Tackling global development challenges with business solutions
Shell Foundation supports pioneering social enterprises and institutions that serve low-income communities across Africa and Asia lacking access to affordable energy and transport services.
Insights
Learning reports, opinion pieces and news from across our portfolio of social enterprises and institutions.
News
Sending energy home: BBOXX helping Rwandan diaspora fund energy access for friends and family
News
Sending energy home: BBOXX helping Rwandan diaspora fund energy access for friends and family
Portfolio Learning
Building Productive Use Biogas Appliances
Portfolio Learning
Building Productive Use Biogas Appliances
Portfolio Learning
Gender Inclusion in Hiring in India
Portfolio Learning
Gender Inclusion in Hiring in India
Focus Areas
Shell Foundation’s portfolio of enterprises and institutions addresses two major global development challenges: access to energy and access to affordable transport.
Access to Energy
people live without reliable electricity globally, and 1.1 bn people live without power altogether (UN Sustainable Development Programme)
Sustainable Mobility
people in India will live in urban centres by 2030, up from 340 million in 2008 (McKinsey)
Portfolio
Shell Foundation supports an holistic portfolio of pioneering social enterprises and institutions at various stages of growth with the potential to impact millions of lives.
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