International recognition for BASF's efforts in climate protection and sustainability
"BASF's re-inclusion in the Climate Leadership Index encourages us in our efforts in the field of climate protection," said Ernst Schwanhold, head of the company's competence center Environment, Safety & Energy. "In the coming years, BASF plans to significantly increase its expenditures for energy efficiency and climate protection. We are continuously developing new products and processes to increase energy efficiency at BASF and for our customers. In addition, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases has been one of our global corporate goals since 2002." In the period from 2006 to 2008, BASF plans to spend EUR1.2 billion on resource conservation.This corresponds to approximately one-third of the company's total research and development expenditures.
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