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INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
DATA AND ASSURANCE
GROWING SHARED VALUE (CONTINUED)
Community environmental programmes
Our community environmental programme is aimed at improving the quality of life,
facilitating better access to community services and improving health outcomes
linked to environmental risks.
OUR APPROACH
Our programmes assist learners, educators and the community at large to understand
the connection between environment and economic opportunities and our dependency
on the environment. The programmes cover waste management, water conservation,
air quality, biodiversity and sustainable food systems.
WHAT WE ARE DOING
Environmental awareness in South Africa
Environment and biodiversity
Community projects related to water and sanitation
• In Sasolburg, we started a domestic waste management
initiative. More than 180 skips have been deployed across
the communities of Amelia, Iraq and Harry Gwala in the
past 18 months. Forty-two chaperones were recruited to
manage these skips. The skips have assisted the community
and nearby schools to improve waste management in the
Metsimaholo municipal area.
Through our education
programmes, we are creating
community awareness of the
impact of human activities on the
environment. By implementing
waste management programmes
in our fenceline communities,
we are supporting our shared
value management programmes.
Sasol continues to contribute to improve water and sanitation infrastructure in communities
where it has operations in order to improve the quality of lives of communities who do not
have access to drinkable water and proper sanitation facilities.
Sasol’s various waste management
projects such as Envirowaste
and Packa-Ching are gaining
momentum and our fenceline
communities are reaping the
rewards of participating in
these projects.
Our Mining operations implemented the following projects in 2022:
• As part of environmental awareness, over 23 000 learners
in various schools have benefited from our environmental
education programmes in Sasolburg and Secunda.
• In Secunda, the Sasol Envirowaste programme is an integrated
programme that covers various elements of waste management.
These include street cleanup, collections, sorting and recycling.
The programme is aimed at ridding the community of illegal
dumps through land rehabilitation and waste management
to generate more entrepreneurs in the environmental space
and grow the green economy. In the past year, the programme
continued to rehabilitate dumping hotspots, transforming
it into food gardens. More than 12 000 households have
benefited from the programme, with over five kilotons of
general waste diverted from leaking into the environment
annually. The initiative has also created up to 80 direct jobs
and 200 indirect jobs and employment opportunities for the
community at eMbalenhle and Lebohang. Three local waste
management start-ups have been adopted by the programme
and are being mentored to become sustainable contributors
to environmental protection efforts in the community.
12 000
households
in Secunda were
reached on education
and awareness
• In the Eastern Cape, construction of a pedestrian bridge in Izikhuba Village, will assist
the community, particularly during heavy rains. This will enhance safety for communities
as well as learners who cross the bridge to go to schools.
• In Sasolburg and Secunda, we continue to support our local municipalities with
infrastructure which will contribute towards better water and sanitation services.
• Upgraded and maintained 35 water systems to enable the community to have access
to clean and drinkable water.
• Built a water pipeline from eMbalenhle to Charl Cilliers to provide the Charl Cilliers
community with better access to water.
• Rehabilitated bridges in Phola Township near Ogies in Mpumalanga.
Approximately
23 000 learners
benefited from environment
programmes in Sasolburg
and Secunda
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Approximately
10 000
Spekboom trees were
planted in Sasolburg
and Secunda
8 water
systems
and 74 boreholes
were maintained
and upgraded
in Mozambique