Shell Foundation’s partnership with the FCDO
Powering clean energy and economic growth: a partnership for global impact
Shell Foundation has been proud to partner with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) since 2012.
This partnership has been built on a strong foundation of mutual collaboration, a shared strategic objective to drive the clean energy transition while raising incomes and an ability to co-fund impactful programmes.
The partnership currently supports two jointly funded programmes under the FCDO’s Research and Evidence Directorate: Transforming Energy Access (TEA) and Catalysing Agriculture by Scaling Energy Ecosystems (CASEE). Both programmes are part of the Ayrton Fund, a UK Government commitment to invest up to £1 billion in Research and Development for clean energy technologies and business models in developing countries.
We are proud of the long-standing clean energy and agriculture partnerships between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Shell Foundation. Our partnership has been key to enabling us to provide patient development research funding, that is so critical to catalysing innovation that delivers impact at scale for the world’s poorest.”
Shell Foundation’s lead role on the Transforming Energy Access platform
“Shell Foundation take the lead on venture building and market building and have great expertise and market knowledge. They work directly with ventures – early stage and mid-stage – helping them to get to the point where they can access commercial capital or scale capital.”
Steven Hunt, Senior Energy Innovation Advisor, FCDO