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Table of Contents
Answer 1: Business activities..........................................................................................................2

Answer 2: Differences.....................................................................................................................2

Answer 3: Sustainable development goals......................................................................................3

Answer 4: Reasons of assessments..................................................................................................4

Answer 5: Extent.............................................................................................................................5

Answer 6: Reflection.......................................................................................................................6

Bibliography....................................................................................................................................8
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Answer 1: Business activities

The organizations which group has chosen are Royal Dutch Shell Company as well as
British Petroleum Company [CITATION For21 \l 1033 ]. These kinds of organizations are working
within the oil and gas industry. Royal Dutch Shell is mainly recognized as the Shell. This is an
Anglo-Dutch oil and gas organization working at international level. Headquarter of the
organization is situated in Hague, Netherlands. The company was incorporated in UK as the
public limited organization. As per revenue it is the fifth biggest organization within then world.
The company was ranked as the 21st biggest public organization within the world within the 2020
Forbes Global 2000 [CITATION Blo212 \l 1033 ]. The company is integrated vertically and active
within the area of oil and gas industry.

British Petroleum Company Plc is recognized as the British multinational oil and gas
organization [ CITATION For203 \l 1033 ] . Headquarter of the company is situated in London,
England. This is vertically integrated organization which operating within the all areas of oil and
gas industry. The company has become the biggest oil organization by merger with Amoco
Corporation of USA in 1998 [CITATION Pro212 \l 1033 ]. The company has developed the oil
fields as well as builds the refineries within the many more nations. Subsidiaries and BP is
regularly focused to engage in exploration, production, transportation, refining, and distribution
of oil and in manufacturer of plastics, chemicals, and synthetic fibre.

Answer 2: Differences
British Petroleum Company Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Company are focused to achieve
the sustainable development goals as per the report of corporate social responsibility. Practices of
the company are focused to remain sustainable through maintaining the right culture and
governance. Organizations are focuses to work with appropriate level of communication to
engage all the stakeholders. BP Plc is focused to remain engage with stakeholders. It is
supporting to create the values for communities, business, and individuals influenced through or
remain involved within the important activities. All actions are informed through the varied
engagement to create the long time value. The company has engaged the every stakeholder easily
through regularly rewarding the employees, events for customers, and many more. Organization
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like Shell’s is working to engage with broad range of stakeholders and involve the diverse
external voice within the report [ CITATION Sus201 \l 1033 ] . Panel welcome the more details with
effective level of engagement across the topics of sustainability especially challenges which have
emerged and addressed. It has applied the international standards including those which remain
link to human rights.

Organizations are fully focused to evaluate the social effectiveness and accounting with
practices. These are working to develop the important standard and benchmark. Organization
like BP Plc is more focused to achieve the objective of Net Zero Company till 2050.
Organization like Shell is fully focused to have the shot time target to minimize the net carbon
footprint through 2-3 through 2021 as the main priority. Shell has no long time like BP Plc. Shell
and BP Plc has mentioned within their report impact of Covid- 19 on their practice. CSR report
of BP Plc has present the assistance which have made by health fund of WHO but not presented
within the CSR report of Shell Company. There are many strengths of Shell as protecting the
colleagues, supporting the customers, and supporting communities. Strengths of BP Plc refers
that it is working as the main players within the energy market and activities are effective to
work with good qualitative practices [ CITATION Sus20 \l 1033 ].

Answer 3: Sustainable development goals

Sustainable development goals were explained through the UN general assembly. British
Petroleum Company Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Company are fully focused to perform more
effectively to achieve the high level of growth within the competitive market.

For example, sustainability report of Royal Dutch Shell Company refers that it is working
to keep waste minimum for all the operations and run regularly all the operations as well as chain
of supply to mainly contribute to the circular economy. It is focusing to regularly protect the
environment through appropriate action to prevent and deal with oil spill to minimize the level of
oil spills. The company is playing the important part in supporting the government and society to
achieve the SDGs. Goals are one of the important considerations within the effective
development of powering progress approach. The company has taken the part of powering the
progress strategy which supports to directly contribute to 13 of SDGs while contributing at
indirect level to others. The company welcomes the SDGs and plays the important role in
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supporting the governments and societies to accomplish them. Goals are the important
consideration within the development of powering progress strategy. The company believes that
all actions it take as the main portion of powering progress can support to directly contribute to
13 of SDGs while contributing indirectly to others.

[ CITATION UNS21 \l 1033 ]

Organization like British Petroleum Company Plc is contributing at regular level to SDGs
like 7,8,13. This is focused to support SDGs like 15,14,12,9,6,3,17. The company in relation to
SDGs like 14 and 15 has managed the marine as well as sea turtle programs that support to easily
evade sensitive zones through widening the knowledge. In relation to achieve the SDGs 9
organization is looking at regular level to the new opportunities with focus to assist the energy
transition. For achieve the SDGs 6 organization has made the investment within the sustainable
programs such as water supply infrastructure within the Mauritania. In relation to achieve the
SDGs 3 the company has supported at regular level many health projects with the inclusion to
combat malaria as well as giving birth for women. Organization for SDGs 13 has settled the
objective to become through the net zero company till 2050. For achieve the SDGs organization
is supporting the employees to run the group of business with inclusion of gender, ethnicity, and
many more. Organization in relation to SDGs 7 is creating the minimum investment of $500
million at annual level to support the low carbon activities with inclusion of renewable
acquisitions and business.

Answer 4: Reasons of assessments

In today’s competitive business environment sustainability step model is mainly designed
as the important instrument to focus mainly on the key differences within the businesses to easily
administer the current assurance and apply the sustainability associated attributes such as human
and ecological. In general, there are six important phases within the sustainability phase model
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(Dunphy, Griffiths, and Benn, 2003). This is also recognized as the stakeholder theory. All six
phases involves rejection, non-responsiveness, strategic proactivity, efficiency, sustaining
corporation, and strategic proactivity. There has been many sustainability phase of Dunphy,
Griffiths, as well as Benn determined in relation to observe the CSR report of British Petroleum
Company Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Company. This has been founded that both organizations
fall within the Dunphy strategic productive phase. Overall it refers that organizations are focused
to improve the level of value and invention capabilities. Innovative practices of the organizations
are focused to remove the negative impact on environment. Shell has already updated the
continuity plans of business as well as regularly supporting with guidance to ensure the safety
and health of employees. All these plans refer to the strong programs of cleaning, health
screening and regularly providing the additional personal protective equipment as per the local
guidelines. The company is working the customers and industries for development of cleaner
energy alternatives.

Organization like BP has already implemented the scale of carbon removal techniques
like CCUS. The company has been effective ground breaking business with operations as Anglo-
Persian Oil organization. The company has expanded the operations from starting of Middle East
into USA and globally. Methods of HR in relation to both companies are fundamental in relation
to strategic proactivity phase. British Petroleum Company Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Company
are fully focused to provide the many attractive programs as well as packages of good salary to
huge numbers of individuals that prefers to hire through these. Both these companies have the
mission to become the net zero emission through their operation till year 2050.

Answer 5: Extent
Mission of British Petroleum Company Plc is strived to present particular unchanging,
important values within the all of activities-integrity, fairness, acting, treating others with
respect, and fairness seeking huge amount of advantage and providing the significant assistance
within the human development. Vision statement of the BP Plc is referred to gain the competitive
results within the business, organizational, and financial matters to improve effectiveness of
operations. Sustainability report of BP refers has company has already invested over 500 million
within the year 2019 in relation to low carbon actions (BP, 2020). Trends of revenue present the
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regular improvement which overall support to gain the competitive benefit with financial
matters. For improve the values for stakeholder with many engagement activities are conducted
through the company. Organization treats the employees with objective to develop the
professionalism.

Objectives of the Royal Dutch Shell Company refers to practices which are enough
engaged to remain effective, responsible, and profit within the oil, oil products, gas, chemicals,
and many other selected businesses to participate within the research and development of many
other sources to energy to meet the evolving requirements of users and growing demand for
energy. Organization is focused on safety market as well as distributes energy, and many
petrochemical products while providing the innovative value which added the services. The
company makes the difference by individual, group of dedicated professionals that value
customers and contribute at regular level to sustainable development. Mission of the company is
very effective in relation to the important things with the work for 8% employees [ CITATION
Com21 \l 1033 ]. Comparable data presents the effectiveness which is important to maintain the
level of employee’s alignment.

Answer 6: Reflection
In today’s time view point of everyone really matters despite any kind of condition and
situation. This is very important to work with the new development approaches. This has been
identified through the members of group that organization like Royal Dutch Shell Company is
regularly improving the level of shareholders value through focus on the corporate governance,
environment, ethics, and many more. I have founded that organization is focused to improve the
practices which result in become the more sustainable through positive practices. Organization
like BP Plc is working to remain sustainable and create the own products. Alliance has
functioned with Royal Dutch Shell for ensure responsible resourcing. Plans of Royal Dutch Shell
have enables to make operations more effective through become the net-zero emissions energy
organization by 2050 [ CITATION She21 \l 1033 ]. It has been identified that Royal Dutch Shell
update the practices of sustainability on the serious note that force to think and remain more
motivate in compare to the others for work regularly with social responsibility.
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