ICL continues to strengthen its data collecting and reporting practices, becoming more efficient and effective throughout its operations. In all cases, the data relates to the 2022 calendar year, unless otherwise stated. For most quantitative indicators, data from previous years is presented as a baseline for comparison. ICL’s previous report was for 2021 and was published in May of-2022.
The quantitative information in this report relates to all ICL segments and other units. The report covers all ICL’s global operations.
Unless stated otherwise, all quantitative data is based on an operational control approach in terms of reporting boundaries. The report includes (amongst other things) information about a significant joint venture (YPH). The joint venture with a Chinese company, YPH, commenced at the end of 2015.
In January 2021, we completed the acquisition of Agro Fertiláqua Participações S.A., one of Brazil’s leading specialty plant nutrition companies, and in July 2021, we acquired the South American Plant Nutrition business of Compass Minerals América do Sul S.A. (ADS). As these are relatively new acquisitions, the environmental data (GHG emission, energy consumption, etc.) published regarding 2021 does not include data from the related sites. However, these sites were included in the reported safety data and financial disclosures, unless otherwise specified. Beginning this reporting cycle, the 2022 environmental data from these newly acquired production sites is reported on as well.
A list of ICL’s main entities included in this report can be found in the Organizational Structure diagram – as in ICL’s 2022 Annual Report(see Note 24 – Group Entities).
As ICL has established updated goals regarding GHG and other environmental indicators, a new baseline was created for the year 2018. This was also an opportunity to include a more relevant scope of entities that are included in GHG and other calculations. Since 2019, ICL has been operating a new and highly efficient Sdom CHP plant that supplies most of the electricity to ICL’s sites in Israel, replacing externally purchased electricity by ICL Israel. This has influenced some of the environmental indicators. At ICL Boulby, changes in production and shifting mining from Potash to solely Polyhalite, have reduced the water flow to the North Sea. This has had an effect on other environmental indicators as well.
Information was collected internally by the Company’s Global Sustainability department with expertise on environment, human resources, safety, ethics, governance, community engagement and more. Environmental and social data were collected from dozens of ICL sites worldwide. A major part of the EHS quantitative data was collected using the ICL sustainability IT reporting system. ICL continues its attempts to further deepen its reporting transparency and expand its scope of data regarding the environment, safety, diversity in the workplace, supply chain and other categories.
Corrections have been made in some previously reported environmental and safety KPIs. All corrections compared to the previous report (2021) did not cause a significant change in the reported figures or the overall trends. When made, these corrections were identified as reporting errors from specific sites in specific EHS KPIs.
ICL audited its 2022 GHG emissions data and audited its water withdrawal data for 2021 and is in the process of auditing its 2022 water withdrawal data.
ICL has incorporated relevant SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standard – Chemicals) and TCFD (Task Force on Climate -related Disclosures) indicators into the report. Our second comprehensive TCFD disclosure was published in ICL’s 2022 Annual Report.
ICL has reported information with reference to the GRI Standards and the UN SDGs. Additionally, the report addresses the GRI’s Mining and Metals Sector Guidance supplement. However, not all guidelines are applicable or relevant to ICL’s business, and they have been applied selectively to relate to the Company’s mineral extraction activities.
ICL selected the content for this report by prioritizing its material impact on sustainability, following a process of evaluation by both internal and external stakeholders. ICL personnel, including ICL senior executives, were interviewed for the purpose of gathering and verifying data processes for this report. The highlights in the report and its structure are based on the diverse composition of ICL’s stakeholders. ICL includes its primary impact on a corporate level, as well as through greater levels of detail, so that the report is relevant for as many stakeholders as possible. All aspects addressed in this report are material within the organization. Where the issue has been identified as relevant within the organization, it applies across all entities of ICL’s business.
In order to maintain consistency with the Company’s various international reporting standards, all information collected from ICL’s sites around the world, including Israeli sites, are presented in this report using international protocols (e.g. CDP, GRI) which ICL has used successfully for over 10 years. The information reported is a result of direct analysis of the issues under discussion and calculations when required (unless otherwise noted).
