BASF Report 2023

Nonfinancial and Other Disclosures of BASF SE

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Due to the importance of BASF SE within the BASF Group, specific disclosures are required. This relates in particular to the reporting of significant nonfinancial information, which also became mandatory for the parent company of the BASF Group, BASF SE, as a result of the CSR Directive Implementation Act, which came into effect in 2017. The integrated presentation was selected in the Management’s Report for the Nonfinancial Statement (NFS) to be issued in the reporting year in accordance with sections 289b to 289e of the German Commercial Code (HGB). The table on this and the following page shows the relevant nonfinancial key figures of BASF SE. All disclosures on strategy, due diligence, targets, described processes and key figures contained in the preceding statements in the Combined Management’s Report apply to the BASF Group including BASF SE. No significant deviations were identified for BASF SE.

Within the scope of the audit of the annual financial statements, the auditor 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/nfsaudit2023/basf-se. The audit 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 auditing standards for sustainability reporting.

Nonfinancial and other disclosures of BASF SE

 

 

2023

2022

Employees

Employees

34,213

34,705

of which apprentices

2,103

2,104

of which job offer received (%)

89

91a

Participants in Training Verbund (cooperation with partner companies in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region)

85

83b

Training Verbund expenses (million €)

2,652

2,591

Personnel expenses (million €)

3,899

4,607

of which wages and salaries

3,002

3,082
of which social security contributions and expenses for pensions and assistance

897

1,525

of which pension expenses

413

1,035

Participants in the “plus” employee share program

20,065

20,450

Innovation

Employees in research and development

4,029

4,229

Research and development expenses (million €)

1,238

1,458

Procurement

Procurement spend (billion €)

8.0

11.5

Health

Influenza vaccinations received

3,617

6,200

Participants in first aid training courses

3,582

2,900

Safety (process and occupational safety)

Fatality ratec

 

 

Employeesd

0.0

0.0

Nonemployeese

0.0

0.0

Contractors

0.0

0.0

Number of fatalities

 

 

Employeesd

0

0

Nonemployeese

0

0

Contractors

0

0

High-severity work process-related injury ratec

 

 

Employeesd

0.01

0.02

Nonemployeese

0.13

0.13

Contractors

0.03

0.01

Recordable work process-related injury ratec,f

 

 

Employeesd

1.71

–g

Nonemployeese

4.36

–g

Contractors

2.69

–g

Number of recordable work process-related injuriesf

 

 

Employeesd

411

–g

Nonemployeese

65

–g

Contractors

184

–g

Number of days lost to work process-related injuries and fatalities

 

 

Employeesd

2,549

2,863

Nonemployeese

642

739

Contractors

828

1,063

Rate of high-severity work process-related injuriesc

0.06

0.16

Rate of process safety incidentsc

0.42

0.39

Rate of high-severity process safety incidentsc

0.08

0.10

Transportation incidents

3

4

Incidents with spillage of more than 200 kilograms of dangerous goods

0

1

of which with significant impact on the environment

0

0

Emergency Response

Major incident drill

1

1

Drills and simulations of emergency measures

221

224

TUIS interventions

95

111

Management systems

Responsible Care audits

128

127

Environmental

Energy demand — electricity (MWh)

4,472,463

5,314,071

Energy demand — steam (metric tons)

14,065,629

16,739,680

Energy demand — fossil fuels in power plants (MWh)

12,439,472

14,000,999

Waste generation (metric tons)

703,070

711,871

of which recycled waste (%)

44.4

43.2

of which waste disposed of (%)

55.6

56.8

of which hazardous waste (%)

98.1

98.5

Emissions of air pollutants (excluding CH4); CO, NOx, NMVOC, SOx, dust, NH3 / other inorganic substances (metric tons)

5,542

6,662

Greenhouse gas emissions: CO2, N2O, CH4, HFC, PFC, SF6 (million metric tons of CO2 equivalents)

5.13

6.27

Water abstraction (million cubic meters)

1,143

1,142

Water use (million cubic meters)

2,020

2,142

Water discharge (million cubic meters)

1,044

1,020

Emissions of organic substances to water (metric tons)

3,496

4,231

Emissions of nitrogen to water (metric tons)

1,168

1,321

Emissions of heavy metals to water (metric tons)

5

7

Emissions of phosphorus to water (metric tons)

72

65

Operating costs for environmental protection (million €)

518

674

Investments in new and improved environmental protection plants and facilities (million €)

199

157

Provisions for environmental protection measures and remediation (million €)

293

334

a

Since the 2023 reporting year, we have reported the rate of job offers received instead of the rate of actual employment.

b

In the BASF SE Report 2022, we reported the total number of participants in the Training Verbund. In the BASF Report 2023, we report the number as of the reporting date.

c

Per 200,000 working hours

d

Own employees

e

Temporary workers

f

Recordable work process-related injuries for BASF include all injuries recorded in the system

g

Cannot be determined retrospectively for 2022

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