Shell Renews Support for Global Cookstove Alliance with $6 Million Donation

The Hague, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) -

Shell today pledged an additional $6 million to the Global
Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, which aims to save lives and protect
the environment through the use of improved cookstoves and fuels.
This follows $6 million of Shell funding announced in 2010, and the
secondment of a Shell employee to the Alliance. Shell is the single
largest private-sector contributor to the Alliance.

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Globally, nearly three billion people still cook food and warm
their homes using solid fuels, such as wood or charcoal. It is
estimated that daily exposure to smoke from open fires and basic
cookstoves contributes to four million premature deaths each year,
with women and children most affected. Furthermore, the time spent
searching for wood and other fuels takes millions of women and
children away from earning a living or attending school, and
inefficient cookstoves contribute increased emissions of greenhouse
gases and black carbon, or soot, to the atmosphere.

Encouraging the use of specially designed clean cookstoves, which
can significantly reduce fuel use, cooking time and emissions, is an
internationally recognised solution.

"Nearly half of the world's population do not have access to
modern energy that is safe, reliable and affordable," said Hugh
Mitchell, Chief Human Resources and Corporate Officer, Royal Dutch
Shell plc. "Cooperation among business, government and society is
essential to addressing such a large-scale challenge.

"The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a strong example of
how collaboration across sectors can help bring modern energy
solutions to the developing world. Shell is pleased to continue its
support for the Alliance to encourage the widespread adoption of
cleaner, more efficient cookstoves and fuels."

The Alliance is a public-private partnership founded in 2010 by
the United Nations Foundation. Shell became a founding partner to
make a positive impact on a global energy-related challenge.

The Alliance aims to switch 100 million homes to clean and
efficient stoves and fuels by 2020. It targets the market barriers
that impede the production, deployment and use of clean cookstoves in
developing countries.

Shell's $6 million donation announced today will be phased, and
brings Shell's total donation to the Alliance to $12 million during
the period of 2011-2016.

"From day one, Shell has been a tremendously effective and engaged
partner in the Alliance's efforts to support entrepreneurs and raise
awareness about this little known issue," said Radha Muthiah,
Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.
"Shell's renewed commitment to the Alliance, in conjunction with its
multifaceted expertise and global reach, will enable us to deepen our
in-country market-development activities, and help to spur the
adoption of clean cookstoves and fuels at scale."

Shell's contribution is targeted to maximise its impact, and so
far has been directed towards the development of global standards,
regional testing centers and a market assessment toolkit for the
cookstoves sector. Market assessments funded by Shell were carried
out in Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa and Timor Leste, and are
underway in China. In addition, Shell helped launch "Spark Fund" in
2012, which provides grant capital to scale up enterprises that have
the potential to transform the cookstoves sector.

Shell's support builds on work of Shell Foundation, an independent
charity. For more than 10 years, Shell Foundation has been active in
developing the clean cookstoves market as a way to deliver social and
environmental impact at scale. It works across the value chain to
pioneer sustainable ways to supply stoves to homes in Asia, Africa
and Latin America, and to tackle market barriers such as
affordability, customer awareness and rural distribution. This work
has benefited more than four million people. Shell Foundation's
efforts to convene networks of practitioners led to the creation of
the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves with the UN Foundation in
2010.

Notes to Editors

Access to energy

Globally more than 1.2 billion people are without access to
electricity and 2.8 billion people rely on wood or other biomass to
cook and heat their homes, according to the World Bank. More than 95%
of these people are either in sub-Saharan African or developing Asia,
and 80% are in rural areas.

Access to modern energy is widely recognised as a critical enabler
of economic and social development. It allows communities to build
new roads, hospitals and schools. Families can heat, cool and light
their homes, and safely prepare warm meals. Numerous studies have
shown that energy access is fundamental to reducing poverty,
increasing productivity, enhancing competitiveness, and promoting
economic growth.

According to the International Energy Agency, achieving universal
access to energy by 2030 could cost the world around $1 trillion in
cumulative investment - or about $49 billion per year - which is less
than a 5% increase on what is currently invested in energy each year.

Clean cooking solutions

For many in the developing world, cooking food, boiling water and
heating or cooling their homes can be fraught with challenges. Women
and children can face severe personal risks as they search for fuel,
especially near refugee camps and in conflict zones. Daily exposure
to the harmful smoke from traditional cookstoves and open fires is
said to contribute to four million premature deaths annually with
women and young children the most affected, according to the Global
Burden of Disease Study 2010. Inefficient cookstoves also contribute
to climate change through the emissions of greenhouse gasses and
black carbon, or soot. Time spent collecting fuel could be better
spent on income generation, education or other activities. Where fuel
must be purchased, the cost places a high burden on families
struggling to meet their basic needs.

Fortunately, the prospects for success are stronger than ever
before. Cleaner, more fuel efficient cookstoves now exist that, if
deployed in large numbers, could alleviate pressure on natural
resources, reduce environmental impacts, provide health benefits and
provide new economic opportunities for women and their families.

Shell and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

Shell's core business is providing innovative energy solutions.
Energy access is a key theme of Shell's social investment strategy
worldwide. Shell is leveraging its financial contribution to the
Alliance by bringing technical and business skills to help the
Alliance achieve its goals. Through the secondment of a Shell
professional, Shell has provided business expertise to attract
financing to the cookstoves sector. The secondee is helping the
Alliance attract investors and increasing access to carbon finance
for clean cooking enterprises. Shell is also raising awareness across
its networks and helping to recruit more public and private partners
for the Alliance.

Shell Foundation

Shell Foundation is an independent charity set up by Shell in 2000
to catalyse enterprise-based solutions to tackle global development
challenges at scale and in ways that are sustainable. Shell
Foundation has pioneered a model that uses business thinking, patient
grant funding and extensive business support to address issues such
as access to energy, urban mobility and sustainable job creation. It
now has several long-term partners that are achieving large-scale
impact across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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