Sasol Integrated Report 2024 - Book - Page 95
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
REMUNERATION REPORT
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
ENVIRONMENT continued
ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
OUR COMMITMENT
At Sasol we are committed to prevent and mitigate the
occurrence and recurrence of undesirable environmental
events. Our commitment is underpinned by the riskbased One Sasol SHE Excellence approach, which
articulates how Safety, Health and Environment
(SHE) matters are managed in the Group.
OUR GROUP APPROACH
We follow a standardised, four-tier classification system – level 1 (major), level 2 (significant), level 3
(moderate) or level 4 (minor) – for classifying, reporting and investigating environmental incidents.
Incidents are reported to the relevant authorities in accordance with statutory and licensing requirements.
Incidents are also reported monthly on the Sustainability Performance Management Module for the
Group. Incident investigations are aligned with the SHE Incident Management Procedure which requires
the identification of root causes to inform corrective and preventative measures, to ensure learning
throughout the Group aimed at preventing recurrence.
PERFORMANCE
Trends
An environmental incident is registered as ‘major’ when a
verified severe negative environmental impact due to volume
or toxicity of release into the environment meets any of the
following criteria:
The classification methodology for environmental incidents for
the South African Operations was revised in FY23. The updated
classification places greater emphasis on the environmental
impact of incidents and removes complexity and ambiguity.
No major environmental incidents have occurred in the last
seven years.
• causes a major community outcry;
• necessitates immediate reporting; or
One significant incident was reported in FY24 compared to four
in FY23.
3,0
Themes and focus areas
140
120
100
1,5
80
60
40
20
0
*
0,0
21
22
Significant
Moderate
Environmental incident severity rate (EISR).
23
EISR*
24
EISR* Target
Rate (EISR)*
Number of incidents
160
• if there is a recurring significant environmental incident
(same root cause) that results in cumulative impacts leading
to verified severe environmental impact and intervention
by authorities.
• Significant and moderate incidents were analysed to identify
themes and focus areas.
• The one significant environmental incident reported in FY24
occurred at Mining. A failure on a pipeline resulted in loss of
containment (release) of contaminated water into a watercourse.
• The main contributions to moderate incidents were overflow of
storage structures and spillages, which remains similar to FY23.
• Theft and illegal hot tappings on pipelines resulting in
environmental incidents are becoming more prevalent, although
this is not currently one of the major contributors to total number
of incidents recorded.
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