Reports Archive

BromoQuel™

As the leading global manufacturer of Elemental Bromine, ICL has developed an innovative product to handle Bromine spills. Its BromoQuel™ provides a safe response and immediate suppression of Bromine vapor and liquid spills. Bromine is utilized in multiple applications and industries. Elemental Bromine is liquid at room temperature with high vapor pressure. It is a strong oxidizer and accidental exposure to it without protection may cause irritation, burns and poisoning, depending on the severity of exposure. Bromine leakage also poses[...]

Using Renewable Resources - Woodfibre for soilless crops

ICL UK has been investing in the research and development of sustainable and high-quality alternatives to peat. ICL intends to use more products that support a circular economy, and has extended its growing media offerings with Fibagro Advance, a unique and superior peat alternative manufactured in the UK. This innovative and advanced woodfibre product is being used as a key component in professional growing media mixes and provides professional growers with a sustainable growing solution. Extracted peat from peatlands across[...]

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Scientific Collaborations

ICL collaborates with farmers in the fields, testing, learning together and disseminating knowledge. Joining forces with farmers, governmental organizations, academia and scientists is necessary to improve agricultural methods and to create abundant, nutritious crops. International Potash Institute (IPI) International Potash Institute (IPI) is non-governmental and non-profit organisation with the mission to develop and promote balanced fertilisation. ICL is the leading member of the IPI and actively promotes its mission. ICL’s specialists are acting as IPI directors and coordinators. The coordinators[...]

Agricultural Knowledge Outreach

ICL is working with farmers to help them develop the knowledge needed to engage in sustainable agriculture, including plant nutrition and proper fertilization. This enables farmers to use the land they have more effectively and increase their yields. Growing more food on the land, while using balanced fertilizations brings forth, both increased food production and less of an environmental impact. In order to keep an abundant food supply during the global pandemic, ICL has invested in on-line webinars to farmers[...]

H2Flo

ICL has developed a line of products designed to manage and conserve water used for irrigation. H2Flo optimizes plant quality, allows better water availability in the root zone and helps conserve precious water resources. Applying with Precision - nutrients via water Fertigation delivers soluble fertilizers via irrigation systems to enhance crop production. Fertigation is a highly effective and flexible method that allows growers a precise application of nutrients, according to the crop’s demands. Fertilizer inputs through fertigation can be easily adapted[...]

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Promoting a Circular Economy @ICL Rotem

As ICL broadens and expands its perspective regarding transforming its activities from a linear process to circular economy process, new business ventures are being established. ICL Rotem has created a business unit dedicated to finding value in its byproducts, previously considered unusable. ICL Rotem combines energy, resources and manpower to create its products. The byproducts of ICL Rotem’s main production processes contain valuable minerals. These include fluorine, silica, sulphur, calcium carbonate, and calcium sulphate. These minerals are used as raw[...]

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[...]

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Food Innovations & Alternative Proteins

ICL’s products for the food industry include functional food ingredients and phosphate additives, which provide texture and stability solutions for processed meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, beverages and baked goods. These ingredient solutions, in addition to milk and whey proteins ICL produces, help nourish the world’s continuously growing population. ICL’s Food Specialties business has more than 75 years of experience in the food industry. Its diverse product portfolio consists of high-quality functional phosphate and ingredient systems that deliver buffering agents,[...]

New Generation of Flame Retardants

ICL Industrial Products is making significant breakthroughs in the marketplace by expanding its new generation of flame retardants. These new products are in line with ICL-IP's efforts to provide sustainable and efficient flame retardants to the marketplace. This includes potentially adapting to a circular economy. Flame Retardants - No ignition, No Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPakvDIaa_EICL Industrial Products is making significant breakthroughs in the marketplace by expanding its flame retardants portfolio. ICL-IP offers PolyQuel®P-100, a polymeric and reactive solution for fire safety in[...]

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Aligning with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

ICL views the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) as guiding principles on its path to developing new products and finding new uses for existing products. ICL supports the UN SDGs and was among the first companies in the world to incorporate them into its business ideals, and use them to define its priorities in reporting on sustainability related activities. https://youtu.be/d7b_DoqcMocIn 2015, the United Nations updated its Millennium Goals to define a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be[...]

Industrial Applications

ICL’s industrial chemical know-how and its access to mineral resources serve industries beyond the agricultural sector. These specialty products are used by a range of other manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, home furniture and appliances, construction and electric power utilities as well as in new and developing sectors, such as energy storage and urban mining. https://youtu.be/vUxybYahrDw Energy Storage Bromine and its bromide derivatives represent an electrochemical couple around which various technologies have been developed for electrical[...]

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ESG Metrics

ICL aspires for best practices in the management of all ESG components. Following are the main ESG quantitative KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) from recent years, and related trend analysis. Economic Performance(see further details here) units201920202021Sales$ millions5,2715,0436,955Operating income$ millions7562022,611Adjusted operating income$ millions7605091,194Total adjusted net income - shareholders of the Company$ millions479258824Cash Flow from Operating Activities$ millions9928041,065 Environmental Performance (see further details here) Energy (see further details here)In 2021, approximately 7.4% of energy consumed by ICL was electricity purchased from the grid. Approximately[...]

Risk Management & The Precautionary Principle

As part of ICL’s strategic plan to implement sustainable business practices, an organizational risk management structure has been established which includes, among others, sustainability related issues. Through a structured process that identifies risks and opportunities, ICL applies what is referred to as the Precautionary Principle. ICL makes considerable efforts to ensure that it complies with the requirements of the authorities and acts in accordance with their instructions.Regarding environmental issues, ICL’s commitment to the principles of the “Responsible Care” Global Charter serves[...]

Agricultural Research

Increasing food abundance and quality is a critical need, as is increasing efficiency in the agriculture sector. In its role as a major producer of fertilizers, ICL develops and disseminates knowledge regarding plant nutrition and proper fertilizing methods to farmers worldwide, helping to meet the challenges of the world’s growing population, decreasing arable land and the urgent need for greater environmental stewardship. Center for Plant Nutrition ICL established a Center for Fertilization and Plant Nutrition (CFPN). The CFPN is a[...]

Ag Tech

AgTech is a rapidly evolving sector that aims to improve technology applications in order to increase the yield, growth, quality, and harvesting of crops. One of the key elements of ICL’s strategy is to develop advanced solutions for the agricultural sector by creating global leadership in Innovative Ag solutions and precision agriculture. ICL is leveraging its RD&I excellence in order to enhance its product pipeline and create new synergies between its extensive range of upstream and downstream products. ICL is[...]

The Phoenix Plan

The Phoenix Plan is a strategic project which includes the industrial development of the Bages basin. It has considerable impact on the infrastructure and logistics of the area, and will affect international markets. With an initial investment of more than 240 million euros, the Phoenix Plan involves the extension and modernization of ICL’s facilities, improvement of transport infrastructure, expansion of logistics facilities at the Port of Barcelona, and increased production of salt and potash. 8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic[...]

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Controlled Release Fertilizers

ICL is a global leader in controlled release fertilizers. Plants can use nutrients from Controlled Release Fertilizers (CRFs) with great efficiency. Thanks to the high nutrient use efficiency of CRFs and their precise, localized application (at the plant’s root zone), growers worldwide can reduce their fertilizer usage and simultaneously achieve higher quality crops and yields with a lower environmental impact. The use of CRFs can reduce the total use of fertilizers by 20% to even 50% as well as significantly[...]

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Producing Fertilizers with Recycled Phosphate

Phosphate rock is an increasingly scarce source of phosphorus. Methods are underway to recover and recycle phosphates from other sources such as human sewage, animal manure and sewage sludge ashes. ICL Fertilizers Europe’s goal is to replace phosphate rock with secondary phosphates resources. https://youtu.be/Yokepk-i66QPhosphorus is an essential element for plant growth that cannot be replaced. As phosphate rock becomes scarcer, ICL is looking at various alternatives, including the possibility of reusing phosphate. Secondary phosphate is currently available, and is found[...]

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PolyStyrene Loop: Retrieving Bromine

ICL is one of the initiators of the PolyStyrene Loop (PSL) recycling project. The project promotes a ‘circular economy’ by introducing a recycling scheme for Polystyrene (PS) foams containing the flame retardant HBCD (Hexabromocyclododecane). PolyStyrene Loop is a cooperative representing more than 70 companies from the polystyrene foam value chain. Its members include polystyrene raw material producers, foam manufacturers, additives suppliers, foam converters and recyclers as well as EUMEPS, the association and voice of European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystyrene. It[...]

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Circular Economy

ICL develops products and methods to enable participation in creating a global circular economy, both by developing processes in its own facilities and by looking for opportunities with other industries as part of its business thinking. In addition, ICL develops products from its own byproducts in order to minimize waste, and reviews how its current products perform in a circularity framework. ICL's target is to increase circular economy & water savings impact by additional 3% recycling of waste streams per[...]

Product Safety & Responsibility

ICL’s approach to product safety involves evaluating and managing its products through their life cycle in a responsible manner, from the production process and supply chain, through their use and end of life phases. In addition, ICL continuously assesses the potential risks of new chemical products prior to their commercialization. As a leading global chemical company, ICL is careful to ensure that the chemical substances it produces and sells are handled in accordance with all rules and regulations throughout their[...]

Water & Wastewater

ICL regards water as a high-value natural resource. Many ICL facilities are located in water-stressed regions, and the Company is aware of the need to treat this high-value natural resource with care. Water conservation is therefore an inherent part of ICL’s business culture. ICL production facilities maintain various water conservation projects, including using brackish water and recycling wastewater. ICL's target is to increase circular economy & water savings impact by additional 3% recycling of waste streams per year. Water is[...]

Air Quality

ICL strives to continuously improve its environmental footprint. Reducing air emissions is a central goal of ICL’s environmental strategy. ICL regularly monitors emissions of pollutants to better manage its operations. ICL is taking steps to reduce air emissions by implementing innovative emission prevention solutions and switching to cleaner fuels. Air pollutants include substances, gases, and particles in the air, whether from natural sources or as the result of human activity. Human endeavors, such as energy generation, transportation, industrial and agricultural[...]

GHG & Climate Change

Climate change is taking an increasing toll on the earth’s ecosystems, and 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. To achieve these targets, ICL is taking extensive actions including establishing a multi-year energy efficiency plan, to transition from[...]

Waste

ICL strives to implement a circular economy approach. In Israel, ICL’s byproduct and waste streams of some plants serve as input materials for other production processes. At other production sites (mainly in Europe), ICL uses streams from other companies as part of a broader value chain. The Company is making efforts to “close the loop” for both its production processes and its products. Most industrial processes have various types of byproducts. Some industrial wastes can be introduced back into production[...]

Energy

ICL strives to continuously improve 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 its Board of Directors and management. ICL's target is to increase its renewable energy consumption to 50% by 2040. In 2021, approximately 4% of ICL’s energy mix came from renewable energy. ICL is in the process of changing its[...]