Our Targets Business success tomorrow means creating value for the environment, society and business. We have set ourselves ambitious global targets along our entire value chain. We report transparently on our target achievement so that our customers, investors, employees and other stakeholders can track our progress. We want to grow faster than the market and thus be economically successful and profitable. Furthermore, we want to provide answers to the most pressing challenges of our time. To combat climate change and global warming, we have resolved to limit total greenhouse gas emissions from our production sites and our energy purchases to the 2018 level while growing production volumes. In other words, we want to decouple greenhouse gas emissions from organic growth. We have also defined targets for safety for people and the environment, a sustainable product portfolio, responsible procurement, sustainable water management, engaged employees, and inclusion of diversity. The objective of these targets is to steer our business into a sustainable future and, at the same time, contribute to the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).1 We are focusing on issues where we as a company can make a significant contribution, such as climate protection, sustainable consumption and production, and fighting hunger. Grow sales volumes Grow sales volumes faster than global chemical production every year –3% (Global chemical production: 1.8%) More Increase EBITDA before special items Increase EBITDA before special items by 3%–5% per year –11% More Achieve ROCE above the cost of capital percentage Achieve a return on capital employed (ROCE)2 considerably above the cost of capital percentage every year 7.7% (Cost of capital: 10%) More Increase dividend per share Increase the dividend per share every year based on a strong free cash flow. €3.303 (2018: €3.20) More Grow CO2-neutrally Grow CO2-neutrally until 2030 (Development of carbon emissions compared with baseline 2018) –8.2% More Reduce work-related accidents Reduce the worldwide lost-time injury rate per 200,000 working hours to ≤ 0.1 by 2025 0.3 More Reduce process safety incidents Reduce worldwide process safety incidents per 200,000 working hours to ≤ 0.1 by 2025 0.3 More Increase employee engagement More than 80% of our employees feel that at BASF, they can thrive and perform at their best 79% More Introduce sustainable water management Introduce sustainable water management at all production sites in water stress areas and at all Verbund sites by 2030 35.8% More Increase proportion of women in leadership positions Increase the proportion of women in leadership positions with disciplinary responsibility to 22%–24% by 2021New target for 2030: 30% 23% More Increase sales from Accelerator products Achieve €22 billion in Accelerator sales4 by 2025 €15.0 bn More Improve sustainability of suppliers Cover 90% of our relevant spend5 with sustainability evaluations by 2025 81% Have 80% of our suppliers improve their sustainability performance upon re-evaluation 52% More 1 For more information on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), see About This Report and online at sustainabledevelopment.un.org 2 Return on capital employed (ROCE) is a measure of the profitability of our operations. We calculate this indicator as the EBIT generated by the segments as a percentage of the average cost of capital basis. 3 Dividend proposed by the Board of Executive Directors 4 Accelerator products are products that make a substantial sustainability contribution in the value chain. 5 We understand relevant spend as procurement volumes with suppliers defined as “relevant.” More information on suppliers back next