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SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
INTRODUCTION
DATA AND ASSURANCE
GROWING SHARED VALUE (CONTINUED)
Responsible sourcing and procurement
Ensuring that we undertake responsible sourcing and procurement is part
of our commitments to uphold the Ten Principles.
• Supplier due diligence questionnaire demonstrating steps taken to effectively
identify and manage business and human rights risk
OUR APPROACH
• Suppliers to contractually commit with the Sasol Supplier Code of Conduct
which prohibits any form of bribery and corruption
We follow a zero tolerance approach to responsible sourcing and procurement.
We hold our suppliers to the same standard that we hold ourselves.
• Supplier de-selection forum is used to assess the suitability of counterparties
that are accused of potential unethical behaviour
WHAT WE ARE DOING
We proactively assess human
rights, both at our operations and
suppliers. We address employee
non-compliance appropriately in
line with our disciplinary codes.
We encourage all our suppliers
and stakeholders to ‘speak up’
against any suspicious unethical
and economic crime activities to
ensure that both Sasol and our
suppliers adhere to the provisions
and principles of ethical sourcing
and procurement.
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Procurement of
banned and restricted
substances
We screen all orders for
inbound chemicals and
materials to ensure that
we do not procure illegal
or banned substances;
and where substances are
restricted or controlled,
permits are in place and
are managed by our
Product Stewardship
function, to ensure
adherence to all related
requirements.
Conflict minerals
Sasol makes an annual
submission as part of our
SEC filing in terms of the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, on our use
of any of the four minerals
that have been linked to
conflict in African
countries (known as
conflict minerals).
Palm oil and
renewable feedstocks
We produce a limited
quantity of products using
sustainably sourced palm,
eruca and coconut oil from
certified suppliers. We are
a member of the Round
Table on Sustainable Palm
Oil and have a Palm Oil
Policy in place, specifying
requirements for the
traceability of renewable
resources.
Zero tolerance for unethical behaviour, bribery and corruption
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated restrictions, Sasol was forced to
rethink its supplier training approach. All suppliers are still required to operate within
the ethical and legal parameters stipulated in the Sasol Supplier Code of Conduct as
well as the anti-bribery and corruption requirements.
To this end, we have shared these minimum requirements in two separate training
modules on the Sasol Supplier Management Ethics website, in order to continue the
fight against economic crime: https://www.sasol.com/suppliers/ethics.
We decided that all suppliers will be requested through the Contact Centre to partner
with us in entrenching these minimum requirements in their respective organisations.
This further fulfilled the need of many suppliers who have requested that this
information is shared with their own organisations. By tracking our communications
with suppliers during the year, we noted that 3 214 (60%) of our suppliers have
participated in this initiative.
Regular communications to suppliers on ethics, anti-bribery and corruption are not the
only communications sent out to suppliers. We continuously create awareness with our
suppliers on the importance of compliance with these legal requirements. During the year,
we also circulated modern slavery and human trafficking awareness communications to
our suppliers.
out of targeted
5 346 suppliers,
60% completed
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