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Chemistry is our passion. We set a new direction for ourselves with the introduction of the “Winning Ways” strategy in September 2024: Our ambition is to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We aim to grow profitably and create value for our shareholders with our broad portfolio of chemicals businesses as well as our product and process innovations.
Simultaneously, we are driving the shift toward a performance culture –a decisive factor to successfully implement our “Winning Ways” strategy. We are systematically integrating sustainability topics into our strategy and business as well as into our assessment, steering and compensation systems. This principle remains embedded in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future.


BASF shares are also attractive for investors looking for chemical companies with a convincing performance in terms of the environment, society and governance (ESG).

There is a growing awareness in the financial market that a company geared towards sustainable development can outperform peers over the long-term while minimizing risks.

By fully integrating sustainability into our strategic decision making, we will be able to generate many new business opportunities.

Gareth Rees
ESG Investors worldwide
Evelyn Ungen
ESG Investors worldwide
BASF ESG Investment Story: A road curves through a green forest landscape

We create chemistry for a sustainable future

BASF ESG Investment Story September 2025
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Sustainable Portfolio Management
Analyzing our products’ contributions to the sustainability needs of our customers’ value chains
Sustainability Ratings and Rankings
In the analyses of leading ESG rating agencies, BASF is often recognized as benchmark within the chemical industry.

Sustainability News

Interpon D2525 was used on the aluminum curtain wall of The Shard in London, which is rated BREEAM Excellent 
– a globally recognized standard for assessing and certifying the sustainability of buildings and infrastructure.
Photo: David Lichtneker
Trade News | September 11, 2025

BASF, AkzoNobel and Arkema team up to lower carbon footprint of architectural powder coatings

The carbon footprint of superdurable architectural powder coatings supplied by AkzoNobel’s Interpon brand is up to 40% lower, thanks to an ongoing value chain partnership with Arkema and BASF. It means the superdurable Interpon D range can now make an even bigger impact in helping to reduce embodied carbon over the whole lifecycle of a building.
Trade News | March 31, 2025

BASF’s Care Chemicals division publishes its Responsible Sourcing Report for 2024

Ludwigshafen, Germany, March 31, 2025 – BASF’s Care Chemicals operating division today released the third edition of its Responsible Sourcing Report (RSR). The report shows the division’s progress in 2024 in the three pillars of sustainability – economy, environment and society. At the same time, it underscores BASF’s commitment to sustainability, demonstrating the company’s dedication to supporting smallholder farmers and promoting sustainable practices. BASF’s comprehensive sustainability statement can be found in the company’s Annual Report 2024.
Sri Venkataramana Higher Primary School, Kulai (Mangalore) promotes the message of water conservation with prominent display boards in and around the neighboring community. 
Print free of charge. Copyright by BASF.

Die Sri Venkataramana Higher Primary School in Kulai (Mangalore) verbreitet die Aufforderung zum Wasser sparen mithilfe von auffälligen Anzeigetafeln in und rund um die Nachbargemeinde.  
Abdruck honorarfrei. Copyright by BASF.
Value to Society
We want to contribute to a world that provides a viable future with enhanced quality of life for everyone. We have anchored this in our corporate purpose “We create chemistry for a sustainable future”. But how do we know that we are working on the right issues? And how do we know whether our current efforts are already sufficiently balancing the three fields of action - economy, society and environment? Our goal is to make value measurable. In this way, the value-to-society approach is a first step towards a transparent future.
Accounting on a tablet computer, close-up
SFDR Index 2023
As a service to investors, we offer an overview of the Principal Adverse Impact indicators in line with the requirements of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). BASF will report according to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and in line with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) in its BASF Report 2024, which will be published in 2025.
Last UpdateSeptember 10, 2025