BASF calculates the carbon footprint of all products on sale.

The first chemical company to provide transparent emissions data across its entire product portfolio (approximately 45,000 products) from DATA from BASF's integrated system sands and new digital applications to help BASF customers better measure and reduce the CO2 footprint of their activities and end products.
product carbon footprint includes all product-related greenhouse gas emissions, from the raw materials purchased to the energy consumption in the production process, until the finished product leaves the factory door and is ready to be delivered to the customer.
Dr. Bo, Chairman of the Executive Board of BASF Europe,
. "Sustainability and digitalization have been two core elements of BASF's corporate strategy," says Martin Brudermueller.
by calculating the CO2 footprint, we combine these two elements to create greater transparency and a clear picture of the specific emissions of each BASF product.
allows us to work with our customers to plan to reduce CO2 emissions across the entire value chain up to the end of consumer goods.
" BASF has been calculating the carbon footprint of each product since 2007.
through in-house digital solutions, BASF will be able to calculate the carbon footprint of approximately 45,000 products it sells worldwide.
in the coming months, BASF will begin the measurement process with selected products and customer groups, and plans to provide carbon footprint data for all of its product portfolio by 2021. "Climate protection is becoming increasingly important to our customers," said Christoph J?kel, head of corporate sustainability at
BASF.
future, we can help them achieve their climate protection goals by providing reliable data.
supported by these product carbon footprint data, customers can pinpoint ways to avoid greenhouse gas emissions.
currently, BASF also helps customers reduce their carbon footprint by providing alternative raw materials and renewable energy sources.
" for example, BASF's biomass balance programme, which produces renewable feedstocks from organic waste and vegetable oil in an integrated production system to replace fossil fuels and distribute them precisely to the corresponding products sold. Another example of
biomass balance is BASF's ChemCyclingTM project.
2020, BASF has been providing customers with the first commercial products.
these products use "chemical cycle" processed plastic waste as raw materials at the initial stages of the value chain.
BASF produces sales products in both ways that perform the same as those produced from pure fossil raw materials, but have a smaller carbon footprint.
climate protection is an important part of BASF's corporate strategy.
while ensuring production, BASF has set itself a goal of keeping production-related emissions unchanged by 2030.
BASF is looking for a three-pronged approach that includes improving production and process efficiency, purchasing electricity from renewable sources, and developing new, low-emission processes.
has been using sustainability assessment methods that are essential for 25 years, including the collection and processing of data to measure sustainability contributions, which are essential for reference standards.
BASF's product carbon footprint calculations are based on a large amount of emissions data collected from its own production network, as well as reliable average data for the purchase of raw materials and energy purchases.
this approach follows general standards for life cycle analysis, such as ISO 14044 and ISO 14067, and greenhouse gas protocol product standards.
BASF is committed to introducing product-specific carbon footprint calculation guidelines in the chemical industry in order to create an industry-wide level of competition and comparable standards. "We are working with our partners to promote standardization, " says
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