Highlights and challenges 2010 Sustainability: core to delivering on our growth drivers SD more detailed review of the integration between our sustainability performance  and the achievement of our strategic growth objectives is provided in our separate  sustainable development report.   * The recordable case rate (RCR) is a standard  international measure for reporting work-related  injuries and illnesses and other safety incidents  resulting in injury. The RCR is the number of  fatalities, lost workday cases, restricted work cases,  medical treatments beyond first-aid cases and  accepted illnesses, for every 200 000 employee  hours worked, reported on a 12-month moving  average basis. 22 For Sasol, addressing sustainable  development issues is as much an economic  and business imperative as it is a moral  imperative. In addition to the various drivers relating  to value-protection – where the focus is  primarily on risk management, compliance  and operational efficiency – sustainable  development also presents opportunities  for value-creation. We believe, for example,  that there are signifi cant commercial  opportunities associated with meeting  the profound challenges associated with  We believe that our sustainability  performance has a direct bearing on  the achievement of our strategic growth  objectives. At its most fundamental, growing  our business is ultimately dependent upon  the maintenance of a stable political  environment, the ability to attract and retain  the best and most appropriately skilled  promoting energy security on the one hand,  while addressing climate change and resource  depletion on the other. Sasol has a long  history of technological innovation and of  commercialising technologies at scale.  We see strategic growth opportunities  associated with building on these  competencies, and in identifying options for  differentiating from the current fossil fuel- based energy mix. It is for this reason that we  have established Sasol New Energy, which has  been tasked with identifying and realising the  business opportunities associated with  a low-carbon future economy. employees, ensuring continued access to vital  natural resources and feedstock (such as  water, coal and gas), and maintaining positive  relationships with our principal stakeholders,  including governments, providers of capital,  and the communities where we operate.  Achieving each of these elements requires  us to operate in an informed, responsive  and socially responsible manner.  The new King III Code of Governance  Principles in South Africa calls for integrated  sustainability reporting. Underlying this call is  the desire that companies should more clearly  demonstrate how social, economic and  environmental considerations impact on the  company’s strategic growth drivers, as well as  showing how these issues are being effectively  integrated within the company’s core strategy  and throughout its sphere of infl uence.  o Actions implemented to improve operating  performance are delivering results. o  Successful execution of offshore projects  supported earnings growth. o Strategically well-positioned to leverage  opportunities for growth through continued  enhancement of technology.  o Balance sheet strength is supporting  investment for growth and enhanced returns  to shareholders. o  Improving our safety record remains our  biggest challenge. chairman’s statement