By Jan Gesthuizen. First, the meaning of sustainability has to be clarified. This was the key message from Nikolaus Raupp, Global Sustainability Manager at BASF, Ludwigshafen. Kicking off the "EC Tech Forum - Renewable Coatings" in Berlin with a highly informative introduction on the topic, he explained that simply picking any renewable raw material and switching to it was not the right approach. It was essential to avoid getting into competition with food production. There was a tendency at the moment to ignore this, and the underlying reasoning seemed to be that there was actually enough food in ...