basf's contribution to sustainability in the textile value chain

BASF’s Contribution to Sustainability in

the Textile Value Chain

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James Carnahan, Textile Chemicals, BASF

Guangzhou, 8th November, 2013

Agenda

Vision 2050 – “One Planet” Scenario

Measuring Sustainability Impact @ BASF

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Putting FUTURE into Textiles 4

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Performance Chemicals

BASF – Who we are and what we do 1

BASF – The Chemical Company

Our chemicals are used in almost all industries

We combine economic success, social responsibility and environmental protection

Sales 2012: €72,129 million

Expenditures for R&D circa €1.7 billion world leader in chemical industry

Employees (as of December 31, 2012): 110,782

Around 10,500 employees worldwide involved in research and development

In 2012, BASF filed for around 1,170 new patents worldwide


BASF - Our Purpose “We create chemistry for a sustainable future”

BASF Worldwide

Sites

Regional centers

Selected

production sites

Verbund sites

Most important

research sites

Freeport Geismar

São Paulo

Ludwigshafen Antwerp

Hong Kong

Kuantan Singapore

Nanjing

Florham Park


BASF Segments as of January 1, 2013

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Crop Protection

Performance

Products

Dispersions & Pigments

Care Chemicals

Functional Materials & Solutions

Agricultural

Solutions


Nutrition & Health

Paper Chemicals

Oil & Gas

Oil & Gas

Chemicals

Monomers

Intermediates

Petrochemicals

Functional

Materials &

Solutions

Construction Chemicals

Coatings

Catalysts

Performance Materials

Segments involved in the textile value chain


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Scenario Modelling

“Vision 2050: the new agenda for business”

BASF conducts in-depth analysis with Accenture:

prove the relevancy of sustainable development for BASF

identify key levers to help address the challenges

Innovation required to deliver solution 2-3 times more resource

efficient than “business as usual”

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Four Levers for reaching “One Planet”

Ecological

footprint

2050

2,8

Earths

1,0

Earths

No

Improvements

One Planet

Source: Accenture and Global Footprint Network


Energy is the main lever for reaching

One Planet”

Clean energy generation

Energy efficiency

Food

Yields

Diet

Water & non-renewable resources are

critical to achieve

Base of the Pyramid markets require

to be developed

For the Textile industry, energy, water and non-renewable resources are most relevant

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Sustainability integrated into our

Business Decisions

Connect – in our team

and with society

Enable our customers to develop

more sustainable solutions

Deliver excellence

in our operations

Creating value

Reducing risk

Overview of our 2020 goals

2020 Target 2012

Energy & Climate Protection

Greenhouse gases - 40% - 31.7%

Energy efficiency + 35% + 19.3%

Halt flaring of associated gas -100% Achieved

Water

Drinking water for production - 50% - 23.2%

Sustainable water management 100% 3.1%

Emissions to water

Organic substances - 80% - 76.4%

Nitrogen - 80% - 87.3%

Heavy metals - 60% - 56.8%

Emissions to air

Air pollutants - 70% - 63.1%

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We Help our Customers to

Reduce their “Carbon Footprint”

Without the use of BASF products: 1772

With use of BASF products: 1452

Emissions avoided: 320 million metric tons CO2e/year

Goal: Continuously increase the contribution towards emission avoidance

made by BASF products.

* Carbon dioxide equivalent

CO2e* emissions at customers

million metric tons of CO2e/year

Sustainability Measurement

Creating Value for our customers

BASF Eco-Efficiency Analysis

Views and compares both economic and

environmental advantages and

disadvantages of products and processes

Considers entire life cycle product/process

More than 500 analyses completed

High eco-efficiency means: greatest benefit

to customers in terms of costs and

environmental impact

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Sustainability networks

Examples of BASF’s memberships

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Multi-

stakeholder

initiatives

Business

initiatives

Voluntary

initiatives of

the chemical

industry

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Textile Industry: Sustainability Drivers

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Economic

Increase in diversity of consumers – require affordable fashion to function

Textile manufacture with reduction/optimized costs without compromising performance

Environmental

A greater awareness for health and the environment

Increased demand for products perceived to be more natural and having a more positive

environmental impact – but affordable

…whilst reducing the environmental footprint of how we live and being mindful of resource

constraints

Brand owners and retailers target stronger sales and earnings and position themselves as more

sustainable by defining sustainability strategies and corresponding goals

NGO’s and legislation increase environmental pressures

Putting FUTURE into Textiles

Sustainability Development & Integration

In Textiles, our contribution to sustainable development is clustered in 3 pillars

Product Safety Resource Saving Environment Protection

BASF is committed to drive sustainability forward:

Systematic portfolio screening & evolution

Imposition of internal ecological standards

– Toxicological

– Eco-toxicological

R&D targets must include sustainability improvements

Stringent product stewardship

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Supporting the Textile Value Chain

Through:

Brand RSL‘s certification

Environmental certification for customers

Advisory committees for value chain

associations/coalitions

Input stream management system

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Delivering Solutions

Low temperature cotton bleaching

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Low Temperature Cotton Bleaching

Prestogen® Activator LTB

Developed to allow a controlled rate of reaction at significantly lower temperatures.

This gives the following customer benefits:

Increased fiber strength

Better stretch & recovery properties of fabrics incorporating elastane/spandex fibers

Softer, fuller fabric handle

Reductions in energy

Reductions in recipe chemicals:

– no stabiliser necessary

– reduced amounts of caustic soda

When incorporated with the BASF package:

a significant reduction in water

a significant reduction in time

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Non-iron “zero add” formaldehyde

resin finishing

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Non-iron “zero add” FA resin finishing

Current technologies to achieve 16 ppm FA:

Moist cure crosslinking + wash + top finish

Pad-dry-cure + wash + top finish

Replacement technology: BASF Fixapret® Resin WFF

Pad-dry-cure process

No washing off step required

– Reductions in water consumption

– Reductions in effluent load

No top finishing (pad-dry)

– Reductions in energy

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CLASS I



Non-iron “zero add” formaldehyde

resin finishing

Low temperature reactive washing-off

Biodegradable sizing

- 27% COD vs. Starch/PVA

“Zero add” formaldehyde pigment

printing

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The 21st century economy needs to deliver prosperity in a resource-

constrained, energy-constrained world.

BASF talent and technology are focused on creating the products for new

economy today.

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