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INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
SAFE AND ENDURING OPERATIONS
DATA AND ASSURANCE
ANNEXURES
SAFE AND ENDURING OPERATIONS // Human rights
OUR COMMITMENT //
OUR GROUP APPROACH
We recognise our responsibility to uphold and respect human rights and ensure the integration
of human rights into our business practices. The UN Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Business and
Human Rights (BHR) define salient issues as ‘the human rights that are most at risk of the most
severe negative impacts through a company’s activities or business relationships’. We have
identified the following as our salient human rights issues:
1. Respecting diversity.
2. Safe and healthy working environment.
3. Supply chain related risks including modern slavery.
Our approach to BHR is aligned with
international standards, guidelines such as
the UNGPs and the United Nations Global
Compact (UNGC) and national laws and
regulations in the jurisdictions in which
we operate.
Our BHR policies and procedures encompass
our own operations, supply chain, joint
ventures and other business partners.
Together, we uphold human rights values
and principles in the way we do business.
4. Respecting the rights of local communities.
5. Managing Sasol’s environmental ‘footprint’.
Completed Phase 2 of BHR due diligence.
Ensured that 99% of our employees who form part of the target
audience completed BHR training.
Published the annual slavery and human trafficking statements
online.
PERFORMANCE
Embedding of our risk management approach
Our BHR framework consists of three phases:
Phase 1
The development of a systematic approach to identify, prevent, mitigate
and account for human rights impact in line with the expectations of UNGP 17.
Phase2
A human rights focused self-assesment process led by individual Sasol business
units, to identify risks in relation to the five salient human rights risks areas.
Phase 3
The implementation of systematic risk mitigation procedures.
In FY23, we implemented Phase 2 of the BHR
framework. This entailed risk identification within
our own business and value chain processes across
Sasol Business Units. It also involved embedding
human rights due diligence into our enterprisewide risk management approach. The review of the
group-wide human rights risk profile includes a
business unit self-assessment questionnaire used
to identify potential human rights issues that may
arise in connection with operation and business.
We started reviewing our group-wide human rights
risk profile in FY22 with the activities of two Sasol
business units. In FY23, we extended the review to
Sasol Mining and Sasol ecoFT. The selfassessments led to the identification of priority
areas on which to focus. These included the
process of embedding and demonstrating the
application of human rights policies and
procedures in relation with our joint venture
partners. During this risk review process,
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we looked at issues of encroachments and land
acquisitions as well as human rights issues relating
to our products. We also considered corrective
measures that have been put in place, as well as
the review of the adequacy and effectiveness of
business unit9s risk mitigation measures.
Phase 3 of the risk review process involves the
implementation of a systematic and standardised
process for ensuring that human rights issues are
integrated to our business processes.
We developed a BHR risk matrix to categorise
suppliers based on risk exposure. To ensure that
appropriate risk mitigation actions are taken,
we also developed and rolled out human rights
contract clauses for suppliers in accordance with
each supplier9s risk rating.
