Why this is a Material Matter
- By embracing agility, Sasol will remain robust and capable of navigating the complexities and challenges of the changing energy landscape. This will contribute to building a sustainable Sasol which is profitable and adaptable in the future.
- As part of our strategic ambition to “strengthen our foundation”, we aim to enhance delivery and maximise free cash flow generation to strengthen the balance sheet.
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Help
- Strengthen financial position to improve resilience and fund the Transition
- Optimal and cost competitive feedstock deployment of existing feedstocks (coal and natural gas)
- Monitoring cyber security risks and strengthening mitigation controls
- Building trust and credibility with external stakeholders
- Enhancing leadership across the more streamlined operating model
- Improving production volumes and reducing costs to enhance value
- Continuous human capital development
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Hinder
- Operational underperformance and delivery (performance measurement, cost management, operational costs)
- Local infrastructure, utilities and logistics limitations negatively impacting feedstock availability, product dispatch, and customer centricity
- Market volatility, geopolitical uncertainty, and disruption
- Talent retention of critical skills
- Declining free cash flow generation
- Market pricing realisation and exchange rates volatility
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| Group strategic priority: Zero harm ambition | Strengthen our foundation business | Build an empowering culture | Progress grow and transform agenda |
| Impact of Material Matter |
Opportunities |
Mitigation actions |
Metrics Short term Medium term Long term |
- Financial resilience
- Operational stability ensuring optimum returns
- Earnings
- Sustainability
- Reputation
- Trust and credibility
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- Optimising the organisation for resilience
- Deliver shared value and growth
- Promote innovation
Enhance our reputation
- Grow value through improved customer value proposition
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- Attend to operational stability
- Group financial market risk management policy, processes and frameworks (including hedging)
- Enhance cyber resilience
- Implement the Coal Quality Improvement Programme
- Optimise capital allocation and asset reviewsImprove cost competitivenes
- Maximise cash flow
- Enhance the go-tomarket model to better align with evolving consumer demands
- Reignite innovation
- Coal quality challenges persisted; however, mitigation actions have been introduced to increase gasifier availability and restore production.
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- R10-15bn cost savings against inflation by FY28
- Maintaining a working capital range on 15,5% – 16,5% of turnover
- R15 – R20bn cumulative capital savings by FY28*
- Maintaining strong liquidity
- Net debt (excluding leases) sustainably below USD$3bn by FY28
- Proactive risk management through extended hedging programme
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Risk
Short term - Safety, Health and Environment Short and medium term - People Short and medium term - Stakeholder
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