SEARCH: SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

ICL believes growth must never come at the expense of the environment. The Specialty Fertilizers business unit is responsible for innovative technologies implementation and precision plant nutrition to ensure we can grow better crops, plants, and grass with less. Controlled release fertilizers, fertigation, and wetting agents allow growers to optimize their yields, reduce fertilizer use, and save irrigation water. Controlled Release Fertilizers Plants are able to use nutrients from Controlled Release Fertilizers (CRFs) with great efficiency. Thanks to the high[...]

ICL Iberia is preserving and further developing  an ecological corridor at the Tordell Stream. This endeavor is designed to recover the stream’s environmental and societal potential. Tordell is a seasonal stream that is a valuable resource in the Suria municipality. The stream separates a nearby urban area from the Suria mine’s facilities. The stream serves as an ecological corridor in an area that has been disturbed. Unfortunately, over the decades the stream’s flow has decreased, its banks have been channeled,[...]

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[...]

A key element of ICL’s strategy is to develop advanced solutions for the agricultural sector by creating global leadership in Innovative Ag solutions. ICL is pursuing this by leveraging its excellence in R&D to enhance its product pipeline and by creating new synergies between its extensive range of upstream and downstream products. 2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to[...]

The Phoenix plan is a strategic project that includes the industrial development of the Bages basin which will create a wide impact related to the infrastructure and logistics of the area, as well as on 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[...]

ICL Iberia’s mine tailing management has a wide reach. The company has implemented numerous measures to control and manage its salt deposits at Suria and Sallent. It manages the salt deposited using Best Available Techniques (BAT based on reference documents published by the European Commission). ICL’s goal is to improve water quality by preventing saltwater from reaching and mixing with fresh water. 6.3 By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and[...]

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, a prominent element of our business culture. ICL production facilities maintain various water conservation projects, from using brackish water to recycling wastewater. Water is the most widely consumed natural resource and the single most essential foundation of our existence. Clean, safe drinking water is[...]