Targets and Target Achievement 2022
For us, business success tomorrow means creating value for the environment, society and business. That is why we pursue ambitious targets along our entire value chain. We report transparently on target achievement so that our stakeholders can track our progress.
Our objective is profitable growth: We want to grow sales volumes faster than global chemical production, further increase our profitability, achieve a return on capital employed (ROCE) considerably above the cost of capital percentage and increase the dividend per share every year based on a strong free cash flow.
In addition to these financial targets, we have set ourselves broad sustainability targets. We want to significantly reduce our CO2 emissions in the coming years and align our product portfolio even more strongly with climate protection and the circular economy. To achieve this, we are updating the methodology used to assess our product portfolio against defined sustainability criteria and will apply it for the first time in 2023 (see Our Sustainability Concept). We are also working to strengthen sustainability in our supply chains and use resources responsibly. We want to further improve safety in production. Furthermore, we aim to promote diversity within the company and create a working environment in which our employees feel that they can thrive and perform at their best.
The objective of these targets is to steer our business into a more sustainable future, and at the same time, contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We are focusing here on issues that we as a company can influence – especially SDG 2 (Zero hunger), SDG 5 (Gender equality), SDG 6 (Clean water and sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy), SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth), SDG 12 (Responsible consumption and production) and SDG 13 (Climate action).
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Most important KPIs
BASF has set itself ambitious targets along the value chain. Two of these indicators are particularly important:
- Return on capital employed (ROCE)
- Absolute CO2 emissions
As our most important key performance indicators (KPIs), these two metrics are the main indicators used to steer the BASF Group. We also use ROCE for employee incentivization throughout the Group. The achievement of climate protection targets also influences the compensation of members of the Board of Executive Directors and senior executives.
Status of Target Achievement
Profitable growth
Achieve a return on capital employed (ROCE) considerably above the cost of capital percentage every year5,6
2022 target
>9%
2022 status
10.0%
Grow sales volumes faster than global chemical production every year6
2022 target
>2.2%
2022 status
–7.0%
Increase EBITDA before special items 3% to 5% per year6
2022 target
3%–5%
2022 status
–5.2%
Increase the dividend per share every year based on a strong free cash flow1,6
2022 target
>€3.40
2022 status
€3.401
Effective climate protection
Reduce our absolute CO2 emissions2 by 25% by 2030 (baseline: 2018)5,6
2030 target
16.4 MMT
2022 status
18.4 MMT
2018 baseline
21.9 MMT
Responsible procurement
Cover 90% of our relevant spend with sustainability evaluations by 20257
2025 target
90%
2022 status
85%
Have 80% of our suppliers improve their sustainability performance upon re-evaluation7
2025 target
80%
2022 status
76%
Resource efficiency and safe production
Reduce worldwide process safety incidents per 200,000 working hours to ≤0.1 by 20253,7
2025 target
≤0.1
2022 status
0.3
Reduce the worldwide lost-time injury rate per 200,000 working hours to ≤0.1 by 20253,7
2025 target
≤0.1
2022 status
0.3
Introduce sustainable water management at our production sites in water stress areas and at our Verbund sites by 20307
2030 target
100%
2022 status
61.6%
Employee engagement and diversity
1 Dividend proposed by the Board of Executive Directors
2 Scope 1 and Scope 2 (excluding the sale of energy to third parties, including offsetting) The target includes greenhouse gases according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, which are converted into CO2 equivalents (CO2e). The baseline year is 2018.
3 We will update the safety targets and report according to a new system in 2023.
4 We regularly calculate the employee engagement level. The most recent survey was conducted in 2022.
5 Most important key performance indicator
6 Reasonable assurance
7 Limited assurance