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Topics on this page:
Partnership with Africa honored
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European CSR Alliance launched
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Customer preference: eco-efficient fish feed production
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Stakeholder dialogue on nanotechnology
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BASF among the "Global 100"
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Film "Sustainability and customer success”
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Partnership project initiates waste disposal in Mexico
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Diversity Guide for BASF Brazil
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E-learning courses promote sustainability
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BASF Española receives award
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July 2006 |
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Our newsletter "Sustainability and BASF" reports on related projects, workshops and other news and will appear two to three times a year.
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Partnership with Africa honored
On June 20, BASF received the Federation of German Industry (BDI) Award for the Environment in Berlin. In the category "Technology transfer to Developing Countries", BASF received the award for a partnership project with the UN organizations UNEP (UN Environment Program) and UNIDO (UN Industrial Development Organization) to extend the use of the eco-efficiency analysis in African textile dyeing companies. BASF contributed its eco-efficiency know-how and long experience with textile products. UNIDO and UNEP have extensive experience with cooperative projects and are networked with the local companies. As a result, small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa can use the software developed by BASF – the eco-efficiency manager – to analyze their work processes and products to identify areas for economic and ecological improvement. Improvements in production processes have already been achieved in pilot projects in Morocco. A workshop held in Egypt in Spring 2006 offered BASF the opportunity to establish contact with potential customers. This BASF project had already been nominated by the European Commission for the European Business Award for the Environment.
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/global_compact/projekt_morocco.htm
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European CSR Alliance launched
On March 22, 2006 in the presence of representatives of the economy from throughout Europe, Vice President of the European Commission Günter Verheugen and Commissioner for Social Affairs Vladimir Spidla publicly launched the "European Alliance for Competitive and Sustainable Enterprises" in Brussels. The new alliance, which is based on pro-active and voluntary participation and promotes flexible concepts, was preceded by several years of discussions.
Non-governmental organizations are meanwhile criticizing the European Commission's new approach of not regulating corporate social responsibility and are calling for a selective evaluation of entrepreneurial commitment.
BASF supports the alliance goals of furthering social responsibility among European enterprises and of uniting new or existing CSR initiatives of large corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises and their stakeholders under one umbrella.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/csr/policy.htm
http://corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/dialog/csr.htm
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Customer preference: eco-efficient fish feed production
In view of the continuing worldwide growth in the demand for fish and fish products, sustainability is becoming an important issue both in the use of natural resources and in aquaculture production. A customer project conducted by Expert Services Sustainability (ESS), in which BASF also offers its sustainability expertise to customers, was able to show a Norwegian salmon feed producer how to apply the eco-efficiency analysis in adopting a sustainable approach to production: a comparison of different commercial feed mixtures revealed that the fish-based feed content can be reduced to as little as 10 percent – making an important contribution to improving sustainability while maintaining good economic efficiency. Because many of the traditional fish feeds are themselves produced from fish products and their use promotes overfishing of the oceans. Responding to customers' requests, BASF has also developed an eco-efficiency manager which makes it possible to evaluate individual fish feed mixtures for their eco-efficiency via the internet.
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/innovationen/felder/ernaehrung/reden/-reden1.htm
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Stakeholder dialogue on nanotechnology
"Use opportunities – manage risks. Setting the course for sustainable nanotechnology". – This was the title of a dialogue event held jointly by BASF and Siemens under the aegis of Econsense, the German Sustainable Development Forum. With almost 100 participants from politics, industry, science as well as environmental and consumer associations, representatives of Siemens, Karlsruhe Research Center, the EU Commission, the Wuppertal Institute and BASF discussed issues such as the innovation potential of the nanotechnologies, safety in handling of nanomaterials, society's expectations and political fields of activity.
http://corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/dialog/nanotechnologie
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BASF among the "Global 100"
BASF has been included in the Global 100 list compiled by the New York research house Innovest. This list comprises the world's most successful companies in the areas of environmental protection, social affairs and corporate governance. The Global 100 companies were chosen from more than 1800 global corporations. In selecting BASF, Innovest paid tribute to the company's environmentally responsible activities, its development of sustainable products and its eco-efficiency analysis – an instrument that BASF developed and uses on behalf of its customers to compare the environmental and cost performance of different products and processes. Innovest also highlighted BASF's achievements in the fields of innovation, product stewardship and sustainability management.
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/oekonomie/basf_aktie.htm
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Film "Sustainability and customer success”
On BASF's sustainability internet pages, various operating divisions demonstrate in videos produced for customers how they implement BASF's strategic guideline "Ensure sustainable development".
The films, available in English and German, show examples of the success potentials offered by sustainable development and the resulting benefits for customers and thus for BASF too over the long term.
The films can be retrieved at:
http://corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/service/film_nachhaltiges_wirtschaften
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Partnership project initiates waste disposal in Mexico
At a ceremony on February 20, a public-private-partnership project between BASF de Mexico, GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) and Altamira Municipality was signed. The goal of the project is to establish a waste management plan for the Mexican site community. One of the greatest challenges faced by the region where the BASF production site Altamira is situated, on the Gulf of Mexico, is the problem of waste. The waste management plan, which is scheduled for completion by October, will propose ways of reducing, and improving the handling and recycling of communal waste. In his speech, Michel Gaston Mertens, Managing Director of BASF in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, emphasized the importance of the project as a pioneering initiative for the whole of Mexico and BASF's role in setting an example of responsible action in the field of sustainable development. This is further highlighted by the Initiative Responsible Care® Award conferred upon Altamira production site by the Mexican National Association of the Chemical Industry at the end of April 2006.
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/service/regionen/nafta/060413.htm
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Diversity Guide for BASF Brazil
The diversity of a company's employees contributes to creative and constructive decision making and is therefore one of the mainstays of economic success.
To emphasize the value of diversity and the opportunities it presents, BASF Brazil has prepared a diversity guideline intended to promote awareness of this issue among executives and employees and to open up new perspectives for the company.
http://corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/gesellschaft
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E-learning courses promote sustainability
Sustainable development is a core strategic guideline at BASF and is an integral part of employee training. In future, employees in the North America and Asia Pacific regions will be able to use e-learning courses to familiarize themselves with sustainability issues. The online courses use specific examples to provide an overview of the range of sustainable activities pursued by BASF.
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BASF Española receives award
The jury of the Spanish Section of the European Business Award for the Environment, edition 2005/06, has bestowed an award on BASF Española in the category "Management for sustainable development". BASF received the award for last year achieving its sustainability goals relating to its integrated management system. Aspects emphasized included the solid strategic basis of sustainability and the associated implementation activities leading to increased stakeholder satisfaction. The award was handed over at a ceremony in Madrid by I.R.H. Prince of Asturian to Karl Peter Bercio, Managing Director BASF Española.
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/service/regionen/europa
Contact:
Tanja Castor
BASF SE
Sustainability Center
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