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SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS: MINIMISING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT (CONTINUED)
Water management (continued)
Voluntary water use efficiency target set for our major water-using entities
Secunda Operations
Total water use per ton
saleable production
(ton/ton)
Target*
A-
Our CDP Water score: A-
Baseline
Since 2010, Sasol has been voluntarily reporting to the CDP Water disclosure initiative.
Over the years, our score has been higher than the African region average, as well as higher
than 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 2020, we received an A- score. This is in the ‘Leadership’ band and is higher than
the Africa regional average of B, as well as the Chemicals sector average of B. This year,
our score in ‘water security’ was higher than it ever has been, and we also registered
a significant improvement in our governance score, up at A- from C previously. The only
area in which our score declined was ‘water accounting’. For the next submission, we will
pay particular attention to this area, as well as those areas in which we maintained
stable scores.
Status
Sasolburg and Ekandustria
Operations
Total water use per ton
saleable production (ton/ton)
Mining
Potable water use
(Megalitres - ML)
Group
% Group potable water
reduction
Track performance against
2020 target of improving
against baseline of 2,5%.
Track performance against 2020
target of maintaining against
baseline of water use.
o ensure potable water
T
use does not increase more
than 10%.
Group
potable water reduction
target of 5% by 2020 against
the 2016 baseline.
Baseline set in 2016 of 11,58
Baseline set in 2016 of 9,81
Baseline set in 2014 of 2 114
2019 = 11,19
2020 = 11,93
2021 = 11,49
2019 = 11,63
2020 = 10,83
2021 = 11,19
2019 = 1 520
2020 = 1 431
2021 = 1 588
Baseline set in 2016
2019 = 15%
2020 = 18%
2021 = 13%
Current performance against
target is a 1% improvement
against the baseline. This
improvement is mostly
accredited to not having similar
low production instances as
to what was recorded in 2020
because of COVID-19 and the
unplanned shutdown.
Current performance against
target is a 14% deterioration
against baseline. The water
intensity target deteriorated due
to production challenges that
were experienced.
Mining managed to achieve its
target over the past six years
through implementing various
water conservation measures.
This target has been achieved
mainly due to Secunda
Operations implementing better
controls and efficiency measures.
Frequent supply interruptions
by Rand Water also contributed
to savings by switching to river
water use.
Current corporate water stewardship practices have advocated for a move away from efficiency targets to setting context-based water targets.
*The proposal is for the new water targets to be 'context-based' and with the intention to focus on reducing the absolute volume of water used for production aligned to the
2015 baseline, without compromising production.
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