EHS Performance

Health and safety are a top priority for ICL. ICL will ensure the safety, security and health of our employees, contractors, visitors, and the environment. We strive to achieve a Zero Incident Culture with top-tier safety performance. To this end, ICL invests extensively in safety training and embraces a strong safety culture. We measure our EHS performance. Each year leading and lagging EHS indicators are determined and tracked according to each business unit, providing targets for improvement for our executives, site managers and EHS managers. \

ICL complies with strict occupational safety and health standards and has implemented a new safety and environmental management system that provides the framework and structure to drive excellence. ICL’s EHS&S Policy and procedures create a common language across the Company.

Each year leading and lagging EHS targets are determined. The performance results are tracked according to each production site and are set as personal goals for executives, site managers and EHS managers.

We strive to achieve a “zero incident” safety culture. In order to achieve this goal, ICL has taken many steps. These include technological advancements, adopting a learning organization culture and setting specific safety targets for each of its sites. These targets include a 5% reduction in 2023 (vs 2022) in Right to Operate measurement (RTO), and a 2% reduction of the Incident Rate (IR). We also continue to monitor the Severity Index (SI) performance. In addition, ESG KPIs and targets, including EHS targets, have been embedded in executive measures for success and financial performance-based benefits. For more information about ICL’s ESG targets see Vision and Commitments, about ICL short term compensation policy see ICL’s 2022 Annual Report pp.210 & 215.

For more information about our Health and Safety culture see EHS Approach.

EHS Lagging Indicators

During 2022, ICL employees completed a total of approximately 22.4 million working hours. The total number of accidents decreased by 19% in 2022 when compared to 2021. In 2022, the IR was 0.62, continuing a downward trend as illustrated below.

RTO (Right To Operate index) is an indicator that ICL developed in order to measure environmental non-compliance. The RTO performance has been improving steadily over the past few years.

Calculations of IR (Injury Rate) and SI (Severity Index) rates are conducted based on a 200,000 factor, multiplied by total lost employee workdays and absent days. The SI methodology assumes that the number of absent days correlates with the severity of the safety event.

Transport Incidents

	Units	2020	2021	2022
RTO	#	94	94	89
IR Rate - Direct Employees*	#	0.92	0.77	0.62
SI Rate - Direct Employees	#	27.26	26.38	17.73
Accidents - Direct Employees	#	39	78	69
Accidents - Contractor Employees	#	16	46	51
Fatalities - Direct Employees	#	0	0	1
Fatalities - Contractor Employees	#	2	0	0
Transportation Incidents**	#	0	0	1

*The IR figures for 2020 and 2021 have been updated compared to the 2021 ESG report due to an implementation of a new IT system that consolidated all safety related data, resulting in a more accurate representation. At ICL, the safety and well-being of our employees are of paramount importance to us. We strive for a culture of zero incidents, where every individual feels secure and protected in their work environment. We prioritize implementing stringent measures to ensure their safety and consistently endeavor to enhance our safety protocols. Regrettably, in February 2022, we experienced a fatality of one of our employees in an accident at our YPH Joint Venture site in China. Following a thorough investigation, the authorities concluded that the incident did not warrant charges against our company, and no sanctions were imposed. This was the first fatality involving an employee we experienced in the past five years. Despite our ongoing efforts, we were deeply saddened to face another fatal incident at our Green-Leaf award winning ICL Iberia site in Spain in March 2023. We are fully cooperating and maintaining transparent communication with both the local authorities and our internal investigation team. This collaborative approach ensures a comprehensive examination of the incident and allows us to identify any potential areas for improvement within our safety management systems. We remain committed to learning from these unfortunate incidents and taking all necessary measures to prevent such tragedies in the future. The safety and well-being of our employees will always remain our top priority.

** Transport incidents are those that occurred during the transport of materials to or from ICL sites, as defined by SASB RT-CH-540a.2

SASB Indicators

	2022
Total recordable incident rate - Direct Employees (TRIR)	1.19
Total recordable incident rate - contract Employees (TRIR)	1.82
Fatality rate - Direct Employees	0.009
Fatality rate - Contract Employees	0

Process Safety Incidents Count (PSIC)	18
Process Safety Total Incident Rate (PSTIR)	0.16
Process Safety Incident Severity Rate (PSISR)	0.94

EHS Leading Indicators

ICL focuses on proactive leading indicators in order to create a strong safety culture, and to prevent EHS related events from occurring. Several crisis and emergency drills are performed annually in each site to ensure personnel preparedness. EHS external audits and other assessments are performed in accordance with the EU Seveso Directive, OSHA PSM regulation, UK HSE control of major accidents and other leading frameworks, in all ICL operations, including on contractors.

EHS Leading Indicators

	2021 Actual vs. Planned	2022 Actual vs. Planned
PSM Risk Assessment	226 vs. 198	438 vs. 280
EHS Audits	392 vs. 375	465 vs. 325
Job Safety Analysis (JSA)	930 VS. 667	1519 VS. 900
Emergency drills	636 vs. 267	526 vs. 228
Crisis Management Team drills	66 vs. 55	62 vs. 52
Proactive Learning	1855 vs. 1046	3043 vs. 763
Engineering & Technological Defenses	346 vs. 224	885 vs. 318
Valid Permits & License	99% vs. 99%	99% vs. 99%
Hazard Recognition Indicator (HRI)	3.26 VS. 2.87	0.52 VS. 0.48
Near Miss Reports	2819 vs. 1335	2619 vs. 1080
EHS Training programs	95% vs. 95%	97% vs. 95%

External Standards

ICL endorses and follows a variety of initiatives and quality management systems in order to improve and streamline processes and performance, as well as to reduce risks. The company has adopted occupational health and safety management systems beyond regulatory requirements at 81% of its production sites. Full adoption is planned by the end of 2024. These EHS management systems are either ISO 45001/ISO14001 certified or equivalent management systems. The certified sites include approximately 98% of ICL’s production sites’ workforce, and cover about 85% of its total global workforce (based on data used in GRI disclosure 102-8). Locations that do not have industrial production processes, such as office buildings, do not have safety management systems beyond what is required by law. This affects approximately 14% of ICL’s employees. ICL has set goals to obtain the aforesaid ISO certifications for 100% of its production sites in the coming years.

Most of ICL’s production facilities are certified with ISO standards or with equivalent standards for environmental management, safety and quality. All major energy consuming sites are certified with the energy ISO standard. Food and pharma production sites are certified with GMP/Q7 or other designated standards for the food and pharma industries.

ISO Certifications

		2020	2021	2022
ISO 14001 or an equivalent standard for environmental management	% of production sites certified	93%	84%	81%
OHSAS 18001/ISO45001 or an equivalent standard for safety	% of production sites certified	91%	81%	81%
ISO 9001 or an equivalent standard for quality	% of production sites certified	94%	94%	92%
Energy management- ISO 50001	% of energy consumption	90%	90%	76%

The decline in the percentage of certified ICL’s sites is due to the acquisition of multiple sites in Brazil, which are in the process of obtaining ISO certifications.

Verdantixs Global Competition Award for Innovation, Excellence and Improving EHS Performance

ICL won the prestigious Verdantixs global competition award for Innovation, Excellence and Improving EHS performance in the fields of safety and social impact. The award commends ICL’s use of decision-based analytics and technology to build safe, reliable, sustainable and resilient operations across 50+ sites in 13 countries, demonstrating how safety improvement can be the foundation for performance excellence and generating positive social impact. This achievement further recognizes ICL’s significant investments in these fields in recent years that enable the safety & protection of our employees, contractors and the environment. ICL has joined the global industry EHS leaders who demonstrate their commitment and strategy to improve EHS performance through advanced concepts, innovation and technology that do so on a global scale.

Sustainability Reporting Disclosures:

Disclosure: SASB: RT-CH-320a.1

Disclosure: SASB: RT-CH-540a.2

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