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SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
INTRODUCTION
DATA AND ASSURANCE
SAFE AND ENDURING OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
Human rights (continued)
RISK IDENTIFICATION: OWN OPERATIONS
RISK MAPPING: PERIODIC REVIEW
RISK MITIGATION: PROCESSES IMPLEMENTED
We have developed and shared a Self-Assessment
Questionnaire with Sasol Energy and Sasol Chemicals
Businesses to identify potential human rights issues
where they may exist within the context of their
operating environment. The Self-Assessment
Questionnaire served as a checklist to identify potential
human rights issues that might arise in connection with
our business, operations or supply chain. It assisted our
businesses in identifying their key human rights risks.
Our risk review process will entail enabling the organisation to put
in place a systematic and standardised process to continuously review
and update the existing risk profiles to ensure that business and human
rights are integral to our business processes. The gaps identified in the
Phase 2 assessment of our review process will be addressed to ensure
that the current business processes are adequately improved to
effectively deal with issues of business and human rights.
• Sasol Human Rights Policy
RISK IDENTIFICATION: OUR VALUE CHAIN
As part of our due diligence process, we have
developed a due diligence questionnaire to be
completed by suppliers to identify their salient human
rights risks which are relevant to their work for Sasol;
for suppliers to demonstrate the steps they have taken
to effectively identify and manage business and human
rights risks; and to facilitate engagement between
Sasol and its suppliers on business and human rights
related issues, so that key risks/challenges can be
managed. The due diligence questionnaire will be rolled
out in a phased manner and sent to suppliers under
the following circumstances:
• during the registration of the supplier as a new
Sasol supplier (as part of the onboarding process
of new suppliers);
• prior to the renewal of a supplier’s contract
with Sasol;
• where the supplier meets the criteria for a ‘strategic’
Sasol supplier; and
• as part of the procurement process eg Request
for Information or Request for Quotation or Request
for Proposal.
We contractually require our suppliers to comply with
applicable laws and the Sasol Supplier Code of Conduct.
As part of the due diligence process, we have developed
business and human rights clauses to be included in
our contract templates and contracts with third parties.
The extensive stakeholder engagement processes
within Sasol, ensures that we are best placed to receive
concerns from our fenceline communities and to assess
whether there are any business and human rights
implications from such concerns.
• Sasol Code of Conduct
• Supply Chain Policy
• Supplier Industrial Relations Procedure
• Human Resource Policy
MITIGATION PLANS IN BUSINESSES
RISK
MITIGATION:
PROCESSES
IMPLEMENTED
RISK
MAPPING:
PERIODIC
REVIEW
• Sasol Supplier Code of Conduct
• Sasol Energy Business
• Sasol Chemicals Business
THE TYPE OF REMEDIATION ACTIONS TAKEN
RISK
IDENTIFICATION:
OWN
OPERATIONS
MITIGATION
PLANS IN
BUSINESSES
OUR HUMAN
RIGHTS DUE
DILIGENCE
PROCESS
RISK
IDENTIFICATION:
OUR
VALUE CHAIN
THE TYPE OF
REMEDIATION
ACTIONS TAKEN
RISK
IDENTIFICATION:
NEW
BUSINESSES
• Sasol is rolling out a Due Diligence Questionnaire for
Suppliers which will assist in assessing risks related to
business and human rights in its supply chain processes
and take appropriate steps to mitigate such risks.
• Business and human rights clauses have been developed
and are being inserted in our contract templates and
contracts with third parties.
• Compliance Risk Management Plans are in place outlining
the required controls to ensure compliance with all relevant
legislations in the jurisdictions in which we operate. The legal
compliance process entails compiling and updating legal or
regulatory landscapes in all jurisdictions where we conduct
our business, supported by legal compliance risk profiles
which are reviewed on a pre-determined basis.
• Our business and operations take the necessary steps
to manage associated SHE risks and SHE training which
include induction training and mandatory training and
SHE awareness campaigns. Required PPE is provided based
on risk assessments, minimum requirements and special
PPE for certain high-risk tasks.
RISK IDENTIFICATION: NEW BUSINESSES
Sasol has developed the M&A Due Diligence Guidelines relating to business and human rights in potential M&A transactions. The purpose of
these guidelines is to ensure that business and human rights are integrated in Sasol’s M&A processes and are included in Sasol’s M&A Handbook.
This illustrates a strong visibility of what we do and should do as an organisation with regards to business and human rights and ensures
that business and human rights are explicitly stated as part of our M&A due diligence processes and are integral when we assess companies
or prospective partners. The M&A Due Diligence Questionnaire has also been developed and sent to our potential joint venture partners as part
of our due diligence review process.
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