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BASF has taken an important step by updating its sustainability assessment method TripleS (Sustainable Solution Steering) in order to further develop its product portfolio even more strongly in the direction of climate protection, resource efficiency and circular economy in the future and to meet the growing sustainability requirements in its markets with innovative solutions. The TripleS method has become a strong innovation driver for BASF. 

BASF celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Northeast Research Alliance (NORA) with Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst at a two-day conference this week at the headquarters of MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program in Cambridge, USA. Representatives from BASF, Harvard, MIT, UMass as well as Greentown Labs, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation came together at the interface of technology, business, and society to discuss sustainability, circularity, and the translation of research from the lab to societal impact. At the conference, BASF announced its plans to expand the scope of NORA to include additional partners such as startups, accelerators, customers, research institutes, and other universities across North America to strengthen its innovation ecosystem. NORA will stand for the North America Open Research Alliance moving forward.

BASF has started up a new supercomputer at its Ludwigshafen site to replace the existing one. With 3 petaflops of computing power, the new supercomputer is considerably more powerful than its 1.75 petaflop predecessor.