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Initials from the entity name. Click the row to open the full profile.Shell PLCExtracting, refining, or transporting oil, gas, and coal. Netherlands
2.4 million
cars driven for a year
11 Mt CO₂e
Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — varies by species, climate and age of tree.
flat year-on-year

🔥 Shell PLC ranks #246 because it extracts and refines large quantities of oil, gas or coal.

How much of this entity's emissions could be tied to a named owner.How sure we are about the numbers — based on data coverage, recency and source agreement.Number of power plants or sites attributed to this entity in the Climate TRACE dataset.
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#246 of 1649

Shell PLC, based in Netherlands, extracts, refines or transports oil, gas and coal. Climate TRACE attributes 5 high-emitting assets to it. Its largest tracked activities are oil refining.

Produces fossil fuelsOil, gas and coal are extracted, processed and moved at scale.
Methane can leakProduction and transport can release methane — a very potent short-term greenhouse gas.
Burned downstreamWhen the fuels are used elsewhere, they release large amounts of CO₂.
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Power plants & sites behind it5 attributed assets · ownership split equally across listed owners

AssetSectorOwnershipAttributedConf.
Shell Pernis RefineryFossil Fuels100%5 Mtmedium
Shell Rheinland Werk Wesseling Cologne RefineryFossil Fuels100%4.2 Mtmedium
Mineraloelraffinerie Oberrhein Karlsruhe RefineryFossil Fuels20%775 ktmedium
Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk Manufacturing50%668.4 ktmedium
Raizen Buenos Aires RefineryFossil Fuels50%351.6 ktvery low
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE — asset-level emissions & ownership · CC BY 4.0
Fossil Fuels · reference year 2024
How it's allowed

Signals below are derived from emissions data and ownership coverage only — not from any legal or regulatory finding.

Permitted Emissions
These emissions appear to occur under existing permits and regulations. Operating legally is not the same as operating cleanly.
Methane Exposure
Oil and gas operations can release methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than CO₂ over the short term. Leakage is often under-measured.
Rising Emissions Trend
Attributed emissions are rising (~1%/yr), moving in the wrong direction.
No Verified Enforcement or Lobbying Record
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Trend
Roughly flat▲ +1.4% rising
10.6 Mt11.3 Mt11.9 Mt20222024

Attributed emissions are roughly stable year on year. Attributed emissions, 2022–2024.

It ranks #246 mainly because its attributed assets emitted about 11 Mt CO₂e in 2024 (≈ 2.4M cars/yr).

The Climate Damage Score is driven by that absolute size on a log scale, with a +0.1-point flat adjustment.

Score breakdown

Absolute emissions
83 pts
Trend modifier
▲ +1.4% rising+0.1 pts
Data confidence
How sure we are about the measurement. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank — it just shows the data is fuzzier.

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What we know · what we don't

What we know

  • Attributed emissions: 11 Mt CO₂e in 2024 (≈ 2.4M cars/yr).
  • Primary sector: Fossil Fuels; primary country: Netherlands.
  • Evidence: 5 assets; ~73% ownership-attribution coverage.
  • Source: Climate TRACE (CC BY 4.0).

What we don’t

  • Exact ownership percentages — Climate TRACE lists owners but not stakes, so shared assets are split equally.
  • Indirect (supply-chain / financed / product-use) emissions are not included.
  • Some of this sector's emissions could not be attributed to any named owner.
  • No PR claims, lobbying records, litigation history or policy-compliance data are included.
How sure we are about the measurement. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank — it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this entity's emissions could be tied to a named owner. Higher means a more complete picture.