BASF recognized as finalist for community impact award

WYANDOTTE, MI, July 15, 2016 – BASF Corporation was recognized as a finalist for the Corporate Community Impact Award at the second annual Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards, presented by ESPN on July 12 in Los Angeles, California.

A new category for the 2016 awards, the Corporate Community Impact Award recognizes corporations who use the power of sports to make a positive impact on society by inspiring change. BASF was recognized for its collaboration with the Seattle Mariners to educate fans on the value of organic waste collection with certified compostable bags made with BASF’s ecovio^® biopolymer. By engaging fans through in-stadium messaging, trivia games, and giveaways, BASF promoted tools for making organic waste collection clean, safe, and easy. In a follow-up survey, 83% of fans who received a kitchen caddy giveaway reported an increase of food scrap collection.

ESPN awarded BASF with a $25,000 grant for charity, which BASF has directed to the Green Sports Alliance for use by the food recovery group Rock and Wrap It Up! Sports Wrap!  This charitable program partners with sports arena and stadium concessions to recover unsold food for the indigent and helps educators build awareness about hunger, food waste, and climate protection. Proceeds from the awards dinner will go to the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund at The V Foundation.

Download photo on right, suggested caption: By engaging fans in the stadium, BASF's partnership with the Seattle Mariners demonstrates the value of organic waste collection.

ecovio is a registered trade mark of BASF.

About ecovio

ecovio^® is a high-quality and versatile bioppolymer from BASF. The primary advantages: It is certified compostable and bio-based. The main areas of use for ecovio are plastic films such as organic waste bags, dual-use bags (first for shopping, then for organic waste) or agricultural films. Furthermore, compostable packaging solutions such as paper coating, shrink films, foam packaging and injection molding products can be produced with ecovio.

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has nearly 17,500 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.4 billion in 2015. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us.
 
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 112,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into five segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions, Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas. BASF generated sales of more than €70 billion in 2015. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information at www.basf.com.

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