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Sustainability Index for Product Development

ICL combines environmental, health and safety criteria with commercial and operational considerations when developing new products, as part of its commitment to sustainable development. Potential products and materials are tested comprehensively and rigorously to specify their properties per an internal sustainability index for product development. The R&D departments of several ICL business units have implemented the Sustainability Index. Manufacturing products with a maximum positive impact and minimum negative impact throughout their life cycle, requires optimum product planning from the development[...]

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New Generation of Flame Retardants

ICL Industrial Products is making significant breakthroughs in the marketplace by expanding its new generation of its flame retardants portfolio. These new products are in line with ICL-IP resolution to provide sustainable and efficient flame retardants to the marketplace. This includes the potential adaptability into a circular economy. Flame Retardants - No ignition, No Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPakvDIaa_EICL Industrial Products is making significant breakthroughs in the marketplace by expanding its flame retardants portfolio. ICL-IP offers PolyQuel®P-100, a polymeric and reactive solution for[...]

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[...]

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Research, Development and Innovation

ICL’s Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) activities support ICL’s growth strategy. Their main objective is enabling New Product Sales (NPS) and new business creation. Developments encompass products, formulations and processes. Development activities are carried out in the company’s RD&I centers around the world and in external labs in universities, research institutes and start-ups in collaborative RD&I projects. A thorough analysis of market and customer needs precede strategic research projects. ICL continuously searches for new uses to ICL’s core minerals and[...]

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[...]

Impact on Spain’s Economy

ICL Iberia Suria & Sallent (Iberpotash) is one of the economic engines of Bages County (where ICL Iberia Suria & Sallent headquarters are located, 75 kilometers from Barcelona). It is a leading company in terms of revenues, and one of the largest among the 2,700 companies that operate in Bages. In addition, through its two mines, ICL Iberia Suria & Sallent provides direct employment for approximately 1,100 people. 9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030 significantly raise industry’s[...]

PolyStyrene Loop: Retrieving Bromine

Launching of the PolyStyreneLoop Project: Circular Economy in Action ICL is one of the initiators of the PolyStyrene Loop (PSL) recycling project. This project contributes to the promotion of a ‘circular economy’ by introducing a recycling scheme for Polystyrene (PS) foams containing the flame retardant HBCD (Hexabromocyclododecane). Polystyrene foams have long been used as building insulation and as packaging material. They are known for their outstanding insulation and shock absorbing abilities. They are well tried and tested for use in[...]

A message from ICL's Chairman and CEO

It is our pleasure to present you with ICL’s comprehensive CSR Report for 2019. Over the past several months the basic foundations of our society have been under intense pressure worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic is testing every aspect of our daily lives, from our healthcare systems and means of employment to our global food supply chains and agricultural practices. ICL’s focus on contributing to global food security is now more vital than ever. While we are bound to face additional challenges[...]