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ChemScore report card 2025
Braskem
Total Score
15/100
Ranking
16/40
About the company
Headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, Braskem is the largest petrochemical company in Latin America. It is the largest producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas and the world’s largest producer of biopolymers. It has industrial units and offices throughout the Americas, including five polypropylene plants in the United States. The company produces a range of chemicals such as ethylene, polymer and chemical grade propylene, as well as fuels such as gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Transparency
9 out of 25 points
Action points
- Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
- Have a lower reporting threshold (<1000 ppm) for the hazardous substances present in the company’s products and report the affected revenue on a more detailed level, substance by substance
- Include more hazard classes when the company reports the volumes of hazardous substances leaving the facilities as emissions and report it on a more detailed level, substance by substance
Phase-out of persistent chemicals
2 out of 25 points
Action points
- Start reporting and/or limit the share of revenue from persistent chemicals considerably
- Stop buying/importing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
- Stop selling persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
Product portfolio
4 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals
7
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List
0
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances
0
Number of persistent chemicals
0
Product portfolio transparency
25%
Action points
- Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
Safer solutions
0 out of 25 points
Action points
- Either start reporting the company’s share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. At a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. At a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions
Category breakdown
How did we come to this score?
Company facts
Founded
2002
Headquarters
São Paulo, Brazil
Revenue
12.5 billion USD
ISIN
BRBRKMACNOR1
Category
Basic
Plastic / Rubber / Fibres
