ChemScore report card 2025

Shell

Total Score
12/100

About the company

Shell is a British multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Shell is the second-largest investor-owned oil and gas company globally by revenue, with only ExxonMobil being bigger. The company's operations are divided into segments: upstream, integrated gas and new energies, downstream, and projects and technology.
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Transparency
3 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Start disclosing revenue connected to hazardous chemicals
  • Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
  • Report on the company’s global hazardous substances portfolio (beyond EU/US) on a substance-by-substance basis
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Phase-out of persistent chemicals
0 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Start mapping the presence of intentionally or unintentionally present persistent chemicals in its processes and upstream value chain
  • Start reporting and/or limit the share of revenue from persistent chemicals considerably
  • Stop producing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
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Product portfolio
9 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals 138
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List 5
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances 0
Number of persistent chemicals 1
Product portfolio transparency 55%
Action points
  • Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
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Safer solutions
0 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Either start reporting the company’s share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
  • Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
  • Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions

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Company facts
Founded
1907
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Revenue
284.3 billion USD
ISIN
GB00BP6MXD84
Category
Energy
Basic
Plastic / Rubber / Fibres
All years
Year Rank Total score
2025 24 / 40 12 / 100