Reports Archive

Product Carbon Footprints

ICL has been measuring and managing its corporate carbon footprint for the past decade. Last year it also set an aggressive target to reduce its carbon footprint by over 30% within a decade and lately, has also declared a target of being Carbon Neutral by 2050. ICL is now engaged in the next phase - to assess the carbon footprints of each of its main products. Due to the unique nature of ICL’s products and production processes, some of ICL’s[...]

Resilient and Innovative Agriculture

Agriculture, worldwide, is facing unprecedented challenges. The world’s population is growing and expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. Meanwhile, food security is decreasing, as broad regions experience the effects of climate change and resource scarcity. ICL’s products and solutions are key to meeting future nutritional requirements. The agricultural community and its supply chain is facing the biggest challenge of our times. As the global population exceeds 7.5 billion, and is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, an additional[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 Ag Tech solutions, fertilizers, alternative proteins and other products that enable food to maintain a longer shelf life or reduce food waste. 2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food[...]

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 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[...]

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[...]