
Dr. Andreas Kicherer
Director Sustainability Strategy
BASF SE
Held several positions in the context with sustainability in the last 25 years
Environmental engineer in waste incineration
Co-developed the mass balance approach with which nearly every chemical product manufactured in an integrated site can be allocated to renewable raw materials
Organized & conducted several sustainability workshops for customers, e.g. REACh workshop in India, or eco-efficiency seminar for the North African textile industry
Co-developed & implemented the Sustainable Solution Steering at BASF to analyze and steer complex portfolios based on the sustainability market needs as well as business opportunity finding in the whole value chain
Responsible for the global Circular Economy approach of BASF
Co-developed the ChemCycling approach to recycle plastic waste towards virgin like chemicals and plastics