BASF Coatings has introduced a digital solution for calculating the product carbon footprint (PCF). This provides customers worldwide with CO₂ data for more than 120,000 products. All emissions are recorded—from raw material procurement to transport and energy use to production. The solution replaces an application previously used internally and can be used globally.
Precise database for complex coating products
The system is based on emissions data for more than 25,000 raw materials and the individual energy consumption of more than 30 production sites. This means that even complex, color-variable paint products can be reliably assessed. In addition to CO₂, the new tool takes other impact categories into account for the first time and opens up additional approaches to sustainability assessment.
Added value for customers and processes
The PCF data helps customers make informed decisions and identify reduction potential along their value chains. In addition, BASF Coatings relies on the GLASS Tool for OEMs and the EcoImpact Assessment Tool for repair shops, which enable process-related life cycle analysis and identify efficiency and emission potential beyond the product.
Sustainability strategically anchored
Digital CO₂ accounting is part of BASF Coatings' sustainability strategy. The goal is to reduce its own CO₂ footprint by 40 percent by 2030 compared to 2018 – among other things through alternative raw materials, renewable energies and circular economy approaches such as mass balance and ChemCycling.