Sustainability

Corporate Volunteering at BASF

Connected-to-Care

Our employees are passionate about creating chemistry – not just in research but also in their teams and the communities around our sites.

Judith Trueper

Corporate Societal Engagement

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A vivid society with high social cohesion needs voluntary engagement. Therefore, BASF is determined, as part of its societal engagement, to contribute to a sustainable society and supports its employees to engage in various local volunteering options. Employees at all BASF sites around the world are “Connected-to-Care” and are taking part in individual formats to strengthen team spirit, develop their social and professional skills and actively shape their social environment.

Corporate Volunteering Guidelines

We want to make a difference. This is why our volunteering activities follow common guidelines:

Relevance: All activities address relevant needs of the communities around our sites.

Focus: All activities contribute to a sustainable society by supporting our global focus areas future health, future skills and future resources.

Impact: All activities are designed to create long-term social and environmental impact and are planned and measured accordingly.

Connection: All activities connect two or more BASF employees and are conducted together with local partners.

Learn more about BASF's Societal Engagement

Supporting people from vulnerable social background, Argentina (2020)

Through the volunteering commissions in Argentina, BASF impacted the communities near the production sites with initiatives including the renovation of community spaces, food and Christmas present donations as well as reading activities for children in hospitals and vulnerable social situations.

Schools support during the pandemic, Ethiopia/Kenia (2020)

BASF supported schools with the donation of preventive equipment and materials.

Disaster Relief Campaigns, Turkey (2020)

BASF in Turkey organized and enabled three different campaigns. (1) During the pandemic, BASF donated masks, disinfectants, and protective shields to a health center in Istanbul. (2) Grocery vouchers were distributed to disadvantaged families in districts of Bursa. (3) A donation campaign for people affected by the Izmir earthquake was started by BASF employees and matched by the company. Families who lost their houses were provided with white goods for their new houses.

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All together Global Cleanup Campaign, Ludwigshafen/Germany (2020)

In September 2020, 170 participants collected a total of 7,500 liters of mainly plastic waste in Ludwigshafen during the volunteering day of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. BASF organized the campaign for a clean future together with the city of Ludwigshafen, the port operations and the Wirtschaftsbetrieb Ludwigshafen.

Support for communities around the BASF site, Münster/Germany (2020)

In 2020, donations were made e. g. to support an association to help young people find a vocational training or to help families with children suffering from cancer. Corporate volunteering projects included the support of pensioners with their shopping, sewing masks to support sports camps for children or supporting a youth orchestra.

School renovation, Vietnam (2020)

Together with the NGO Saigon Children’s Charity and other partners, BASF employees supported the renovation of a primary school in Hau Giang province in January 2021. The construction provided 90 children with a cleaner and safer learning environment, including a new classroom, toilets, and a playground.

Beach clean-up, Taiwan (2020)

In 2020, Taiwan employees and their families participated in beach clean-up events in Northern and Southern Taiwan. In addition, the employee engagement activities included visiting and delivering gifts to the elderly living alone, before the autumn festival as well as hosting Christmas celebration activities for the social welfare organizations in Taoyuan for many years.

All together Global Cleanup Campaign, Shanghai/China (2020)

In September 2020, BASF organized its first corporate cleanup volunteering activity in Shanghai in cooperation with Pickup China, a Shanghai-based environmental non-governmental organization. 120 BASF “trash hunters” including BASF colleagues and their families gathered near Suzhou River to clean up wastes including plastic waste in the city center of Shanghai. Within 90 minutes, the volunteers cleaned up a total of 116.3kg of waste.

Encouraging school children from vulnerable backgrounds, NZ/Australia (2020)

In this project, BASF partnered with the grassroots Indigenous STEM charity organization DeadlyScience, to donate 450 science books to remote schools in Australia. BASF colleagues were invited to personalize the books by writing a message of hope and support to the future readers.