2022 Sasol Sustainability Report - Book - Page 57
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
INTRODUCTION
DATA AND ASSURANCE
MANAGING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
Water management
We rely heavily on water for our processes and consider it a precious resource.
We are a signatory to the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate and have adopted
the Mandate’s Water Stewardship Framework in responding to water risks.
New water targets and commitment for Sasol Energy
OUR APPROACH
As part of Sasol’s ESG ambition for inclusion in the DJSI, Sasol Energy requires
improvement in several ESG areas including the monitoring and tracking of water
consumption as well as the performance against related water-reduction targets.
Water management and the long-term assurance of supply of water to our South African operations
is of critical importance. We therefore continuously monitor risks in this regard. While the assurance
of water supply of an acceptable quality to all our operations is currently secure, the medium to longterm assurance for some operations (specifically in South Africa) is less so.
The Sasol Energy Business approved the methodology to develop short-term (Phase 1)
and long-term (Phase 2) water targets. The Phase 1 targets for the three largest water
using OMEs of Sasol Energy being, SO, SEO and Mining have been developed and
approved. Once the emission-reduction pathways have been confirmed in 2023 the
long-term water targets will be developed.
WHAT WE ARE DOING
Our CDP Water score
Since 2010, Sasol has been voluntarily reporting to the CDP Water disclosure initiative. Over the years, our
score has been better than the African region average, as well as the average for the Oil and Gas Extraction and
Production sector. We are now scored in the Chemical sector. As our disclosure is for the previous financial year,
it lags our annual reports by a year.
In 2021, we maintained an A- score. This is within the leadership band, recognising that we are taking coordinated
action on water-related issues. This score is higher than the Africa regional average of B, and higher than the
Chemicals sector average of B. We can improve on this score by focusing on the areas of water policies, targets
and goals and in the area of governance. We are considering ways to develop a focused water policy in addition
to the Group SHE policy, and setting ambitious water targets as a means to improve our score. Our CDP
submission can be viewed at www.sasol.com
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Short-term water targets and commitments
• Maintain the condition based (receiving feedwater