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CASE STUDY TNC SHELL - Coggle Diagram
CASE STUDY TNC SHELL
FACTS
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92,000 average number of employees
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POSITIVE IMPACTS
ENVIROMENT
Shell stated that they make every effort to clean up the environment after oil spills - “We must improve our environmental performance and make up for past mistakes."
ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT
$12 billion spent in lower income countries.
$750 million invested in safety and reliability of our refineries, chemical plants and distribution facilities.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Shell covers geothermal, solar and wind energy as part of its renewable energy program.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Since the early 90s Shell has made positive practical moves including pulling out of projects in Cameroon and Pakistan on Human rights issues, but remains in Nigeria.
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Buisness Split
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PROJECTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Manages delivery of Shell’s major projects and drives the research and innovation to create technology solutions.
DOWNSTREAM
Refines supplies, trades and ships crude worldwide, manufactures and markets a range of products, and produces petrochemicals for industrial customers.
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
CHEMICALS
Shell marketed pesticides called DDT, Endrin etc. that killed humans as well as agricultural pests. Shell was very slow to pull these products of the market, and poisoned soil and wildlife.
OIL SPILLS
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1968 – Netherlands refinery fire, 2 dead, $120million damage
1970 – Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout, 4 killed, $25million damage
1980 – Hawaii terminal fire, 2 dead and $3million damage
BRENT SPAR
The Brent Spar was a massive oil tank in the Atlantic Ocean which Shell decided to dispose of by dumping it into the sea.
Shell is one of the richest companies on Earth, does business in many countries and deals with 25million customers every day. It has refineries, drilling fields, 65,000 filling stations and employs many people worldwide.