Demonstrating progress: from assessment to quantification

During the year, we made meaningful progress in strengthening our adaptation response and aligning with emerging global disclosure expectations. We updated and expanded our climate change adaptation risk profiles across our Southern African value chains, with a specific focus on supply chain infrastructure, critical logistics corridors and key operational assets. These assessments identified priority risk exposures, including flooding, extreme rainfall, storms, heatwaves and fire, and evaluated their potential impact on operations, safety, environment and financial performance.

Our analysis indicates that:

• Coastal operations, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal, remain highly exposed to flooding and storm-related disruptions, with potential operational interruptions of up to five days.
• Inland operations, including Secunda and Sasolburg, are increasingly exposed to extreme rainfall and associated flooding, typically resulting in shorter-duration disruptions of one to three days.
• Global operations, including Mozambique, the United States and Europe, remain vulnerable to region-specific risks such as cyclones, hurricanes, extreme heat and cold events.

These insights have been integrated into our enterprise risk management framework, emergency preparedness protocols and business continuity planning processes, strengthening our ability to respond to climate-related disruptions.