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Circular economy means decoupling growth from resource consumption. The image represents the variety of plastic waste generated by an average household. The aim is to establish a new understanding of plastic waste as a resource and to view research into recycling options as an opportunity. BASF contributes to closing and expanding the loops by developing and implementing circular solutions for various materials, further optimizing our operations, and offering resource-efficient products and services that support our customers' circular goals. Photo: BASF
Business & Financial News | July 30, 2026

Mix of tech­nolo­gies required to recycle engineering plastics

A mix of recycling technologies is necessary to ensure that a broad variety of plastics can be recycled. Unlike high-volume commodity plastics such as the polyolefins used in packaging, specialty plastics often require recycling technologies tailored to their specific properties and applications.
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Trade News | July 9, 2026

BASF’s Care Chemicals division publishes Responsible Sourcing Report 2025

BASF is continuously advancing the responsible sourcing of renewable raw materials in its Care Chemicals division. The Responsible Sourcing Report 2025 shows how the company is strengthening environmental and social standards along global supply chains while supporting customers in their green transformation.
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Business & Financial News | January 8, 2026

CDP awards BASF leadership status

The non-profit organization CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) has rated BASF as one of the world’s leading companies in the areas of forest and climate protection and sustainable water management.
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Climate protection is a central component of the BASF strategy. For many years, the company has been continuously reducing its CO2 emissions. For further significant reduction, innovative processes such as methane pyrolysis are developed as part of our Carbon Management R&D Program. In the project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), BASF researchers are working on a new reactor concept in which hydrogen can be produced without CO2 emissions. The first milestone has now been reached. Our test facility at the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen (Germany) has started in experimental mode.
Trade News | November 17, 2025

BASF and ExxonMobil Join Forces to Advance Low- Emission Hydrogen Through Methane Pyrolysis Technology

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, and HOUSTON, USA – November 17, 2025 – BASF and ExxonMobil have formed a strategic collaboration to advance methane pyrolysis technology, a next step toward delivering efficient, cost-competitive low-emission hydrogen solutions for industrial use. The companies have signed a joint development agreement to co-develop methane pyrolysis technology, including plans to construct a demonstration plant aimed at commercial readiness.
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Business & Financial News | September 24, 2025

Groundbreaking ceremony at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site: next project phase for one of the most powerful heat pumps for CO2-free steam generation

BASF and its cooperation partner GIG Karasek held a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony today at the Ludwigshafen site for one of the world’s largest industrial heat pumps for CO2-free steam generation. Dr. Peter Menck, Head of the Department for Funding Programs for the Decarbonization of Industry and for Climate Protection Agreements at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, was present as construction officially began on a heat pump system that will contribute to the energy transformation of BASF’s main plant by electrifying steam production.
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