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• UEBT (Union for Ethical Biotrade) promotes sourcing with respect for people and biodiversity.
• Membership recognizes the commitments of BASF’s Responsibly Active program toward eco-conscious, traceable supply chains and empowering communities.
• Innovations like Oximony™ and the Rambutan program highlight BASF’s leadership in responsible sourcing and environmental stewardship for cosmetic active ingredients.
Its members are active in the food, cosmetics and natural pharmaceutical sectors. Joining this platform underlines BASF’s strong commitment to sustainability, as embodied by its Responsibly Active program.
“BASF Beauty Care Solutions France S.A.S. is a leader in the field of cosmetic active ingredients and we are proud to see them stepping into the dynamic company platform offered by UEBT: Sourcing with respect. Together, we will be working on priorities and actions to promote ethical sourcing of the company’s cosmetic bioactives,” said Rik Kutsch Lojenga, Executive Director of UEBT.
“UEBT (uebt.org) is leading the discussion on the responsible use of biodiversity. Their values are fully in line with the commitments we uphold through our Responsibly Active program. Achieving member status is a recognition of our continuous efforts to protect natural resources and empower people throughout the value chain of botanicals,” said Charlotte d'Erceville-Dumond, Sustainable Innovation Manager at BASF Beauty Care Solutions France S.A.S.
Responsibly Active: promoting social and environmental targets
With a special focus on the company’s cosmetic bioactives portfolio, BASF’s Responsibly Active program, initiated in 2021, is built on three pillars: innovating products to protect natural resources, empowering people, and minimizing environmental impact. Among others, it aims to ensure that 95% of the raw materials used are biobased or derived from abundant minerals, and to achieve 100% traceability in the botanical supply chains.
These commitments are reflected in BASF’s expanding portfolio of cosmetic bioactives, among them Oximony™, one of the company’s most recent ingredient launches. Sourced from wild-harvested, FairWild-certified Lysimachia christinae, every aspect of the ingredient’s supply chain is fully traceable. The FairWild certification guarantees that collection practices promote plant and ecosystem preservation. It also benefits local communities through fair trade and social initiatives.
Another example is BASF's ambitious sustainable sourcing project which valorizes organically farmed rambutan fruit and by-products as feedstock for bioactives. In collaboration with local farmers and non-governmental organizations, BASF's Rambutan program promotes the preservation of biologically diverse habitats and encourages the adoption of good agricultural practices, gender equality, and fair working conditions.
About the Care Chemicals division at BASF
The BASF division Care Chemicals (care-chemicals.basf.com) offers a broad range of ingredients for personal care, home care, industrial & institutional cleaning, and technical applications. We are a leading global supplier for the cosmetics industry as well as the detergents and cleaners industry, and support our customers with innovative and sustainable products, solutions and concepts. The division’s high-performance product portfolio includes surfactants, emulsifiers, polymers, emollients, chelating agents, cosmetic active ingredients and UV filters. We have production and development sites in all regions and are expanding our presence in emerging markets.
About BASF
At BASF (basf.com), we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €65.3 billion in 2024.
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