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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. H2FLo - Water management & conservation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCheiwBwcbs ICL has developed a range of wetting agents ( H2Flo ) for use in agriculture, horticulture, and professional turf. The products optimize plant quality, allow better water availability in the root zone, and help conserve precious water resources. 6.4 By[...]

Specialty Fertilizers

ICL believes growth must never come at the expense of the environment. The Specialty Fertilizers business unit is responsible for innovative technologies implementation and precision plant nutrition to ensure we can grow better crops, plants, and grass with less. Controlled release fertilizers, fertigation, and wetting agents allow growers to optimize their yields, reduce fertilizer use, and save irrigation water. Controlled Release Fertilizers Plants can use nutrients from Controlled Release Fertilizers (CRFs) with great efficiency. Thanks to the high nutrient use[...]

Tordell Stream as an Ecological Corridor

ICL Iberia has been preserving and further developing an ecological corridor at the Tordell Stream. This endeavor is designed to recover the stream’s environmental and societal potential. The main project stage concluded in 2018, ICL Iberia will continue to proceed with 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[...]

Aligning with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

ICL supports the 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 is also looking at the SDGs as guiding principles for its path forward on developing new products and 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[...]

Industrial Applications

ICL’s industrial chemical know-how and its access to mineral resources serve industries beyond the agricultural sector. These specialty products are used by a range of other manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, home furniture and appliances, construction and electric power utilities as well as in new and developing sectors, such as energy storage and urban mining. Energy Storage Bromine and its bromide derivatives represent an electrochemical couple around which various technologies have been developed for electrical energy[...]

Open Innovation

ICL is searching for open innovation initiatives and collaboration with external partners from the academic world, industries and startups. 9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending Open Innovation Focus Areas External Innovation efforts in ICL focus on innovative early-stage technologies, novel materials[...]

Ag Tech

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 food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation[...]

The Phoenix Plan

The Phoenix plan is a strategic project that includes the industrial development of the Bages basin which will create a wide impact related to the infrastructure and logistics of the area, as well as on international markets. With an initial investment of more than 240 million euros, the Phoenix Plan involves the extension and modernization of ICL’s facilities, improvement of transport infrastructure, expansion of logistics facilities at the Port of Barcelona and increased production of salt and potash. 8.2 Achieve[...]

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Restoration of the Salt Deposits

ICL Iberia’s mine tailing management has a wide reach. Salt is a by-product from the mining of 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 nearby rivers water quality by preventing salt water[...]

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Water & Wastewater

ICL regards water as a high-value natural resource. Many ICL facilities are located in water-stressed regions, and the company is aware of the need to treat this high-value natural resource with care. Water conservation is, therefore, a prominent element of our business culture. ICL production facilities maintain various water conservation projects, from using brackish water to recycling wastewater. Water is the most widely consumed natural resource and the single most essential foundation of our existence. Clean, safe drinking water is[...]