BASF and Henkel have made a joint commitment to replace fossil carbon feedstock with renewable feedstock for most products in Henkel’s European Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care businesses over the next four years.
The move follows a pilot with Henkel’s cleaning and detergent brand Love Nature in 2021.
Through the cooperation, the fossil feedstock for around 110,000 tons of ingredients per year will be substituted with renewable feedstock using BASF’s certified biomass balance approach.
As a result, Henkel’s core brands like Persil, Pril, Fa and Schauma will come with a reduced carbon footprint, avoiding around 200,000 tons of CO2 emissions in total.
“To foster a regenerative planet, we are on a journey toward an environmental transformation of our business model. We intend to continuously enhance our processes, products and use of raw materials for a resource-efficient, carbon-neutral future,” said Carsten Knobel, CEO of Henkel.
“Integrating BASF’s biomass balance approach into our supply chain as an early-mover is a right step in that direction,” he added.
BASF has established a closed chain of custody from the renewable feedstock it uses through to the final product.
TÜV Nord, an independent certification body, supports the practical implementation and confirms according to the REDCert2 certification scheme that BASF replaces the required quantities of fossil resources for the biomass balanced product with renewable feedstock.”
