SEARCH: SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure

ICL combines environmental, health and safety criteria with commercial and operational considerations when developing new products, as part of its commitment to sustainable development. All potential products and materials are tested comprehensively and rigorously to specify their properties per an internal sustainability index for product development. All ICL R&D departments 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[...]

ICL supports the Sustainable Development Goals and was among the first companies to incorporate SDGs in defining its material issues and reporting on its 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 shared by communities globally. In addition to the challenges related to the planetary boundaries, the SDGs include social challenges ranging from poverty to education and economic prosperity. The SDGs are intended to enable[...]

ICL’s industrial chemical know-how and our access to mineral resources serve industries beyond the agricultural sector. Many of our specialty products were developed and are in use by a range of other manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, home furniture and appliances, construction and even electric power utilities. https://youtu.be/vUxybYahrDw Innovative, Sustainable and Cost Efficient Flame Retardants ICL Industrial Products is making significant breakthrough in the marketplace by expanding its sustainable and efficient flame retardants portfolio. New products[...]

ICL Innovation is ICL's technology incubator, an end-to-end eco-system for transforming ideas into successful commercial products. ICL Innovation focuses mainly on high‑risk technologies in the initial stages of development. It currently has 22 running projects, which are done in collaboration with partners from the academy and/or industry.  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[...]

ICL’s R&D activities are part of its global strategic planning. The activities include internal research and joint activities, with a wide range of universities, research institutes and start-ups. ICL is seeking to develop open innovation platforms. ICL’s R&D is directed towards present and future market needs and focuses on identifying additional uses for the minerals in use and their derivatives. OUR R&D EXPENSES 2018, the Company significantly strengthened its core research activities with third parties. The Agronomic research collaboration between[...]

ICL Iberia Suria & Sallent (Iberpotash) is one of the economic engines of Bages County (where ICL Iberia Suria & Sallent headquarters are located, 75 kilometers from Barcelona). It is a leading company in terms of revenues, and one of the largest of the 2,700 companies that operate in Bages. In addition, through its two mines, ICL Iberia Suria & Sallent  provides work for approximately 1,200 people. 9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030 significantly raise industry’s share[...]

Launching of the PolyStyreneLoop Project: Circular Economy in Action The project is an essential contribution to the EU’s efforts to develop a sustainable, low carbon, resource efficient and competitive economy.” Mr. Paolo Sandri ICL is one of the initiators of the PolyStyrene Loop (PSL) recycling project. This project contributes to circular economy by introducing a recycling scheme for Polystyrene (PS) foams containing the flame retardant HBCD (Hexabromocyclododecane). These foams have been long used as building insulation and also as packaging[...]

We are delighted to present you with ICL’s Corporate Responsibility Report for 2018. The report provides insight into the progress ICL made towards fulfilling its social roles and responsibilities, as a thriving and innovative global industrial company.The year 2018 was marked with ever more complex challenges to business and global commerce, with mounting social, environmental and political pressures dominating the daily news cycle. However, at ICL we choose to focus on the positive: the strategies and actions that enable ICL[...]