doc-1.3-b-brd-ses-env-man-strat-29-aug-2017-88286a6a70020de2.pdf

This briefing is a submission to the Eskom Board Social Ethics and Sustainability (SES) Committee for the approval of the revised Eskom Environmental Management Strategy (2017/18 — 2021/22). The document outlines the strategic objectives to reduce Eskom's environmental footprint and position the company as a sustainable business, while detailing specific targets for emissions, water usage, waste, and biodiversity.

• The Environmental Management Strategy (2017/18 — 2021/22) is designed to align with the 2017/18 Corporate Plan, the National Development Plan, and specific United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including climate action (13), affordable and clean energy (7), and clean water and sanitation (6).
• Eskom's environmental performance between 2014/15 and 2016/17 showed mixed results: relative particulate emissions improved by 19% (from 0.37 to 0.30 kg/MWhSO) and ash utilisation improved by 17% (from 2.4Mt to 2.8Mt), but relative water usage declined by 3% (from 1.38 to 1.42 l/kWhSO) and red data bird fatalities increased by 65% (from 305 to 502).
• The strategy establishes two primary strategic objectives: reducing the company's environmental footprint through enhanced performance (including legal compliance and emission reductions) and guiding the future of the organization to be recognized as environmentally responsible and sustainable.
• Five specific environmental targets have been set: improving legal compliance by 27%; reducing particulate emissions by 38% by 2022, SO2 by 19% by 2026, and NOx by 24% by 2026; reducing relative water usage by 5%; increasing ash utilisation to 10% of ash produced by 2019; and ensuring 8.1% of Eskom-owned land is formally protected by 2019/20.
• Eskom aims to contribute to the South African environment through specific projects: implementing an air quality offsets programme in 40,000 households by 2025, achieving a 100% phase-out of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) by 2023, declaring 8,000 hectares of high altitude grassland at Ingula as a Nature Reserve by 2018, and 100% implementation of proactive bird mitigation plans.
• The document identifies several critical risks and assumptions, including the potential for water availability in cities to decline by two-thirds by 2050 according to World Bank forecasts, the risk of stranded carbon assets due to a shift toward a low carbon economy, and the possibility that current technology may result in non-compliance with emission license requirements.

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