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BASF Canada employees celebrate company’s 150th anniversary by planting 150 trees in Mississauga
Company donates $3,000 to help protect and conserve the Credit River Watershed
MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 22, 2015 – In celebration of BASF’s 150th anniversary, employees from the company’s Mississauga headquarters teamed up with Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) to plant 150 trees on Earth Day. Employees exercised their green thumbs at Indian Summer Trail Park in Mississauga, which was identified as an area in need of reforestation. BASF Canada also made a $3,000 financial contribution to help support the CVC Foundation.
“To mark BASF’s 150th anniversary, we are celebrating our history, and looking ahead to the next 150 years. We are identifying ways to innovate and collaborate to address global challenges. For this reason, we encouraged our employees to use Earth Day as an opportunity to support our community and make a positive impact on our environment,” said Carles Navarro, President of BASF Canada. “We are pleased to support CVC’s efforts to protect and restore the Credit River Watershed.”
CVC encourages tree planting to help restore and improve communities by increasing forest cover, fighting climate change, improving the quality of the natural environment and attracting more wildlife.
“Tree plantings are a great way to positively impact the health of the environment because they benefit water, air and soil quality,” said Mike Puddister, Director of Restoration and Stewardship for CVC. “BASF’s 150th anniversary is an important milestone in the company’s history and it is a pleasure to work with their staff to mark the occasion in such a fitting way.”
For more information about Credit Valley Conservation visit http://www.creditvalleyca.ca/.
For more information about sustainable development at BASF visit www.sustainability.basf.com.
Download photo on right, suggested caption: BASF Canada employees celebrate their company’s global 150th anniversary by planting 150 trees at Indian Summer Trail Park in Mississauga, Ontario on Earth Day.
About Credit Valley Conservation
Conservation authorities are a provincial/municipal partnership. For 60 years, Credit Valley Conservation has worked with its partners to support a thriving environment that protects, connects and sustains us. Credit Valley Conservation gratefully acknowledges financial support from our member municipalities for facilities, programs and services: the Regions of Peel and Halton; the Cities of Mississauga and Brampton; the Towns of Caledon, Erin, Halton Hills, Mono, Oakville and Orangeville; and the Townships of Amaranth and East Garafraxa. CVC is a member of Conservation Ontario.
About BASF
BASF Canada, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, has 670 employees at 13 production facilities and offices located across Canada. BASF Canada is a subsidiary of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany and an affiliate of BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey. BASF has more than 17,000 employees in North America, and had sales of $20.6 billion in 2014. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us. To find out more about BASF’s activities in Canada, visit www.basf.ca or follow us on twitter www.twitter.com/basfcanada.
At BASF, we create chemistry – and have been doing so for 150 years. Our portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. As the world’s leading chemical company, we combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF had sales of about €74 billion in 2013 and over 112,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
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