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==Environmental record==
According to the 2022 "Top 100 Polluters Indexes" published by the [[University of Massachusetts, Amherst]]'s "Political Economy Research Institute" (PERI), BASF was ranked the #2 largest polluter of air and #14 largest polluter of water in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available from the U.S. [[Environmental Protection Agency]].<ref>{{cite web |date=25 August 2023 |title=Top 100 Polluter Indexes |url=https://peri.umass.edu/top-100-polluter-indexes |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>

In 2006, BASF was included in the Climate Leadership Index for their efforts in relation to [[climate change]] and [[greenhouse gases|greenhouse gas]] emissions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evertiq.com/news/read.do?news=5235&cat=9 |title=BASF's environmental efforts recognized |date=25 September 2006 |website=Evertiq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315030159/http://evertiq.com/news/5235 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref>

The BASF Company and [[Columbia University]] formed a partnership to further research "environmentally benign and [[sustainable energy]] sources". The company has recently reported their emissions in 2006 to be "1.50 million metric tons of waste," which is a decrease from previous years. The amount of waste BASF produces has continued to fall.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=Sustainability |url=http://www.basf.com/group/corporate/en_GB/sustainability/environment/efficient-processes |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140128194417/http://www.basf.com/group/corporate/en_GB/sustainability/environment/efficient-processes |archive-date=28 January 2014 |access-date=3 February 2016 |work=BASF}}</ref>

While BASF publishes its environmental information in the US and Europe, [[Greenpeace]] has expressed deep concerns at BASF's refusal to release environmental information on its operations in China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/news/stories/toxics/2009/BASF-factory-China/ |title=BASF: the bad boy in China? |work=Greenpeace East Asia |access-date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043515/http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/news/stories/toxics/2009/BASF-factory-China/ |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2009, a BASF Plant in [[Hannibal, Missouri]], United States, accidentally discharged chromium into the [[Mississippi River]]. The local Department of Natural Resources performed tests in December 2009 showing the [[chromium]] levels did not exceed regulatory safety limits.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/new-tests-find-higher-level-of-chemical-hannibal-water-results/article_bbfffd8b-eddf-59db-b7ed-c8a62261a03e.html |title=New tests find higher level of chemical Hannibal water results prompt questions about state's disclosure delay. |first1=Kim |last2=Messenger |first2=Tony |date=8 January 2010 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |author=Maguire |access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> BASF worked with the [[Missouri Department of Natural Resources]] (MoDNR) to resolve questions regarding the elevated level of [[hexavalent chromium]] that was detected in the [[effluent]] from one of its permitted outfalls into the [[Mississippi River]]. The state department of health reviewed the test results and determined that the amounts found were well below recommended public health screening levels.<ref>Henley, Danny (12 February 2010). [http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1631826564/BPW-Chromium-6-findings-require-no-water-treatment-changes?view=print "BPW: Chromium-6 findings require no water treatment changes"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723144204/http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1631826564/BPW-Chromium-6-findings-require-no-water-treatment-changes?view=print |date=23 July 2011 }}. ''Hannibal Courier-Post''. Retrieved 9 March 2010.</ref>

In 2013, BASF reported a spill of several hundred kilogrammes of the [[chelating agent]] Trilon-B (tetrasodium [[Edta]]) into the river [[Rhine]] from BASF's headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.process-worldwide.com/explosion_protection_safety_security/articles/393163/ |title=Chemical Product Spill at BASF – 600 kg Trilon B Leaked into Rhine River |date=February 2013 |access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref>  BASF has instituted an eco-efficiency analysis to promote green engineering principles.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shonnard |first1=David R. |last2=Kicherer |first2=Andreas |last3=Saling |first3=Peter |date=2003-12-01 |title=Industrial Applications Using BASF Eco-Efficiency Analysis: Perspectives on Green Engineering Principles |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es034462z |journal=Environmental Science & Technology |language=en |volume=37 |issue=23 |pages=5340–5348 |doi=10.1021/es034462z |pmid=14700318 |bibcode=2003EnST...37.5340S |issn=0013-936X}}</ref>