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ChemScore report card 2025
Sasol
Total Score
24/100
Ranking
7/40
About the company
Sasol is an integrated chemicals and energy company that produces oil and chemical products. Based in South Africa, the company offers products such as automotive lubricants, greases, cleansers, fuels, polymers, and specialty gases. Sasol serves various industries including agriculture, textiles, and piping. Almost half the company’s net sales come from South Africa.
Transparency
2 out of 25 points
Action points
- Start disclosing revenue connected to hazardous chemicals
- Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
- Be open to communicating with ChemSec by providing information directly to them regarding their assessment
Phase-out of persistent chemicals
11 out of 25 points
Action points
- Be open about and acknowledge that persistent chemicals may be problematic from a human health or environmental perspective
- The company specifically maps the presence of persistent chemicals, but it should include a broader spectrum of persistent chemicals
- The company reports a medium share of revenue connected to persistent chemicals, but should include a broader spectrum of persistent chemicals in its calculation
Product portfolio
10 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals
16
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List
5
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances
0
Number of persistent chemicals
0
Product portfolio transparency
100%
Action points
- Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
Safer solutions
1 out of 25 points
Action points
- Either start reporting the company’s share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions
Category breakdown
How did we come to this score?
Company facts
Founded
1950
Headquarters
Sandton, South Africa
Revenue
14.6 billion USD
ISIN
ZAE000006896
Category
Basic
Other
Plastic / Rubber / Fibres
