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Identification of relevant sustainability topics


Issue Management for Sustainability



We want to identify and evaluate important sustainability issues at an early stage. The goal is to develop strategies enabling the company to meet these new challenges. In 2007 BASF analyzed and evaluated sustainability issues together with the British consultancy SustainAbility Ltd and illustrated them in a Materiality Matrix. The developed Matrix considers the degree of societal interest and also the potential impact for BASF. Detailed research on each stakeholder priorities provided the foundation for the overall ‘societal interest’ rating in the assessment.


Framing Issues/Global Challenges



...are issues of global interest that currently or in future present a risk or opportunity to BASF.
Chart: Materiality of Global Challenges



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Core Issues



...are issues of direct BASF interest that currently or in future present a risk or opportunity to BASF.
Chart: Materiality of core issue groupings



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10/06/08
BASF receives European award for Carbon Balance


09/22/08
BASF is leading in disclosure about climate protection


09/04/08
BASF leading chemical company in Dow Jones Sustainability Index


01/21/08: New website on nanomaterials safety research

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