Dialog An Important Part of Sustainability

As stated in our Values and Principles, BASF is committed to an open dialog within the company, with its business partners and neighbors, and with society. For BASF, dialog means providing insights, accounting for our activities, and actively seeking debate with those who have other opinions. Transparency and openness are important instruments to establish trust. 

For the year 2000, BASF published for the first time a report about Social Responsibility. This completed our traditional Annual Report and the Environment, Safety and Health Report to a comprehensive Sustainable Development reporting. The independent verification of our reports ensures the validity of the information we publish. Following the verification of the Social Responsibility 2001 Report, the Environment, Health and Safety 2002 Report was also verified by the independent accountancy firm Deloitte Touche. 

1 Crises Communication. BASF goes to great lengths to ensure that the facilities at its worldwide sites are as safe as possible, often putting procedures in place that exceed the statutory regulations. It is of course impossible, even though we employ the most sophisticated measures, to totally rule out an accident or 

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