BASF receives award for the seventh consecutive year
MRanked Top two among multinational companies for the third year
Awards recognizes BASF’s commitment to people development and science education
GFMM desk: BASF wins Taiwan Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2019. For three years in a row, BASF Taiwan has ranked in the Top two multinational companies in Taiwan’s “Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Award” by CommonWealth Magazine.
This is the seventh consecutive year BASF has received the award, which recognizes its long-term commitment to people development for employees and external talents. These were fully demonstrated in its Kids’ Lab program, BASF Taiwan Innovative Thesis Award for encouraging doctoral students for innovation research and career development programs.
“We are honored to be named one of the top corporate citizens again. We demonstrated our corporate responsibility commitments to employee development, safe operations, and products that help our customers meet their sustainability goals. Additionally, we have a special focus on our social engagement with the community through our long-term contribution to science education in Taiwan,” said Kin Wah Chay, Managing Director of BASF Taiwan.
Employees are key to the successful implementation of BASF's strategy. They make a significant contribution to the company’s long-term success. Therefore, BASF has continuously invested in employee development and offers many learning opportunities, including job rotation, cross-unit and cross-border assignments to help employees develop personally and professionally.
BASF social engagement activities in Taiwan are designed to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #4, “Quality Education.” Since 2007, BASF Kids’ Lab in Taiwan has inspired Taiwanese primary students to discover the world of chemistry and find ways to tackle the challenges of resource conservation, improve quality of life and build awareness of environmental protection through fun and safe hands-on experiments.
As one of the world's leading chemical companies, BASF is committed to energy efficiency and climate protection. The company provides innovative, energy efficient solutions to customers in various industries to lower their energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. BASF also reduces its waste through production optimization and recycling. Additionally, employees can actively propose innovative ideas to improve working processes and optimize operational efficiency of the manufacturing process for energy saving and emission reduction.
About BASF Greater China
BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With larger production sites in Shanghai, Nanjing, and Chongqing, BASF is a major foreign investor in the country’s chemical industry, and operates the Innovation Campus Shanghai, a global and regional research and development hub. BASF posted sales of over €7.3 billion in 2018 to customers in Greater China, and employed 9,317 people as of the end of that year. For further information, please visit www.basf.com
About BASF
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 122,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around €63 billion in 2018. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com
Source: Online/SZK
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