SEARCH: SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure

ICL supports the Sustainable Development Goals and was among the first companies to incorporate SDGs in defining its material issues and reporting on its sustainability-related activities. In 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 challenges related to the planetary boundaries, the SDGs include social challenges ranging from poverty to education and economic prosperity. The SDGs are intended to enable[...]

ICL’s industrial chemical know-how and our access to mineral resources serve industries beyond the agricultural sector. Many of our specialty products were developed and are in use by a range of other manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, home furniture and appliances and even electric power utilities. https://youtu.be/vUxybYahrDw 3.9 By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemical and air, water and soil pollution and contamination 9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit[...]

ICL Innovation is ICL's technology incubator, an end-to-end eco-system for transforming ideas into successful commercial products. ICL Innovation focuses mainly on high‑risk technologies in the initial stages of development. It has 8 running projects, which are done in collaboration with partners from the academy and/or industry. 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[...]

ICL’s R&D activities are part of its global strategic plan. The activities include both internal research and joint activities with a wide range of universities, research institutes and start-ups along with other long‑term innovative activities. ICL’s R&D is directed towards present and future market needs and focuses on identifying additional uses for the minerals in use and their derivatives. In 2017, the ICL significantly strengthened its core area research activities with third parties in: agriculture, food, and engineered materials. ICL’s[...]

ICL Iberia Iberpotash is the economic engine of Bages County (where ICL Iberia Iberpotash headquarters is located, 60 kilometers from Barcelona). It is a leading company in terms of revenues, and one of the largest of the 2,700 companies that operate in Bages. In addition, through its two mines, ICL Iberia Iberpotash provides work for over 1,270 people. 9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030 significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with[...]

Launching of the PolyStyreneLoop Project: Circular Economy in Action The project is an essential contribution to the EU’s efforts to develop a sustainable, low carbon, resource efficient and competitive economy.”Mr. Paolo Sandri ICL is one of the initiators of the PolyStyrene Loop (PSL)recycling project. This project contributes to the ‘circular economy’ by introducing a recycling scheme for PS foams containing HBCD. These foams have been long used as building insulation and also as packaging material. A physico-chemical recycling process can now[...]