BASF’s Care Chemicals division publishes Responsible Sourcing Report 2025

• The Responsible Sourcing Report 2025 documents the Care Chemicals division’s progress in the responsible sourcing of renewable raw materials.
• The report focuses on the sustainable cultivation of palm (kernel) oil, coconut oil, castor oil, and bioactives.
• BASF reaffirms its commitment to protecting forests and human rights, as well as to engaging smallholder farmers, despite regulatory and geopolitical challenges.

Ludwigshafen, July 9, 2026 – 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.

The focus is on internationally recognized ESG standards, transparent supply chains, and close collaboration with partners. In 2025, BASF was able to trace about 98 percent of its global palm (kernel) oil and palm derivative volumes back to the oil mill level; 79.2 percent of the palm (kernel) oil was sourced from RSPO-certified sources. Due to limited market availability, the target for full certification of palm-based intermediates has been adjusted to 2030.

Through its Forest Protection Policy, BASF is committed to preventing deforestation and the conversion of valuable ecosystems, and to protecting human rights – among other things through the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

Another focus is on engaging smallholder farmers, including in the supply chains for palm, coconut and castor oil. Projects in Asia and Latin America promote sustainable farming practices, improved working conditions, as well as higher incomes and better living standards.

Despite economic and geopolitical uncertainties, as well as the limited availability of RSPO-certified palm kernel oil, BASF reaffirms its goal of further advancing responsible sourcing as an integral part of sustainable business practices.

The Responsible Sourcing Report, introduced in 2023 as a further development of the Palm Progress Report published since 2016, provides annual transparency on how BASF’s Care Chemicals division implements and continuously develops the responsible sourcing of renewable raw materials.

The full report and further information on BASF’s sustainability commitment can be found here: Responsible sourcing


About the Care Chemicals division at BASF

The BASF division Care Chemicals offers a broad range of ingredients for personal care, home care, industrial & institutional cleaning, and technical applications. We are a leading global supplier for the cosmetics industry as well as the detergents and cleaners industry, and support our customers with innovative and sustainable products, solutions and concepts. The division’s high-performance product portfolio includes surfactants, emulsifiers, polymers, emollients, chelating agents, cosmetic active ingredients and UV filters. We have production and development sites in all regions and are expanding our presence in emerging markets. Further information is available online at www.care-chemicals.basf.com.

About BASF

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 108,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around €60 billion in 2025. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. Further information at www.basf.com.

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