SEARCH: SDG 15 - Life on Land

The Ashalim reservoir, located south of our Dead Sea Works facility, is a wet habitat with an abundance of rich biological diversity. It is situated within a typical arid habitat. ICL Dead Sea Works (DSW), whose excavations in the region created the wet habitat, takes extra measures to preserve it. ICL DS’s actions are an example of our proactive commitment to environmental responsibility, combining our operational needs with efforts to preserve a rich and unique ecological system. ICL DS, whose excavations in the region created the lake, maintains the site and acknowledges the importance of the lake,[...]

A multi‑year program is underway to restore ICL Iberia’s salt deposits while paying close attention to the issue of wastewater drainage and sludge treatment. ICL Iberia has implemented numerous measures to control and manage its salt deposits at Suria and Sallent. Our goal is to improve water quality by preventing salt water from reaching and mixing with freshwater. In 2015, in accordance with the provisions of the Spanish Waste Management regulation, ICL Iberia submitted to the Government of Catalonia a[...]

ICL is a world leader in controlled release fertilizers which enhance the nutrient efficiency and minimize leaching and volatilization into the environment. These products enable growers around the world to reduce fertilizer usage by 20-30% and simultaneously achieve higher quality crops and yields with a lower environmental impact. 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 to climate change, extreme weather,[...]

The fertilizer industry helps to overcome agricultural challenges, and facilitate increased crop yields on existing agricultural land, preventing excess conversion of natural habitats into agricultural land. As a major producer of fertilizers and specialty fertilizers, ICL’s products enhance yields and improve crop quality as well as reduce water consumption and protect the environment by minimizing loss (leaching and volatilization) of fertilizers. 2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that[...]

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,[...]

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 resources scarcity. ICL’s products and solutions are key to meeting our future nutritional requirements. It took 10,000 years for the world’s population to reach 1 billion by the year 1800, another 100 years to double to 2 billion and less than another century to triple to[...]