Oil and Gas :

CSR study

GROUP 9
Abhik 189 | Harshita 199 | Jyotsana 209 | Meher 219 | Palak Hirani 229 | Siddharthan SG 239 | Vikram 249
 The main objectives of Shell are to integrate sustainability into their activities, the approach to which
Shell starts with their goal to run a safe, efficient, responsible and profitable business.

2017 2018 2019

● Shell piloted a fund to encourage our In 2018, Shell outlined their new The new environmental framework,
teams to work with local partners to launched in 2021, focuses on four priority
ambition: to bring a reliable electricity
design and implement small local energy areas: biodiversity, water, circular economy
access projects using a sustainable supply to 100 million people in the
Environmental developing world by 2030. They and waste, and air quality. It sets out our
community business model
● Renewable energy committees were set continue to work on developing a ambitions for 2030 and later, as well as
up in 76 villages to train people to install longer-term strategy to achieve this shorter-term goals.
and maintain solar power systems in ambition.
their

The UN adopted 17 sustainable In 2018, an estimated $4.1 billion was spent NXplorers, their flagship STEM
development goals (SDGs), which seek to in countries that, according to the UN programme, aims to equip young people
address the world’s biggest challenges, with the problem-solving skills needed to
Development Programme Human
including ending poverty, improving health become future innovators and leaders.
and education, making cities sustainable Development Index 2017, have a gross
Social The programme provides twelve practical
and tackling climate change. Shell adopted domestic product of less than $15,000 a year
tools that help them explore issues that
the SDGs and we continue to develop their per person. In these countries, Shell matter to them, create preferred future
approach on how to achieve them. companies spent 80%, or around $3.3 billion, scenarios and bring about positive
with local companies. change.
 ONGC
ONGC’s sustainable development Goal aims at eradicating extreme poverty, fighting inequality and
tackling climate change

2017 2018 2019

● Registered 15 CDM projects with

UNFCCC having a potential for ● Solid waste management ● Organic farming training
reduction of about 2.10 million tCO2e Project at Rameswaram centre was established at
emissions every year ● Harit Moksha resulted in Telangana which benefitted
● Saving cutting down of 12000 trees saving of 13,700 tonnes of 3,500 farmers, 200 students
Environmental every year through the paperless office woods and 26,500 tonnes of and consumers by way of
project GHG emissions. promoting organic farming
● Initiatives of energy conservation along
the lines of adoption of cleaner modes
energy particularly wind and solar

● Establishment of 11 new Mobile medical ● Partnered with Bharat Lok ● Menstrual hygiene
units for elderly citizens, eye care Shiksha Parishad to provide management awareness
initiative in different states, free education to 24,000 session for women and girls,
establishment of 362 ned multi-speciality students ● Solar Electrification project,
Social Hospital ● Partnered with Tribal decades of unavailability of
● School-Led Total Sanitation (SLTS) Engineering’s society to save electricity were solved by
initiative through the Auroville Korbong community from ONGC by setting the solar
Foundation in 5,592 school across India extinction by developing electrification in every house
under the Swachh Vidhyalaya Abhiyan self-sustaining model for the of the village
village
 A major energy player, which produces and markets fuels, natural gas and low-carbon
TOTAL electricity, with their 100,000 employees committed to better energy that is safer, more
affordable, cleaner and accessible to as many people as possible

2017 2018

● TOTAL declared no exploration activity in oil

fields under sea ice in the Arctic ● Prohibited all oil and gas exploration and
● Achieved a decrease of 23% in greenhouse production activities in the natural sites on the
emissions UNESCO world heritage list.
● Collaborated with SE4All to enable better
access to energy for the people in emerging ● Joined the Act4Nature initiative to protect
economies biodiversity.
● Structured its actions within the Total
Foundation program framework, covering the ● Fixed a target to achieve carbon neutrality and
citizenship initiatives like inclusion, road started investing in technologies that will
safety, forests, culture, and heritage foster growth in this direction

2019

● To efficiently manage any major industrial accident, Total implemented a global crisis management system
● allocated a budget of $100 million to create a new business unit called Nature-Based Solutions to aim at sustainable storage of
carbon dioxide
● Total has invested in a couple of carbon sinks solutions like natural carbon sinks- carbon capture and storage (CSS) and reforestation
● A GHG emission reduction from 46 Mt CO2e to 41.5 Mt CO2e on oil and gas facilities has been achieved .
British Petroleum
2017 - 18 2018 - 19 2019 - 20

● In the West Nile Delta region,

around 700 locals were ● British Petroleum shared their focus
● BP Target Neutral initiative-
provided vocational trainings and commitment towards promoting a
the company provides an
and were taught about safety ‘low carbon future.’ Through the RIC
opportunity to the customers for
standards to be followed in (Reduce, Improve, Create)
offsetting the carbon emissions
welding, scaffolding and on framework
working at heights
● The projects that were
● Few of the initiatives that they had
undertaken in the year 2017 also
● In India, the company has improved on are shifting to the use of
helped in improving the living
provided training in solar pumps in the place of pneumatic
standards of around 2 million
management and improving gas pumps, establishing over 30 retail
people
customer service to 200,000 zones that are carbon neutral
motorbike mechanics.
● BP also developed tools for
● There were also few new initiatives
screening the processes and
● Under this commitment, 50 which the company undertook like
operations to identify the risk of
locals in Senegal were trained providing charging points (BP
modern slavery
to manage and monitor the chargemaster) for electric vehicles
biodiversity

“We recognize that our activities could adversely impact the rights of people in communities close to our sites.”
 ONGC’s sustainable development Goal aims at eradicating extreme poverty, fighting
Chevron inequality and tackling climate change

2017 2018

● Chevron also helped grow the income of the farming population by

● Scored 100% in Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index. $28 million in the year 2018.
This marked the 14th consecutive year for the company to score full ● Chevron became the first amongst the companies of oil and gas to
on this corporate index. offer benefits to the same-sex and transgender communities in the
● To reduce its carbon footprint, the company has taken certain actions USA
and set specific goals and milestones as the vision to achieve this ● For all its external stakeholders including the people living around
purpose. It includes reduction in greenhouse gases emission by up to its refineries, Chevron began an appellate so that people, who are
10% in the span of 7 years ending 2023. The decrease in flaring encountering any environmental issue due to the company’s nature
intensity has been positioned to be around 30% in the same duration. of business, could report and then the company would take certain
actions to address the problem.

2019

● Setting up of eco-friendly fishing net system to remove debris ● Set up of 29-MW solar panel structure to reduce carbon emission.
harmful to marine life. More than 6000 kilos of debris was collected ● Contributed in 85% decrease in methane pollution for all its onshore
and eliminated in a span of three weeks in the same year. plants in the past 6-7 years.
 It carries out its business operations in socially, environmentally and ethically sound
manner to create more opportunities as well as mitigate business risks for creating value
Reliance Industries for stakeholders in dynamic business environment.

2017 - 18 2018 - 19 2019 - 20

Environmental Environmental Environmental

- Organic expansion of manufacturing - Partnered with NGO to clean - Algae to oil conversion for
plants by installing one in a kind Versova Beach of Mumbai cleaner energy production
ROGC (Refinery Off Gas Cracker) to from solid wastes - Renewable oil production
increase earnings sustainably - Launched ‘Circular Design technique by conversion of
- Largest plastic recycler of India and a Challenge’ along with Lakme organic wastes to crude
leader of circular economy in the Fashion Week to promote - Technology to convert recycled
Indian oil business usage and spread awareness of plastic to road building
- Set targets to reduce carbon footprint sustainably produced apparels material and
to minimum by collaborating with - Bottom of the barrel production telecommunication equipment
world renowned technology licensors and downward integration of parts
and implementing industry best plants to reduce the ecological - R-Elan: Specialty high quality
practices footprint apparel fabric from recycled
Social Social PET bottles
- Positive impact on 20 million people - Assistance provided to cyclone - Measures and initiatives for
through rural transformation, affected states of Andhra water and energy conservation
education and health initiatives under Pradesh, Kerala, etc. Social
Reliance Foundation - Spearheaded rural - Free health checkups and
- Developing drought resistant villages, transformation initiatives and consultations through Jio
women led cooperative societies, etc appointed as well as trained HealthHub app and Symptoms
- Educating and capacity building of village association leaders to Checker
farmers for better price realisation create sustainable villages - 37000 villages made water
secure and with medical and
educational facilities
 Petrobras
Being a part of an industry which deals with a lot of hazardous emissions, Petrobras’s primary focus lies
in reducing its carbon footprint, as well as parallely indulging in social and environmental drive
practices and activities

2017 - 18 2018 - 19 2019 - 20

● Setting up 42 stations ● Contribution to marine ● Discharged effluents started to

operating in 9 Brazilian states conversation by protecting 11 be treated such that they can
to help monitor hazardous endangered species through the be reused, recycled and
emissions Biomar initiative recovered.
Environmental ● Conserve 56 endangered ● Starting environmental programs ● Initiative started to clean 3rd
species through 23 new in the Santos Basin to minimise party beached all around
projects waste Brazil

● Start of 39 Education & ● A 2 hour daily allowance for ● The firm launched the
Educational Sport projects aimed breastfeeding employees was Petrobras initiative for early
at promoting complementary initiated for up to one year from the childhood with the purpose of
education, developing birth of the child promoting the cognitive, social
Social
socio-professional skills to and emotional development of
expand and provide access to children between 0 and 6 years
decent work
Industry level Sustainability practices
● 2 major challenges that should be tackled – CO2 emissions and climate change
● Changing their processes and operations in a way to reduce harmful emissions and are
transitioning towards achieving a “low-carbon future.”
● Focused on adopting practices that are focused on achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG)
● Eni has worked towards reducing hunger and increasing employment opportunities in
Nigeria through its Green River Project
● Total invested in developing solar energy and provided affordable and clean energy to
marginalized communities in Tanzania and Kenya
● 24 largest oil and gas corporations accounting for more than 30% of world’s
production are ready to make the low-carbon transition.
● European players in this sector have shown progress in achieving climate-related goals
● Majority of the Chinese companies have not even met half the minimum standards that
were set to tackle climate change.
Critical Analysis of Sustainability practices
Shell and BP have garnered remuneration as leaders of corporate citizenship across the world. Prominent
international CSR initiatives like Global compact and GRI have been spearheaded by them. They have also
ventured into renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions as they cause global warming but other firms appear
to have done less on this front.

Petrobras, Reliance and Indian Oil targeting international expansion and rely upon the international reputation
and international financial markets

Environmental reporting and practices in western multinationals tend to provide high quality data and follow
sophisticated reporting and environmental management systems- Petrobras, Shell , Reliance Total are such
companies

Oil companies are now making significant contributions towards community development schemes such as
hospitals, schools and micro-credit schemes.Among the commercial oil and gas companies, Petrobras was
reportedly the biggest spender (US $255 Mn) on “Social Investment”
Differences between CS Practices

● Chevron adopts a more general and comprehensive perspective in its practices addressing issues as specific as
waste water management, carbon footprint reduction and delivering sustainable solutions at the local and
hyperlocal levels.
● For Total, the strategy is a mix of global and local counterparts with slightly more focus on the former. The scale
at which Total operates at and the effect its practices have are greater in magnitude than that of Chevron;
although the specificity of the areas covered are more for the latter.
● Royal Dutch Shell aims at maintaining a striking balance between profitability and sustainability. With its
technology-oriented approach, the company aims to minimize the cost for sustainability in the future while
consistently increasing its scale.
● ONGC aims to incorporate a regional connect and due to its non-private nature, it has easier access to varied
resources and even greater transparency in the data reported.
● For Petrobras, the range of CS practices is not diversified to cover many niche purposes like Chevron but the
intensity of its existing practices such as water and marine pollution and educational causes is one of the highest
among the selected companies. It maintains a healthy equilibrium between social and environmental aspects of
sustainability.
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