Sasol Integrated Report 2024 - Book - Page 132
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
REMUNERATION REPORT
GOVERNANCE continued
ETHICS
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PERFORMANCE
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Out of the 116 substantiated allegations, 45 are still undergoing
disciplinary actions and awaiting final sanctions. The other
substantiated investigations resulted in various management actions.
Ethical misconduct substantiated allegations
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Unfairness
FY24
Dishonesty
Disrespect
Irresponsibility
FY23
Ethics training and awareness
Sasol employees receive ethics training and awareness
on an annual basis to foster a resilient ethical culture,
where ethical behaviour is the norm and is reflected in
everything that we do and in every business decision.
Managing conflicts of interest and gifts,
entertainment and hospitality
We manage and monitor conflicts of interest in accordance
with the Sasol Conflicts of Interest Policy and the Process
Guidelines and relevant regulations.
To increase the discourse on ethics, our CEO includes
ethics messages in his Townhall addresses to employees.
1 260 employees elected to complete the conflict-of-interest
training.
Compliance training 99% employees who fall within the
target audience, completed the anti-bribery and competition
law training.
By managing gifts, entertainment and hospitality, we work
to reduce possible fraud or corruption by our employees,
and stakeholders and ensure adherence to the South Africa
Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 12 of 2004
and Foreign Corruption Practices Act.
Annual compliance confirmation was received for more than
6 578 employees (from Executive level to CEO and
President level). In this process targeted employees
acknowledged that they understand and will comply with,
inter alia, Sasol anti-bribery policies, competition law policies,
Code of Conduct and the Human Rights Policy. Confirming that
they have also addressed any potential conflicts of interest.
1 544 employees elected to complete the managing gifts,
entertainment and hospitality computer-based training.
OUTCOMES
NATURE OF TRAINING
Promotion of Access to Information Act
Sasol received a joint information request in terms of the South African Promotion of Access to
Information Act (PAIA), 2 of 2000, from Just Share and AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative
Journalism on 10 August 2023. The remit of the request entailed certain records of engagements
between Sasol and specific government departments regarding South Africa’s policy and
regulatory approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation, South Africa’s energy mix,
the just transition to a low-carbon economy, any associated infrastructure and resource
exploration activities, and the implementation of air quality laws. Sasol disclosed the relevant
documents for the period January 2021 to September 2023.
Sasol further received several third-party consent requests, from the Department of Forestry,
Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), in terms of PAIA, for the disclosure of information related
to Sasol’s greenhouse gas reporting and Pollution Prevention Plan submissions submitted to
the DFFE in accordance with the National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations
and the National Pollution Prevention Plan Regulations. Sasol agreed to the disclosure
of the information, subject to the redaction of certain proprietary and commercially sensitive
information aligned with the provisions of PAIA.
Sasol Code of Conduct
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
FY24
FY23
1 208
1 326
Exploring Ethics and Economic Crime
207
313
New Employees Orientation programme – Ethics training
850
2 068
Global Anti-bribery Compliance Challenges
7 148
6 788
Conflicts of interest
1 260
2 354
Gifts, entertainment and hospitality
1 544
2 118
Economic Sanctions
7 028
6 805
Competition (Anti-Trust) Law
6 696
6 619
Data Privacy in Practice
5 079
1 810
Ethics Officers training
2
4
Ethics Coordinators training
1
1
Ethics Investigators training
21
5
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SASOL INTEGRATED REPORT 2024
For more detail on our ethics programme refer to our website www.sasol.com/esg
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