Sustainable
Operations
We aim to foster sustainable operations by carrying out programs to increase production efficiencies, reduce carbon footprint, minimize the impact of waste production and ensure sustainable sourcing and use of water resources.
2023 Performance Highlights
tCO₂ℯ/N-tons
-3% reduction vs. 2022
Reduction VS 2022
Reduction VS 2022
40+ Nationalities
How We Work
Fertiglobe’s business operations are governed and managed by putting particular focus on safeguarding and preserving the environment.
For this reason, we have developed and structured Environmental Management Systems (EMS) in all our plants, creating a robust set of policies, procedures and best working practices tools.
Climate change and its related risks and opportunities, as well as water management, are three cardinal matters to Fertiglobe’s sustainability journey. As a producer of ammonia and urea, we generate greenhouse gases along our whole value chain, thus, we have established different commitments to reach our goal of reducing and managing our environmental impacts, as well as water usage.
Climate Change Matters
We’re not just envisioning change; we’re steering it: we’re exploring new low-carbon and renewable technologies, including electrolysis, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), highlighting our commitment to sustainability for a greener future.
Our climate strategy is based on three pillars: operational excellence, transitioning our facilities to renewable energy sources and new strategic, low-carbon and renewable technologies.
In 2023, the outcomes of our strategy were positive, as we managed to reduce our energy consumption despite an increase in production, resulting in a decrease in our energy intensity (GJ/ton gross product), as well as in our overall Greenhouse Gas (GHG) intensity (ton CO₂ℯ/N-ton).
In 2023, we conducted a comprehensive inventory of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) impacts across our entire value chain, in order to further strengthen our climate strategy, and foster the identification of future reduction activities.
Energy Intensity -
Ammonia
(GJ/ton gross product)
No Data Found
GHG Intensity - ETS Methodology
(Scope 1 + Scope 2 + Downstream)
(ton CO₂ℯ/N-ton)
No Data Found
Climate Risks
One of the most significant risks that organizations face today relates to climate change. While it is widely recognized that continued emission of greenhouse gases will cause further warming of the planet, the exact timing and severity of physical effects are difficult to estimate, while the large-scale and long-term nature of the problem makes it uniquely challenging.
Following these considerations, we decided to further analyse climate change’s physical and transition risks ad their related impacts, as well their mitigants and opportunities.Â
Physical Risks
Extreme Weather Events
Changing Weather Patterns
Water Scarcity
Transition Risks
Regulatory Changes
Cost to Transition to Lower Emissions Technology
Dietary Shifts
Reputational Risks
Zero Freshwater
We primarily use water in our production processes for cooling, steam generation, or in our downstream aqueous products, using the Best Available Technologies (BAT) to eliminate our need for freshwater and surface water, minimizing our water discharge and consumption.
We are committed to zero freshwater withdrawal at all out sites and have installed destination units to use seawater instead of freshwater for all our sites. In 2023, we reached our target of zero freshwater withdrawal in all our sites.
Our production facilities in Algeria and the UAE source 100% of their water intake from the sea, while facilities in Egypt transitioned their freshwater withdrawal to a mixture of desalinated and non-potable ground water treated via reverse osmosis since 2022. Fertiglobe is now fully reliant on sustainable water sources and reliance on freshwater sources at all our MENA assets has been eliminated.