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Using Renewable Resources - Woodfibre for soilless crops

For decades peat has been the most widely used component for soilless crops worldwide. However, environmental concerns regarding the impact of CO2 released and the disturbance to biodiversity during peat management and extraction have led to the search for non-peat sustainable materials. One such alternative is “woodfibre”, a by-product of sawmills in the timber industry. ICL UK Nutberry specialises in the manufacturing of growing media, also commonly known as substrates, for professional horticulture use.For several decades, peat has been the[...]

Agricultural Knowledge Outreach

ICL is working with farmers to help them develop the knowledge needed to engage in sustainable agriculture, including plant nutrition and proper fertilization. This enables farmers to use the land they have more effectively and increase their yields. Growing more food on the land, while using balanced fertilizations brings forth, both increased food production and less of an environmental impact. In order to keep an abundant food supply during the global pandemic, ICL has invested in on-line webinars to farmers[...]

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 Global population now exceeds 7.5 billion and is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 - an additional 2 billion mouths to feed with no more than the existing farmland already cultivated.[...]

Tordell Stream as an Ecological Corridor

ICL Iberia has been preserving and further developing an ecological corridor at the Tordell Stream. This endeavour is designed to recover the stream’s environmental and social potential. The main project stage concluded in 2018. ICL Iberia continues to conduct maintenance activities to further preserve the area. 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[...]

Sdom Saltmarsh Lake

The Ashalim reservoir, located south of the ICL’s Dead Sea site, is a wet habitat, situated within a typical arid habitat. It is abundant with rich biological diversity. ICL Dead Sea, whose excavations in the region created this wet habitat, takes extra measures to preserve it, and invests in making this unique habitat accessible to the public. ICL Dead Sea’s actions are an example of its proactive commitment to environmental responsibility, combining its operational needs with efforts to preserve a rich and unique ecological system. In the past, the Sdom salt flats area[...]

Ag Tech

AgTech is a rapidly evolving sector that aims to improve applications of technology to increase 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 excellence in R&D to enhance its product pipeline and create new synergies between its extensive range of upstream and downstream products. 2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable[...]

Restoration of the Salt Deposits

ICL Iberia’s mine tailing management has a wide reach. Salt is a by-product of mining potash in ICL Iberia’s underground mines. 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 restore the salt deposit sites and to improve the water quality in a nearby river by preventing salt water[...]

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

In 2012, 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[...]