Reports Archive

Product Carbon Footprints

ICL has been measuring and managing its corporate carbon footprint for several years, as part of our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment. To achieve our goal of becoming Climate Neutral by 2050, we launched a program to complete calculation of carbon footprints for our main products. We are now in the second stage of this program, which involves creating calculations based on a full year of data and raw material extraction, all the way to the various[...]

Specialty Fertilizers

ICL specializes in advanced and precise solutions for sustainable agriculture, including controlled-release fertilizers that improve nutrient absorption, prevent seepage, and reduce emissions. ICL also innovates with biodegradable coatings and leaf protection sprays, demonstrating our commitment to sustainability and addressing the food crisis, while preserving the environment. ICL not only provides essential minerals and fertilizers but also specializes in developing advanced, precision solutions that promote sustainable agriculture. These integrated products and solutions are designed specifically to cater to the needs of[...]

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Resilient and Innovative Agriculture

The agricultural community faces the monumental task of feeding an additional 2 billion people by 2050, while also combating climate change and ensuring food security. The agricultural community is facing the biggest challenge of our time. As the global population exceeds 7.5 billion, and is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, an additional 2 billion mouths will need to be fed with no more than the existing farmland. Meanwhile, largely due to climate change, about 12 million hectares of[...]

Aligning with SDGs and Additional UN Initiatives

ICL views the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) as guiding principles on the Company’s path to developing new products and discovering new uses for its existing products. ICL supports the UN’s SDGs and was among the first companies in the world to incorporate them into its business ideals, and to use them to define the Company’s priorities for reporting on sustainability-related activities. https://youtu.be/d7b_DoqcMoc In 2015, the United Nations updated its Millennium Goals to define a set of 17 Sustainable Development[...]

Advancing Food Security

ICL is an essential player in the global food supply chain. As such, it is dedicated to improving food security. ICL contributes to food security through a broad array of fertilizers, AgTech solutions, and food solutions that increase food availability/reduce food waste. Food security is a global concern, with approximately 690 million people suffering from chronic hunger and malnutrition. The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to eradicate hunger and achieve food security by 2030. However, the challenge of[...]

Polysulphate

ICL introduced a new multi-nutrient fertilizer, Polysulphate®, which is available to plants in its natural state. Available in its natural form, Polyhalite (marketed as Polysulphate® fertilizer) is UK-sourced and has a low carbon footprint. It delivers dependable high value, for low environmental impact. It is a natural, sustainable, dependable, organic fertilizer. Polysulphate® fertilizer comes from the Polyhalite layer of rock, over 1000m below the North Sea off the North Yorkshire coast in the UK. Deposited 260 million years ago, it lies 150-170m[...]

GHG & Climate Change

Climate change is taking an increasing toll on the earth’s ecosystems, and on humanity at large. ICL's sustainability vision, supported by its Board of Directors and management, includes both a medium-term target to reduce 30% of its total Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, (vs. a 2018 baseline) and a long-term goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. ICL is moving the goalpost further and has committed this year to the SBTi. The Company is taking[...]

Energy

ICL strives to continuously improve its energy efficiency and decrease its emissions. It is doing so by transitioning to renewable energy, utilizing highly efficient electricity production units (natural gas based cogeneration) and implementing multi-year energy efficiency programs. ICL's sustainability vision is supported by the Company’s Board of Directors and management. ICL's target is to increase its renewable energy consumption to 50% by 2040. In 2022, more than 8% of ICL’s energy mix came from renewable energy, doubling last year’s consumption[...]

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