Shell UK Gender Pay Gap Report
The Shell Group of companies is the largest on the FTSE 100 by market capitalization to report on gender pay in the UK as required by the UK Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017.
The Shell Group of Companies in the UK (Shell UK) can report a mean gender pay gap of 18.7% in 2019, as required under the UK Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017.
This compares to the mean gender pay gap of 18.6% reported in 2018. This year’s figures included the addition of Shell Energy Retail Limited, supplier of gas and 100% renewable electricity in the UK, which was not reported under Shell UK last year. On a like-for-like basis, our 2019 gender pay gap would be 15.1%, a 3.5% decrease compared to 2018.
The gap arises because of demographics within Shell UK and the wider energy industry. We recognise that traditionally a greater proportion of men than women have studied for, and pursued, careers in the energy and engineering sectors, and this trend continues today. As a result, Shell UK currently employs twice as many men as women and has a greater number of men than women in senior and technical positions. This has resulted in a gender pay gap.
Shell UK has been working to address this imbalance and continues to do so. We aim to ensure the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work, at all levels and locations ensuring equal access to the same recognition, reward and career progression opportunities.
You can read more about our progress towards gender balance in the Shell UK 2019 gender pay gap report
Read our 2018 gender pay gap report
Read our 2017 gender pay gap report
The Shell UK Gender Pay Gap
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden: "let's close the gender gap"
Title: Shell CEO Ben van Beurden: "let's close the gender gap
Duration: 1:35 minutes
Description:
In this video, Ben van Beurden, Shell CEO, highlights the value of gender balance in the workplace, and points to the work that Shell is doing to close the gender gap and promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Transcript
[Background music plays]
Soft instrumental music featuring suspenseful keys initially, then including strings in a more dramatic orchestral ensemble.
[Text displays]
Small comments can push women out of the workplace
[Video footage]
We open on a shallow-focus, blurred, medium shot of Shell CEO, Ben van Beurden moving forward, holding a tablet computer in one hand; he bends slightly as he approaches. We cut to front view medium view footage of Mr van Beurden taking a seat in front of a large classroom blackboard filled with formulae, then looking down at the tablet as he holds it out in front of him. We cut to shallow focus footage of the darkened room, a ray of light from a camera cutting horizontally across the frame, with additional bokeh effects.
[Workplace Male UK Speaker]
Why doesn’t your husband just let you stay home?
[Video footage]
We transition to a high-angle view of the footage on the screen of the tablet held in Mr van Beurden’s hands. The footage on the tablet screen comes into focus, showing a close-up shot of a woman looking into the camera, face expressing quiet disappointment in response to comments we hear in the background, spoken by a male colleague.
[Workplace Male US Speaker]
Hey sweetie, when you’ve got a minute, I’ll get a cup of coffee.
[Video footage]
We cut to wide angle footage of Mr van Beurden seated in front of the classroom blackboard, looking down at the tablet. We see lighting and filming equipment around the room, and a camerawoman seated behind a film camera at frame-right. At lower frame-left, we catch a partial glimpse of a woman seated at the opposite end of the room to Mr van Beurden, looking towards him.
[Workplace Male UK Speaker]
Look who’s wearing earrings today.
[Workplace Male Asian Speaker]
You got promoted too?
[Workplace Male African Speaker]
Hey guys, no swearing, there’s a woman in the room.
[Workplace Male UK Speaker]
Are you sure you’ll be able to handle this course? It’s quite advanced.
[Workplace Male EU Speaker]
We’ll do the more technical stuff, and you can take notes, okay?
[Video footage]
The footage from the tablet screen fills the frame, showing again the close-up shot of the woman looking into the camera, seen against a dark background with some light leak effects. We see her eyebrows rising briefly in response to comments we hear in the background, spoken by male colleagues. As the comments continue, the woman’s image morphs into a different, younger woman’s image. We see her smiling slightly, disbelievingly, then frowning. We then cut back to a high angle view of the footage on the tablet screen held in Mr van Beurden’s hands as the image of the woman onscreen morphs again to one in which she is wearing earrings and has her hair tied back, though her face shows little expression as the comments continue. We see Mr van Beurden shaking his head as he looks down at the screen.
[Ben van Beurden]
That’s incredible.
[Workplace Female Speaker]
Can you imagine what that would feel like?
[Ben van Beurden]
No, I can’t.
[Video footage]
We transition to front-view close-up footage of Mr van Beurden seated in front of the classroom blackboard, looking down at the tablet and shaking his head as he speaks. Then, we cut to wide-angle footage of Mr van Beurden seated in front of the classroom blackboard, looking down at the tablet. As before, we see lighting and filming equipment around the room, and a camerawoman seated behind a film camera at frame-right. At lower frame-left, we see the back of a woman’s head; she is seated at the opposite end of the room to Mr van Beurden. He looks up and across at her as she speaks to him. As he answers her, we cut back to close-up footage of him, and he shakes his head as he speaks.
[Ben van Beurden]
Nobody should have to experience something like this.
[Video footage]
We cut to close-up footage of Mr van Beurden, seen in profile against the background of the darkened room. He leans forward as he speaks.
Featured segment with Ben van Beurden
[Title]
CEO Shell
[Text displays]
Ben van Beurden CEO Shell
[Ben van Beurden]
I know how valuable a gender-balanced workforce is. We need different perspectives to help our businesses innovate, adapt and grow. We face challenges attracting and keeping women in the engineering and technology industries, and we need to take action. And of course, we need to end the biases that can erode confidence and cut short careers. Shell is working to close the gender gap – by supporting initiatives to encourage girls to study Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, by focusing on hiring and promoting women, and by setting a global minimum standard for paid maternity leave.
[Video footage]
As Mr van Bearden speaks directly into the camera, we see front-view close-up footage of him seated in front of the classroom blackboard alternating with more close-up footage of him where he is seen in profile against the background of the darkened room.
[Ben van Beurden]
Our industry needs the best people, which means creating an open and inclusive culture. Be the difference. Close the gender gap. Make the future
[Video footage]
Extreme close-up footage of Mr van Bearden seated in front of the classroom blackboard, speaking directly into the camera.
[Audio]
Shell brand mnemonic played on keys.
[Graphic]
Against the previously described background of formulae on a classroom blackboard, the Shell Pecten displays at upper frame-centre, and text displays below.
[Text displays]
#MakeTheFuture
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