Corporations increasingly need to become a part of sustainable development if they are to maintain and develop their business in tomorrow’s global society. Living Earth work’s in partnership to achieve this on the ground, as exemplified in our work with Shell International.
The relationship between Shell International and Living Earth began almost 16 years ago when Living Earth approached Shell International to discuss the environmental impact of its work in Venezuela. Shell’s openness to dialogue enabled a relationship to develop between individuals in the organisations, which has evolved into a partnership.
Since the early 1990s Living Earth and Shell have worked together on projects in nine countries spanning three continents. Living Earth and Shell are currently collaborating in Nigeria, Northeast Russia and Alaska. This global relationship has allowed Living Earth to magnify its positive impact on communities and the environment, and has resulted in genuine business benefits for Shell.
Assessing Shell's Sustainability Report:
Living Earth’s Roger Hammond was a member of the External Review Committee, invited to assess and report on the the content and the process of producing the Shell Sustainability Report in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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External Review Committee for the Shell Sustainability Report 2005 and 2006
Living Earth and Shell partnership in the press
Academic review:
Living Earth and Shell's strategic partnership is considered as an example of transformational community engagement in an article 'When Suits Meet Roots:
The Antecedents and Consequences
of Community Engagement Strategy', published in Journal of Business Ethics in January 2010.
Read the full article here...
MDG Review:
Living Earth's partnership with Shell is the focus of an article submitted to the October 2008 edition of the Millennium Development Goals Review, an independent publication that was circulated at the high-level UN summit on the Millennium Development Goals. The article Global Partnerships and the MDGs discusses the role of cross-sector partnerships in tackling the Millennium Development Goals.
Download a copy of the article here...
IPIECA publication:
A detailed case study entitled 'The Development of a Strategic Relationship' outlining of the partnership between Living Earth and Shell is included in the 2006 International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) publication 'Partnerships in the Oil and Gas Industry'.
Download the case study here...
INTRAC - Living Earth and Shell in Nigeria:
An INTRAC publication 'NGOs Engaging with business – A world of
difference and a difference to the world', published in 2000, takes a closer look at Living Earth's partnership work with Shell in Nigeria.
Download the chapter on Living Earth here...
For more information on Living Earth's partnership with Shell contact Roger Hammond. |
