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Select SDGs to find out how we are taking action in support of the UN Substinable Development Goals
ICL’s social engagement strategy is built on collaboration, meaningful partnerships, and shared values that shape and establish networks of social good within the communities we operate. By investing in entrepreneurship, innovation, excellence, and utilizing our products, resources, and expertise we build sustainable lasting partnerships, thus establishing networks that will be a driving force of social good.
To achieve these goals our strategy is focused on four main pillars:
| Category | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Education | $1,700,000 |
| Local Communities & Philanthropy | $1,400,000 |
| Food Security | $250,000 |
| Health Institutions | $660,000 |
| Disaster relief & COVID-19 Support | $185,000 |
*3.8 million USD was invested in the Sdom Visitors Center
ICL’s primary approach in its sustainable social engagement policy is to make an impact through investing in education, thus enabling a sustainable social change and economic growth. Education is the main pillar of our STEM education programs (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) established on targeted populations by promoting, academic excellence, innovation, and leadership across all education levels, institutions, and age groups.
Alongside local partners, we develop programs designed to support and advance specific populations. These programs promote scientific curiosity and scientific education, advance excellence by supporting outstanding students, make professional training accessible to target populations, and train and support innovative thinking and leadership.
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ICL seeks to maintain a positive impact on local communities by supporting their economic development, social innovation, and local entrepreneurship.
This is done by sharing knowledge and resources to empowering the members of our communities. Our mission is to develop long-term lasting sustainable relationships and collaboration with our communities, built on common shared values and trust.
As part of our efforts to establish innovation and collaborations with local entrepreneurs that can address various challenges and needs within our communities. We support social entrepreneurs from all fields to establish their ideas by sponsoring, guiding, and training them. We encourage entrepreneurs from different communities to share ideas, cooperate, and expand successful projects to additional communities, hence creating a network of communities. We focus on local needs including empowerment, economic growth, equality, inclusion and sustainability.
ICL strives to promote food security (SDG no.2) within the communities in which we operate. We do this by utilizing our resources, products, and expertise to help and support the world’s battle against hunger.
We are dedicated to improving food security through a broad array of AgTech solutions, fertilizers, alternative proteins, and other innovative products that help improve and increase agricultural yields and quality, maintain longer shelf life, and reduce food waste.
ICL collaborate with farmers in India, Kenya, Tanzania and other developing countries through agricultural tutoring and helping in developing methods to engage a modern sustainable agriculture, including plant nutrition and proper fertilization. This enables farmers to use the soil more effectively, increase their yields, and reduce their environmental footprint.
In order to provide food security within our communities, we support local farmers and food banks, expanding the use of community gardens and urban agriculture, and organizing food donations.
Green For Life - Developing Urban Gardens and more
Our community gardens are a great source of local fruits, vegetables, and herbs, and are a hub for community activity and connections.
Read MoreICL is encouraging its employees to continually make a positive impact among their local communities, to support volunteering and to offer new opportunities for collaboration. We promote and support volunteerism that increase sustainable development in the local communities.
Our employees foster their connection with local communities, by contributing their time and effort– mentoring for youth and students, financial and business mentoring for small businesses, financial mentoring for families, after school activities with children, support the elderly, volunteer at food banks, volunteer at health institutions and much more towards making a meaningful impact with the communities in which they live.
WeCare@ICL Volunteering App Launch
ICL’s monetary donations in 2021 amounted to approximately $8 million (including the amount invested in the Visitor Center). In addition, during 2021, ICL contributed, at the Company’s expense, about 12,755 hours of volunteer work of its employees. This amount does not include 12,680 hours of volunteer work after working hours, which was encouraged, organized, and logistically facilitated by ICL.
In 2021, ICL launched new matching programs for employee donations and volunteering, investing $95,000 in Brazil, the US, Germany and the Netherlands. Following the success of this initiative, ICL will implement it in additional countries during 2022.
As part of ICL’s ESG Week, ICL encourage its employees to volunteer in numerous community initiatives. During 2021, due to COVID restrictions we encountered challenges to execute volunteering activities, but non the less we witnessed an impressive participation of volunteering, 3,288 volunteers from 20 countries invested 10,433 hours, in community activities, such as park and beach clean-ups, supporting elderly populations and people with disabilities, renovating and refurbishing community buildings and parks, assisting at animal shelters, helping at local food banks and many others.
This event was successful both in terms of participation and in the dramatic increase in volunteer contributions throughout the year that followed. We had an increase in the global workforce participating in volunteering activities, creating a lasting cultural shift throughout our organization.
