Product
Stewardship
We aim to develop and promote products and services to minimize the impacts and dependencies on the environment, such as climate change, air, water and soil pollution, biodiversity and ecosystems, and to optimize the impacts on society in terms of food security, land use changes, health and safety.
2023 Performance Highlights
-3% reduction vs.2022
65% in 2022
How We Work
We are tirelessly exploring new projects to shape a sustainable future, via our approach to product stewardship which has three pillars, underpinned by our commitment to product safety:
- Providing low-carbon and renewable products through our decarbonization initiatives to reduce downstream emissions.
- Enhancing nutrient use efficiency through innovative products and services, supporting farmer education programs, driving the adoption of more sustainable practices and products, developing fertilizers with urease and/or nitrification inhibitors for reducing Nâ‚‚O emissions during field applications and evaluating the introduction of sulphur to our products for better nutrient use efficiency.
- Mitigating environmental impacts beyond GHG emission reduction, i.e. via the decrease of air pollution from transport and shipping, as well as the positive impacts of enhanced fertilizers on water, soil, air pollution and biodiversity.
Our Low-Carbon and Renewable Products
Egypt Green is located in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, and it is Africa’s first integrated green hydrogen and ammonia plant, established with the aim to accelerate global climate action through emissions reduction. The commissioning of the first phase of the plant was launched in November 2022 during COP27.
When fully developed, the project will consist of 100 MW capacity of electrolysers powered by 20 MW of solar and wind energy plant, delivering approximately 15,000 tons of renewable hydrogen as feedstock to produce up to 90,000 tons of renewable ammonia per year.
In 2023, Fertiglobe completed the shipment of the world’s first internationally recognized renewable ammonia with ISCC PLUS-certification, produced at the Company’s facilities in Egypt using renewable hydrogen from its pilot Egypt Green Hydrogen electrolyzer.
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security
Agriculture plays a dual role in global climate dynamics, contributing to approximately 30% of GHG emissions while simultaneously grappling with the adverse impacts of climate change. This dual challenge poses a significant threat to food security, particularly for the most vulnerable populations.
Addressing food security for a growing global population is a formidable task, as estimates indicate the need for a 70% increase in food production by 2050 to sustain an expected 9 billion people. We are aware of the crucial role we play in improving food security globally by delivering fertilizer to key agricultural markets.
Efficient farming through correct fertilizer application enables farmers to maximize the use of existing farmland and reduce land sequestration. Fertiglobe’s fertilizer products facilitate sustainable agriculture by providing an effective and environmentally sound source of nitrogen. By using nitrogen fertilizers effectively, farmers can:
- Grow more food on their land;
- Reduce soil nutrient loss and improve soil quality;
- Reduce the need for new farmland to be sequestered, which therefore reduces GHG emissions by limiting deforestation.
Mitigating Environmental Impacts Beyond GHG Emissions
In addressing the shipping industry’s challenge of decarbonization, we champion low-carbon and renewable ammonia as practical alternatives.
Of the various alternative low-carbon fuels available, ammonia is one of the only practical alternatives for long distance shipping, which currently accounts for approximately 3% of global COâ‚‚ emissions. The sector is one of the most challenging to decarbonize due to the current cost effectiveness of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO). Renewable ammonia is particularly promising, as it can be produced from solar and wind resources without producing carbon emissions.
The ammonia engine on the vessels emits zero COâ‚‚, zero Sulphur Oxides (SOâ‚“), and the traces of Nitrogen Oxide (NOâ‚“) present in the flue gas can be neutralized to water and dinitrogen by up to 99%. This makes a renewable ammonia-fuelled ship a zero-emission ship.