Sasol Integrated Report 2023 - Book - Page 22
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
CREATING VALUE
PERFORMANCE
GOVERNANCE AND REWARDS
ADMINISTRATION
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S STATEMENT
FOCUS STORY // SAFETY
We have a relentless focus on resetting
our business.
KEY MESSAGES
Any loss of life or harm is unacceptable as safety
is our top priority. We remain resolute in our
commitment to creating a caring, sustainable
and Zero Harm workplace.
Unwavering commitment to safety
QUESTION:
Restoring business confidence
is paramount
Can you provide highlights of Sasol’s
safety performance for the year?
A holistic sustainability approach
Sasol people are our enablers
to success
Fleetwood Grobler // President and Chief Executive Officer
Safety remains close to the hearts of all
at Sasol and is an area we will never stop
working to improve, so that we eliminate
workplace fatalities while striving towards
Zero Harm.
For 18 months, between November 2021
and March 2023, we did not experience any
workplace fatalities. Regrettably, this changed
with the tragic passing of Mr Kgauta Mahlaba
(Secunda Operations) and Mr Stiffi Ndlovu
(Mining), in April and May 2023 respectively.
Dear stakeholders
We introduced the Future Sasol strategy in September 2021 which
underpins our ambition to grow shared value for all our stakeholders,
while we accelerate our transition to a low-carbon world. This, we
envisage to deliver over three horizons where we will Reset, Transition
and Reinvent our business. Over the past financial year we had
several headwinds stalling our progress on resetting our business.
For this reason, our internal focus will remain on activities relating
to successfully resetting our business and enabling the successful
execution of the last two horizons. We will undertake this within the
framework of People, Planet and Profit.
This is a stark reminder of remaining vigilant
under all circumstances. We are however,
experiencing a positive trend in other aspects
of our safety performance. The high-severity
incident (HSI) programme we implemented in 2017
and refined in 2020 had a positive impact with
our HSI-severity rate decreasing from 16,00 to
9,96 and our HSIs decreased from seven to five
when compared to the previous year.
Unfortunately, our fires, explosions, and releases
increased from 13 to 15, when compared to the
previous year. However, our recordable case rate,
remained flat for the period at 0,27.
RESET
TRANSITION
REINVENT
SASOL INTEGRATED REPORT 2023
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Focused efforts on our safety, health and
environment (SHE) programme: The high-severity
incident (HSI) programme, has resulted in an
improvement in our HSI-severity rate in FY23. This
programme remains the backbone for improving
our SHE performance and we have now shifted
our focus on further maturing this programme.
Embracing our Sasol 2.0 operating model, we have
strengthened our collaboration efforts and are
leveraging every opportunity to learn from each
other and ensure that we are implementing best
practices with regards to SHE.
Embedding fit-for-purpose leading indicators
monitoring and reporting, anchored on the key
elements of our HSI programme, as a predictive
lever to manage our SHE risks, is paramount.
We continue to enforce our risk-based approach
to managing our top SHE risks (Key Undesirable
Events), while strengthening our combined SHE
assurance processes.
Through our humanising safety initiative, focus
remains on showing care through every layer of
influence.
We remain committed to improving our safety
performance and constantly adapting and
streamlining our approach to align with evolving
reporting requirements.
