2022年壳牌对英国的社会经济影响

MAY 2024* * Indirect tax numbers for 2022 have been updated in October 2025. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive summary2 1.Introduction81.1How we measured Shell’s socioeconomic impact9 2.Shell’s economic impact in the United Kingdom12 2.1Shell’s direct economic impact122.2Shell’s indirect economic impact142.3Shell’s induced economic impact172.4Shell’s total economic impact19 3.Shell’s social impact in the United Kingdom22 3.1Shell supports youth and 65+ employment223.2Shell supports women in the workplace233.3Shell supports well-paid jobs243.4Shell’s training supports high quality, productive jobs253.5Shell’s social investment programmes26 4.Conclusion28 Methodology30 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since our last study assessing Shell’s economic footprint inthe UK in 2019, the world economy has become increasinglyfragile due to the Covid-19 pandemic, rising energy prices, andcontinuing geopolitical tensions. Despite this backdrop,Shellcontinues to provide a reliable source of energy that the UKneedsto power its industries, transport networks, and homes.During the same period, Shell itself has also undergone internaltransformations such as the announcement and appointmentof the new CEO in 2022 and relocation of its globalheadquarters from the Hague to London. Shell’s total grossvalue addedcontribution to theUK’s GDP in 2022. Shell is active in every area of the energy industry.Its activitiesinclude oil & gas exploration, operating gas & liquid plants,running petrol stations, building electric vehicle charginginfrastructure, investing in renewable energy sources, andconducting research & development into new technologies toreduce emissions and support the UK’s transition to net zero. In this report, we assess the socioeconomic contributionShell made to the UK in 2022.This comprehensive studyquantifies not only the substantial impact of Shell UK’sdirecton-site operations, but also theindirectimpactstimulated bythe overall group’s supply chain spending, and theinducedimpactsupported through wage-funded consumption byShell UK’s employees and those working in its supply chains.These impacts are quantified in terms of gross value addedcontributions to GDP, the number of jobs supported, andgovernment tax revenues raised, as well as other importantsocial metrics to assess the company’s impact on society. 78,000Total jobs Shellsupported in theUK in 2022.Plus a further11,600jobs at retail andrefuelling outlets. Shell makes substantial economic and social contributionsto the UK economy.Across all three channels of impact, thecompany contributed an estimated £11.8 billion to the UK GDPin 2022, equivalent £1 for every £210 of the UK’s GDP. Shell alsosupported 78,000 jobs in the UK and £5.4 billion payments togovernment in the same year.1 Through Shell UK’s operational sites, Shell generated a £6.3billion gross value added contribution to UK’s GDP in 2022.Shell UK also directly employed 5,170 people across the UK,who were paid wages and salaries worth £1.7 billion in 2022.Through its activities, Shell UK paid and collected £4.0 billion intax payments for the UK government in 2022, equivalent to theaverage annual salary of 109,000 teachers. In addition to theseactivities, the company runs an extensive network of over 1,100refuelling stations across the UK that employ a further 11,600people in 2022. £5.4billion Total amount oftax Shell supportedin the UK in 2022. By buying goods and services from its third-party suppliers,Shell supports further economic activity across the UK. Weestimate thatShell’s expenditure with suppliers supported£2.8 billion in gross value added contributions to UK GDP in2022.This activity is also estimated to have sustained some38,000 jobs and generated £637 million in tax receipts. Shell also sustains further economic activity in the UK consumereconomy by paying and supporting wages.Shell UK paid itsUK-based employees a total of £1.7 billion in 2022. We estimatethat wage-funded consumption by employees working at ShellUK, and those working in its supply chains, stimulated a £2.8billion gross value added contribution to UK GDP and 35,000jobs. This economic activity also stimulated £749 million in taxpayments for the UK government. Shell has a notable social impact on UK societyby supportingemployment opportunities for individuals across differentage groups, including segments of the population who areoften under-represented in the labour force. Through theeconomic activity stimulated in its supply chain and wage-funded consumption, we estimate that Shell supported 9,000jobs for people aged under 25 in 2022, or 12% of the total jobssupported. This was slightly higher than the overall UK averageof 11%. In addition, the company sustained 2,900 jobs for peopleaged 65 and over in the UK. 31,400Female-held jobssupported byShell in the UKin 2022. The company also promotes women in the UK workforce.Through its direct, indirect, and induced channels of impact,we estimate that Shell supported the employme