Sustainability in Indonesia

We Create Chemistry for Sustainable Future

At BASF, we are committed to helping our customers and business partner to build resilient businesses and thrive from going green. Your business can benefit from our ecosystem of resources, sustainability-linked solutions, and ESG sustainability tools to navigate the transition to Net Zero.

We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. More than 111,000 employees worldwide contribute to the success of around 82,000 customers from almost all sectors.

We contribute to sustainability and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many ways. We are committed to doing business responsibly, safely, resource-efficient, and respectfully. Our corporate values and global Code of Conduct guide us here. Our business partners must comply with prevailing laws, regulations, and internationally recognized principles. We want to ensure that we act in line with the applicable laws and uphold our responsibility to the environment and society with comprehensive management and monitoring systems.

Our global sustainability initiatives

At BASF we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. As global leaders in sustainability, it is important to us that we are combining science and innovation to help our customers meet the current and future needs of society, whilst contributing to a cleaner, more sustainable future. We aim to achieve these goals through our global initiatives mentioned below.

Circular Economy

Circular economy means decoupling growth from resource consumption. BASF is driving a circular economy by making the most of the limited resources of our planet: We keep them in use for as long as possible, minimise waste and create value with renewable resources.

Sustainable Solution Steering

Sustainable Solution Steering was introduced at BASF with the aim to increase our portfolio of innovative and sustainable solutions and make our customers more successful. By identifying key drivers and issues in our customers’ industries, we intend to assess the sustainability contribution of each of our products in its specific application.

Our carbon management

We want to live up to our responsibility for climate protection by becoming more efficient, using electricity from renewable sources, and developing new low-emission technologies.

People of different origins and skin color put their hands on top of each other

Our plastics journey

The choices we all make as individuals move the challenge of plastic waste further along its journey towards sustainability, but we’re not getting there fast enough.

BASF – and others in the value chain – are stepping up to their responsibilities and working together to make that journey go faster, so that someday soon all our efforts can truly achieve the changes to plastic waste that the world wants to see.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

BASF carry out our corporate purpose, “We create chemistry for a sustainable future,” by pursuing ambitious goals along our entire value chain. In this way, we aim to achieve profitable growth and take on social and environmental responsibility. This also helps to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Discover more about how our targets link to the UN SDGs.

Battery recycling closes the loop in electromobility: The recycling process produces the so-called "black mass", which is processed by BASF lab technician Stefan Schleicher (left) and chemist Dr. Birgit Gerke (right).

Battery materials

We believe the development of advanced emission control technologies and the increasing demand for electric powered cars will help reduce emissions and increase air quality on a global scale. Fewer emissions will make our world a better place to live by reducing the impact of air pollution in inner cities and creating a positive effect on the health of the population.

_{In Indonesia, BASF is driving sustainability through local initiatives. We understand that through a bottom-up approach, we can actively contribute to a more sustainable future and enhance the quality of life for others.}

Field Training & Application Selontra® with General Manager, R&D Team, Estate Manager and Supervisors, and applicators.

Selontra® 0.075 Supports Sustainable Development of the Palm Oil Sector

Palm oil is a very strategic plantation crop, with a high economic value, a source of community income, increasing employment opportunities, and increasing non-oil exports, which is greater than the export value of agricultural products excluding palm oil.

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Intha fisherman leg rowing in traditional style on Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma).

ECOLOOP focuses on reducing carbon footprints through the increased use of renewable energy

BASF is one of the chemical companies that are most aware of dealing with sustainability issues, including the process of reducing CO2 emissions in the production process of all its products.

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