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Our Sustainability Goals

We have set voluntary longterm global goals in the areas of economy, environment, safety, employees and society. Through these goals, sustainable development at BASF is transparent and verifiable.

Profitable growth

	2023 target	2023 status	More on
Achieve a return on capital employed (ROCE) considerably above the cost of capital percentage every year	> 9%	4.5%	More...
Grow sales volumes faster than global chemical production every year	> 1.7%	–8.4%	More...
Increase EBITDA before special items by 3%–5% per year	3–5%	–28.7%	More...
Increase the dividend per share every year based on a strong free cash flow	> €3.40	€3.40¹	More...

¹ Dividend proposed by the Board of Executive Directors

Effective climate protection

	2030 target	2018 status	2023 status	More on
Reduce our absolute CO₂ emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 25% by 2030 (baseline: 2018)¹	16.4 MMT	21.9 MMT	16.9 MMT	More...
	2030 target	2022 status	2023 status	More on
Reduce our specific CO₂emissions (scope 3.1) by 15% by 2030 (baseline: 2022)²	1.34 kg CO₂/kg raw materials	1.58³ kg CO₂/kg raw materials	1.61 kg CO₂/kg raw materials	More...

¹ Scope 1 and Scope 2 (excluding the sale of energy to third parties). The target includes greenhouse gases according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, which are converted into CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e). The baseline year is 2018.

²Scope 3.1, raw materials excluding battery materials, services and technical goods, excluding greenhouse gas emissions from BASF trading business. Future adjustment of the baseline in line with the TfS guideline possible depending on the availability of further primary data. The baseline year is 2022.

³The figure for 2022 was adjusted due to increased data availability.

Responsible procurement

	2025 target	2023 status	More on
Cover 90% of our relevant spend with sustainability evaluations by 2025	90%	89%	More...
Have 80% of our suppliers improve their sustainability performance upon reevaluation	80%	82%	More...

Resource-efficient and safe production

	2030 target	2023 status	More on
Reduce our worldwide high-severity process safety incidents per 200,000 working hours to ≤0.10 by 2030¹	≤0.10	0.05	More...
Reduce our worldwide high-severity work process-related injuries per 200,000 working hours to ≤0.05 by 2030¹	≤0.05	0.03	More...
Introduce sustainable water management at our production sites in water stress areas and at our Verbund sites by 2030	100%	70%	More...

¹ We updated the safety targets in 2023.

Committed employees and diversity

	2030 target	2023 status	More on
Increase the proportion of women in leadership positions with disciplinary responsibility to 30% by 2030	30%	28.4%	More...
More than 80% of our employees feel that at BASF, they can thrive and perform at their best	>80%	79%¹	More...

¹We regularly calculate the employee engagement level. The most recent survey was conducted in 2023.

Im Rahmen des „Wasser-Erziehungs-Projekts“ der BASF ziehen Schüler der Shri Venkataramana Higher Primary School in Kulai (Mangalore) zusammen mit dem Naturkundelehrer Gopala V Proben aus dem Grundwasserreservoir, das in der Nähe der BASF-Produktionsstätte liegt. Mithilfe des Wasser Testing Toolkits können sie die physische, chemische und biologische Parameter der Wasserprobe testen.

Sustainable Development Goals

BASF supports the UN and the achieving of the SDGs to make our planet more sustainable.

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BASF Sustainability Presentations

BASF Sustainability Presentations