BASF AG

Headquarters location: Carl-Bosch St. 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Tel. 49-621-60-0 Job offers, investor relations: www.basf.com Stock:

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« ETHICAL » RATING OF BASF , group and subsidiaries [?] 10% Job: 10% of company's jobs cut since 1998 6 Delinquency: 6 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency 1 Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 1 offshore financial center(s) 53 Sales: more than 53 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales 20 Net profit: more than 20 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 422 Top management: earns 422 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) 7 Influence: 7 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying 2 Advertising & marketing: 2 dubious practice(s) Full profile >>>
Relevance: business & market share year business source 2007 Syngenta, Bayer, Monsanto, BASF, Dow and DuPont together sell 85 percent of the annual pesticide bought in the world, a market valued 30 billion US dollars. IPS 2006 BASF is the world's sixth-largest paintings and coatings manufacturer. Les Echos 2006 BASF is Germany's seventh-largest automobile equipment supplier. Les Echos 2005 Third-largest chemical group in the world. Le Monde 2005 BASF is the world second vitamin maker. World locations & Manufacturing country incentive : address & contact : production type source   Shanghai : polytetrahydrofuran   DISTRITO FEDERAL BENITO JUAREZ INSURGENTES SUR 975 & 32526 00 :   Ioujno-Rousskoie en Sibérie 25% : Production, gaz: réserves prouvées de 700 milliards de mètres cubes, production attendue de 25 milliards de mètres cubes par an AFP : Production, Competence center for nanostructured surfaces The map of tax haven, secret accounts and shell companies BASF is managed by year name photo position; compensation source 2007Hambrecht, Jürgen Chief Executive Officer; salary: 9 million Eu€; L'Expansio. 2006Hambrecht, Jürgen Chief Executive Officer; salary: 4.15 million Eu€; 2004Bock, Kurt Chief Financial Officer; 2004Leibinger, Berthold Chairman of the Monitoring Committee; 2002Hambrecht, Jürgen Executive committee; 1999Strube, Chairman; 1999Studer, Robert Director; 1999Werner, Helmut Director; Highest paid executives in 2007 Advertising & marketing year dubious practice : image source 2004 slogan: Contribution invisible. Succès visible.; 2002 Arguable partnership: Don pour les victimes du tsunami:1 000 000 d'euros: value: Humanitaire; slogan: BASF. La force de l'innovation. Le sens des responsabilités.; AFP 2000 Arguable partnership: Global Compact with the United Nations: value: Respects human, social and environmental laws; Dubious practices in 2007

Made by year employees <> social impact : country source 2007 -3000 Internal restructuring: Will cut the jobs at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen by the end of 2007. It is determined to achieve the planned workforce reduction merely via natural fluctuation. The planned job cuts are part of major cost reduction efforts at BASF, which aims to reduce overall costs at the headquarters by 450m euros by mid-2005. : Germany 2006 95247 Les Echos 2006 -2000 Merger/Acquisition: BASF reorganizes its Engelhard and Degussa subsidiaries in Asia and North America: 2005 -77 Closure/Bankruptcy: Basf shuts down its vitamin C plant at Grenaa.: Denmark 2005 -100 Internal restructuring: Belgium Les Echos 2004 -180 AP 2004 -500 AP 2003 87159 2002 89389 2002 -282 Les Echos 2001 92545 2001 -4000 Les Echos 2001 -500 Les Echos 1999 104628 1990 -150 Canadian L. Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007 Environmental impact year country : consequences source 2007 : BASF has for several years been among the leading suppliers of UV absorbers based on nanoparticulate zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. Incorporated in sun creams, the small particles are particularly effective in filtering the high-energy radiation out of sunlight. Because of their tiny size, they remain invisible to the naked eye and so the cream is transparent on the skin. The small size of the nanoparticules opens the access to the respiratory tracts to them, they penetrate the cells and their core. They pass even the famous the hemato-encephalic barrier. The studies showed that below 4 nanometers the particles go through the axons of the olfactive nerves, despize of the barrier to settle in the central nervous system. Their miniaturization dopes also the effect of the atoms of surface, which makes them more reactive. They can adsorb molecules of the environment and become thus vectors of pollution. As for the form very lengthened of some nanofibres like the carbon nanotubes, of research showed that the cells do not know the phagocyter. It is as well established today as the particles accumulate in fabrics. Vis-a-vis with this cocktail of effects, the cell can badly react with a loss of functions, a hyperactivity or a disturbance of its cycle. The researchers think that it acts of a phenomenon of stress oxidizing on the lipids, proteins and nucleic acids of the cell. Results published into 2006 validate this assumption. 2007 France : BASF plants in open fields genetically modified potatoes with high amylopection concentration for animal feed. Les Echos 2007 France : BASF plants in open fields genetically modified potatoes to resist to the mildew. Les Echos 2007 Sweden : BASF plants in open fields genetically modified potatoes to resist to the mildew. Les Echos 2004 brand: Régent Les Barons. Pollutions in 2007 Influence year purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source 2005 235 salariés de BASF exercent un mandat politique. : : vie publique allemande translate Les Echos 2004 Prevent binding environmental regulations (environmental protection through economic growth, self-regulation and free trade) : WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) : : United Nations translate WBCSD 2001 Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translate USCIB 2000 Market access (through WTO), cheaper energy (through energy liberalization in Europe); uniform rules to enable the patenting of plants and animals (through TRIPS); prevent advert legislation on chemicals, self-regulation instead; : CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) : : European Commission translate Corporate . 1999 Market admission for genetically modified organisms : EuropaBio : : European Commission translate Corporate . 1999 Deregulation and "maximum liberalization" through WTO, GATS : TABD (Transatlantic Business Dialogue) : : US Government / European Commission translate Corporate . 1997 Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 1471 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate Center for. 1997 Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 52 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate Center for. Influence in 2007 Financials year financial misdemeanor sales income buyback source 2007 The laboratories Roche, BASF and Aventis were fined 8,5 million dollars in Brazil. They were accused of having formed a cartel, price agreements, market sharing and unfair competition on the market of vitamins. During second half of the Nineties, these three companies would have restricted the offer and increased the prices of the vitamins A, B2, B5 and C They would have also prevented the entry on the market of less expensive Chinese vitamins.     2006   52.61 3.21   billion Eu€ 2006 Roche Holdings AG, BASF AG and Aventis will pay 30.5 mln usd to settle an Australian class action alleging they organised a cartel to fix the price of vitamins. The applicants in the class action, many of whom were farmers, alleged that as a result of the cartel they lost market share or paid inflated prices.     AFX 2005   42.75 3.01   billion Eu€ 2005 Pratiques anti-concurrentielles entre 1995 et 2000. Accusé par la Commission européenne d'entente sur le prix, d'échange d'informations commerciales, de partage de marché du méthacrylates, des composés thermoplastiques utilisés pour fabriquer des verres de sécurité et des plastiques transparents.     Les Echos 2005   1.5 billion Eu€ Financial . 2005   0.19 billion Eu€ La Tribune 2004   37.54 2   billion Eu€ 2004   0.726 billion Eu€ Cercle Fin. 2004 Amende de 35 millions d'euros infligée par la Commission Européenne pour un cartel sur de la vitamine B-4     Reuters 2003   1 billion Eu€ CBS Market. 2003   33.36 0.91   billion Eu€ 2002   32.22 1.5   billion Eu€ 2002 Market-sharing and price-fixing cartels affecting vitamin products in Europe: 296,16 million euros fine.     Commission. 2002   0.5 billion Eu€ Cercle Fin. 2001   29.21 5.22   billion US$ 2001   0.6 billion Eu€ Cercle Fin. 2000 72,5 million dollars fine for anti-competitive practices in Canada.     AFP 2000   0.7 billion Eu€ Cercle Fin. 1999     AFP 1999   31.54 1.24   billion US$ 1999   31.32 1.24   billion Eu€ 1998   32.44 1.99   billion US$ Financial delinquency in 2007

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