Sasol Report to Society 2020 - Book - Page 5
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Our commitment to be a catalyst for change continues to contribute to
positive social change in the lives of people. This enables us to shape our social
investment approach, while simultaneously addressing their priorities.
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Committed to our communities
Moving forward
Our commitment continues to contribute to positive social change in the lives of
people where we operate. This year we invested R1,2 billion directly into our
communities and this translates to R218,7 million into Education, R185,7 million
into Community Development, R7,5 million into Environment Stewardship,
R581,7 million into small business development which includes Economic
Transformation and Local Content, R223,8 million into Skills Development and
R5,0 million into supporting our Sasol for Good programme.
While this has been a challenging year for
Sasol, and even more for our employees and
communities, we are encouraged by the
resilience of the human spirit and the power
of collaborative action. When the world starts
to recover, and we look back on this time of
uncertainty and disruption, we will emerge
stronger and more focused. We have
positioned Sasol to be sustainable into the
future so that we can continue to drive
positive change in our fenceline communities
and by extension, our host countries.
Our investment in Education from Early childhood development to
Entrepreneurship and work-readiness, enables development and success of future
generations. In the past financial year, approximately 5 500 children at the ECD
centres we support across South Africa had access to at least one nutritious meal
a day. This curbs malnutrition, which has far reaching impacts on childrens'
cognitive development.
Globally, over 200 000 people were positively impacted by our community
development programmes in the past year. In Mozambique, in partnership with
Companhia Moçambicana de Hidrocarbonetos S.A (CMH) and the International
Finance Corporation (IFC), we completed and handed over the rehabilitated
National Road Number 1 (EN1), linking Pambara, in the Vilanculos district, and
Mangungumete, in the Inhassoro district.
We reached over 150 000 community members and school children through
our environmental stewardship programmes aimed at mitigating the impact of
our environmental footprint on our fenceline communities. Most notably, we
entered into development partnership agreements in Mozambique with the
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – German Development Agency – to deliver
water and sanitation, as well as access to energy programme commitments.
I would like to sincerely thank all our
stakeholders who have worked with us in the
past year for their commitment and tireless
effort in helping us drive change.
As we look ahead, our focus will be on
continued partnerships and collaboration in a
quest to maintain, create, grow shared value
and prosperity in the communities and
economies in which we operate.
We continued to listen to our stakeholders' issues and concerns regarding
economic transformation and localisation, premised on open and transparent
communication regarding community interventions. In 2020, we invested
R26,3 billion through preferential procurement in Black-owned businesses in
South Africa and Mozambique.
Globally 55 000 youth benefitted from our skills development programmes
aimed at improving employability prospects and ultimately contributing to
reducing unemployment in our fenceline communities.
Through our Sasol for Good programme, over 4 000 Sasol employees registered
to volunteer to causes, donating over 2 499 volunteering hours. Sasol and its
employees contributed over R5 million to more than 290 organisations as part of
our payroll and matched giving.
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