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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
STRENGTHEN OUR FOUNDATION
International Chemicals
Sasol uses advanced technology in world-scale facilities to produce and market
high-quality products through efficient, tailored value chains, serving more than
4 000 customers in 91 countries.
Salient features
Resetting our business
• Resilience in volatility: Strategically positioned to
Sasol is steadily resetting the business to restore sustainable profitability and become an industry leader, while relying on resilience and
adaptability to navigate structural shifts in global chemical markets.
benefit from access to cost-effective ethane feedstock
and a low-energy-cost environment in the America,
supported by a geographically diversified asset base
that enables agile response to shifting global supplydemand dynamics and geopolitical disruption
This is underpinned by integrated value chains and a tailored approach across our four divisions, enabling us to meet changing customer
needs and improve returns.
Customer proximity and reliability: Global assets
are located close to key customer markets, enabling
responsive supply and consistent, high-quality service
even in volatile conditions
Disciplined value delivery: Our go-to-market
approach has shifted from a volume-driven to a valuedriven model, supported by a tailored, market-oriented
operating structure that strengthens margins in
uncertain markets
Positioned for recovery and portfolio growth:
Continued asset optimisation to ensure
competitiveness, including selective modernisation and
growth investments, as well as closures and mothballing
decisions – supporting the reset into a more resilient,
competitive, and customer-focused business
Technical Formulations*
Advanced Materials*
The leading producer of linear alkyl
benzene (LAB), alcohols, sodium
lauryl ether sulfates (SLES),
n-paraffins, alcohol ethoxylates,
polyethylene glycols (PEG), EO/PO
derivatives, biosurfactants, and
insect oil ethoxylates serving the
fabric and home care, industrial and
institutional cleaning, and personal
care markets.
Focuses on differentiated,
higher-margin specialty
products including linear
alcohols, branched
alcohols, plasticizers,
alcohol derivatives, and
specialty alkoxylates for a
broad range of industrial
applications.
Produces tailor-made
high-purity aluminas used
in demanding applications
such as engineered
abrasives for precision
machining, technical
ceramics, and catalytic
applications
• Become leaner and more
• Unlock value by implementing a
• Realign organisational
• Accelerate sustainable
efficient while maximising
cash generation
FOCUS
Operational excellence and efficiency: A new
organisational structure is standardising processes,
increasing collaboration, and comprehensive cost
optimisation
Care Chemicals*
Provides critical raw
materials including
ethylene, ethylene oxide,
monoethylene glycol
(MEG), and polyethylene
(PE) to the market and
Sasol’s own assets for
captive use in our alcoholand ethoxylate-based
surfactant value chains.
• Value upliftment of
STRENGTH
Strong customer partnerships: Established, longterm customer relationships, underpinned by solutions
that meet both current and evolving needs
Base Chemicals
World-scale assets,
back-integrated into cost
competitive innovative
surfactants.
by-product streams
commodity business model
to improve regional competitiveness
in commodity detergent and
surfactant applications while
highlighting differentiated solutions
in selected Care Chemicals
applications
Innovative surfactants and alcohols
portfolio.
capabilities to drive nearterm advancements in
leading chemistries, while
selectively developing
market opportunities that
support focused Research
and Development
investment
Well-positioned to deliver
components that enable
superior performance in
high-value industrial
applications.
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growth by strategically
leveraging core market
strengths, optimising
operational performance,
and fostering innovation to
enhance profitability and
capture growth
Ability to provide tailored
solutions to customers –
emphasising specialty nature
and potential to maximise
market leadership.
In Annual Financial Statements these are categorised as Differentiated Chemicals.
