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INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
MANAGING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
DATA AND ASSURANCE
ANNEXURES
MANAGING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT // Land and biodiversity CONTINUED
MOZAMBIQUE
FEATURE STORY
" We made payment of bush clearing fees to the Government of Mozambique in compensation
for the trees of economic value removed during projects.
" We restrict activities (construction of flow lines, access roads and well pads) in sensitive areas
such as wetlands, coastal dunes, areas with sensitive vegetation or animals.
" Across Sasol's licence areas, we establish buffer zones within which specified activities are
prohibited or restricted.
" We monitor our sites in project areas to check for the presence of invasive species and
distribute pamphlets in project areas.
" The seismic lines created during our 2016 seismic survey have recovered fully, with 100%
vegetation coverage. Since this has been approved by the authorities, no further ecological
monitoring is required.
" The seismic lines rehabilitated in 2020 on the PT5-C licence continue to demonstrate excellent
recovery. Some of the lines are achieving 100% vegetation recovery. We continue to monitor
the rehabilitation process.
THE NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY AND BUSINESS NETWORK (NBBN)
AND THE ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST (EWT) PARTNERSHIP
EWT partnered with Sasol Energy Operations and Technology to assist in the journey to
mainstream biodiversity into our business. Every company has both negative and positive
impacts on biodiversity and through this partnership, Sasol joins other large international
companies in using the Biological Diversity Protocol (BDP) to present a baseline of our
biodiversity. The BDP is a project of EWT's NBBN, a network which aims to facilitate a
reduction in the impact of business on biodiversity in South Africa. The BDP is the first
and only to date, standardised accounting framework based on double-entry bookkeeping
and designed to help any organisation consolidate its impacts on biodiversity. Using this
accounting framework, Sasol will be able to track any changes for each operation and
ecosystem asset in a transparent and verifiable way. A pilot assessment, underatken as per
BDP, is being finalised for the Sasol Energy operations in Secunda and Sasolburg. Once
finalised the study will be used to inform our approach to advancing our biodiversity
management practices including reporting and disclosure.
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