Sasol Sustainability Report 2018

Benefited 907 students through the Sasol bursary programme We are determined to use the reach of our business to create opportunities in the areas where we operate. We recognise that in today’s world, stakeholder engagement is about working collaboratively with stakeholders to find solutions for more inclusive economies. As a global firm with strong roots in South Africa, our promise to society is that we will seek to employ inclusive and sustainable business practices that enable development in the geographies and communities where we operate. Our products touch and enhance the quality of people’s lives every day and we see great potential to do more to enable economic development. In addition, using our extensive value chain, we commit ourselves to facilitating inclusive and local supply chains, enabling local economies and the development of critical skills. SASOL’S PROMISE TO SOCIETY Sasol has a number of fence-line communities globally. There are growing expectations from communities that Sasol contributes to lowering unemployment and enabling meaningful economic participation by creating opportunities in its value chain, particularly in South Africa and Mozambique. Community stakeholders have an increasingly important role, specifically in the environmental space with the power to impact Sasol’s ability to do business. A multi-pronged and multi-year, integrated response to community development aimed at enabling economic access is in place. This response consists of the following: • Effective Social Investment programme as indicated below. • Community engagement – Proactive multi-stakeholder engagements to agree on development priorities. Engagements to build the knowledge base of our stakeholders on top priority issues. In addition, an integrated, organisation-wide programme is in place to enhance Sasol's reputation with all stakeholders, comprising: • Delivery on our commitments; • Changes to Sasol‘s culture and ways of working as it relates to stakeholders; • Measurement and reporting on reputation performances; and • Ensuring Sasol‘s value proposition to its stakeholders is developed and that we are embedded in conversations on topics that matter to stakeholders. OUR RESPONSE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS PRIORITIES • As in previous years, our 2018 Social Investment spend in globally, exceeded the South African best practice of 1% of net profit after tax. • Increased reach of our STEM education support programmes in South Africa and Mozambique to • 6 million learners, students and teachers. • Enabled a step change in our early childhood development (ECD) programme. • Over 2 800 Sasol employees are registered in Sasol for Good employee volunteering activities, benefiting 220 000 people and reaching 497 causes. 2018 SOCIAL INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS Increased the Sasol Siyakha Fund loan book to R301,7 million and loans were granted to 91 SMMEs since 2008 Increased access to HIV/Aids HEALTHCARE facilities in Southern Africa to over 380 000 community members During 2018 we increased the total Group Social Investment spend globally by 21% since 2017 to a total spend of R817,7 million Data and assurance Environmental and product sustainability Safety, Social and Ethics About this report Sasol Sustainability Report 2018 13