Sasol Report to Society 2020 - Book - Page 58
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Sasol for Good
Harnessing the collective
skills and talent of our
people for ‘doing good’
uplifting others and
contributing to
socio-economic
development and
growing shared value.
Over 4 000 Sasol employees
have registered to volunteer to
causes, donating over 2 499
volunteering hours. Sasol and
employees contributed over
R5 million to more than
290 organisations as
part of our payroll and matched
giving.
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Our Sasol for Good employee volunteering programme encourages
employees to get involved in their communities by volunteering their
time, skills and resources through company- and employee-initiated
social investments initiatives.
The programme formalises employees’ inherent willingness to give –
placing people at the centre and realising the essence of partnership
and co-operation. This allows social investment causes to benefit from
employee giving and enriches employees' understanding of community
issues and making them advocates of these issues.
We grant employees 40 paid hours per annum to dedicate their
time to volunteering projects of their choice. We also complement their
financial contribution and fundraising to accredited organisations of
their choice via payroll deduction, matching gifts and volunteer grants.
Collective action and partnering is intrinsically rooted in the way we
conduct business and through the mobilisation of our employees
globally we are able to complement our corporate-led social investment
activities with what is valuable to our employees.
As a result we support a wider range of initiatives that are based on the
individual choices of employees supported by a strong enabling
governance structure. In addition as nations worldwide strive to build
capacities, volunteerism is regarded as a powerful implementation
methodology enabling global sustainability agenda by localising
scalable actions.
Due to the nature, location and scale of our activities the most
prevalent human rights issues for us relate to the communities near
our operations. We minimise negative effects on local communities as
informed by due diligences or impact assessments.
