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Submission for NSF Protocol P352 Validation and Verification of Eco-efficiency Analyses, Part A. BASF’s Eco-Efficiency Analysis Methodology May 2009

Submitted by: BASF Corporation Product Stewardship 100 Campus Drive, Florham Park, NJ, 07932 Prepared by: Christopher A. Bradlee, Senior Sustainability Specialist Daniel Steinmetz, Manager Product Stewardship Peter Saling, Head of Eco-EfficiencyAnalysis, SEEBALANCE® Bruce Uhlman, Senior Sustainability Specialist

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Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. Purpose and Intent of this Submission ...................................................... 1 Content of this Submission......................................................................... 1 BASF’s EEA Methodology............................................................................ 1 3.1. Overview ....................................................................................................... 1 3.2. Preconditions: ................................................................................................ 2 3.3. Work Flow ..................................................................................................... 2Study Goals, Decision Criteria, and Target Audience ................................. 2 4.1. Study Goals ................................................................................................... 2 4.2. Context.......................................................................................................... 2 Functional Unit, Alternatives and System Boundaries............................... 3 5.1. Functional Unit ............................................................................................... 3 5.2. Alternatives.................................................................................................... 3 5.3. System Boundaries ......................................................................................... 4 Environmental Burden Metrics................................................................... 4 6.1. Overview ....................................................................................................... 4 6.2. Primary Energy Consumption .......................................................................... 5 6.3. Raw MaterialConsumption.............................................................................. 5 6.4. Air Emissions.................................................................................................. 6 6.5. Water Emissions............................................................................................. 6 6.6. Solid Waste Emissions .................................................................................... 7 6.7. Land Use....................................................................................................... 7 6.8. Toxicity Potential ............................................................................................ 8 6.9. Risk Potential ............................................................................................... 10 6.10. Other Environmental Burden:.................................................................... 11 6.11. De Minimis Levels: .................................................................................... 11 Economic Metrics ...................................................................................... 11 7.1. Statement of Intent ...................................................................................... 11 7.2. Economic Metrics......................................................................................... 12 7.3. Time and Regional Value of Money:............................................................... 12 7.4. Cost Dimension Importance .......................................................................... 12 Weighting, Normalization and Factors ..................................................... 12 8.1. Overview...