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Industry Group:Diversified Chemicals

The report of BASF SE leverages data points from across the internet as well as from available filings by BASF SE. This ESG rating covers 17 United Nations SDGs including: 'Clean Water & Sanitation', 'Climate Action' and 'Life below Water'. This ESG score for BASF SE indicates the company's reporting of the UN SDGs.

BASF SE in the Diversified Chemicals industry gained a UN SDG ESG Transparency Score of 7.7; made up of an environmental score of 8.0, social score of 7.0 and governance score of 8.0.

SDG Transparency Score for BASF SE 
Low
0 - 3
Medium
4 - 6

7.7

High Impact
7 - 10
Last Score Update: 2024-05-01
What drives the score for BASF SE 
8.0

Environmental

7.0

Social

8.0

Governance

Detailed ESG Breakdown
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Peer Group Comparison

RankCompanySDG Transparency Score Performance
1Chemours Co
8.0
High
1Nissan Chemical Corp
8.0
High
1Bayer SA
8.0
High
1Sasol Ltd
8.0
High
16BASF SE
7.7
High
16Atul Ltd
7.7
High
16Lanxess AG
7.7
High
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86Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co Ltd
0.0
Low
86Zhejiang XinAn Chemical Industrial Group Co Ltd
0.0
Low
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BASF SE operates as a chemical company worldwide. The company operates through six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. The Chemicals segment provides petrochemicals and intermediates. The Materials segment offers advanced materials and their precursors for applications and systems, such as isocyanates and polyamides, as well as inorganic basic products and specialties for plastic and plastic processing industries. The Industrial Solutions segment develops and markets ingredients and additives for industrial applications, such as polymer dispersions, pigments, resins, electronic materials, antioxidants, light stabilizers, oilfield chemicals, mineral processing, and hydrometallurgical chemicals. The Surface Technologies segment offers chemical solutions and automotive OEM, which include refinish coatings, surface treatment, catalysts, battery materials, and precious and base metal services for the automotive and chemical industries. The Nutrition & Care segment provides nutrition and care ingredients for food and feed producers, as well as pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergent, and cleaner industries. The Agricultural Solutions segment offers crop protection products and seeds, such as fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and biological crop production products, as well as seed treatment products. The company has strategic partnerships with Contemporary Amperex TechnologyCo., Limited on battery materials solutions, including cathode active materials and battery recycling. BASF SE was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.

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