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SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
INTRODUCTION
DATA AND ASSURANCE
MANAGING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT (CONTINUED)
Land and biodiversity
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PERFORMANCE (CONTINUED)
GAS-SOURCING
OPERATIONS
In Mozambique we conduct:
• natural gas activities in accordance with applicable biodiversity laws and other applicable environmental requirements.
We undertake continuous environmental monitoring across operations and projects, including ecological, groundwater, soil,
noise and air;
• ecological monitoring as per the requirements specified in the environmental management plan at well pads, seismic lines,
access roads and borrow pits. We have achieved progressive vegetation recovery although some areas require ongoing
maintenance and monitoring;
• groundwater and soil monitoring at defined monitoring points at the CPF and surrounding areas;
• rehabilitation along seismic lines, well pads, access roads and borrow pits;
• contaminated soils management as per requirements specified in national legislation;
• risk mitigation planning to address the legacy Pande well, focusing on water containment and environmental monitoring
including soil, air, gas flow, surface and groundwater;
• well integrity assessments;
• plug and abandonment and hot tapping of wells in line with the legal requirements and international best practices;
• equipment cleaning before mobilisation to site, as well as prior to moving equipment from one area to another to control the
spread of invasive species;
• site monitoring to verify the presence of invasive species;
• The seismic lines from the 2016 seismic acquisition achieved full recovery to 100% vegetation coverage. These lines will be signed
off with no further ecological monitoring required; and
• The seismic lines rehabilitated in 2020 on the PT5-C licence have shown excellent recovery with some lines achieving 100%
vegetation recovery.
OTHER
OPERATIONS
• Developed Site Assessment Reports (SAR) and Remediation Action Plans (RAP) for Fynnland Sites 1 and 2 at Natref Durban
Operations as required by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) as the land owner. These reports will form part of the
consolidated SAR and RAP submission to DFFE in order to acquire a remediation order for the Island View Complex. We have
held several engagements with the TNPA and DFFE on the findings of the SAR for these sites.
• We noted an increase in attempts of theft along the fuel pipeline network which in some instances resulted in environmental
contamination. Sasol conducts regular inspections along the pipeline.
• Remediation continues at the site of the pipeline contamination which happened in 2020 as a result of petroleum theft. Good
progress has been made in remediating the spill sites.
• In order to offset the wetland loss from Sasol’s project construction in Southwest Louisiana, we partnered with the United States
Army Corps of Engineers on a mitigation plan that increases the number of wetlands within the local watershed and creates a
greater diversity of habitat types that will benefit a larger variety of species. Sasol now maintains these mitigation actions in a
continued partnership with the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
COMMERCIAL
ENERGY
SOLUTIONS
• During the year, closure of several contaminated land remediation orders were undertaken in conjunction with DFFE. We continue
to work to close out the remaining contaminated sites. An increase in focus has been placed on improving environmental
management practices on the Sasol Retail Network with a large-scale project currently underway to assist our franchisees on
this journey.
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