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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
Environmental compliance
COMMITMENT
GROUP
APPROACH
Sasol is committed to adhering to applicable
environmental regulatory requirements,
consistent with its Code of Conduct and
underpinned by various Sasol policies.
Sasol follows a robust process of reporting, managing and mitigating environmental incidents, including any
deviations from legal requirements. The approach regarding environmental incident management is explained
on page 111 of the report. The business transparently engages with the relevant authorities in managing
compliance challenges and fully collaborates on environmental inspections conducted at Sasol facilities. The
business responses to findings include remedial interventions aimed at sustaining compliance and retaining
the operations’ licence to operate.
PROGRAMMES AND PERFORMANCE
The following are key events that occurred at Sasol operations during the reporting period with regards to reported
incidents, compliance challenges as well as monitoring and enforcement actions conducted by the relevant authorities.
1
Natref, Sasolburg and Durban Operations
A Department of Water and Sanitation
(DWS) annual inspection was
conducted on 17 March 2026 at
Natref’s Sasolburg Operations with no
findings reported. No Section 30 NEMA
incidents were reported for the Natref
and Durban Operations, and no waterrelated incidents were reported to the
DWS during the reporting period.
Elevated sulphur dioxide (SO2)
emissions from the vacuum pre-flash
off-gas furnace were investigated and
managed under a corrective action plan
aligned to the Natref AEL.
The plan was updated to reflect additional
measures and those under assessment,
including the use of lower-sulphur
crude slates, while targeted sampling
campaigns informed valve repairs
and re-routing options for sustained
compliance.
Inspections confirmed extensive damage
to the Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU)
requiring an overhaul scheduled for the
second half of 2026. Natref engaged
the local licensing officer to approve or
direct a corrective action plan under the
AEL. The response is awaited.
The Natref Durban Operations continue
to implement the 2024 remediation
order requirements regarding Fynnland
Sites 1 and 2, with regular progress
reporting to the landowner (Transnet
National Ports Authority) and the
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and
the Environment (DFFE).
Sasolburg Operations
2
A sulphuric acid transfer line failure at the Sasolburg 1 facility
resulted in an estimated 2,06 tonnes of sulphuric acid (H2SO4)
released outside the bunded area. Spill containment and
clean-up commenced immediately. No further remedial action
is necessary.
Discharge quality exceedances, as governed in the Sasolburg
Operations’ water use licence (WUL), were reported to
the DWS as part of Sasol’s required monthly compliance
reporting. These mainly included chemical oxygen demand
(COD) exceedances linked to plant incidents, total suspended
solids (TSS) exceedances largely attributed to algae growth
in a channel, a cyanide (CN) exceedance linked to a historic
waste facility and an E. coli exceedance associated with a high
rainfall/high flow event. Corrective measures were identified
and implemented to enable sustained compliance. The COD
exceedances have been resolved while algae growth in the
channel is not easily addressed, and the CN exceedances
are associated with the historical waste site. Remediation is
planned to begin in 2028, pending the required WUL and
waste management licence (WML).
At Steam Stations 1 and 2, some isolated incidents of sulphur
dioxide (SO2) emission exceedances were noted as anomalies
attributable to unexplained spikes in moisture. Isolated
particulate matter (PM) exceedances linked to electrostatic
precipitator operational challenges and boiler trips were also
noted and, subsequently, addressed to sustain compliance.
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A compliance inspection was conducted by the Environmental
Management Inspectorate (EMI) at the operations on 14 and
15 August 2025. A pre-compliance notice was subsequently
issued on 4 May 2026 relating to a non-compliance with
an administrative condition in the Sasolburg Operations’
AEL, late commencement with remedial action in terms of
a remediation order issued in 2023, and non-adherence
to the duty of care provisions as provided in the National
Environmental Management: Waste Act (NEMWA). A response
to the pre-compliance notice was submitted to address these
findings and mitigate against the issuing of a compliance notice.
