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Purpose, Action Areas, Values

Our Purpose

The purpose of BASF reflects what we do and why we do it:

We create chemistry for a sustainable future.

We want to contribute to a world that provides a viable future with enhanced quality of life for ever y one. This is why we offer products and solutions that are designed to make the best use of available resources and help to overcome challenges.
 

To reach these goals, we have defined our action areas.

Our strategic action areas

To reach our goals and be the leading company in the chemical industry for our customers, we are strengthening our performance in innovation and in operations as the leading chemical producer and plant operator. We leverage digital technologies and data to create additional value added for us and our customers. We are embedding sustainability even more deeply into the steering of our business. We want to foster a passion for our customers in all employees. We are expanding our portfolio and refining our organization to better meet customer needs using the power of our Verbund integration. To this end, we have defined six strategic action areas on which will continue to base our activities.

Our Values
guide our conduct and actions

How we act is critical for the successful implementation of our strategy: This is what our values represent. They guide our actions and define how we want to work together – as a team, with our customers and our partners.