Research facts and figures 2017
Who we are
Inovações para um futuro sustentável
É o optimismo que move todos os seres humanos. Na BASF, esta premissa motiva-nos diariamente a desenvolver soluções para os maiores desafios da actualidade – para que possamos proteger melhor o clima, fazer utilização optimizada dos recursos limitados e fornecer alimentação, energia e água potável para uma população mundial em crescimento.
Innovations made BASF the leading chemical company. Today our customers and the whole society are more than ever looking for innovative solutions. We all need answers for problems like climate change, scarcity of resources and marine littering. As the most innovative chemical company we take a special responsibility here, because innovations based on chemistry are key to those answers.
With our Carbon Management Program we set a benchmark in achieving the climate protection targets, with our ChemCycling approach we aim towards a circular economy. We also co-founded the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a global effort to end plastic waste in the environment. This is how we understand our corporate purpose – "We create chemistry for a sustainable future".
O nosso poder inovador
… é determinado por uma investigação e desenvolvimento eficientes. Nós criamos de acordo com o nosso Know-How Verbund: a criatividade, as competências específicas e o amplo conhecimento das nossas redes. É tudo sobre o desenvolvimento de soluções …
para um futuro sustentável
Facts and figures 2020
~10,000
employees in research and development (R&D) worldwide
> 2 billion €
expenses for R&D
16.7 billion €
sales from Accelerator products
~950
new patents worldwide
Collaborations in Alliances and networks with universities and institutes
We innovate in eight Academic Research Alliances and maintain close relations with approximately 250 universities, institutes and individual research groups around the world. Collaboration is all about bringing the right people together to find answers to the big challenges of today.
