BASF’s Rudong Site Has Received Zero Carbon Factory Verification Statement Issued By TÜV Rheinlandfor Agrochemical Production In China
01 December 2025, China: BASF successfully obtained four certifications and verification statements from TÜV Rheinland for its production site in Rudong, China. The certifications include ISO 50001 (Energy Management System), ISO 14064‑1 (organizational‑level greenhouse gas verification statement), PAS 2060 (carbon‑neutrality declaration), and the “Zero-Carbon Factory” certification.
In attendence for the certificate award ceremony were Jan Peter Bredehoeft, Senior Vice President & Head of Operations & Site Management, BASF Greater China; Jackson Wang, Vice President & BASF Agricultural Solutions Greater China; Crane Jiang, General Manager of BASF Crop Protection (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.; Yonghai Chen, Senior Vice President, Greater China and Head of Business Assurance Services, TÜV Rheinland; and Lutz Frankholz, Managing Director, Shanghai.
Jan Peter Bredehoeft commented: “BASF’s Rudong site is a very important production base for BASF Agricultural Solutions division in China. In September 2024, after equipment upgrades and retrofits enabling renewable energy generation for heating, the site successfully reduced its CO2 emissions to zero. Having become the first BASF Agricultural Solutions production site worldwide to achieve netzero CO2 emissions, Rudong site then initiated the certification process for a ‘ZeroCarbon Factory.’ Today, we are pleased to witness Rudong’s formal entry into the ranks of certified ZeroCarbon Factories. These certifications and verification statements not only recognize Rudong’s efforts and achievements in energy and resource use, greenhousegas reduction measures, and carbonoffset initiatives but also represent a significant milestone in BASF’s commitment to sustainability in agriculture.”
Yonghai Chen stated: “We are pleased that BASF is leveraging on TÜV Rheinland’s global network and local service strengths. In addition to our services such as quality, energy, environmental and occupational health & safety management system certifications, Zero-Carbon Factory certification, product and organizational carbon‑footprint calculations, and EPD (Environmental Product Declaration), we also offer circular‑economy technical support—including Zero‑Waste Factory certification and recycled‑material verification. We look forward to further expanding green and low‑carbon cooperation with BASF to support its sustainable‑development goals.”
Since 2021, BASF Rudong site has switched to electricity from renewable energy sources, making steam the largest contributor to the site’s CO2 emissions. In June 2024, the existing steam heating system was decommissioned and fully replaced with a renewable energy supply. The result of which is an additional CO2 emission reduction of around 1,100 tons per year. Along with achieving zero CO2 emissions in Rudong, BASF has also signed an agreement with a local electricity supplier to ensure a long-term supply of renewable energies to power the site. Rudong site contributes to reducing BASF’s corporate carbon footprint- per the company’s target of 25% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 compared to 2018 and helps meet its overall ambitions of achieving net zero CO2 emissions globally by 2050 (Scopes 1, 2, 3.1).
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