Sustainability
for Fuel and Lubricant Solutions
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Sustainability
for Fuel and Lubricant Solutions
Our solutions contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
Our products offer a wide range of benefits that contribute to one or even more of the UN SDGs.
This way, we enable impactful contributions to Sustainability along our industries' value chains.
At BASF Fuel and Lubricant Solutions we understand the challenges ahead and are committed to tackling them together with our industry partners. Leveraging our strong technological, policy and advocacy expertise we offer inspiring dialogue and consultancy on a broad range of pressing issues, including:
The EU Taxonomy, The European Green Deal, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), EU Hydrogen Strategy and Energy Integration Strategy, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU), Electro mobility and electric vehicles (EV), Renewable energy, Alternative feedstocks (renewable, circular and bio-based feedstock), The Korean Green Deal
We committedly drive the change of our industry via our engagement in major industry associations, amongst others, including:
VSI - Verband Schmierstoff-Industrie e.V.
ATIEL - The Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry
ATC - The Additive Technical Committee of Petroleum Additive Manufacturers in Europe.
UEIL - Union Européen des Indépendants en Lubrifiants
On a joint journey Shell and BASF are driving Sustainability within the industry, with each company following the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2050*. For this we are closely collaborating on a broad range of projects kicked off in various workshops. In order to further minimize environmental impact of our joint activities, we work on concepts reducing our carbon footprints of products and logistics and use resources efficiently.
* Shell's target is to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 in step with society. BASF has set itself the goal of climate neutrality in 2050.
The joint eco-efficiency analysis for hydraulic fluids with BASF was teamwork in the best possible way. While our BASF colleagues demonstrated their outstanding method competence, we at FUCHS could utilize our solid, practical data and field experience. This will certainly not be our last joint study.
Our joint eco-efficiency analysis for hydraulic fluids proves how important our holistic view on the entire value chain is. With the results of such a well-founded study, we also want to provide impulses for the entire lubricant industry
One of the opportunities to operationalize the concept of sustainability is to participate in the product EU Ecolabelling scheme. BASF Fuel and Lubricants Solutions strongly supports the initiative, by having a substantial number of products (base fluids and lubricant oil additives) assessed for the EU Ecolabel for the lubricant product group, and included in the Lubricant Substance Classification (LuSC list). The assessment of eco-friendly lubricants involves detailed analysis of the product chemical composition, (potential) hazard and exposure scenario’s, its technical performance and use of verified sustainable raw materials. In this capacity it is an advantage that the company has extensive technical, regulatory and toxicology expertise, benefits from own research and testing capacity following the principles of Good Laboratory Practice and several production locations that are RSPO-certified.
Under the advocacy umbrella, Dr. Ivana Krkljuš supported the Revision of the existing EU Ecolabel criteria (Commission Decision 2011/381/EU) for lubricant product group. The new EU Ecolabel criteria are established in several tripartite meetings between the EU Ecolabelling board and their supporting institutes (e.g. JRC-Sevilla, ECHA), NGOs, and lubricant industry stakeholders. The success may be attributed to the investment of significant resources by BASF into the initiative in terms of time and providing advice around the review of four technical reports, and final representation in front of the European Commission’s Directorate General for the Environment (Brussels, 2018).