LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY: BASF SA has further strengthened its operations network for certified palm products: At present, the company manufactures certified ingredients at 20 locations around the world for the cosmetic, detergent and cleaning agent industries.
This production network also includes the BASF factories at Gebze (Turkey) and Dahej (India): they have now received the Supply Chain Certificate of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as BASF announced on the occasion of the RSPO’s fifth annual European Roundtable in London.
Present in all key regions
“With our sites in Turkey and India, we are able to offer the optimal conditions required for changing over to certified ingredients to our customers in all key regions. It all depends just how quickly we can jointly transform the market to sustainable products along the entire value chain”, said Jan-Peter Sander, senior VP BASF personal care Europe.
120 ingredients with a mass balance certificate
BASF is one of the largest global manufacturers of ingredients for cosmetic products, detergents and cleaning agents as well as foodstuffs. In Europe, the personal care business unit currently offers about 120 ingredients based on palm kernel oil, which has been certified according to the RSPO “mass balance” module. In the past year, BASF has virtually doubled its sales of certified ingredients based on palm kernel oil. Altogether, the company processed a total of 508,000 tonnes of palm-based raw materials. BASF is thus one of the largest processors of palm products worldwide.
Standard sustainable palm oil products are the ultimate goal
Each year, 71 million tonnes of palm products are manufactured globally. Around ten percent of this is palm kernel oil. This represents approximately seven million tonnes of palm kernel oil, of which only about 1.3 million tonnes are currently RSPO-certified. For many years, BASF has advocated making sustainable oil palm products the industry standard in the cosmetics, detergents and cleaning agent industries. The company, which has been a member of the RSPO since 2004, also joined the High Carbon Stock Steering Group in 2016 in order to promote the industry activities for forest conservation.
Sustainable manufacture of palm oil is possible
“We have made some good progress in 2016 in the changeover to certified ingredients for the cosmetics industry, and we believe that sustainable manufacture of palm oil is possible. A reliable certification system and the best possible transparency are the key factors in protecting forests with a high carbon content”, said Jan-Peter Sander.
In April, the company published its Palm Progress Report during a second dialogue event with palm experts in London. In this report, BASF describes the market developments and its progress in implementing BASF’s palm oil commitments. As a partner of the RSPO European Roundtable this year, BASF is continuing this dialogue. At the meeting of European suppliers, processors and producers of palm oil products from all over Europe, BASF was involved in exchanging information with representatives from all along the supply chain and in developing new approaches for projects with small farmers and local communities.
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