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Select SDGs to find out how we are taking action in support of the UN Substinable Development Goals
ICL strives to positively impact its clients and suppliers, ICL’s programs support best practices, both in the agricultural sector (balanced fertilization) and the industrial sector (SAFR).
ICL aims to improve sustainability along its entire value chain. The Company has made substantial progress in its long-term efforts to manage its operations responsibly and decrease its environmental impact. This endeavor includes, among other things, a commitment to top tier environmental performance, and complete product responsibility. ICL also aims to be an employer of choice and verify that its contract workers are treated fairly.
An essential element in ICL’s organizational culture is to strictly adhere to sustainability principles. ICL’s core commitment to create impact for a sustainable future, is aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Several of ICL’s production sites are part of the Sedex initiative. Sedex is a membership organization that provides platforms for companies to manage and improve working conditions in global supply chains. ICL sites conducted SMETA audits which is Sedex's social auditing methodology, enabling businesses to assess their sites and suppliers to understand working conditions in their supply chain.
ICL is embedding sustainability in all its activities, including procurement, based on the belief that sustainability is a shared responsibility. Sustainability plays a key role in establishing a clear and transparent link with the Company’s entire supply chain and the Company works closely with stakeholders to meet mutual sustainability goals. Improving ICL’s sustainable procurement performance is an ongoing complex process which involves all its suppliers. ICL is committed to establishing partnerships with its stakeholders to enable the Company’s business goals in a sustainable manner.
ICL’s Supplier Code of Conduct mirrors the expectations that ICL has of its suppliers to cooperate and support establishing and maintaining a sustainable supply chain. The Code of Conduct includes commitments from suppliers regarding environmental protection, health, safety, and security; responsible employment and human rights; and business ethics. The Code of Conduct was first published in 2020, and ICL’s GPO (Global Procurement Organization) is currently implementing it with both existing suppliers and in future agreements.
In 2018, ICL joined the Together for Sustainability (TfS) Initiative, an international non-profit association promoting sustainable procurement by the global chemical industry. ICL is one of 33 large chemical companies that are members of the TfS Initiative. ICL and the other member companies engage their suppliers and encourage them to improve their practices on issues such as environment, safety, fair employment, business ethics and more. With thousands of suppliers assessed and audited through this initiative, and many of them showing improvement over time, TfS member companies, including ICL, are leading the way for sustainable performance practices within chemical industry supply chains, and effectively promoting a better world.
We can only bring sustainability to a higher level if we work together. This is why we would like to invite our suppliers to take an active part in sustainability activities by participating in the EcoVadis assessment or the TfS audits.”
Heinrich Berger, VP Global Raw Material Procurement
