BASF Taiwan wins Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Award for fifth consecutive year

• Ranked second among multinational companies
• Award recognizes BASF’s exceptional employee development programs and high environmental protection awareness among employees

Taipei, Taiwan – August 28, 2017 – BASF Taiwan has ranked second in the “2017 Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Award”, among multinational companies, by CommonWealth Magazine. This marks the fifth consecutive year BASF Taiwan has received the award, which recognizes its exceptional employee development programs and high environmental protection awareness among employees.

“It’s an honor to be recognized as one of the top corporate citizens in Taiwan. To pursue a sustainable future, we combine economic success with environmental protection, and social responsibility in our daily business operations. Our employees are fundamental to achieving the goals of BASF’s corporate strategy. Through our extensive employee development programs, we form the best team: excellent people, excellent place to work and excellent leaders,” said Kin Wah Chay, managing director of BASF Taiwan.

BASF initiates comprehensive employee development plans to attract and retain talent, including diverse recruitment projects to attract potential talent, worldwide employee development schemes to improve employees’ satisfaction and retention, and job rotation within the company to enrich employees’ career experiences.

BASF is committed to economically efficient and ecologically effective global climate protection. To cope with the environmental challenges society is facing, BASF provides innovative, energy efficient solutions for customers in various industries to lower their energy consumption, and reduce CO₂ and greenhouse gas emissions. BASF also reduces its waste through production optimization and recycling. With the company’s “Employee Suggestion Scheme”, employees can also actively propose their innovative ideas to improve working processes and optimize operational efficiency of the manufacturing process.

 

About BASF Greater China

BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With major investments in Shanghai, Nanjing and Chongqing, BASF is the largest foreign investor in China’s chemical industry, and maintains the BASF Asia Pacific Innovation Campus (Shanghai) as a global and regional research and development hub.  BASF posted sales of €5.9 billion in 2016 to customers in Greater China, and employed 8,805 people as of the end of that year. For further information, please visit www.basf.com.

About BASF

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 114,000 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 about €58 billion in 2016. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further information at www.basf.com.