BASF now offers its UV acrylic hotmelt acResin® with a cradle-to-gate product carbon footprint (PCF) of zero kg CO2e/kg2. The new products, acResin® ZeroPCF A 260 UV, A 250 UV, and A 204 UV, are identical in quality and properties to their conventional counterparts. The carbon footprint of acResin LowPCF UV 3532 has been reduced by more than 80%. The PCFs of BASF’s biomass balance (BMB) products are calculated according to the new Together for Sustainability (TfS) guidelines and comply with ISO 14067:2018. These products are manufactured at BASF’s integrated production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and sold worldwide.
The sustainability of acResin is made possible by the BMB approach. Instead of fossil feedstock, equivalent quantities of certified renewable feedstock are fed into the system at an early stage of production. TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH, an independent certification body, has confirmed the PCF calculations for acResin ZeroPCF and acResin LowPCF.