Nonfinancial Statement (NFS) in Accordance with Sections 315b and 315c of the German Commercial Code (HGB)

The NFS disclosures can be found in the relevant sections of the Management’s Report and have been prepared in accordance with the appropriate frameworks: the Global Reporting Initiative Standards and the reporting requirements of the U.N. Global Compact.

The table on the following page shows the sections and subsections in which the individual disclosures can be found. In addition to a description of the business model, the NFS includes disclosures on the following matters, to the extent that they are required to understand the development and performance of the business, the Group’s position and the impact of business development on the following matters: environmental matters, employee-related matters, social matters, respect for human rights, anti-corruption and bribery matters.

In accordance with the E.U. Taxonomy Regulation and the supplementary delegated acts, the NFS includes the proportion of the Group’s taxonomy-eligible and, for the first time, our Group-wide taxonomy-aligned turnover, capital expenditures (including acquisitions and excluding goodwill in accordance with the E.U. taxonomy) and operating expenditures for the 2022 business year. This applies to the environmental objectives of climate change mitigation and adap­tation to climate change currently addressed in the E.U. taxonomy.

Within the scope of the annual audit, KPMG checked pursuant to section 317(2) sentence 4 HGB that the NFS was presented in accordance with the statutory requirements. KPMG also conducted a limited assurance of the NFS. An assurance statement of the limited assurance can be found online at basf.com/nfs-audit-2022. The assurance was conducted in accordance with ISAE 3000 (­Assurance Engagements other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information) and ISAE 3410 (Assurance Engagements on Greenhouse Gas Statements), the relevant international assurance standards for sustainability reporting.