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Virtual simulation, real impact: CAE in the automotive industry

Discover how BASF's expert Prasanna Kondapalli uses advanced simulation to cut costs and enable metal‑to‑plastic conversions in the automotive industry.

People behind the chemistry

The North Geismar approach: motivating people, maximizing performance

Discover how the North Geismar site blends hands-on leadership, safety-first culture, and projects to boost performance and drive efficiency gains.Discover how the North Geismar site blends hands-on leadership, safety-first culture, and projects to boost performance and drive efficiency gains.

Corporate responsibility & community

Exciting career opportunities you can pursue at BASF

Discover dynamic career opportunities at BASF in engineering, IT, sales, finance, and more, all while making a meaningful impact.

Driving the green transformation

BASF enters long-term agreement to secure renewable energy certificates, supporting Scope 2 emissions reduction at U.S. sites

BASF has signed a 15-year agreement with BP Energy Retail Company to acquire Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). These certificates are linked to approximately 47 megawatts (MW) of annual capacity from Swift Current Energy’s Castle Gap Wind project in Central Texas. By securing RECs, BASF can offset carbon-intensive, grid-supplied electricity attributed to multiple U.S. locations, helping to reduce emissions in its value chain.

Corporate responsibility & community

BASF Kids’ Lab inspires young minds in South Africa

BASF’s first Kids Lab in South Africa brought chemistry to life for Boksburg kids with hands-on art, science, fun and community impact.

Advanced Manufacturing

Smart scientists and innovation

Putting AI to work: five BASF success stories

Explore five BASF AI solutions boosting operations, R&D, farming, personal care and pharma—driving change and improving efficiency across industries.

Smart scientists and innovation

BASF Venture Capital: a bridge into the startup world

Discover how BASF Venture Capital connects academia, startups, and the chemical industry to drive innovation and sustainability.

Corporate responsibility & community

Driving the green transformation

Restoring the roots: How BASF is helping reclaim and revive Belvidere forestland

In Belvidere, New Jersey, a threatened forest ecosystem is being brought back to life.

Corporate responsibility & community

People behind the chemistry

Jolen Stein: a driving force of inclusion in manufacturing

BASF’s Jolen Stein, 2025 WIM Hall of Fame inductee, drives inclusion and female leadership, and builds STEM pathways across Louisiana and the Southeast.

In BASF’s ChemCycling™ project, plastic waste is transformed into pyrolysis oil using a thermochemical process. The oil can be fed in the BASF Verbund, replacing fossil resources. Using a mass balance approach, new products are manufactured with it. These have the same properties as products from fossil raw materials. BASF works together with partners such as Quantafuel, a startup headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Quantafuel is specialized in the pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste and the integrated purification of the resulting oil. Dr. Michael Bachtler (right), who is working on BASF’s ChemCycling™ project, and Rasmus Kærsgaard (left), Plant Director at Quantafuel in Quantafuel’s pyrolysis and purification plant in Skive, Denmark.

Driving the green transformation

BASF sites across North America earn mass balance certifications

In 2023, 2024 and 2025, several BASF products and production sites across North America have received mass balance certifications. Learn more in this article.

The climate is changing.

So are we.

Our goal is net-zero emissions by 2050. It's ambitious, for sure. But we're confident we can get there. That's because, in our pursuit of change, we're leaving no stone unturned, questioning everything that can be questioned, and finding inspiration in surprising places.

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