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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
REMUNERATION REPORT
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
ENVIRONMENT continued
CLIMATE CHANGE
Our commitment
Climate considerations are central to our strategy, guiding decisions
and value creation. We are committed to our 2030 greenhouse gas
(GHG) reduction target and are progressing the optimisation of
our energy and feedstock mix to lower carbon intensity. Aligned
with our ’Grow and Transform‘ strategic pillar, we are focused on
developing lower carbon intensity revenue streams that deliver
strong, sustainable cash flows and competitive returns. Our long-term
ambition is clear: to achieve net zero emissions, while creating value
for our stakeholders and supporting South Africa's energy transition
commitment to accretive shared value.
Our group approach
Our climate action approach reflects evolving global and local expectations and is anchored in clear strategic
focus areas. Our optimised Emission Reduction Roadmap (ERR) guides the transition to lower carbon
emissions while creating value, staying responsive to policy, technology and market shifts. This ensures
balanced delivery across environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities, supporting resilience,
progress and sustainable growth.
Building resilience today for sustainable growth tomorrow
Our aim is to build resilience and grow through:
• Stabilising the South African value chain through
targeted interventions to achieve operational
excellence and reliability.
• Unlocking value through a focused, disciplined
execution plan across core operations.
• Enhancing resilience by proactively navigating
internal and external headwinds.
• Laying the groundwork for transformation,
ensuring future growth remains aligned with
ESG principles to deliver sustainable value.
• Advancing our long-term climate ambition to
create shared value across enterprise, society
and planet.
As part of our strategy to grow and transform our
portfolio, we are focused on areas that deliver
sustainable value. These include building an
integrated renewable energy power business,
expanding our footprint in sustainable fuels and
chemicals, unlocking value from our gas business,
and exploring other emerging opportunities that
support our long-term ambition.
Strategic partnership initiatives
We are strategically leveraging our existing asset
base while advancing technological and process
innovations to support a phased, yet meaningful,
transition to a low-carbon operating model. This
approach includes:
Adapting to evolving global dynamics
• Enhancing operational efficiency and enabling
renewable energy: We are improving energy
and process efficiency, optimising boiler
turndown without impacting production at
Secunda. Our renewable energy ambition
continues to grow, supported by long-term
power purchase agreements. We are leveraging
market mechanisms such as carbon offsets
and renewable energy certificates (RECs), while
reconfiguring facilities to integrate low-carbon
feedstocks.
• Scaling impact through strategic partnerships:
We are accelerating progress through
collaborations with like-minded organisations,
including Anglo American and Zaffra, to co-create
and scale sustainability-driven ventures. These
partnerships underpin our decarbonisation
goals, strengthen our sustainability-led value
propositions and support value creation
across the regions and communities in which
we operate.
TARGETED INTERVENTIONS
Navigating complexity: Staying the course in a
hard-to-abate sector
Sasol operates in a hard-to-abate sector, where GHG
emissions are inherently tied to the use of carbon-intensive
feedstocks. As an integrated energy and chemicals
company, our operations involve complex and integrated
value chains.
A Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2
emissions for Southern Africa Energy
and Chemicals and the International
Chemicals businesses from FY17
baseline by 30% by 20301
Despite these challenges, Sasol remains committed to a
credible, science-informed decarbonisation pathway. Our
strategy is focused on reducing emissions through shifts in
feedstock, energy efficiency, renewable energy integration,
and low-carbon technology deployment. We are proactively
engaging with regulatory developments, including the
South African Climate Change Act and sectoral carbon
budgets, to ensure our actions support national policy
objectives and promote long-term business sustainability.
A Reduce absolute scope 3 emissions
for Southern Africa Energy and
Chemicals from FY17 baseline by
20% by 20302
• Shaping an enabling climate policy environment:
We actively advocate for transparent, coherent
and enabling regulatory frameworks that
support a fair and realistic transition – one
that aligns with South Africa’s socio-economic
realities in a global context. Our continued
engagement with key stakeholders aims to forge
practical, inclusive pathways that balance
climate ambition with energy security, social
development and long-term business resilience.
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For the Southern Chemicals Energy and Chemicals
and International Chemicals businesses excluding
Natref and Mozambique.
For Category 11 (sold products); applicable to
Southern Africa Energy and Chemicals.
