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Our portfolio with a reduced carbon footprint 

PCF

The Cradle-to-Gate (“from resource extraction to the factory gate”) PCF (Product Carbon Footprint) takes into account all greenhouse gas emissions generated in the process – from the extraction of resources through the manufacture of the precursors and the production of the end product itself to the point where it leaves the com- pany. A Cradle-to-Grave PCF covers the entire life cycle of the product, including emissions from the from the use phase and the end of the product‘s lifecycle. 

BASF’s PCF calculation is based on greenhouse gas emissions from our own plants and high-quality average data for purchased raw materials and purchased energy. 
BASF will gradually replace the average data with supplierspecific data for purchased raw materials as soon as they are available from our suppliers. 

Our portfolio comprises the following products with reduced carbon footprint: 

  • Ultramid® Ccycled®
  • Ultramid® BMB 
  • Adipic acid BMB 
  • Our standard Ultramid portfolio on a fossil basis with competitive PCF values 
Opportunities to reduce PCFs
PCFs provide our customers with valuable information on product greenhouse gas emissions. We already offer our customers added value through the use of alternative raw materials. This way, we help them reduce the carbon footprint of their products. 

One example is BASF‘s biomass balance approach, in which fossil resources in the production Verbund are replaced by renewable raw materials from organic waste and vegetable oils and allocated to the sales product by calculation.

Another example of the application of the mass balance approach is the ChemCycling® project. Since 2020, BASF has been offering its customers the first commercial quantities of products for which chemically recycled plastic waste is used at the start of production. BASF sales products from both approaches have the same properties as products purely based on fossil l raw materials – but with a lower carbon footprint. 

Our example: adipic acid 
  • Nitric oxide: Further use in our Verbund or thermal utilization. 
  • Continuous process optimization.
  • Use of green electricity.

 

Frank Reil
Head of Marketing, BASF SE
+49 621 60-97434 +49 1525 6454134