Industry leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index; BASF rated as Europe's best chemical company in Sustainable Development.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 October 2001-BASF: Industry leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index; BASF rated as Europe's best chemical company in Sustainable Development (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19102001 BASF Aktiengesellschaft has been ranked number one among the European chemical companies listed in the new Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index.

In addition, BASF is among the top 20 percent of the 600 EURO STOXX companies covered by the index. Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes were first introduced in 1999 in response to the increasing interest of investors in companies successfully managed in accordance with the principles of Sustainable Development. BASF has also been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the first time...