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.
2024 Performance Highlights
tCO₂ℯ/N-tons
-3% reduction vs. 2022
Recycled, Or Recovered
Consumption Reduction
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 2024, Fertiglobe’s total energy consumption stayed stable, in line with 2023, highlighting our continuous efforts to reduce our environmental footprint.
Fertiglobe’s overall GHG intensity decreased to 2.91 tCO2e/N-ton in 2024, compared to 2.94 tCO2e/N-ton in the previous year, thanks to decarbonization efforts.
Energy Intensity -
Ammonia
(GJ/ton gross product)
GHG Intensity - EU ETS Methodology
(scope 1+ Scope 2 + Downstream)
(ton CO₂ℯ/N-ton)
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.
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
Water is used in several ways during the production process, such as cooling water, steam, or as a raw material for our downstream products.
Water is circulated and reused many times throughout our production cycles.
Following several cycles through our plants, water is recycled by neighboring plants where interconnections exist or is safely released as unpolluted water vapor.
Fertiglobe is fully reliant on sustainable water sources, reaching and maintaining, since 2023, its target of zero freshwater use in all sites. Our production facilities in Algeria and the UAE source 100% of their water intake from the sea, while facilities in Egypt have transitioned their freshwater withdrawal to a mixture of desalinated and non-potable groundwater treated via reverse osmosis since 2022.
