Shell Foundation is an independent charity (no. 1080999) established by the Shell Group in 2000. We work to create and scale new solutions to global development challenges by applying business thinking to major social and environmental issues linked energy, mobility and SME growth. Learning from both success and failure we have gradually developed a new 'enterprise based' model to catalyse lasting social and environmental impact on a global scale. This sees us deploy a blend of financial and non-financial resources to accelerate transformative innovation and harness private markets to deliver public benefit at scale.