Sasol Limited Sustainability Report 2021 - Book - Page 8
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INTRODUCTION
Progress on our contribution to the four prioritised SDGs
As part of our performance in our four sustainability focus areas, we show our contribution to the achievement of the SDGs and in particular the ones we prioritise. In addition, we are tracking our delivery to all SDGs, aspiring to improve
our ESG ratings on a year-on-year basis with the ultimate aim of being included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Further detail on our contribution to the other SDGs is listed in our SDG index on page 54.
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR PRIORITISED SDGS
Promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth,
productive employment and decent work by:
ZERO
Safety
People
• Eliminating fatalities and reducing
life-threatening injuries
• Delivering Future Sasol which means
we require values-driven, appropriately
skilled and motivated people
• Paying R34 billion in wages and benefits
• Strengthening our employee value
proposition as part of our Sasol 2.0
transformation programme and in
response to COVID-19
• Launching of our Purpose statement
and refreshed values to give meaning to
our daily work
• Introducing a hybrid approach to flexible
working practices aligned to global
trends and Group policy
Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns by:
• Approving limited salary increases
for employees below leadership level
after no salary increases in 2020
Sasol 2.0
• Focusing extensively on change
leadership and employee engagement
to support employees through the
various phases of the workforce
transition process
• Achieving a minimum wage higher
than what is considered a living
wage for each jurisdiction where we
operate, enhanced by benefits offered
under our employee value proposition
Trust
• Doing business on the basis of fair, lawful,
efficient and transparent practices
• Exploring potential of lower-carbon
aviation fuels with world class partners:
Linde Plc, ENERTAG AG and Navitas
Holdings (Pty) Ltd
• Signing a Memorandum of
Cooperation with the Industrial
Development Corporation of South Africa
to partner in pursuing hydrogen projects
• Forming a partnership to commence
exploration of the development of a green
hydrogen mobility ecosystem in South
Africa
• Designing safe chemicals and
sustainable products that make a net
positive contribution to society while
minimising harm to human health and
environment
• Recovering and reusing more than
6 000 tons of clean wax from spent
catalysts since 2018 when waste
management company GrnCat
Holdings commissioned its plant for
wax recovery
FUTURE
SASOL
• Ensuring that 16 000 eligible
employees in South Africa were
beneficiaries of R750 million worth of
Sasol shares under Tier 1 of the Sasol
Khanyisa Share Ownership plan
Strengthening the means of implementation and
revitalising global partnerships for sustainable development by:
• Implementing Future Sasol which is
critical to long-term value creation
• Stabilising, transforming
and delivering a competitive
and sustainable Future Sasol
• Achieving a 22,75% improvement
for the Sasol Group from 2005 until
2021, toward a 30% energy efficiency
improvement target by 2030
• Achieving a 22,08% improvement for
the South African Energy Operations
against the cumulative target of 21%
from 2005 to 2021, towards a 30%
energy efficiency improvement target
by 2030
Taking action to combat climate change and its impacts by:
• Embracing renewables, particularly
in South Africa
• Developing a solution with waste
management company GrnCat Holdings
to recover wax from spent catalysts.
Decarbonising
• Being a major contributor to a study
commissioned by the National Business
Initiative (NBI) to evaluate viable pathways
for South Africa to reach net-zero GHG
emissions by 2050
• Entering into an agreement with Air
Liquide for the sale of Secunda’s 16 air
separation units, as we believe energy
• Increasing our GHG reduction target from
efficiency can be improved under their
at least 10% to 30%* by 2030, and setting
ownership
our ambition to net zero
by 2050
• Pursuing renewable energy and signing
agreements to purchase 600 megawatt
(MW) by 2025 of power with the intent
to scale up to 1 200 MW by 2030
• Partnering with the African Farmers’
Association of South Africa to empower
small-scale farmers through mentorship,
skills transfer and awareness on relevant
climate change adaptation issues
• Advancing the procurement of two
10 MW solar PV farms for Secunda
and Sasolburg. We expect to conclude
negotiations for the power purchase
agreements in the first quarter of 2022
and to have the facilities operating in 2023
CCR
Safe and enduring
operations
• Reducing waste volumes by as much
as 50%, leading to the creation of 30
new jobs associated with the GrnCat
Holdings wax recovery process
Growing shared
value
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Resilience in
a lower-carbon future
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Minimising our
environmental footprint
• Assisting our customers to reduce GHG
emissions by approximately 2,5 to 3
million tons per annum by supplying
them with natural gas to use as an
alternative to electricity generated by
coal-fired power stations
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off a 2017 base and excluding Natref