Sasol Report to Society 2020 - Book - Page 30
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Our response to the global COVID-19 pandemic continued
Sanitation
Keeping safe
and sound
Responding to the significant increase in demand
for hygiene products, we fast tracked the
production of a new unique alcohol blend, which is
safe and suitable for the manufacture of
disinfectants and hand sanitisers. To ensure the
sanitiser blend reached targeted vulnerable
communities and “hot spot” areas, while
safeguarding the frontline teams such as medical
staff, patients and visitors, we partnered with
governments at both national and local level.
In addition, we formed strategic partnerships to
target high risk areas to allow greater support to
South African and Mozambican communities and
local hospitals.
We partnered with AngloGold Ashanti and Imperial
Group to ensure that staff and patients at five
major Gauteng provincial hospitals were equipped
with bulk supply of hand sanitiser. These are: Chris
Hani Baragwanath Academic, Charlotte Maxeke
Academic, Helen Joseph, Leratong hospitals and
Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital. Sasol and
AngloGold Ashanti shared the production costs of
specially manufactured bulk-storage tanks for the
hand sanitiser. Imperial Group, which played a
crucial role in ensuring South Africa’s supply chains
continued functioning during the first hard
lockdown, brought its freight and logistics
expertise to the partnership by ensuring 12 000
litres of sanitiser tanks were safely transported to
the five hospitals in Gauteng.
We donated over 36 000 litres of hand sanitiser to
our network of Sasol service stations for use by our
forecourt and convenience centre partners. Sasol
service stations play an important role in
communities by providing essential supplies such
as fuel, food, medicines, and other household
essentials, as well as access to ATMs on a
24/7 basis.
Hand sanitisers were also provided to the
surrounding communities in Gauteng, Mpumalanga,
as part of our continuing commitment to ensuring
the safety and wellbeing of our stakeholders and
surrounding communities around South Africa.
We also donated thousands of gloves and masks,
as well as sanitiser and hand soap, to destitute
communities across all the seven regions of the
City of Ekurhuleni as well as the taxi industry
in Gauteng.
In Mozambique, over 60 000 litres of bulk
hand sanitiser was donated.
300 000 litres
A total of almost
of hand sanitiser was delivered to
employees, fenceline communities and
social projects.
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Essential equipment
Supporting frontline
essential workers with
essential donations
In Sasolburg, we supported the Free State’s Fezile Dabi District
Department of Health with a donation of 2 700 masks, 30 700 pairs of
surgical gloves and 672 coveralls (body suites) for use by healthcare
workers. An additional 3 000 coveralls were donated to the Free State
Department of Health. We also donated rechargeable torches to law
enforcement agencies to assist them with document inspections during
night time operations.
In Secunda, as part of our ongoing partnership with local government, we
donated 1 000 hazmat suits for tracer teams, 57 190 litres of sanitiser and
500 bars of hand soap to local government representatives.
We also supported the Department of Health regional hospital’s
quarantine facilities with essential resources such as beds, 1 000 linen
sets, blankets, cutlery, 1 000 health practitioners PPE (biocide sachets, face
shield, disposable caps, surgical mask, hand gloves, theater shoes
and suits).
In Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, we donated thousands of masks,
sanitisers, gloves and soaps to the City of Ekurhuleni and Ethekweni
Municipality’s Disaster Management teams and City of Johannesburg’s
Social Development Department to support frontline workers as they
conduct business in places of public interest.
In North America, we pledged US$100 000 towards COVID-19 relief efforts
in communities, with an emphasis on supporting frontline emergency
responders, healthcare professionals, educators and food service
providers. Of the total funds pledged, US$70 000 was ringfenced for the
Southwest Louisiana community, where we employ 1 200 people at our
facilities. Our contribution, which was administered through the fund at
the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana, helped provide
personal protective equipment, sanitation supplies and meals to
emergency responders and healthcare workers. The donation helped
purchase: 4 500 meals provided while supporting seven small business
restaurants; 13 000 pieces of personal protective equipment including
masks, gloves, gowns and safety glasses,
160 gallons of disinfectant products.
