Shell’s Carbon Compensation Programme
Unavoidable emissions can be mitigated through carbon compensation in order to meet your carbon emissions reduction commitments. Our programme allows you to invest in independently approved, internationally recognised carbon compensation projects simply by using the Shell Fleet Card to refuel.
We understand the many challenges today’s fleets face on the road to a lower carbon future. Your fleet will produce emissions that are just unavoidable. And that’s where the Shell Carbon Compensation Programme can help.
It's easy. Sign up and your fleet’s emissions can be compensated simply by using the Shell Fleet Card. Shell takes care of the rest, mitigating your fleet's unavoidable carbon emissions through the purchase of carbon credits from a portfolio of carbon credits, drawn from a range of projects. This includes nature-based solutions like conservation, afforestation, reforestation and other methodologies.
How does it work?
You opt-in to offset for carbon emissions from your fleet. Your drivers use the Shell Fleet Card to refuel at Shell service stations as usual. 'Tank-to-wheel' charges will be applied to your account
Shell tracks your fleet's overall fuel consumption and calculates the associated 'well-to-wheel' CO₂ emissions
Shell will purchase carbon credits equivalent to the amount of your fleet's carbon emissions to offset them through Shell’s global portfolio of nature-based solutions projects
Shell will issue an annual verified carbon reduction certificate confirming that the fuel has been offset
You don’t even have to change the way you work – Shell automatically calculates your well-to-wheel carbon emissions and offsets these through Shell’s global portfolio of nature-based solutions projects.
Nature-based solutions and Shell
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Title: Nature-based solutions and Shell
Benefits to your business
There are several advantages to offsetting the CO2 emissions of your fleet with Shell:
- Annually, you will receive carbon reduction certificate
- Your company will demonstrate corporate leadership and strengthen its position
- You can begin, or continue, sustainable business practices
- You can meet the increasing demands of internal and external stakeholders
- Your business can have a positive impact on communities around the world by offsetting through verified projects
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Carbon Offsetting FAQs
What are Nature-Based Solutions?
What are Nature-Based Solutions?
‘Nature-based solutions’ – also referred to as natural climate solutions – comprise all activities related to the protection or re-development of natural ecosystems such as forests, grasslands, and wetland systems to lower concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This can include avoiding or minimising greenhouse gas emissions, and helping to sequester carbon into so-called ‘carbon sinks’. Each of these activities results in the biological capture and storage of carbon – typically through the process of photosynthesis. Such activities can lead to the marketing, trading and sale of carbon offset credits. They also help, for instance, to reduce soil erosion, protect animal habitats, and create products such as timber and biofuels.
What are carbon credits?
What are carbon credits?
A carbon credit represents the avoidance or removal of 1 tonne of carbon dioxide. These credits are traded among governments and businesses. In order to ensure the quality and integrity of carbon credits, there is a robust programme of third-party standards, verification processes and registries.
What is meant by ‘carbon neutral driving’?
What is meant by ‘carbon neutral driving’?
For customers who fill up with the Shell Fleet Card, customers will pay a small fee to offset the emissions of their fleets. Shell will pay to offset carbon emissions generated by the extraction of crude oil and well as the refining and distribution of it. This means all emissions for Shell Fleet Card users will be offset, enabling fleets to drive carbon neutral.
What is offset?
What is offset?
Shell’s compensation service is for the so-called "tank-to-wheel" emissions, i.e. CO2 emissions generated by the combustion of the fuel in the engines of your fleet. The use of the fuel is responsible for approximately 80% of the "well-to-wheel" CO2 emissions of the fuel (European Commission, JRC). The "well-to-wheel" emission includes all CO2 emissions from the extraction of crude oil to the use of the fuel in your engine. The extraction of crude oil, its refining and its distribution are responsible for the remaining 20% of the emissions.
The publication ‘DEFRA, Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2019’ is used as the basis for Shell Carbon calculations.
Disclaimer
The terms “Carbon Neutral”, “Carbon Offset” or “Carbon offset compensation” are applied in a non-technical way to indicate that Shell has engaged in a transaction to ensure that an amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to that associated with the production, delivery and usage of the fuel has been removed from the atmosphere through a nature-based process or emissions saved through avoided deforestation”
