2022 Sasol Sustainability Report - Book - Page 20
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
INTRODUCTION
DATA AND ASSURANCE
SAFE AND ENDURING OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
Ethics
Promoting high ethical standards and combating corruption throughout
our sphere of influence is an important part of our drive to deliver social value
through our core activities.
• We have amended the Sasol Code of Conduct (Code) to align with the Sasol values,
Purpose and strategy.
• Annual anti-bribery training of employees who interact with external parties.
OUR APPROACH
The philosophy of our Group Ethics Office is to enable business
success on the earned foundation and reputation that Sasol is
an ethical company that not only does things right, but does
the right things.
• Counter-party due diligence, screening and anti-bribery risk assessments conducted.
• Management and employees who are identified as being in potentially exposed positions,
are required on an annual basis to formally confirm that they know and understand the
Code and its associated guidelines.
WHAT WE ARE DOING
Sound ethical values are a
cornerstone of our business
and our Code underpins the
manner in which we manage our
business and how we behave.
We are confident in our ethical
culture and our employees
are encouraged to address
allegations of unethical
behaviour through our
Sasol EthicsLine, a confidential
independent system for
the reporting of suspected
transgressions of our Code,
breaches of law or allegations
of human rights abuses.
We express zero tolerance
for any unethical behaviour
including discrimination,
victimisation and harassment
in all its forms.
Managing ethics calls
Whistleblower protection
Anti-bribery, anti-trust and competition law
• Offering employees and third parties the
opportunity to make confidential disclosures
to our EthicsLine, Group Ethics Office or trained
Sasol Ethics Officers.
• Committing to protecting all stakeholders
who, in good faith, report unethical conduct
and alleged human rights abuses through
our Whistle-blower Policy.
• Adopting various anti-bribery and competition law policies which
set out the parameters for engagements with external parties
enabling compliance with applicable laws.
• The EthicsLine is toll-free and is available 24 hours
a day/seven days a week in South Africa, United
States, United Kingdom, China, Singapore, Germany,
Mozambique, and Italy.
• Encouraging all stakeholders who have
dealings with Sasol to make reports on
unethical conduct without fear of reprisal
or any detriment to their occupation.
• Assisting callers on the EthicsLine in the local
language of their choice, including English,
Afrikaans, IsiZulu, Sesotho, IsiXhosa, Sepedi,
Tshivenda, Setswana, SiSwati, IsiNdebele, Xitsonga,
Mandarin, Portuguese, Italian and German.
• Continuously promote the Whistle-blower
Policy across the Group using ‘ethics and
compliance moments’ and awareness
campaigns aimed at reinforcing our zero
tolerance to retaliation and victimisation
of whistle-blowers and of those supporting
ethics investigations.
• Conducting ethics investigations strictly in
accordance with the Ethics Investigation Policy
and Procedure by trained ethics investigators under
the instruction of ethics coordinators and oversight
by ethics officers.
• Appointing and training 25 new ethics investigators,
two new ethics coordinators and two ethics officers.
• Providing annual training to employees, whose roles and positions
are at greater risk, on matters relating to anti-bribery and
competition (anti-trust) laws.
• As part of the training, assessing employees for the understanding
of the training modules.
• Providing employees with standards, guidelines and procedures
aimed at ensuring competition law compliance, which are reviewed
and updated regularly, in line with legal changes and developments.
• Assisting employees in identifying situations that may require
legal advice, encouraging them to seek such advice and report
any violations.
Trained more than
Compliance confirmation by more than
employees including the Group Executive Committee,
on anti-bribery and competition law modules
employees, undertaking to comply with
anti-bribery and competition law policies
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