Sasol Integrated Report 2023 - Book - Page 19
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
PERFORMANCE
CREATING VALUE
GOVERNANCE AND REWARDS
OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION CONTINUED // Our decarbonisation journey
OUR THREE-PILLAR
EMISSION-REDUCTION FRAMEWORK
ADMINISTRATION
PROGRESSING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE SASOL
TARGETS AND AMBITION
Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2
emissions by 30% by 20301
1
For the Sasol Energy and Sasol Chemicals Businesses (excluding Natref and Mozambique)
• Short- to medium-term reductions,
including switching to low-carbon energy
sources and additional process and
energy efficiency improvements.
• Introduce and scale renewable energy
into operations.
Commissioned the approximately 3MW solar farm
in Sasolburg to produce our first volumes of green
hydrogen
Advanced the prefeasibility study for the
Boegoebaai green hydrogen export hub project
Extended the Mozambique gas plateau from 2026
to 2028 and discovered additional gas at PT5-C
Demonstrated that our proprietary fourth
generation (G4) catalyst can achieve 10% higher
SAF yields than our reference commercial catalyst
through the CARE-O-SENE research programme
TRANSFORM OPERATIONS
SHIFT PORTFOLIO
2
For Category 11; applicable to Sasol Energy
HIGHLIGHTS //
REDUCE EMISSIONS
• Integrating cleaner alternative feedstocks
such as gas and green hydrogen.
• Employing optimised processes and
sustainable carbon feedstocks to reduce
our emissions profile, where viable.
• Collaboratively finding opportunities
to beneficiate our concentrated carbon
dioxide (CO2) sources.
Reduce absolute scope 3
emissions by 20% by 20302
SASOL ENERGY
Jointly, with Air Liquide, signed Power Purchase
Agreements (PPAs) for >600MW of renewable energy
Signed a 69MW 20-year wind energy PPA with the
Msenge Emoyeni project (currently under construction)
for the Sasolburg green hydrogen pilot project
Entered into a partnership with ArcelorMittal
South Africa to study green steel production in
Saldanha and carbon capture, usage and storage
development in Vanderbijlpark
SASOL CHEMICALS
Received the first solar energy at our Augusta,
Italy site from a virtual PPA
Signed several renewable electricity PPAs for
Sasol Italy
Completed studies on carbon capture utilisation
storage for Lake Charles to produce solvents using
CO2 process vent gas
SASOL ecoFT
Announced the establishment of 50/50 joint venture
with Topsoe* for the production of SAF to exploit
the competitive advantages of our FT technology
and Topsoe’s reforming and related technologies
Advanced the SkyFuelH2 project with Uniper for
demonstration-scale production of approximately
2 350 bbl/d biomass-based SAF in Sweden
SASOL LIMITED
Established Sasol Ventures, a corporate venture
capital fund, to advance our decarbonisation
ambition
* Subject to approval by relevant authorities
PROGRESSING OUR TARGETS
Achieved an approximate 5% reduction off the combined Sasol Energy and
Sasol Chemicals 2017 scope 1 and 2 baseline, equating to approximately
3,5 Mt CO2e reduction, through ongoing mitigation interventions. Product
volumes were lower relative to 2017.
• Creating sustainable products for new
value pools using our FT technology.
• Actively reviewing equity in assets
not aligned with our long-term strategy.
• Enabling the creation of a new green
hydrogen production and market footprint.
Higher production rates than in 2022 contributed to marginally higher
year-on-year emissions. These are mostly the result of process
inefficiencies, external power interruptions and shortage of natural gas,
eroding emission reductions relative to 2022.
Maintained energy-efficiency projects and introduced additional measures.
The nitrous oxide abatement project delivered some reductions, albeit not
to full potential.
Ramping up of Lake Charles contributed to higher greenhouse
gas emissions. However, we are beginning to reap the benefits of a
shift to renewable energy at our Eurasian Operations.
Significant decreases in scope 3 Category 11 emissions mostly due to
lower production of liquid fuels.
Production levels are expected to increase in 2024 due to an enhanced
focus on our foundation business, which will likely result in a higher
emissions for Secunda Operations.
Overall, we continue to progress our emission-reduction roadmaps
towards achieving a 30% GHG reduction by 2030.
Achieved an approximate 13,4% energy-efficiency saving from 2005, which
was lower than expected, as a result of external power disruptions, poor
coal quality leading to operational instabilities and natural gas availability.
WWW
CCR
For more detail on our decarbonisation journey refer to our Climate Change Report on our website, www.sasol.com
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