Facts and Figures

We report in particular on goods spillages that could lead to significant environmental impacts such as dangerous goods leak of BASF products in excess of 200 kilograms on public transportation routes, provided BASF arranged the transport. For a number of years, we have been documenting leakages of dangerous goods in excess of 20 kilograms on public routes in order to identify potential weak points. Product leakage of 200 kilograms or more of dangerous goods is described as a major event.

We recorded three incidents in 2019 with spillage of more than 200 kilograms of dangerous goods (2018: 3). None of these transportation incidents had a significant impact on the environment (2018: 0).