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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
REMUNERATION REPORT
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
ENVIRONMENT continued
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
OUR COMMITMENT
To continuously improve the energy efficiency (EnEf) of Sasol’s
manufacturing operations to:
Save operating costs;
Contain and reduce the environmental footprint of our operations;
Support national energy conservation initiatives and
government objectives; and
Support the international Energy Productivity 100
(EP100) initiative.
Winner of two awards from the South African Energy Efficiency Confederation (SAEEC)
for ‘Industrial Corporate Company of the Year 2023’ and ‘Industrial Energy Project of the
Year’ for the Sasolburg Gas Engine Improvement Project.
International Association of Energy Engineers, Sub-Saharan award for ‘Industrial
Energy Project of the year 2023’ for the Sasolburg Gas Engine Improvement project.
Programmes and initiatives
We have implemented programmes and initiatives to promote EnEf in the business. These include:
Substantial investments have been made
into the development of our EnMS due to the
complex nature of our operations across the
globe. Special focus was placed on developing
in-house information management solutions
integrated with specialised software. We
continue to improve the current EnMS
through a Daily EnEf monitoring system with
the future potential of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) capabilities.
Quality assurance
Quality assurance for the practice of our EnEf
programme is vital to the accuracy of
performance. We ascribe to the King IV
combined assurance principles for our EnMS
programme. To date, we have conducted
Sasol has a standardised Energy Management System (EnMS) that applies the EnEf management
principles according to the ISO 50001 guidelines. It is an integral part of our daily operations by reporting
on EnEf performance for all Operating Platforms/Regional Platforms (OPs/RPs) on a monthly basis to
reduce our carbon-intensive footprint and to deliver upon our long-standing commitment to promoting
energy efficiency as a key business driver. We improve our EnEf performance through the following:
Setting realistic, meaningful targets and reporting progress against them; and
Following internationally acceptable EnEf standards and practices.
PERFORMANCE
HIGHLIGHTS
Research and development
OUR GROUP APPROACH
Between 2005 and 2015, we achieved a 16,6% improvement
in EnEf for our operations in South Africa. Exceeding the 15%
target under the South African Energy Accord. From 2015 there
was a new target set to achieve another 15% from 2015 till 2030.
The two targets have been combined to give us a target of 30%
by 2030. Currently, we have achieved a 15,4% improvement
from the FY05 baseline. We plan to improve our performance
to exceed the National Energy Efficiency Strategy for 2030’s
objective.
Our long-term improvement roadmap has been developed and
updated annually to forecast short, medium and long-term
performance in line with our commitment of achieving a 30%
EnEf improvement by 2030.
Level 2 assurance audits on our South African
plants, and intend to progress to Level 3
audits by FY28.
Under the Sasol 2.0 improvement programme, we monitor and
report monthly on EnEf initiatives in various states of maturity.
Training
Key performance indicator (%)
An EnMS training module has been developed
and implemented on Sasol’s E-Learning
platform. It aims to promote awareness of
EnEf practices, as well as improved reporting
of the same within the Group.
All key EnEf stakeholders in our operations
have been trained and declared competent
via the training platform. We plan to extend
the training and awareness programme to
the Engineering and Projects team as part
of their specific training and body of
knowledge requirements.
2024
2023
Target
Group EnEf – improvement from
FY05 baseline
15,4
13,3
24
Group energy productivity (EP100)
– improvement from FY10 baseline
14,5
12,4
21
Energy Operations EnEf –
improvement from FY05 baseline
11,5
10,5
24
In FY24, there was an improvement of 2,1% for the Group and 1%
for Energy Operations and Technology compared to the previous
financial year.
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In the second half of FY24, Group EnEf performance
steadily improved due to improved plant stabilities and
production volumes at:
• Secunda Operations there was improved coal supply,
increased equipment availability and improved
reliability and higher availability of natural gas from
the Gas Sourcing Operations which has optimised
power imported. Improved production volumes
from the previous financial year, the resulted in an
improved EnEf performance by 1,5%;
• Natref Operations there was improvements in
production volumes, reduced energy consumption
and stable operations resulted in a substantial
energy efficiency improvement of 9,6% from the
previous financial year;
• Chemicals Eurasia production volumes and
EnEf performance steadily improved since
April 2023; and
• Chemicals America, steady improvement in average
net production volumes positively impacted EnEf
performance.
Sasolburg Ekandustria Operations had operational
challenges which, led to a deterioration in performance.
Despite these improvements, Sasol is still below
the EnEf target of 24%. The re-establishment of
stable plant operations in combination with the full
implementation of our EnEf improvement roadmap
will ensure the achievement of the 30% EnEf target
by 2030.
