BASF | Sustainability Performance
Produces and markets chemicals, including plastics, performance products, and crop protection solutions.
1865
Germany
10,001+ employees
Chemicals
$10B+ in revenue
$1B - 10B in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#9624
Overallⓘ#434
in Germanyⓘ#289
in ChemicalsⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesDigital emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalitiesGovernance
TargetsSDG ImpactFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Aligned
Aligned
Laggard
Laggard
Aligned
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)
Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)
Industry Benchmark
276.9
B/M 329.4
1.6K
B/M 1.4K
1.0K
B/M 908.1
1.1K
B/M 1.5K
32.3
B/M 13.0
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Controversy level
- BASF SE has faced sustained scrutiny over the contested 2022-2024 sustained Wintershall Dea (BASF 67%+ controlled, LetterOne Mikhail Fridman 33% legacy) Russian operations divestiture (EUR 5.3 billion 2022 BASF write-down on Russian Yuzhno-Russkoye gas operations) and the contested 2024 USD 11.2 billion sustained Wintershall Dea-Harbour Energy merger (post-Russian divestiture, closed September 2024) affecting German institutional shareholders.
Sustainability employees
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11+
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