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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
REMUNERATION REPORT
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
ENVIRONMENT continued
LAND AND BIODIVERSITY
OUR COMMITMENT
We commit to responsible use, preventing
pollution and exercising a duty of care in
respect of managing land and biodiversity
in the areas where we operate, including
in our fenceline communities.
OUR GROUP APPROACH
We address land risk and associated contamination liabilities by managing the Group’s top risk of major Safety,
Health and Environment incidents. Activities include all our Southern Africa operations and projects. We undertake
continuous monitoring of the environment, including ecological, groundwater, soil, noise and air monitoring. We are
on a journey to fully understand our biodiversity footprint as we recognise the interconnectedness of biodiversity
loss and climate change and the urgent need to include biodiversity in our short- and long-term ambitions.
PERFORMANCE AND INITIATIVES
The partnership between Sasol and the Endangered Wildlife Trust
(EWT) to mainstream biodiversity into our business continues.
Acknowledging that every company can impact biodiversity both
positively and negatively, we finalised a pilot assessment in terms
of the Biological Diversity Protocol. This was done for Sasol Energy
operations in Secunda and Sasolburg. The assessment is informing
our approach to advancing our biodiversity management practices
including reporting and disclosure. A Taskforce on Nature-related
Financial Disclosure adoption gap analysis against this assessment
has also been conducted.
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For more detail on our pilot biodiversity footprint results refer to our
website www.sasol.com/esg
Mozambique
• The seismic lines rehabilitated on the PT5-C area in 2020
and on the production sharing agreement licence area in
2021 demonstrate excellent recovery. Some lines have achieved
100% vegetation recovery. We continue to monitor the
rehabilitation process.
• Sensitive areas are protected by establishing buffer zones
within which specified activities are prohibited or restricted.
• At project sites, we monitor invasive species and continue
to raise awareness about their presence.
Eurasia
South Africa
At Secunda Operations:
• we continue to research, monitor and manage natural
biodiversity assets in the semi-natural secondary area, which
includes water and wetlands. Information is collated in a ‘status
of biodiversity’ report describing various trends. Most indicators
highlight a stable trend;
• we are establishing the state of ecosystem health based on
key indicator groups such as Odonata (dragonflies). During the
baseline assessment we achieved half of the expected species
richness;
• work continues on the authorised large wetland rehabilitation
initiative that will also contribute to improving other wetland
functions like water purification and biodiversity improvements;
• we continue to contribute and support the terrestrial
biodiversity monitoring at the Ramsar wetland conservancy,
Verloren Vallei, which is part of the Mpumalanga Tourism and
Parks Agency reserves through scientific assessments and
reporting; and
• new introductions at the site include a small herd of buffalo as
part of the biodiversity management plan.
At Sasolburg Ekandustria Operations:
For environmental impact and the protection of biodiversity,
Sasol Italy installed apiaries at our sites in Terranova dei Passerini
and Sarroch with the help of Apicoltura Urbana.
• we are conducting a vegetation study to improve the quality
of the veld in the nature reserve areas. A management plan
was developed from the data collected and will be implemented
during FY25; and
In compliance with all applicable regulations, Apicoltura Urbana set
up the apiaries, selecting Italian Ligustica bees which have particularly
docile characteristics. The project aligns with SDGs 11, 12 and 15.
• we continue to manage two nature reserves, hosting 14 species
of game including gemsbok, eland, giraffe, springbok, impala
and black wildebeest.
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