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The Shell Group, which has located one of its most important offices in The Hague, includes a wide range of energy and petrochemicals companies providing various products and services and focusing their activities not only on oil. In particular, in terms of production of goods and services, Shell can differentiate between:
� produces for motorists: station locator, car and motorcycle oils, fuels, credit cards, loyalty schemes, etc.;
� products and services for business: products and services in the field of exploration and production of energy, gas and power, lubricants, fuels and bitumen, chemicals, renewables, shipping and trading.
Shell has a global dimension with offices in 140 countries in the world.
In particular, Shell activities in the field of energy include the finding and production of oil and gas, the production and marketing of natural gas and electricity, the production of a wide range of fuels and lubricants, as well as products from petrochemicals. Moreover, Shell plays also an important role in the field of renewable energies through the building of commercial scale windparks as well as the selling solar photovoltaic panels to businesses and consumers. Shell is also active in the field of research and new technologies and in particular in the field of hydrogen powered cars, buses and vans.
Shell is a big component of the energy markets worldwide with a particular attention on sustainability and the protection of environment and how to address environmental and social concerns in relation to its activities. Such a commitment is confirmed by the periodical release of a Sustainability Report which highlights the company activities in the energy sector with a particular focus on sustainability.
The location of Shell in The Hague and the presence of such a big key player of the private sector in the field of energy is important for the establishment of The Hague as a platform for international and environmental law. The energy challenge is nowadays linked to the ecological problems and legislators are always paying more attention on such an aspect. The new approach which has guided the international community and the EU since the beginning of the nineties aimed at identifying a balance between the combination of the environmental protection concerns and the economic development of our society. Within such premises, new instruments such as ecological taxes or markets of certificates or emission permits have been introduced in environmental policy and law and big companies in the energy sector can play a key role in the implementation of such measures. In particular, Shell is one the key players of such new instruments introduced in the EU aiming at the promotion of renewable energies, as well as at the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in a more efficient way.
The commitment of Shell towards environmental and social aspects results also in the web site which highlights the company details and progresses in contributing to sustainable development. The site provides additional environmental and social performance data and more detailed information on our approach to sustainable development and related issues.
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