BASF

Today, we use more and more products in our daily life that follow the principles of circular economy. Our customers have a growing need to differentiate with sustainability. They face new regulations and standards in value chains, as well as changing societal and business environments. Thus, sustainability is starting in our labs with research to create new solutions for consumer industries.

It is our goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. We continue these efforts by intensively focusing on improved production processes and fundamentally new technologies. Our researchers are working on multiple projects to prevent CO2 emissions from occurring at all, and additionally focus on integrating biomass, CO2 or waste as a raw material for chemical production.

The idea of a circular economy is to decouple growth from resource depletion by developing innovative business models - this requires moving away from the linear “take-make-dispose” approach and finding new methods in production and consumption by developing and implementing circular solutions.

While battery materials are the heart of an electric vehicle, our researchers work on improving many more determining factors for sustainable mobility of the future. This ranges from the interior and exterior parts of a vehicle to the powertrain and chassis, all with the goal to make mobility cleaner, quieter, safer and more comfortable.

Crops are the basis for human food and to feed livestock, which play an increasing role in human nutrition habits globally. With more than 100 years of experience, BASF continues to research solutions that help farmers protect crops and ensure yields. Today, our scientists do research in many different areas including seeds, crop protection products and digital farming.