SEARCH: SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

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[...]

Over the years, as awareness regarding global and regional sustainability challenges increased, ICL developed a two-legged approach. On the one hand, the operational focus has been on reducing negative impacts - promoting energy, material and carbon efficiency, pollution control, risk reduction, and supply chain impact. In parallel, there has been a growing focus on the introduction of solutions that increase the global positive impact of ICL’s business - through its products, existing and new. Much progress has been made on[...]

Energy storage is a crucial component needed to enable the effective integration of renewable energy and to unlock the benefits of a clean, local, resilient energy supply. ICL is committed to developing advanced bromine-based technologies that have the potential of becoming a new solution for energy storage. ICL is partnering with a range of industry players from research institutions to developers of energy storage applications in order to advance innovation in the energy storage market. Transitioning to renewable energy is[...]

Energy efficiency is part of ICL’s comprehensive approach to reduce its environmental impact.  Significant effort is invested to implement energy conservation measures in ICL’s companies and facilities worldwide. Efficiency projects range from a company-wide program to learn energy management and conservation methodologies to optimizing production equipment and creating greater awareness of the need for energy conservation among our employees and contractors. In early 2013, a global energy efficiency program was launched, as part of ICL’s corporate-wide ACE (Ambition Creates Excellence)[...]

ICL strives to continuously improve energy efficiency and decrease its emissions. It is doing so by increasing its use of clean and renewable energy, utilizing highly efficient electricity production units (natural gas based co-generation) and implementing multi-year energy efficiency programs. All industrial activity requires energy. Our energy consumption is both direct and indirect. Direct energy is energy produced by fuel combustion, mainly used to operate steam boilers, electricity generators and similar installations at ICL production sites, as well as fuel[...]