Company emissions / Germany

Chemicals: emissions by company in Germany

13 Mt CO2e in 2025 from 188 chemicals installations in Germany, run by 62 companies; 13 Mt of it covered by free allowances. Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .

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Largest operating companies

Operating companyInstallationsEmissions 2025Free allocationAllowances to buy
SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH32.1 Mt1.5 Mt0.6 Mt
BASF SE352.0 Mt2.7 Mtnone
INEOS Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH71.7 Mt1.4 Mt0.4 Mt
Basell Polyolefine GmbH101.3 Mt1.4 Mtnone
YARA Brunsbüttel GmbH11.1 Mt1.1 Mt28 kt
Dow Olefinverbund GmbH71.0 Mt0.7 Mt0.2 Mt
Linde Gas Produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG60.7 Mt0.3 Mt0.4 Mt
Solvay Chemicals GmbH30.6 Mt0.6 Mt2 kt
CIECH Soda Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG10.3 Mt0.3 Mt4 kt
KG Deutsche Gasrußwerke GmbH & Co.10.3 Mt0.2 Mt70 kt
Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH30.2 Mt0.2 Mt15 kt
Sasol Germany GmbH20.2 Mt0.2 Mt60 kt
Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. KG40.2 Mt0.2 Mt9 kt
Röhm GmbH20.1 Mt0.1 Mt27 kt
Evonik Superabsorber GmbH10.1 Mt0.2 Mtnone
VYNOVA Wilhelmshaven GmbH10.1 Mt50 kt80 kt
LANXESS Deutschland GmbH70.1 Mt0.3 Mtnone
INEOS Solvents Germany GmbH30.1 Mt52 kt52 kt
AIR LIQUIDE Deutschland GmbH297 kt70 kt27 kt
Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG1090 kt58 kt32 kt
VESTOLIT GmbH364 kt39 kt25 kt
Radici Chimica Deutschland GmbH163 kt0.2 Mtnone
Perstorp Chemicals GmbH154 kt38 kt16 kt
Rain Carbon Germany GmbH152 kt46 kt6 kt
Celanese Production Germany GmbH & Co. KG344 kt90 ktnone

Largest installations

InstallationActivityCountryOperating companyEmissions 2025
Ammoniakanlage 2Production of ammoniaGermanySKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH1.1 Mt
AmmoniakanlageProduction of hydrogen and synthesis gasGermanyYARA Brunsbüttel GmbH1.1 Mt
Ammoniakanlage 1Production of ammoniaGermanySKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH1.0 Mt
Ethylenanlage (Cracker) BoehlenProduction of bulk chemicalsGermanyDow Olefinverbund GmbH0.9 Mt
Kracker 4, Geb. T21Production of bulk chemicalsGermanyINEOS Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH0.7 Mt
Ammoniak-Fabrik 4Production of ammoniaGermanyBASF SE0.7 Mt
Ethylenanlage OM6Production of bulk chemicalsGermanyBasell Polyolefine GmbH0.6 Mt
Kracker 5, Geb. S03Production of bulk chemicalsGermanyINEOS Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH0.6 Mt
Steamcracker 2Production of bulk chemicalsGermanyBASF SE0.5 Mt
Ammoniak-Anlage, Geb. O 07Production of ammoniaGermanyINEOS Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH0.4 Mt
Petrochemische AnlageProduction of bulk chemicalsGermanyBasell Polyolefine GmbH0.3 Mt
Leuna SR 1,2Production of hydrogen and synthesis gasGermanyLinde Gas Produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG0.3 Mt
SodaProduction of soda ash and sodium bicarbonateGermanySolvay Chemicals GmbH0.3 Mt
Sodawerk StaßfurtProduction of soda ash and sodium bicarbonateGermanyCIECH Soda Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG0.3 Mt
Solvay Chemicals GmbHProduction of soda ash and sodium bicarbonateGermanySolvay Chemicals GmbH0.3 Mt
Ethylenanlage OM4Production of bulk chemicalsGermanyBasell Polyolefine GmbH0.3 Mt
Anlage zur Herstellung von FurnacerussProduction of carbon blackGermanyKG Deutsche Gasrußwerke GmbH & Co.0.3 Mt
FurnacerußanlageProduction of carbon blackGermanyOrion Engineered Carbons GmbH0.2 Mt
Steamcracker 1Production of bulk chemicalsGermanyBASF SE0.2 Mt
Produktionskomplex (Ziegler, TAM, NFA) BrunsbüttelProduction of bulk chemicalsGermanySasol Germany GmbH0.2 Mt
Werk 939,Leuna, Unit 824Production of hydrogen and synthesis gasGermanyLinde Gas Produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG0.2 Mt
Wasserstoff-AnlageProduction of hydrogen and synthesis gasGermanyEvonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. KG0.2 Mt
Synthesegasanlage-ab_2013Production of hydrogen and synthesis gasGermanyBASF SE0.1 Mt
Acrylsäure-/AcrylsäuresteranlageProduction of bulk chemicalsGermanyEvonik Superabsorber GmbH0.1 Mt
VCM-AnlageProduction of bulk chemicalsGermanyVYNOVA Wilhelmshaven GmbH0.1 Mt

Emissions are verified EU Emissions Trading System emissions in tonnes of CO2 equivalent for 2025: the installations, aircraft operators and shipping companies covered by the ETS, not a company's total footprint (no scope 2 or 3, no sites outside the ETS). Free allocation is the free allowances allocated for the same year; "allowances to buy" is emissions minus free allocation, the exposure that grows as free allocation is phased out under CBAM from 2026. Companies only: an account holder that is not a company is never shown. Data as of 2026-10-25, updated yearly.

Emissions and allocation: European Commission, Union Registry of the EU ETS (verified emissions, free allocation, compliance and the list of operators; Commission reuse policy, CC BY 4.0). Parent company and pollutant releases of facilities: European Environment Agency, Industrial Emissions Portal (CC BY 4.0). Legal-entity identifiers: GLEIF (CC0).

Questions

Where does this data come from?

The European Commission publishes verified emissions, free allocation and compliance of every installation in the EU Emissions Trading System, and the list of operators with company registration number and LEI. We join them to the operating company, its website and its ultimate parent, and record changes each year.

Is this a full carbon footprint?

No. It covers emissions that fall under the EU ETS (power and heat, heavy industry, aviation within Europe, shipping). It has no scope 2 or scope 3 emissions and no sites outside the ETS.

Does the list show private persons?

No. Operators are shown only when they are companies. Account holders that could be natural persons are left out, and the data has no addresses or contact details.

Cite as: Arcadium Data, "Chemicals: emissions by company in Germany: 13 Mt in 2025", https://arcadiumdata.io/emissions/de/chemicals/, data as of 2026-10-25.