| BASF Canada successfully completes Responsible
Care® re-verification
Effective management systems meet or exceed Responsible Care codes
TORONTO, Ontario, November 22, 2004 -- BASF Canada has successfully
completed a re-verification of its Responsible Care management systems.
Having received initial verification in July 1995 and re-verification
in July 2001, this is the third time BASF Canada has received positive
results from the assessment.
Responsible Care is a Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association
(CCPA) initiative designed to promote the implementation of positive
environmental, health, and safety measures with an emphasis on community
cooperation. The re-verification is a system to ensure that the
Responsible Care management processes and ethic are in place and
that performance related to environmental protection, health, safety
and security has improved and will continue to do so. The team that
verified BASF’s performance was composed of peers and community
representatives.
This year, the team concluded that BASF Canada has effective management
systems in place to meet the Responsible Care codes and determined
it is capable of identifying deficiencies through its management
systems, processes, and performance indicators. The team also indicated
that BASF demonstrates continuous improvement consistent with the
expectations of the company’s stakeholders, including neighbours,
employees, peers, governments, and private owners.
“We’re proud of this re-verification,” said John
Clarke, President of BASF Canada. “Like all of BASF, we take
the corporate value of Sustainable Development very seriously. It’s
gratifying when the Responsible Care audit team certifies that we
are taking the right steps to protect our colleagues, our environment
and our communities.”
The key findings of the re-verification can be accessed by visiting
www.basf.ca.
All BASF manufacturing sites in Canada were verified and they include,
Abbotsford, British Columbia; Blackie, Alberta; Windsor, Cornwall,
Toronto and Georgetown in Ontario.
The CCPA manages Responsible Care. All CCPA member companies undergo
Responsible Care re-verification every three years to ensure that
previously verified management systems in respect to the Responsible
Care code of ethics are still in place or improved.
BASF – The Chemical Company. We don’t make
a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you
buy better.®
BASF Corporation, headquartered in New Jersey, is the North American
affiliate of BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. We employ about 11,000
people in North America and had sales of approximately $9 billion
in 2003. For more information about BASF’s North American
operations, or to sign up to receive news releases by e-mail, visit
www.basf.com/usa and www.basf.ca
in Canada.
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company. Our goal is
to grow profitably and further increase the value of our company.
We help our customers to be more successful through intelligent
system solutions and high-quality products. BASF’s portfolio
ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural
products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. Through
new technologies we can tap into additional market opportunities.
We conduct our business in accordance with the principles of sustainable
development. In 2003, BASF had sales of approximately $42 billion.
BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS),
London (BFA), New York (BF), Paris (BA) and Zurich (AN). Further
information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
For more information, contact:
Martine Despatie
BASF Canada
Tel: (416) 674-2829
E-mail: despatm@basf.com
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