Sustainability
Fertiglobe’s ambition is to play a pivotal role in the transition to sustainable agriculture and the development of low-carbon fuel and industrial feedstock solutions.
Our Sustainability Strategy
Within our business model, we have woven sustainability into our industrial strategy, strategic objectives, and executive compensation.
Our ESG Framework is designed to align with our corporate strategy, business planning, the UAE’s National Vision, and the UN SDGs.
Through our ESG Framework, we defined four sustainability pillars, ambitions, and goals representative of our key issues and opportunities.
Committed to Sustainability
At Fertiglobe, we aim to be at the forefront of addressing global challenges, including food security and climate change. As leading producer of ammonia and urea, we aim to responsibly drive sustainable agriculture, fuel, and industrial feedstock by:
- leading decarbonization solutions through our low-carbon and renewable platforms to reduce downstream emissions;
- creating innovative solutions to feed a growing population, empower our business and growers to confront environmental challenges and reduce the environmental impacts of fertilizer application;
- developing and promoting products to minimize impacts and dependencies on the environment, beyond GHG emission reduction.
Fertiglobe integrates its sustainability principles across all operations, committing to creating value and getting the best out of our positive financial, social and environmental impacts.
To pursue our sustainability objectives, we have implemented a structured and dedicated ESG Governance.
Driving the Global Energy Transition
With ammonia’s end markets covering food, fuel, and feedstock, Fertiglobe plays a key role in decarbonizing its diversified value chain, enabling the global energy transition.
Hydrogen also plays a crucial role in the pursuit of carbon neutrality, aligning with government targets for the 1.5–2°C pathway, necessitating a substantial decrease in global CO₂ emissions. The adoption of low-carbon ammonia and hydrogen opens diverse opportunities for decarbonization, encompassing emissions reduction in marine fuel, power generation, transportation, construction, and agriculture, which will help reducing emissions across industries where abatement is difficult.
Drawing on our access to renewable energy sources and leveraging the synergies provided by our majority shareholders, Fertiglobe aims to play an increasingly central role in propelling the growth of the low-carbon and renewable ammonia industry, directly contributing to the decarbonization of the global economy.
Our low-carbon ammonia strategy aligns with the UAE’s Green Agenda 2030 and Net-Zero strategic initiative.
ESG Framework
Through our ESG Framework, we defined four sustainability pillars, ambitions, and goals representative of our key issues and opportunities. The ESG Framework is designed to align with our corporate strategy, business planning, the UAE’s National Vision, and the UN SDGs. Based on a regular improvement approach, sustainability goals may be revised and updated in line with the operating context’s evolution.
Sustainable Operations
Fostering 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.
- Reduce our carbon footprint and our Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity in line with our majority shareholder’s targets.
- Zero freshwater withdrawal at all sites.
Product Stewardship
Developing and promoting products and services to minimize the impacts and dependencies on the environment and maximize the impacts on society.
- Produce 1 million tons of enhanced efficiency fertilizers until 2035.
- Providing low-carbon and renewable products to help decarbonize downstream industries.
- Mitigating environmental impacts beyond GHG emission reduction, including DEF.
Social Value
Building an inclusive, stimulating, and safe working environment and promoting social development for the benefit of our communities and all stakeholders.
- Zero fatalities and catastrophic events in 2025.
- Regularly measure the level of ongoing engagements between leadership and employees.
- Further foster implementing proactive retention strategies for our talent.
- Commit to fostering an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and have equal opportunities for advancement.
- Enhance representation of underrepresented groups in leadership through targeted mentorship.
- Strengthen unconscious bias training for hiring managers to ensure fair recruitment and promotion practices.
- In 2025, keep the Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR), Process Safety Event Rate (PSER), and Environmental Incident Rate (EIR) below 1.
Responsible Business Practices
Setting high standards of governance, ethics, and transparency and enacting policies and practices to promote ethical behavior and decision-making.
- Achieving high coverage of annual training completion on the Code of Conduct for targeted employees.
- Ensuring a Group-wide compliance risk assessment is performed to identify, mitigate, and monitor potential compliance risks on a yearly basis.
Sustainable Operations
Product Stewardship
Social Value
Building an inclusive, stimulating, and safe working environment and promoting social development for the benefit of our communities and all stakeholders.
Responsible Business Practices
2024 Performance Highlights
tCO₂ℯ/N-tons
-3% reduction vs. 2022
2024 ESG Ratings
We have been rated by various sustainability ratings agencies based on the extent of our ESG disclosures.
Below is a summary of the latest scores issued based on our 2023 performance. Where possible, we are working to improve our disclosure.
EcoVadis
Silver Medal
CDP
B for Climate and B for Water
Sustainalytics
Risk Rating: 30.7
ESG Invest
68
Scoring Legend
EcoVadis
CDP
A (Leadership) to F (Failure to Disclose).
Sustainalytics
0 (Negligible Risk) to 40+ (Severe Risk)
ESG Invest
0–25 (Limited) to 76–100 (Advanced).
2024 ESG Awards & Recognitions
Our CEO was recognized as a 2024 Forbes Sustainability Leader in the Manufacturing and Industrial sectors.
We were recognized an Industry Stewardship Champion by Internaltional Fertilizer Association, as one of the 30 companies that were able to measure, compare, and ultimately improve their individual SHE performance, embodying a collective effort to raise sustainability standards across the industry.
We were awarded the 2024 Arab Fertilizer Association (AFA) Sustainability Award. The award highlights our achievements in three key areas (Operational Excellence, Sustainability Performance, Leadership Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Practices).