Sustainability News

BASF starts sharing its proprietary digital solution and methodology for Product Carbon Footprint calculation to third parties active in the software space via licensing agreements. Based on BASF’s methodology, the partners will develop a software for implementation at other industry players. 

BASF has focused the sustainable solutions of its plastic additives’ portfolio under the new global brand VALERAS™. VALERAS bundles the company’s longtime experience, innovative solutions, and regulatory support with the aim to increase the sustainability of plastics along the entire polymer value chain.

As a member to The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), BASF together with more than 40 multinational companies lay out "Vision 2050: Time to Transform”, with nine pathways to action across industries to ensure a more sustainable and prosperous future.

What began at a major plastics fair and as a pilot project at the end of 2019 has led to a successful cooperation. From 1 April 2021, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH will for the first time use Styropor^® based on a raw material made from chemically recycled plastic waste as a packaging material for selected large appliances of its luxury brand Gaggenau.

The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF's Coatings division, which operates under the Chemetall brand, is part of the NOCARBforging 2050 initiative, setting itself the goal of contributing to climate-neutral industrial production in metal forming by 2050 with innovative technologies for cold forming.