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INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
DATA AND ASSURANCE
GROWING SHARED VALUE (CONTINUED)
Creating platforms for advancement and development (continued)
SASOL NEW SIGNATURES
The Sasol New Signatures art competition was established
by the Association of Arts Pretoria in 1990 to provide a careerbuilding platform for emerging artists.
Sasol Bird Book – Fifth Edition
The partnership between Sasol and what was previously Struik Publishers (now Penguin Random House,
South Africa and the Struik Nature imprint) goes back to the early 1990s.
The competition, one of the longest running of its kind, has always been
closely aligned with various university art conservatories, giving students
and staff an opportunity to showcase and benchmark their work.
Thus, the Sasol New Signatures competition has and continues to
contribute to the growth and development of art academies throughout
South Africa. Furthermore, the platform serves as educational resource
for scholars and artists not associated with any educational institution.
The creative sector plays a significant role in our society, with the
competition informing and reflecting much of the current thinking
in art making.
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SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL PARKS (SANPARKS) HONORARY RANGERS
Sasol actively supports the
conservation of our natural
heritage, which in turn
fosters education, employment
and tourism in the communities
surrounding our national parks.
The 2022 event raised
approximately R700 000
and these funds are used for
various conservation projects as
requested by the National Parks.
Funding to support communities
surrounding the parks were
provided by SANParks during
the COVID-19 Pandemic.
SASOL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2022
FEATURE STORIES
Sasol has been the sponsor of the competition for 32 years. We are
committed to play our part in supporting the Arts through this
prestigious competition because we recognise the role it plays in
recording where and who we are as a society, both collectively as a
nation and for artists’ personally. Our role in the Arts is a shining example
of our purpose of innovating for a better world in action, a purpose we
will live up to as we continue to play our part in advancing the interests
and developmental needs of artists at all levels.
Sasol made a decision to align with birds and
birding and partnered with Penguin Random
House in producing a best-selling field guide
to the birds of southern Africa, first published
in 1993. The book became known as Sasol Birds
of Southern Africa and in birding circles was
very quickly contracted to just ‘Sasol Birds’.
It has run to five successful editions, the most
recent having been published in 2021 with
an accompanying mobile application with
interactive pictures and sounds.
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