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INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
MANAGING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
DATA AND ASSURANCE
ANNEXURES
MANAGING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT // Environmental incident management
OUR GROUP APPROACH
OUR COMMITMENT //
Sasol has adopted the One Sasol SHE Excellence Approach in
the investigation of environmental incidents. This approach
defines the intent of Sasol’s risk-based SHE management to
prevent and mitigate the occurrence and recurrence of
undesirable environmental events.
Sasol follows a standardised approach to classifying, reporting and investigating environmental
incidents. The approach is a four-tier classification system; namely level 1 (major), level 2 (significant),
level 3 (moderate) or level 4 (minor). Monthly monitoring and reporting are done on the Sustainability
Performance Management Module for the Group.
Where applicable, incidents are reported to the relevant authorities in accordance with applicable
statutory and licensing requirements. Incidents are investigated in accordance with the SHE Incident
Management Procedure to identify the root cause which informs the necessary corrective and
preventative measures to be adopted to mitigate against their re-occurrence.
Sasol has not experienced major environmental incidents
in the last six years.
A decrease in number of incidents reported in FY23.
PERFORMANCE
TRENDS
RECURRING THEMES
In 2015, Sasol introduced the first system for classifying
environmental incidents. We have not experienced major
environmental incidents in the last six years.
" An analysis of the significant and moderate
incidents was conducted to identify recurring
themes on which we can focus to prevent
environmental incidents.
FY23 showed an increasing trend in total incidents compared to FY22
largely due to an increase in minor incidents at Sasol Mining
Four significant incidents were reported in FY23 compared to eight in
FY22. The Energy business in FY23 contributes more than 93%
of incidents. The incidents are measured against the environmental
incident severity rate (EISR) target.
The number of significant environmental incidents has declined
compared to previous years largely due to the Operating Model Entities
(OMEs) implementing greater controls around effluent management.
3,0
140
120
100
1,5
80
60
40
20
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0
21
Significant
22
Moderate
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EISR
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EISR Target
Rate (EISR)
FY23 OUTCOMES
Number of incidents
160
" The four significant environmental incidents
reported in FY23 are all allocated to the Sasol
Energy Business. These were related to the
failure of pipelines (one), loss of containment
(release) of contaminated water into a
watercourse from a storage facility (one); and
gaseous release (two).
" The 62 moderate environmental incidents
reported for FY23 were grouped into themes
to identify the frequency of occurrence.
Dominant causes of moderate incidents are
mainly due to overflow of storage structures
as well as spillages.