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Following are some of these rankings and awards from recent years:
In the 2021 BDI ranking for “Best Companies to Work for”, ICL was ranked 38th among all Israeli ranked employers. ICL ranked 6th place among all Israeli industrial companies in 2021. This survey-based ranking measures the views of Israeli employees and managers regarding their current and preferred places of work and also takes into account their companies’ investment in human capital. ICL monitors this ranking as one of its KPIs related to its commitment to being an Employer of Choice.
In 2021, for the third straight year, ICL was selected as one of 380 public companies worldwide to be included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). The GEI distinguishes companies that are committed to transparency in reporting their gender policy and advancing gender equality. ICL is the only industrial Israeli based company included in the Bloomberg GEI, and one of the few companies among its major global peers in the fertilizers sector.
ICL was rated “A-”, for the second year in a row, for its 2020 Climate Change Disclosure (CDP). ICL’s 2020 rating is tied for first place among Israeli based companies, as well as tied for the highest rating among its global fertilizer peer group. ICL is also among the Supplier Engagement Leaders on climate change topics, in CPD’s sub ranking-SER, with a score of “A“.
In 2021, ICL was included for the second time in the FTSE4Good Index (for companies with strong ESG practices). ICL’s FTSE ESG overall rating in 2021 was 3.4/5 vs. the industry average of 2.2. Among hundreds of chemical related ranked companies, ICL is in the 60% percentile.
In 2020, ICL received an overall 68 (of 100) Bloomberg ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) score for its 2019 reporting and performance. ICL has the top performance among its global fertilizer peers.
ICL was awarded the maximum Platinum + ranking, for the third straight year, in the 2021 Maala Corporate Responsibility index (for 2020 performance). The Maala ranking is the leading sustainability index in Israel. Scores are based on detailed criteria regarding diverse aspects of sustainability: environmental protection, business ethics, diversity and fairness in employment, community engagement, corporate governance, sustainable procurement and others.
ICL completed its second global Ecovadis sustainability assessment in early 2020. ICL ranked among the top 11% of scores among 30,000 globally ranked suppliers for its 2020 assessment. ICL received a score of 62/100 – a silver ranking – just under the gold ranking threshold (>=66). See our score summary here.
In 2020, for the second straight year, ICL received the Industry Stewardship Champion Award by the International Fertilizers Association (IFA). The award recognizes fertilizer companies that promote transparency and corporate responsibility, by committing to sustainable practices, and by voluntarily providing IFA with recent performance data in the areas of safety, production emissions and energy efficiency. The award expresses ICL’s strategic commitment to foster a strong and proactive safety & sustainability culture to ensure the Company’s continuous ‘Right to Operate’, as well as to advance management practices in all sustainability areas.
ICL Iberia has received the 2020 Infrastructure Award from the Infrastructure Advisory Council of Catalonia, for the construction of our new terminal in the Port of Barcelona.
ICL Ladenburg was recognized by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Economics and local welfare associations for its social commitment and community impact, naming it “a socially committed” company. In recent years, ICL Ladenburg has led a wide array of activities, providing support to different associations and projects in the areas of education, culture, sports, environment and people with special needs.
The PolyStyreneLoop circular economy project, initiated by ICL the Netherlands Terneuzen, in cooperation with additional partners, won the Blue Tulip Award 2020 in the climate category. The Blue Tulip Award identifies the most promising startups and innovations in the Netherlands. The award recognizes the innovative technology behind PolyStyreneLoop, its disruptive business model as a cooperative and the scalable solution with impact that brings the circular economy into action.
In early 2020, ICL Specialty Fertilizers’ Water Conservation Agent product, H2Flo, received a silver ranking in the annual LAMMA Innovation Awards, in the Arable Innovation category. The LAMMA Innovation Awards recognizes and gives exposure to some of the extraordinary advances in agricultural manufacturing.
In 2020, ICL The Netherlands Amfert participated in the Dutch Circular Awards and ended up in the top 10 (out of 121), for the site’s innovative circular economy pilot of producing fertilizers with recycled phosphates.
