Community Engagement in Europe

Turkey

On October 30, 2020, the western province of Izmir, Turkey was hit by a severe earthquake. At least 25 people were killed and hundreds were reported injured. To this date, there are hundreds of people who have been left homeless due to the natural disaster.

Following this tragic event, the original volunteering activity for ICL Amfert employees in Bandirma, Turkey, during ESG week changed in an effort to support people in need. The entire ICL team concentrated its energies on providing immediate support, packing and sending food and clothing packages to Izmir’s citizens.

COVID-19 community response- - activities by the ICL Amsterdam HQ

During the COVID-19 crisis in the first half of 2020, ICL’s European headquarters initiated several initiatives to support the community:

Donating shirts to a hospital in Amsterdam (AMC) which were used as extra cover under protective clothing worn by the physicians and nurses in the hospital.
Every year ICL employees in Amsterdam traditionally receive chocolate eggs for Easter. This year, due to the lockdown, it was difficult to maintain this tradition. As a result, the chocolate eggs were donated to the Amsterdam Foodbank. Thousands of families in Amsterdam are dependent on the Foodbank and these families have no money to purchase items such as chocolate eggs during Easter. Hopefully, many of these families celebrated Easter with a smile.

In coordination with MT, ICL also donated chocolate Easter eggs to an elderly home, “de Schutse”.

Germany

ICL Ladenburg:

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.

This recognition is a direct result of our company's extensive CSR activities in the Ladenburg region and strong collaboration with the Ladenburg municipality and local community. 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.

Furthermore, our local employees have been continuously involved in various volunteering programs and initiatives, many of which promoted by ICL. These activities have given us an opportunity to make our community a better place to live.

ICL Ladenburg sponsors the following events and activities:

Fundraising campaign for the animal-based pedagogy in the Mirabelle children’s home.
Shelter for children in need
Local kindergarten, playgrounds and local schools for sports and other activities
University of Heidelberg
Home for handicapped individuals
Local community celebration (Ladenburg local festivities) and local sports events
Donating to several local charities
Supporting the Handball Grosssachsen, 2nd men’s team in the association league
Supporting the Soccer club FV Leutershausen

ICL Bitterfeld

ICL Bitterfeld sponsors the following events and activities:

Building of a new rest place at a scenic outlook in the nearby forest.
Donating face masks for Corona protection.

Austria

ICL Hartberg (Prolactal)

WORLD BEE DAY

Prolactal adopted five bee colonies at BIENEN FINK, an Austrian organic honey producer and is proud to be a “bee-friendly company”.

ICL Hartberg also sponsored Prolactal Hartberg (a local professional football club) as well as other local events in the city of Hartberg, such as family days, schools, city parties, bike races, etc.

In addition, donations are made to a children’s hospice.

The Netherlands

ICL Amfert Amsterdam

ICL Amfert Amsterdam partnered with the JINC foundation to help teenage students from disadvantaged socio-economic neighborhoods to discover their talents and prepare for technical job opportunities. ICL Amsterdam offers these young people the opportunity to visit the site for a mini-internship workshop where they experience the day-to-day work and the opportunities that the Company can offer to young people.

In addition, a small number of individual students are personally supervised by an ICL coach that seeks to uncover talent student talent in specific types of work. The ICL coach then guides him/her and recommends further educational directions.

ICL IP Terneuzen

ICL-IP Terneuzen (IPT) sponsors the following events and activities:

Regional cultural events

Festival Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (classical concerts organized over a two week period in various locations in the municipality)
Zeeland Jazz Festival in Terneuzen, an annual event in the municipality
Graauw Rock Festival, an annual rock music event
Shanty Festival, an annual folklore event in the municipality
Festival de Ballade, a popular musical weekend organized by a local celebrity
Local village festival markets in Terneuzen, Zaamslag, Biervliet and Sas van Gent

Sports events

Marathon Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, an annual sporting event in which a number of employees participate dressed in ICL uniforms
Ride for the Roses, a national cycling event in the fight against breast cancer. IPT is represented by its cycling team dressed in ICL uniforms

Other activities and sports events (in which at least one of our employees is part of the organization team):

Cycling tours, local football teams, swimming for handicapped children, athletic events, etc.
The IPT site sponsors billboards at local football and sports fields.
Billboards at local football and sports fields.
Donations to the local Voedselbank. This organization provides food parcels to people in the community without sufficient means.
Attending school information events. ICL IP Terneuzen’s EHS education officer, and/or Technical Ambassadors attend these events. To promote working in the chemical industry, and at ICL, in particular, the site distributes small gadgets or pens with the ICL logo. One of the challenges for ICL IP Terneuzen is to identify young people with a technical background. This is why ICL invests time and resources to interest young students in the industrial sector, hoping to help educate tomorrow’s chemists!

Helping to educate tomorrow’s chemists

One of the challenges for ICL IP Terneuzen is to identify young people with technical capabilities. That is why ICL invests time and resources to interest students in local schools in the industrial sector, hoping to help educate tomorrow’s chemists!

ICL Waardenburg

ICL Waardenburg donated plants that were used in a fertilization field trail to elderly homes.

ICL Belgium Community Engagement

ICL Grobbendonk

Sponsoring of several local sports and social events
Participation in a local clean-up day during which employees collect garbage in the industrial zone during working hours