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5. Sasol for Good
South Africa
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Over 600 employees, including the Sasol Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other Group Executives, participated in
the Mandela Day event, packing over 121 000 meals which were distributed to the needy Early Childhood Development
Centres across the country.
About R1,2 million was donated by 286 employees to 109 causes as part of our Sasol for Good programme. This included
Sasol’s contribution to match employee donations.
Through the Friendly Neighbour programme, Sasol partnered with 17 franchisee sites and 22 non-profit entities to uplift
over 9 000 people in the fields of education, health, infrastructure and safety.
Sasol Secunda supported flood-affected communities in the Nkomazi municipality. 55 villages and four towns received
assistance including food parcels, blankets, mattresses and hygiene packs.
The Keep a Girl initiative aims to empower the vulnerable girls through the provision of sanitary packs and girls’ hygiene
education and awareness. The project targets disadvantaged girls in 28 Metsimaholo schools and over 1 400 girl learners
benefited from the initiative.
Sasol Sasolburg and Ekandustria implemented various Sasol for Good initiatives to support needy and vulnerable
communities. The initiatives included Mandela Day, CANSA Shavathon, Winter Warm, Festive Drive, Stationery Drive
and World AIDS Day. 303 Sasol employees volunteered which benefited over 3 000 people.
North America and Eurasia
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About 70 Sasol Lake Charles employees participated in the 2022 Chem Expo event, where they engaged over 2 100
students in science experiments inspired by Sasol products. This is an industry-led science experiment showcase.
Over 250 employees volunteered throughout 19 community initiatives, totalling to more than 750 volunteer hours.
Chemicals America hosted the second annual Community Week, which is dedicated to benefitting neighbouring
communities through company and employee-directed engagements. Over 600 Sasol employees participated
in various community events, creating 800 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics kits for our Partner
in Education schools and contributing over US $35 000 through SasolGIVES, an online matching contributions
programme per employee.
Over US $100 000 in charitable contributions were made through Sasol’s employee matching contributions
programme this year.
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