Sustainability Index for Product Development

As part of its commitment to sustainable development, ICL combines environmental, health and safety criteria with commercial and operational considerations when developing new products. Potential products are tested comprehensively and rigorously using an internal Sustainability Index for product development. The R&D departments of several ICL business units have implemented the Sustainability Index. \

Manufacturing products with a maximum positive impact and minimum negative impact, throughout their life cycle, requires optimum product planning from the development stage.

12.4

By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.

12.5

By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.

ICL combines environmental, health and safety criteria with commercial and operational considerations when developing new products. These criteria form the basis of the ICL Sustainability Index, by which each proposed product is assessed and graded during its development process according to defined parameters. Products are characterized by the degree of their potential hazard to humans and potential impact on the environment.

Products under development are screened according to the index criteria which are applied to work procedures and plans.

The Sustainability Index was developed as a quantitative model for products in development. Its purpose is to set parameters for sustainable products in the development stage.

ICL’s Sustainability Index methodology is implemented in the R&D units of its Industrial Products, the Phosphate Solutions and Growing Solutions segments. Each segment has its own specific variations to match its specific product types.

A standard rating system was defined for all products. The rating for each product is examined in the development process according to defined parameters. Based on rating results, changes are incorporated into the development process. The objective is to develop the most sustainable products for the specific intended use.

Products that are categorized as “no go” are discontinued in the development stage, and are not commercialized.

9.4

By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.

9.5

Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.

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