training programme in Patagonia gives people new skills for the growing local energy industry.
Helping Iraqi schoolchildren stay safe
Iraq has one of the world’s worst traffic accident rates and young people are particularly at risk. See how children are learning to stay safe.
Giving new entrepreneurs a flying start
In the heartland of Brazil’s oil and gas industry, we are helping a new generation of entrepreneurs turn their ideas into businesses and their dreams into reality.