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INTRODUCTION
SASOL AT A
GLANCE
DRIVING SUSTAINABLE
VALUE CREATION
EXECUTING
STRATEGY
DELIVERING
BUSINESS VALUE
SUMMARISED FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT
REMUNERATION
REPORT
ASSURANCE/
ADMINISTRATION
ENVIRONMENT CONTINUED
Land and biodiversity
COMMITMENT
Sasol is committed to responsible land management,
biodiversity conservation and the prevention
of pollution and environmental degradation.
Sasol recognises its duty of care to manage the
environmental impacts and dependencies associated
with its operations, with particular consideration
for surrounding ecosystems, biodiversity value and
local communities.
GROUP
APPROACH
Sasol’s activities can interact with nature in ways that may contribute to key drivers of biodiversity loss,
including greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, pollution, land-use change and changes in
freshwater use. These interactions may affect biodiversity-sensitive areas and the condition of habitats
and ecosystems that underpin the services on which local communities depend. The company continues
to strengthen its understanding of biodiversity-related dependencies, impacts and their respective risks
and opportunities, with particular emphasis on South African Operations located in ecologically significant
regions. Land contamination risks and associated liabilities continue to be managed through Sasol’s SHE
risk management framework. Across all regions, Sasol remains committed to avoiding sensitive habitats,
minimising environmental disturbance, rehabilitating impacted areas and implementing compensatory
measures where required.
PROGRAMMES
Strengthening biodiversity
disclosure
Biodiversity at Sasol sites
Sasolburg and Natref Operations
Secunda Operations (SO)
The global biodiversity agenda is
increasingly calling for greater transparency
from all sectors of society, including
business. The Kunming–Montreal Global
Biodiversity Framework (GBF) reflects this
shift by calling for improved understanding,
management and disclosure of biodiversityrelated impacts and dependencies. The
GBF Target 15 specifically expects large
companies and financial institutions to
monitor, assess and transparently disclose
their biodiversity-related risks, dependencies
and impacts, with the objective to
progressively reduce negative impacts,
increase positive impacts and address
nature-related risks.
SO provides one of Sasol’s most established
examples of structured biodiversity monitoring
and reporting through the annual State of
Biodiversity (SOB) programme. Located within
an industrial landscape closely interwoven with
Highveld grasslands and wetlands, the SOB
programme integrates long-term, scientifically
based monitoring to provide a coherent view of
biodiversity status and trends over time. This
strengthens Sasol’s ability to focus management
effort where nature and operations interact most
directly, and where stewardship can contribute
ecosystem resilience and risk management.
At Sasolburg, game populations are actively managed
to prevent overgrazing and maintain ecological balance.
Implementation of the veld management plan remains
ongoing, with a continued focus on improving veld condition
and eradicating invasive species to support long-term
ecosystem health.
In this context, Sasol is strengthening its
biodiversity approach to better connect
governance, science-based understanding,
monitoring and decision-making, and to
support more credible external reporting
over time. Sasol’s biodiversity approach
is evolving across seven strategic pillars:
governance and leadership; dependencies,
impacts, risks and opportunities (DIROs);
biodiversity footprinting; data and
monitoring; business integration; capacity
building and disclosure readiness.
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More information on Sasol’s SOB is available on the
website: www.sasol.com
Regional Operations and Asset Services
(ROAS)
ROAS continues to advance biodiversity and
land stewardship practices across its more than
2 400km pipeline network spanning South Africa
and Mozambique. Recognising the dependencies
and impacts associated with linear infrastructure
traversing sensitive and transformed landscapes,
biodiversity management plans (BMPs) are being
developed and progressively implemented to support
ecosystem resilience, maintain infrastructure integrity
and strengthen environmental risk management.
Mozambique
Ecological rehabilitation and monitoring activities continued
across operational areas. Monitoring results indicate
sustained progress in vegetation succession and ecosystem
recovery, with vegetation cover at several monitored sites
approaching 90%.
During the period, 48 monitoring points met rehabilitation
success criteria and were classified as recovered. The
monitoring programme was expanded to include rehabilitation
activities linked to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA),
the Pande-Temane area (PT5-C) and drilling campaigns.
Land remediation
Sasol’s South African Operations continue to advance
land risk management through ongoing site assessments
and remediation activities, undertaken in alignment
with notifications received under Part 8 of the National
Environmental Management: Waste Act. Remediation
programmes remain focused on reducing environmental risk,
improving soil and groundwater conditions and supporting
long-term site stewardship.
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More details are available on the Sasol website:
www.sasol.com
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Looking ahead through a Nature
lens
Sasol is enhancing its response to a
rapidly evolving external environment
by embedding a Nature lens into its
business decision-making, recognising
Nature as the interconnected systems
of land, water, oceans and atmosphere,
with biodiversity at their core. This
approach provides an integrated
understanding of dependencies, impacts,
risks and opportunities. Building on
established environmental, climate and
risk management practices, Sasol is
progressively incorporating material
Nature-related considerations into
governance, ERM, business planning and
disclosure processes. While not new,
the integration of Nature considerations
is increasingly shaped by evolving
stakeholder expectations and a growing
recognition of the interdependence
between Nature and climate. Over time,
this integrated approach will support
more informed decision-making and
enable the responsible use of Naturebased solutions to enhance operational
resilience, improve resource efficiency
and drive sustainable long-term value for
both Sasol and society.
