BASF becomes the first chemical company to be certified as a sustainable castor product

BASF AG was the first chemical company to be certified according to the SuCCESS (Sustainable Castor Concerning Environmental and Social Standards) guidelines and successfully completed the certification process by an external agency
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The production site in Düsseldorf-Holthausen, Germany is also the first certified site in the personal care industry
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BASF has now started supplying its first sustainable castor ingredients to the personal care industry
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Sustainability in general and sustainable sourcing in particular are of increasing importance among large parts of society and industry stakeholders
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Responsible sourcing is therefore a key element of BASF's sustainability strategy
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With the SuCCESS certification of the Düsseldorf-Holthausen plant, BASF continues its efforts to create chemistry for a sustainable future
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As a global company, BASF has a responsibility to carefully manage its supply chain
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The company is deeply involved in a range of initiatives, not only to increase the share of natural ingredients in its product portfolio, but also to improve the sustainability of farming practices and the well-being of farmers and workers
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BASF, Arkema, Jayant Agro-Organics Ltd and the international civil society organisation Solidaridad launched the "Pragati" project in May 2016 to improve working conditions, raise awareness of sustainable agriculture and raise awareness through more efficient farming practices.
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The Pragati project was driven by a baseline survey of more than 1,000 castor growers in the Indian state of Gujarat, where most of the world's castor supply comes from
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Its goal is to support the sustainable production of castor to build a sustainable supply chain, which includes increasing farmers' yields and incomes
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Since the project started, more than 5,800 smallholder farmers and more than 13,300 hectares of land have been certified for sustainable castor cultivation
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The SuCCESS Code was designed by multiple partners and stakeholders to ensure the goals of the Pragati project and to develop principles for the sustainability of castor seeds, guide and further enable castor producers to provide certified sustainable products in the global market.
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The SuCCESS code employs 11 tenets of ownership and provides on-site support for smallholder farmers to ensure monitoring and compliance with 41 mandatory and 25 non-mandatory control points
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Only SuCCESS certified Sustainable Castor Association (SCA) members can claim to offer sustainable castor products
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