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Sustainability is at the core of everything we do at BASF - and we have many great stories to tell. Here you can find sustainability stories, recent news and upcoming events. Our stories are as diverse as we are and focus on how we create chemistry for a sustainable future. 

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How AI is changing the world of hair and skin care
BASF’s AI-based platform D’lite helps formulators develop customized solutions with more sustainable ingredients. Learn about this tool in our new article.
Using road construction resources, a worker is installing new asphalt road surface with space, Generative AI.
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Unleashing the power of open innovation through intrapreneurship
BASF experts developed and tested a new formulation in just under two years by implementing an agile methodology. Learn more about this in our new article.
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NORA: Bridging the gap between disruptive innovation and industrial scalability
NORA connects BASF to different areas of knowledge and innovation in the academic and entrepreneurial ecosystem across the U.S.
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Forging a path to leadership in manufacturing
Lab Quality Supervisor Jessyca Utley has come a long way in the manufacturing world. An active driver of change, she empowers and supports women across the industry.
In BASF’s ChemCycling™ project, plastic waste is transformed into pyrolysis oil using a thermochemical process. The oil can be fed in the BASF Verbund, replacing fossil resources. Using a mass balance approach, new products are manufactured with it. These have the same properties as products from fossil raw materials. BASF works together with partners such as Quantafuel, a startup headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Quantafuel is specialized in the pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste and the integrated purification of the resulting oil. Dr. Michael Bachtler (right), who is working on BASF’s ChemCycling™ project, and Rasmus Kærsgaard (left), Plant Director at Quantafuel in Quantafuel’s pyrolysis and purification plant in Skive, Denmark.
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BASF sites across North America receive mass balance certifications
In 2023 and 2024, several BASF products and production sites across North America have received mass balance certifications. Learn more in this article.
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Enzymes: a powerful yet silent ally of sustainability
Discover how enzymes are slowly yet steadily paving the way to a more sustainable reality and learn more about the scientists behind these efforts.
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Pigments & Color Innovation in the Automotive Industry
As Pigments and Innovative Colors Leader, Adriana and her team test pigments and develop new car colors. Learn about her story in this new article.
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BASF is contributing toward a circular economy through innovation and multi-sector collaboration
Achieving a circular economy involves increasing the use of recycled and renewable feedstocks, reshaping material cycles, innovating through collaboration, finding markets for end-of-life materials, and creating new business models, including AI. Learn more about BASF’s Sustainability Matters virtual event series and access the on-demand recordings.
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BASF climate protection initiatives and collaborations
Discover some of BASF’s recent efforts to help fight climate change in North America, as part of its 2023 Sustainable by Design event series.
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Mass spectrometry: uncovering unknowns in chemicals 
Learn more about Smart Scientist, Shouxun Zhao, who leads a team of experts in Structure Elucidation technologies at BASF's Wyandotte, Michigan site.

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