Plants are at the core of our business and biodiversity is our reservoir to innovate. That is why we launched our new Responsibly Active program. Find out how we care for natural resources, people and climate along our bioactive ingredients value chain.

We are Responsibly Active

Bioactives for a Positive Future

We are responsibly active when it comes to preserving the beauty of nature for generations to come. This is because plants are at the core of our business and biodiversity is our reservoir to innovate. In order to protect our planet and its resources while making an active contribution to each individual along our bioactive ingredients value chain, we are aligning our actions towards more sustainable practices.

That is why we launched our new Responsibly Active program based on three pillars:

Innovating Products that Protect Natural Resources

We are responsibly active for our nature and its sustainable valorization.

Pillar 1

Empowering and Respecting People along our Value Chain

We are responsibly active for people and the conditions in which they live and work.

Pillar 2

Reducing our Climate Impact and Operational Footprint

We are responsibly active for our planet and its preservation.

Pillar 3

Our program at a glance

Meet Lucilene from our bioactives team and learn more about our Responsibly Active program. Discover the three program pillars and how we are aligning our actions towards more sustainable practices when it comes to natural resources, people and climate.

Our achievements in 2023

Check out the Responsibly Active Update 2023 and discover how far we have already come on our path to consistent sustainability along the entire botanical value chain.

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Already active

Product Highlight

Castaline® BC10133

Castaline® is an extract of organic certified leaves of chestnut trees, manually harvested in France. Since the leaves are carefully collected from young trees that do not bear fruit, their use in a cosmetic active ingredient can be considered as valorization of an agricultural by-product.

Product Highlight

Epispot™

Epispot™ is an extract of Epilobium angustifolium, a plant that is manually collected by skilled harvesters in France. Harvesting practices comply with the strict guidelines of the AFC, an association of French plant collectors that promotes the sustainable use of wild plants.

Sourcing

The Rambutan Program

With our Rambutan Program, we follow strict sustainability principles, conserve resources, and support local population and partners to design a new socially and environmentally responsible supply chain.

Mathieu, Director of Fair Match Support West Africa
Han, Salvia Supplier for Collrepair® DG

Our organic cultivation of Salvia Miltiorrhyza contributes to long-term economic progress in respect of the environment and the natural ecosystem. Instead of unregulated wild harvesting, which endangers natural resources and local ecosystems, we privilege farming with manual harvesting and field maintenance. I’m convinced that our success will also contribute to making organic cultivation in Vietnam more popular.
Farid, EHS Engineer, BASF

Waste unfortunately can’t be avoided at every point. Today, we already valorize 98% of our waste. Therefore, we have defined 40 types of waste and recycle them according to a specific treatment. So, we came up with a process to valorize our botanical wastes, either to be used by farmers as organic fertilizers or for the production of more than 18 MWh of green energy locally. That alone doesn’t change the world – but it equals the average yearly energy consumption of 8 people.