2022 Sasol Sustainability Report - Book - Page 51
INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
DATA AND ASSURANCE
RESILIENCE IN A LOWER-CARBON FUTURE (CONTINUED)
Energy efficiency
Energy efficiency (EnEf) is also referred to as the ’first fuel’. It is therefore incumbent on
us to be as energy efficient as possible, thereby reducing operating costs and containing
and reducing our environmental footprint.
OUR APPROACH
Sasol utilises EnEf management principles as an integral part of our daily operations.
We report monthly on EnEf performance for all Operating Platforms/Regional Platforms
(OPs/RPs) with the aim of reducing our carbon-intensive footprint, promoting EnEf as
a key business driver, and reducing GHG emissions.
WHAT WE ARE DOING
PERFORMANCE
We have developed an electronic Energy Management System (EnMS) which monitors,
measures and reports monthly EnEf performance of all OPs/RPs against targets. This is an
addition to the coordination of EnEf improvement roadmaps annually to forecast medium
and long-term performances in line with our commitment of achieving a 30% EnEf
improvement by 2030. To further enhance this, Sasol is actively implementing
improvement initiatives within the Sasol 2.0 programme.
We currently leverage EnEf performance for the Department of Energy (DoE) 12L tax rebates
which contribute substantially towards Sasol’s bottom line.
Sasol has set a challenging target to exceed the National Energy Efficiency Strategy for 2030,
which sets a cumulative objective from 2005 to 2030 of 30% improvement.
We have been a proponent of EnEf improvement from as early as 2005 and in 2018 committed
to the international Energy Productivity 100 (EP100) initiative. Our EnEf roadmap includes a
substantial number of different initiatives covering operational improvements and capital-based
solutions.
• Substantial challenges experienced by our OPs/RPs in the first six months of 2022 led to an overall EnEf
regression of 4,4% for the Group and 6,4% for Sasol Energy from the previous financial year. After the major
shutdowns during 2022, EnEf performance did not progress as planned mainly due to operational instability
at our major sites as a result of poor coal quality supply and low natural gas availability. These challenges
were further influenced by a series of external power disruptions and operational instability at SO and SEO.
• Re-establishing stable plant operations in combination with full implementation of our energy efficiency
improvement roadmap up to 2030, will ensure achievement of the target.
EnEf – Sasol Group (improvement from 2005 baseline)
EnEf – South African based Energy Operations (improvement from
2005 baseline)
Group energy productivity (EP100) – improvement from 2010 baseline
For specific measurement indicators identified for EP100 and EnEf reporting, we report the energy
consumed per ton of net production with an overall target of EnEf 30% improvement by 2030.
SASOL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2022
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2022 Actual
2022 Target
18,4%
22%
15,7%
22%
19,1%
18%