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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
REMUNERATION REPORT
GOVERNANCE continued
HUMAN RIGHTS
OUR COMMITMENT
We are committed to uphold and respect human
rights by ensuring integration of its principles
into our business practices. In determining
our salient issues, we use the guidance of
the United Nations Guiding Principles
(UNGPs) on Business and Human
Rights (BHR).
OUR GROUP APPROACH
The UNGPs define salient issues as ‘the human rights that are most at risk of the most severe negative impacts
through a company’s activities or business relationships’. We have used this as guidance to identify our own.
The Executive Vice President: Commercial and Legal and Sasol’s Vice President for Compliance, Ethics and Governance
Laws are responsible for implementing the Sasol human rights programme, assisted by an internal Human Rights
team. This is overseen by the Safety, Social and Ethics Committee (SSEC), a delegated Committee of the Sasol Limited
Board of Directors (the Board), responsible for among others the implementation of Sasol’s BHR framework and
overall approach to human rights. The Board has the ultimate responsibility for overseeing Sasol’s commitment
to respect human rights in line with Sasol’s policies.
PERFORMANCE
OUR COMMITMENT
Respecting diversity;
Safe and healthy working environment;
Supply chain related risks including
modern slavery;
Respecting the rights of local
communities; and
Managing Sasol’s environmental
‘footprint’.
Our BHR framework consists
of three phases:
PHASES
1
2
3
The development of a
systematic approach to identify,
prevent, mitigate and account
for human rights impact in line
with the expectations of UNGP 17;
A human rights focused selfassessment process led by
individual Sasol business units,
to identify risks in relation
to the five salient human
rights risks areas; and
The implementation of
systematic risk mitigation
procedures.
The responsibility for implementing Sasol’s
human rights programme, the related
procedures, and embedding relevant actions
in the business resides with the leadership
of the various Operating Model Entity(ies)
(OME(s)). In Germany, a Human Rights Officer
has been appointed as the responsible person
for monitoring the human rights programme
according to the German Supply Chain Act
implemented risk management system. It is
the responsibility of every employee to know
and understand the human rights obligations
and/or requirements set out in our Human
Rights Policy and remain vigilant to ensure
third party’s compliance with this policy.
Our approach to BHR is aligned with
international standards, guidelines such
as the UNGPs and the United Nations Global
Compact and national laws and regulations in
the jurisdictions in which we operate. Our BHR
policies and procedures encompass our own
operations, supply chain, joint ventures and
other business partners.
Embedding of our risk management
approach
We continue with our internal implementation
of initiatives to embed the BHR framework,
which is continuously assessed taking into
account the rapidly evolving regulatory
landscape. This includes the application of
the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
to our operations in Germany and the impact
of European Union Council of the Corporate
Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
requires certain companies to conduct
human rights due diligence extending to
their supply chains.
During the course of FY24, our BHR Critical
Control Framework (CCF) was approved and
implemented across Sasol. The CCF is part of
the BHR risk management programme and sets
out minimum Sasol Group controls which are
applicable to OMEs to mitigate and minimise
the risk of non-compliance with the regulatory
requirements or themes. We maintain a
risk-based BHR Due Diligence Screening process
for suppliers.
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This process continuously assists in the
identification of suppliers’ salient human rights
risks, facilitate engagement with Sasol on
human rights related issues, so that their key
risks or challenges are mitigated appropriately.
They must also demonstrate the steps they
have taken to effectively mitigate any identified
human rights risks, set out measures in place
to proactively identify and help us assess
potential human rights impacts within our own
business operations, supply chain and business
relationships.
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For more detail on our BHR due diligence processes
refer to our website www.sasol.com/esg
In embedding our BHR approach and to address
identified areas of improvements highlighted
by due diligence processes including selfassessments, we are in the process of reviewing
and updating our Human Rights Policy. It will not
only capture our BHR commitments, but also
sets out our:
• related governance and management
structures;
• grievance mechanisms; and
• identified salient human rights impacts in line
with the UNGP on Business and Human Rights.
