Carbon Compensation for Fleets
We’re constantly finding new ways for your business to operate more sustainably and efficiently, with a range of business benefits such as saving on fuel, compensating carbon emissions and meeting government regulations.
Get on the road to a lower carbon future with Shell
We’re constantly finding new ways for your business to operate more sustainably and efficiently, with a range of business benefits such as saving on fuel, compensating carbon emissions and meeting government regulations.
We understand the many challenges fleets face on the road to a lower carbon future. Whether you’re just starting to consider alternative fuels or already have some electric vehicles, your fleet will produce emissions that are just unavoidable. And that’s where our new carbon compensating service can help.
It’s easy
Sign up with the Shell Card to get your fleet on the road to a lower-carbon future.
Our network of 150kW ultra-fast and 50kW rapid charge points is big – and it’s only getting bigger. With so many locations and multiple easy ways to pay, recharging on the go is simple.
Shell takes care of the rest
We compensate for your fleet’s unavoidable carbon emissions, purchasing carbon credits from a portfolio of carefully chosen nature-based projects.
Projects in the portfolio
Forest developments and grassland preservation projects are two examples of the things we’re working on in our portfolio, both of which capture and store carbon from the atmosphere.
How does it work?
1. The Card’s the key
After you opt in to compensate your fleet’s carbon emissions, your drivers can use the Shell Card to fill up at our forecourts and third-party service stations as usual. The service charges will be applied to your consolidated Shell Card invoices.
2. We’ll do the maths
Shell tracks your fleet's overall fuel consumption and calculates the associated CO₂ emissions.
3. Emissions matching
Shell will purchase carbon credits equivalent to your fleet's emissions, then compensate for them through our global portfolio of nature-based solutions projects.
4. Get it in writing
Shell will annually issue a verified carbon reduction certificate confirming that the fuel has been compensated.
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Benefits to your business
There are many advantages to compensating for your fleet’s CO2 emissions with Shell:
- Annual carbon reduction certificates
- Corporate leadership and a stronger company position
- New or better sustainable business practices
- The ability to meet increasing demands of internal and external stakeholders
- The opportunity to have a positive impact on communities around the world by compensating for your emissions through verified projects
The nature-based projects
- Shell works with multiple carefully selected nature-based projects around the world, in locations such as Peru and Indonesia. These projects help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve the livelihoods of local communities, and preserve biodiversity and wildlife. <For more information on our projects and how nature-based solutions work, visit our interactive site>
- To ensure the quality and integrity of nature-based carbon credits, there’s a robust programme of third-party independent standards, verification processes and registries.
- One example of who we work with is the Cordillera Azul National Park REDD+ project in Peru. It protects 1.6 million hectares of threatened forest, habitat to 28 high conservation value species. 440 communities live within this zone, including 30 indigenous communities – so the project supports 716 jobs, 30% of which are held by women, as well as 24 sustainable enterprises and 6 community schools.
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Disclaimer
The terms ‘carbon neutral’, ‘carbon offset’ or ‘carbon offset compensation’, are applied in a non-technical way. They indicate that Shell has engaged in a transaction to ensure an amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to 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.
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