BASF Capital Market Story
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel
Chief Financial Officer
Berenberg Conference USA
May 20, 2021
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Agenda
1 | 2 | 3 | ||
At a glance | Strategy implementation | Unique position to capture | ||
in full swing | growth in Asia | |||
4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Battery materials driving | Pushing the transition to a | Reporting | ||
electromobility and future | sustainable economy | |||
growth | ||||
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What is driving BASF's future growth?
Global trends provide opportunities for growth in the chemical industry
Driven by the | +25% |
Population growth: | |
emerging markets | 2020 to 2050 |
China the largest market: | ~50% |
Share of global | |
chemical market | by 2030 |
Digitalization:
Rapid growth in volume of data
Climate change:
Required reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the 2°C goal
456
zettabytes in 2030
-70%
by 2050 (baseline 1990)
Circular economy: | ~200 | Electromobility: |
Non-recycled plastics | Growing demand for | |
worldwide | million metric tons per year | battery materials until 2030 |
~25%
per year
4 | May 2021 | BASF Capital Market Story | Sources: UN, IEA, UBS Foresight, BASF |
Unique position to deliver long-term value
Unique Verbund concept
- 6 Verbund sites globally
- 241 additional production sites worldwide
- 6.2 million metric tons of CO2 avoided globally in 2020
Industry-leading innovation platform
- €2.1 billion R&D expenditures in 2020
- ~10,000 employees in R&D
- Sales of ~€10 billion in 2020 with products launched during last 5 years
Strong and expanding local presence in fast growing Asian market
- 2 Verbund sites already
- >100 production sites
- €15.4 billion1 sales in 2020
- Strong volume and earnings development of BASF in Greater China
Creating value to society and contributing to a sustainable development
- Target: 25% CO2 emission reduction by 2030 (compared with 2018)2
-
We aim to achieve
net zero CO2 emissions2 by 2050 -
Achieve €22 billion in Accelerator sales by
2025 (2020: €16.7 billion)
Progressive dividend policy
- Aim to increase the dividend per share every year
- Dividend of €3.30 per share for 2020
1 Sales by location of customer. Only includes sales from BASF entities fully consolidated according to IFRS 10/11 | ||
5 | May 2021 | BASF Capital Market Story | 2 The goal includes Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Other greenhouse gases are converted into CO2 equivalents |
according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol |
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