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Designing Safe Products

Designing Safe Products

Sasol looks to make a net positive contribution to society in their particular applications and intended uses while minimising harm to human health and the environment through sustainable products. To establish which products are sustainable requires a holistic assessment of their impacts and benefits along the product life cycle. A product classified as hazardous, when responsibly managed, can be of significant value to society. Sasol supports the responsible management of all materials and chemicals across the life cycle, regardless of their hazard classification. This approach means that a sound understanding of product chemistry, hazard profiles and potential exposure to people and the environment is required to establish whether a product is suitable and safe for use in its applications.

To ensure that Sasol offers the market a safe and competitive product portfolio for today and the future our ongoing portfolio review process is fundamental. Regulatory scanning, screening of peer reviewed scientific research on chemical safety, and product development work occur on a continuous basis to ensure that any anticipated changes in legal requirements that impact our products are known and addressed in advance of formal regulatory changes being adopted. Sasol has a few substances listed on the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals regulation (REACH) substances of very high concern (candidate list). Sasol has stopped the production of 3 products over the last few years, since they had been listed on the authorization list.

Our value chain is free of any materials relating to the multilateral environmental agreements on chemicals under the Montreal Protocol or the Stockholm Convention. With regards to our compliance with the Basel Convention, we export spent catalysts containing precious metals for the purposes of recovery of these metals to be used in the manufacturing of fresh catalysts. Our efforts reduce the need for mining and contribute to a circular economy. One Sasol product is certified under the voluntary International Cyanide Management Code.