BASF, world’s first melamine foam manufacturer, now introduces Basotect EcoBalanced which helps to reduce the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of many sound absorption applications in the transportation as well as in the building and construction industries.

Basotect EcoBalanced has an up to 50% lower PCF than the respective BASF standard grades because of two sustainability levers: It is manufactured in a resource-efficient process using 100% green electricity; and the fossil raw materials needed to produce it have been replaced with renewable feedstock at the very beginning of the production. 

The renewable feedstock comes from organic waste and residual biomass and is attributed to the Basotect grade via a mass balance approach which is certified according to REDcert2 and ISCC PLUS. Thus, Basotect EcoBalanced not only contributes to reducing the use of fossil resources: BASF also offers its customers transparency by providing reliable PCF data to support them in evaluating their own products and achieving their sustainability targets. 

“Our Basotect EcoBalanced is the melamine resin foam with the lowest PCF on the market,” says Tarek Abuzarour, head of global business management Basotect at BASF. 

“This helps our customers to take a decisive step towards their NetZero targets. They can rely on the same high quality with Basotect EcoBalanced to which you are accustomed. At the same time they can differentiate their products from competition by extra sustainability benefits – and they can contribute to the reduction of fossil resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.” BASF is the first company with transparent emission data for their melamine resin foam. This helps customers to better measure and reduce the CO2 footprint of their products in transportation as well as in building and construction – industries that play a crucial role in reducing global emissions.

BASF has developed a digital application to calculate the cradle-to-gate PCFs for its 45,000 sales products, including Basotect.