Sasol Limited Sustainability Report 2021 - Book - Page 30
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SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS: GROWING SHARED VALUE – SASOL IN SOCIETY (CONTINUED)
Community environment projects (continued)
Environmental projects and programmes
Progress
SOUTH AFRICA
• In Sasolburg, over 71 people have been employed through the waste
environment programme, over 400 trees planted and approximately
6 000 households reached.
• In Secunda, the Enviro-waste programme has created employment,
removed illegal dumps and implemented a food garden regime in
open communal spaces and individual communal homes. Up to
13 000 households have received education, training and support for
environmental awareness and food security which resulted in a number
of households establishing food gardens in their homes.
MOZAMBIQUE
• In Inhasorro, as part of agreements signed to address priorities relating
to water and sanitation and access to energy, we identified 51 boreholes
in need of rehabilitation. Once completed, these boreholes will be able to
supply water to over 10 000 households.
• We are embarking on a project to provide the technology for provision
of renewable energy to Inhassoro and Govuro communities. The actual
implementation will commence in the next financial year.
NORTH AMERICA
• In the city of Lake Charles, we provided materials for the March
Spring Clean to clean nature walks, preserve biodiversity and enable
bird watching.
• We worked with park administration to develop environment-based
outdoor classroom programmes to educate groups on natural habitats
and ecosystems.
South Fork mitigation project
In order to offset the wetland loss from Sasol’s project construction in
Southwest Louisiana, Sasol 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.
As part of the mitigation efforts, Sasol established a trust that will ensure the
project has funding available for long-term maintenance and management.
The land is now protected by a conservation servitude, which protects the
site from future development.
Sasol’s mitigation activities include the following habitat development and
improvement:
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1,225 acres of bottomland hardwood forest wetlands;
555 acres of high-quality coastal prairie wetlands;
89 acres of high-quality tidal freshwater marsh wetlands;
66 acres of non-wetland forest; and
5 acres of non-wetland coastal prairie areas.
The 2020 monitoring results of the project indicate that the bottomland
hardwood forest habitat, coastal prairie habitat and tidal freshwater marsh
habitat met the year five interim success criteria.
Hurricanes Laura and Delta had catastrophic effects on this area of Cameron
and Calcasieu Parishes. However, the hurricanes had minimal impact on the
forest, prairie, and marsh mitigation areas. In January 2021, new vegetation
was planted in the forest to account for any potential stem loss and to
promote long-term success. The prairie and marsh plant communities did not
show any effect of the hurricane winds.
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