People & communities
We aim to be a good neighbour wherever we work, by engaging with communities and seeking opportunities to create lasting positive outcomes.
Globally, our social investment approach focuses on three areas:
- Skills for STEM: Equipping young people with knowledge, skills and experiences to thrive in a changing world.
- Skills for enterprise development: Supporting entrepreneurship, local businesses and economic opportunities within communities.
- Skills for resource-based livelihoods: Building capabilities that enable communities to sustainably use natural resources for their livelihoods
In Singapore, we focus our efforts on helping young people build future-ready skills, enabling local enterprises to grow and innovate, and supporting stronger, more resilient communities.
Access to energy
At Shell, we are able to use our core business skills and technical resources to play an active role in improving communities’ access to energy, particularly in regions where we work – such as sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.
Our access to energy work aims to provide communities with safe, reliable, affordable energy which can spur economic development and improve healthcare, education and livelihoods. We have undertaken a number of energy access projects around the world totalling millions of dollars in investment. These projects include community lighting, power generation, and small-scale grid infrastructure projects.
Local employment and enterprise
Shell contributes to local economic growth in countries where we operate.
We do this in a variety of ways: through direct employment, through our supply chain activities, by working with governments and partners to help create jobs, and by supporting the development of local businesses or suppliers.
Where needed, we offer additional training to improve the level of skills and technical know-how among a supplier’s workforce.
The Shell LiveWIRE programme helps young entrepreneurs start their own business and stimulate local economic growth in various countries.
Community health
Today, millions of people across the world are unable to access medical treatment. In some communities where we work, access to healthcare may be limited or inadequate.
To help address these challenges, we run various projects that provide access to adequate healthcare to communities, often in partnership with local non-governmental organisations or development bodies.
Education
Education can open the door to opportunities and help people build a better future.
We operate several projects across the world to give more people the chance of a good education to help them build a better future.
