While the large differences in the two companies’ CO2 emissions are partly the result of the size difference between them, those gaps are mostly due to where they sit on the value chain: BASF manufactures a broad range of chemical products, including basic chemicals, while Henkel purchases chemical raw materials to incorporate into its final products.
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