Sasol Integrated Report 2024 - Book - Page 117
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
REMUNERATION REPORT
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
SOCIAL – COMMUNITY continued
SASOL IN SOCIETY
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Development sponsorships
We encourage our employees to get involved in their communities by
volunteering their time, skills and resources through company and employeeinitiated social development causes. By doing so we leverage the considerable,
diverse abilities and expertise of our employees as volunteers in causes that
empower fenceline communities and co-create sustainable livelihoods.
Causes benefit from employee giving, while employees are enriched with a greater
understanding of community issues, which makes them advocates on those issues.
We also support Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) capacity building and
philanthropic giving to support community NGOs. Through ‘Sasol for Good’, we give
our employees 40 hours of paid leave per annum in which to volunteer. We also
complement their financial contributions to fundraising initiatives of their choice
via payroll deductions by matching gifts and volunteer grants.
IMPACT
South Africa
• Over 1 200 employees, and other Group
Executive members, participated in the
Mandela Day event, packing over 9 500
hygiene packs which were distributed to
the needy centres across the country.
• About R1,4 million was donated by 308
employees to 112 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 50 franchisee
sites and 45 non-profit entities to uplift
over 11 000 people in the fields of education,
health, infrastructure and safety.
North America
• Over 120 North American employees
participated in the 2023 Chem Expo
where they demonstrated science
experiments tied to Sasol’s Lake Charles
Chemical Complex end products to
2 100 students and teachers.
• In February 2024, Sasol held its annual
Community Week to benefit fenceline
communities through various community
engagements. Throughout the week, over
US$150 000 in charitable contributions
was directed to non-profit organisations
(NPO), more than 20 small businesses
were supported and over 500 employees
participated in community engagements.
The engagements included four volunteer
initiatives to thank more than 30 emergency
responders and plant 500 trees.
Eurasia
• Sasol Italy team donated €14 000 to NPO’s.
• Sasol China joined World Cleanup Day, on
16 September 2023 with approximately
30 employees and their families gathered
at Xiangshan Lake in Nanjing to actively
contribute to a cleaner, healthier planet for
present and future generations.
SASOL INTEGRATED REPORT 2024
Contribution to sport in our fenceline communities.
WHAT WE DO
WHAT WE ARE DOING
Sasol for Good
We invest in Women’s Sport Development, wheelchair basketball and Sasol
Banyana Banyana and Sasol League. We also proactively invest in local
stadiums, sport teams and amateur teams by assisting with improving the
infrastructure, acquiring sport kits, building capacity of local sporting codes.
IMPACT
• In Secunda, we invested in
upgrading stadiums and
refurbished over 550 chairs
and the pitch. In addition,
soccer kits, boots and
other required materials
was procured to assist in
improving the local team’s
ability to compete.
• In Inhasorro, Mozambique
we built a sports facility
to significantly benefit the
local youth. This included
a grass football pitch, a
multipurpose pitch, player
changing rooms, public
toilets and stands for
spectators. It also included
the water supply system
and a security-enhancing
perimeter wall. This facility
will promote physical
activity, teamwork, and
community engagement
among the youth, fostering
a healthy lifestyle and a
sense of unity in Inhassoro’s
young population.
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