SUSTAINABILITY
The company has set a target of reducing Scope 3.1 emissions by 15 % reduction from 2022 to 2030 . It has therefore created a ‘ Supplier
CO 2
Management Programme ’ to work with suppliers to help them understand , measure , manage and ultimately reduce the PCFs of the materials they supply to BASF .
BASF , Stiles continued , worked with an external IT partner to develop Strategic CO 2
Transparency ( SCOTT ), a digital tool that takes in primary data from its own processes and high quality average data from databases or primary data from third parties .
This has yielded a PCF calculation methodology that is based on ISO and Greenhouse Gas Protocol standards , approved by the industry ’ s Together for Sustainability ( TfS ) initiative , of which BASF is a founder member , and certified by third parties as being scientifically based . BASF has licensed SCOTT out to other companies for use .
“ BASF itself uses about 20,000 raw materials for its Scope 3 emissions , uses 20 TW / year of energy in Scope 2 and 700 production plants in Scope 1 ,” said Stiles . “ They all go into our SCOTT tool and out comes the PCF .”
D ’ lite on show
For its personal care customers , BASF provides the PCFs of the products they purchase through a digital tool called D ’ lite that also offers other knowledge services for the personal care industry like market intelligence . D ’ lite calculates PCFs per kilogram of product leaving the factory gate over a three-year average , which is updated annually . This information is shared for purchased products only under confidentiality agreements . At the show , customers were invited to test Emollient Maestro , an app available within D ’ lite . This provides users with alternatives to synthetic market benchmarks , the company claims . Thus , for example , when manufacturers have to find alternatives to volatile silicones like cyclosiloxanes , they can look beyond the conventional
BASF is involved in sustainability initiatives around oil palm , coconut oil and other raw materials
option of dimethicones to biodegradable alternatives .
The latest addition to D ’ lite , also launched in Paris , is Ingredients Revealed . Users can access BASF ’ s database of more than 4,500 formulations for specific criteria like sustainability information , biodegradable content , standards and labels . They can also use it to manage their formulations and as a digital lab , adding or removing individual ingredients , including their own , or building an entirely new formulation . It also offers real-time transparency because changes in formulations update instantly .
“ Today our customers cannot easily compare PCF data from different suppliers , but we would like this to change ,” Stiles continued . “ Together with other members of TfS , we have put forward a harmonised PCF methodology and we are advocating for it to be used across the industry , so that the data will be more meaningful for users when they can compare with data from other suppliers .”
The methodology is also in line with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ' s Partnership for Carbon Transparency ( WBCSD PACT ), which recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TfS to form a collaboration aimed at advancing sustainable practices within global supply chains .
The two will support each other in their respective Scope 3 and PCF implementation programmes and try to ensure that their guidelines are harmonised . The TfS PCF data exchange system , using Siemens ' SiGreen technology , has been
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