Reports Archive

Scientific Collaborations

Food abundance and quality, as well as nutrients in food are critical for human nutrition. ICL collaborates with farmers in the fields, testing, learning together and disseminating knowledge. Working together with farmers, governmental organizations, academia and scientists is necessary to improve agricultural methods and to create abundant, nutritious food. 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 all year round.[...]

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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[...]

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H2Flo

ICL has developed a line of products designed to manage and conserve water used for irrigation. H2Flo optimizes plant quality, allows better water availability in the root zone and helps conserve precious water resources. Applying with Precision - nutrients via water Fertigation delivers soluble fertilizers via irrigation systems to enhance crop production. Fertigation is a highly effective and flexible method that allows growers to apply nutrients very precisely, according to the demands of the crop. Fertilizer inputs through fertigation can[...]

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.[...]

Food Innovations & Alternative Proteins

ICL’s products for the food industry include functional food ingredients and phosphate additives, which provide texture and stability solutions for processed meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, beverage and baked goods. These phosphate solutions, as well as milk and whey proteins the Company produces for the food ingredients industry, help feed the world’s continuously growing population. ICL’s Food Specialties business brings over 75 years of experience to the food industry. Its diverse product portfolio consists of high-quality functional phosphate and mineral systems[...]

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Aligning with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

ICL supports the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and was among the first companies to incorporate SDGs in defining its material priorities and reporting on its sustainability-related activities. It also views the SDGs as guiding principles on its path to develop new products and for finding new uses for its existing products. 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[...]

Agricultural Research

Increasing food abundance and quality is a critical need, as is increasing efficiency in the agriculture sector. In its role as a major producer of fertilizers, ICL develops and disseminates knowledge regarding plant nutrition and proper fertilizing methods to farmers worldwide, helping to meet the challenges of the world’s growing population, decreasing arable land and the urgent need for greater environmental stewardship. Center for Plant Nutrition In 2015, ICL established a Center for Fertilization and Plant Nutrition (CFPN). The CFPN[...]

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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[...]

Sustainable Solutions

ICL is developing and investing in solutions on two main fronts. On the one hand, it is focused on operational innovation to reduce the Company’s impact by promoting energy, material and carbon efficiency, pollution control, risk reduction and supply chain impact. In parallel, ICL’s RD&I is looking to the UN’s SDGs as guiding principles for further development. The Company is increasingly focused on finding solutions that increase the positive global impact of ICL’s business - through its existing and new[...]

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[...]

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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[...]

A message from ICL’s Chairman of the Board and ICL's President & CEO

It is a great pleasure to present you with the 2020 ICL CSR report. The past year is a strong testament to the Group’s ability to maintain its course, adapt and thrive, despite an unprecedented period of global disruption. It has also shown us how resilient we are and, in many ways, brought us together, despite the social distancing we had to practice. The pandemic strained supply chains, production systems and commercial services worldwide. It also brought to light the[...]