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INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
DATA AND ASSURANCE
GROWING SHARED VALUE (CONTINUED)
Sasol for Good – employee volunteering to uplift others
OUR APPROACH
Sasol for Good, the company’s employee volunteerism programme, structures and formalises
employees’ inherent willingness to give – placing people at the centre and realising the essence
of partnership and co-operation. We support our employees by granting 40 hours per annum
paid leave to spend on volunteering initiatives and also complement their financial contributions
to and fundraising initiatives for organisations of their choice via payroll deductions, matching
gifts and volunteer grants.
Collective action is intrinsically rooted in Sasol’s core values and through the
mobilisation of our employees globally, we are able to complement our corporateled social investment activities with what is valuable to our employees.
WHAT WE ARE DOING
KZN DISASTER RELIEF
VOUNTEER PROGRAMMES IN NORTH AMERICA
• To help rebuild businesses and communities devastated by unrest in Gauteng and KZN, we collected donations
of non-perishable items from employees at sites in KZN and Secunda.
• In 2021 – 22, over 120 Sasol employees participated in five volunteer events, completing 600 hours of
service. Our employees in the United States can apply for volunteers’ grants when they complete an act of
service. Sasol matches employee volunteer efforts with a US$100 grant per act of service up to a maximum
of seven service grants per year.
RESPONSE TO THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS RESULTING FROM THE RUSSIA/UKRAINE CONFLICT
• In support of those adversely affected by the Russia/Ukraine conflict, Sasol employees donated funds.
Contributions from employees in Eurasia, North America and Mozambique, which Sasol matched 100%,
were donated to the Red Cross and contributions from South African employees, with a Sasol match of 50%,
were donated to Gift of the Givers.
RESPONSE TO THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS RESULTING FROM THE FLOODS IN KZN – CYCLONE ISSA
• Sasol Chemicals America executed Community Week in May 2022, a week dedicated to supporting our local
communities. More than 600 employees around the United States participated and engaged in Sasol’s
corporate social investment initiatives, making this event one of the largest executed by Sasol Chemicals
America. Over US$60 000 was directed in charitable contributions and 400 learning resources distributed
to schools.
• Sasol employees also contributed in supporting communities severely affected by the floods in KZN in April 2022.
Sasol matched employee contributions with 50% of the amount donated. A Sasol retail partner also made a
donation to Sasol for Good. The funds donated were used to supply relief packs to vulnerable communities.
• Contributions were received from employees and Sasol customers through donations of non-perishable items
at our retail convenience centres and were disbursed to affected communities.
SASOL FOR GOOD COVID-19 SUPPORT
• Distributed over 40 700 litres of hand sanitisers to various stakeholders, especially schools and ECD centres.
Over two million litres have been donated since 2020.
• During the lockdown period, 32 Gert Sibande TVET college learners were given an opportunity to provide
administrative support at testing and vaccination centres at our Secunda operations.
40 700 litres
of sanitisers
to various
stakeholders
• We continued to support the Department of Health with vaccination drives. This included providing resources
and venues to the Mpumalanga Department of Health for community vaccination.
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Donations to
the Red Cross in
support of those
affected by the
Russia/Ukraine
conflict crisis
400 learning
resources
distributed to
schools
US$60 000
raised through
our Community
Week effort