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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
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DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
REMUNERATION REPORT
SOCIAL – LABOUR continued
PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
LCA is a standardised method for analysing the potential environmental impacts of products throughout their entire lifecycle (as described in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044).
When the analysed impact category is limited to climate impact, it is referred to as a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF, ISO 14067 applies). This includes all greenhouse gases,
the impacts of which contribute to the overall result as carbon dioxide equivalents.
The application of LCAs at Sasol began
through participation in a project initiated by
manufacturers of detergents and cleaning
agents (including raw material manufacturers)
called ERASM Surfactants Lifecycle Eco-Foot
printing (ERASM-SLE).
This was followed by further projects, such as
participation in an association project of the
Oxygenated Solvents Producers Association
(OSPA), to create an industry-standard
dataset for butyl diglycol. We provided the
data from the glycol unit in Marl for this
purpose. Parallel to this, LCAs of the main
products were also carried out internally. We
are working systematically towards achieving
complete coverage of our product portfolio
with carbon footprints. Hence, we have
extended the efforts to all Sasol sites. In
addition to the corresponding ISO standard
(ISO 14067), we also refer to the PCF Guideline
from “Together for Sustainability”. This
provides recommendations specifically for
PCF creation by the chemical industry in
addition to the ISO standard. Sasol uses its
carbon footprints to respond to the constantly
growing number of inquiries from our
customers, as well as for internal purposes.
As the current focus is on reducing the
contribution to climate change, we are
focused on creating carbon footprints.
According to our position in the supply
chains, we create them with the system
boundaries of ‘cradle-to-gate’. To communicate
the carbon footprints, we use a fact sheet
that contains information about the
method in addition to the results. We provide
customers with the fact sheet of the products
they purchase after signing a confidentiality
agreement for the carbon footprints available
to us. Without a confidentiality agreement
in place, we provide data ranges.
The LCA Coverage Table gives an overview
about our progress. We plan to have PCF data
available for Italy, China and the USA for the
majority of the products. We then aim for a
yearly update of the models. This will be
used to update datasets related to plants,
suppliers, lifecycle inventories and to analyse
the impact of potential improvement
measures on the PCF results.
LCA COVERAGE TABLE
LOCATION
COVERAGE (percentages refer to production volume)
Brunsbüttel: Organic products > 99%, inorganic > 95%
GERMANY
Marl: > 60% (will increase significantly with the next iteration
when the PCFs of raw materials produced at Italian sites are available)
SOUTH AFRICA
99 products covered by the integrated model
ITALY
First iteration expected first six months of FY25
CHINA
Analysis ongoing
USA
First iteration expected first six months of FY25
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