Reports Archive

Impact on UK's Economy

ICL’s Boulby mine is the deepest mine in the UK and has been operating for 50 years. The Boulby mine has produced potash for many years and currently it is the world’s first and only polyhalite mine. The mine is a central part of the local economy. It is estimated that ICL’s Boulby mine contributed £115 million to the UK economy in the 2019 financial year. 9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030 significantly raise industry’s share of[...]

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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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[...]

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[...]

Open Innovation

ICL conducts an on-going search for open innovation initiatives and collaborations with external partners from the academic world, industries and startups. 9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending Open Innovation Focus Areas As part of its innovation efforts, ICL has focus on[...]

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Research, Development and Innovation

ICL’s research, development and innovation (RD&I) activities support its growth strategy. The main objective of these activities is to enable new product sales (NPS) and new business creation in the areas of next-generation fertilizers, food technology, e-mobility/sustainability, novel materials and digital agriculture. ICL’s research, development and innovation (RD&I) activities support its growth strategy. The main objective of these activities is to enable new product sales (NPS) and new business creation in the areas of next-generation fertilizers, food technology, e-mobility/sustainability, novel[...]

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[...]

Impact on Local Economy

ICL invests significant resources in developing and innovating. As part of its business activity, the Company also supports the livelihood (directly and indirectly) of thousands of families in the regions in which the Company operates. Over the years ICL had commissioned a few studies regarding the economic and social impacts in areas where the Company has major production facilities. 1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty[...]

Impact on Spain’s Economy

ICL Iberia (Iberpotash) is one of the economic engines of Bages County, where ICL Iberia (Iberpotash) headquarters are located, 75 kilometers from Barcelona. It is a leading company in terms of revenues, and one of the largest among the 2,700 companies that operate in Bages. In addition, ICL Iberia (Iberpotash) provides direct employment for approximately 1,100 people. 9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030 significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national[...]

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[...]

A message from ICL’s Chairman of the Board and ICL's President & CEO

It is with great satisfaction that we present our 2021 Corporate Responsibility (ESG) report. Our efforts and achievements are especially noteworthy in light of the stormy weather building up globally on many environmental, social, and economic fronts, including the global food and other industry-related markets ICL is involved with. We are living through a period of uncertainty that serves as a test to any organisation. However, ICL also recognizes this period of peril as a time to bring about a[...]