Huibert Vigeveno’s Post

How are the world’s largest companies driving decarbonisation?    Watch Bud Denker, President of Penske Corporation, a leading American logistics company, tell us how they are reducing carbon emissions for their customers. Penske are the company behind the 100% renewable race fuel that now powers the NTT INDYCAR Series.    This is the first film in a series where senior executives from across transport and industry, and around the world, tell us how they are turning their ambitions into action to reduce emissions.    Follow the series here (shell.com/from-what-to-how) to discover how a collection of pioneering companies are driving their decarbonisation journeys by moving from “what” to do, to “how” to do it.     Cautionary note: https://lnkd.in/eVGHfetG  #Shell #EnergyTransition #PoweringProgress 

Shell has published its first update to our Energy Transition Strategy, showing how we deliver more value with less emissions. This strategy covers all our businesses and focuses on hard-to-decarbonise sectors. In the transport sector we see opportunities in charging for electric vehicles and in biofuels for cars, trucks, planes and ships. We are strengthening these businesses to support our customers as they decarbonise and move from oil products to low-carbon alternatives. As our customers transition to these alternatives we expect to reduce sales of oil products such as petrol and diesel. To help decarbonise transport, we have set a new ambition to measure our progress, to reduce customer emissions from the use of our oil products by 15-20% by 2030 compared with 2021*. I know that many of Shell’s bold, pioneering customers are aiming for net-zero emissions. And so is Shell. We are committed to working together. To see the full update, visit: https://lnkd.in/gaA_S2MY #PoweringProgress https://lnkd.in/gv3SXK6U Cautionary note: https://lnkd.in/eVGHfetG   #Shell #EnergyTransition #PoweringProgress   *Customer emissions from the use of our oil products (Scope 3, Category 11) were 517 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in 2023 and 569 million tonnes CO2e in 2021.

Mireille Soeters, Thanks to you and the team for a great event – helping us to shine light on why diversity matters. For me it’s a win win; for individuals and for the organisation. A number of our Asian markets are now headed up by women: Singapore (Kah Peng Aw), China (Lin Chen) and India (Mansi Tripathy) to name three of the ten. These individuals are fulfilling their career ambitions while benefiting Shell with the richness of their experiences. Of course, Shell also benefits from creating a competitive advantage as other women are inspired to join Shell knowing that they too will have the opportunity to reach their potential. #genderequality

It was great to catch up with Nicholas Lincon and the team. With more than 150 solar and energy storage projects across the U.S., there’s a bright future ahead. ☀️

We’re taking another step towards reducing Shell’s scope 1 and 2 emissions. As of 2025, Shell will no longer process crude oil at the Wesseling site at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland. Instead, we are converting the hydrocracker at Wesseling into a production unit for Group III base oils. These oils are used in making high-quality lubricants such as engine and transmission oils and we expect the market for these products to grow. The site will have a production capacity of around 300,000 tonnes per year, equivalent to about nine per cent of the EU's demand and 40 per cent of Germany’s demand for base oils. This investment is part of Shell’s drive to create more value with less emissions and is a step towards achieving Shell’s goal of becoming a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. Read more here https://lnkd.in/eAYYChEA https://lnkd.in/eVGHfetG

I am in Rotterdam today to see the progress at one of the largest renewable hydrogen plants in Europe currently under construction, Holland Hydrogen I. It’s due to be operational mid 2020s and when it’s up and running the facility will produce up to 80 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per day.     The renewable hydrogen will supply the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park in Rotterdam and will help to decarbonise the production of energy products.  It’s all part of Shell’s ambition to create opportunities in production, storage, transport, and delivery of hydrogen to our customers. Thank you to the team on the ground for their focus on safety and delivery and to our partners such as the Port of Rotterdam and Gasunie, contractors and suppliers who have been critical in helping us make this ambition a reality day-in, day-out.    #hydrogen #energytransition #poweringprogress https://lnkd.in/eVGHfetG

Sunday is International Day of People with Disabilities. It has prompted me to reflect on my visit to our service station in Pune, India earlier this year where I met staff with speech and hearing impediments such as Vijay whose role it is to fill fuel tanks on the forecourt. The resilience, tenacity and innovation I saw from the team operating the ‘silent shift’ as it’s known, benefit both Shell and the wider communities by encouraging us all to try new approaches and look for different ways of doing things. There’s been such a great response from customers visiting the busy Pune site that Shell has now replicated this successful silent shift approach at a service station in Bangalore. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eD6RtBPC

Words into action.  Energy into connections that matter.  This is what happens when Shell and DHL partner together, and it was a real pleasure to meet with DHL’s Group CEO Dr Tobias Meyer last week.   Our companies have worked together for many years. It's great to know that what Tobias and I have been discussing has had real impact throughout DHL - and our – business: ✈️ establishing supply of sustainable aviation fuel  🚚 electric vehicle charging for light and heavy duty fleets  🚛 bio-LNG and hydrogen to help reduce emissions from heavy duty vehicles   🏭 supporting the transformation of Shell’s Energy & Chemical Parks.     And as we have worked together we’ve built a shared view that building sustainable supply chains – ones that help move the world to net-zero emissions – needs business and governments to work effectively together. Infrastructure must be built at the right time and scale, built in line with demand, and of course, make commercial sense. We also agree that working collaboratively, end-to-end across the value chain, is a must.     Supply chain infrastructure is critical in every aspect of our respective businesses to ensure we’re delivering value and playing our part in helping to reduce the carbon emissions of the transport and logistics sector.  Our passion at Shell is our customers, and we serve them through a careful focus on performance, discipline and simplification.  It’s great to be on this journey with DHL. Cautionary note https://lnkd.in/eVGHfetG

Today in Shenzhen China, Shell opened its largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station in the world, which has 258 public fast-charging points, a Shell Café, convenience retail and rest areas. Operated by our joint venture with BYD, the site is already serving more than 3,300 EV customers each day. Globally, Shell expects to have around 200,000 public charge points by 2030 compared with 40,000 today and China is one of Shell’s core growth markets. Huge congratulations to our Shell Mobility team in China and our partners at BYD for the role they are playing in China’s journey towards electrification.     China, like the rest of the world, needs a secure supply of affordable and clean energy. And, of course, they are a significant voice in the energy transition. Other powerhouse nations shaping that narrative include India - recent hosts of G20 - and Brazil - due to host the Clean Energy Ministerial in Brazil in 2024. The sheer scale of these countries, the opportunity and their pace of development means each will have a central role in delivering a balanced energy transition.   These three countries also host a significant proportion of Shell’s investments, and I’m lucky to spend a lot of time in them. It's great to see their progress as we work towards our own target of becoming a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. In India, the government has an ambition to install 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030. Shell is playing its part through our acquisition last year of Sprng Energy, a renewable energy company, which supplies solar️ and wind power to electricity distribution firms. I was proud to spend time with our talented colleagues at Sprng Energy earlier this year and learn more about how, with discipline and focus, we will make the most of this opportunity.   Brazil - home of Shell’s low carbon ethanol joint venture company Raizen – recently became a founding member of the Global Biofuel Alliance at the G20 summit, together with the United States and hosts India. This type of collaboration supports the development and growth of low-carbon fuels for sectors that cannot easily switch to electricity, such as aviation, shipping and heavy industry. Our investment in 2022, to purchase 3.25bn litres of sugar cane cellulosic ethanol under our agreement with Raizen is a step forward in realising that growth.   Through my visits to these powerhouse countries, I have seen first-hand the fantastic progress being made, the voice they have in determining the energy transition and the power of collaboration that they bring.   Cautionary note: https://lnkd.in/eVGHfetG