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INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
RESILIENCE IN A LOW-CARBON FUTURE
DATA AND ASSURANCE
ANNEXURES
RESILIENCE IN A LOW-CARBON FUTURE // Energy efficiency
OUR COMMITMENT //
To continuously improve the Energy Efficiency (EnEf) of all Sasol’s
manufacturing operations to:
Save operating costs;
Contain and reduce the environmental footprint of our
operations;
Support national energy conservation initiatives and
governmental objectives; and
Support the objectives of the Energy Productivity 100 (EP100)
initiative.
OUR GROUP APPROACH
To improve on Sasol’s EnEf performance we execute practices using the following key measures:
Setting realistic and meaningful targets and reporting progress against them;
Following internationally acceptable EnEf standards and practices;
Ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations and corporate requirements; and
Utilising EnEf management principles as an integral part of our daily operations.
Steady improvement in EnEf performance and production volumes
for Chemicals Eurasia.
Use of natural gas from gas sourcing operations (GSO) contributed
to the improvement of energy efficiency in the second half of FY23.
PERFORMANCE
Our electronic Energy Management System (EnMS) monitors, measures and reports monthly EnEf performance of all
Operating Platforms/Regional Platforms (OPs/RPs) against targets. This is an addition to the coordination of EnEf
improvement roadmaps annually to forecast medium and long-term performances in line with our commitment of
achieving a 30% EnEf improvement by 2030.
2023
2023
2022
Actual
Target
Actual
EnEf 3 Sasol Group (Improvement from 2005 baseline
EnEf 3 South African based Energy Operations
(Improvement from 2005 baseline)
Sasol Group Energy Productivity (EP100) 3 Improvement from 2010 baseline
FY23 OUTCOMES
Winner of the South African Energy Efficiency
Confederation award for 8Industrial Corporate Company of
the Year 20229 and the International Association of Energy
Engineers, Sub-Saharan award for 8Industrial Corporate
Company of the Year 20239.
In FY23, there was a regression of 5,1% for the Group
and 5,2% for Energy Operations and Technology from the
previous financial year. This is due to several challenges
experienced by our OPs/RPs including operational
instabilities; external power disruptions; coal supply and
quality; and natural gas availability.
In the second half of FY23, Group EnEf performance improved
steadily due to improved plant stabilities and production
volumes because of:
" Incremental improvements in coal quality, increased
equipment availability and improved reliability and
higher availability of natural gas from the GSO which has
optimised the power imported from Eskom;
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13,4%
23%
18,4%
10,6%
12,4%
23%
19,5%
15,7%
19,1%
" Chemicals Eurasia production volumes and EnEf
performance have steadily improved from April 2023
owing to steady market demand; and
" Steady improvement at Lake Charles Americas average
net production volumes following the turnaround
maintenance on some of the units during Quarter two
of FY23.
Despite these improvements Sasol is still below the EnEf
target of 23%. The re-establishment of stable plant
operations in combination with the full implementation
of our EnEf improvement roadmap up to 2030 will ensure
the achievement of the 30% EnEf target by 2030.
