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.
2025 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 are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity in line with our majority shareholder’s targets and our decarbonization strategy is built on three pillars:
- operational excellence through the implementation of our MIP, improving energy efficiency and asset reliability to reduce fossil fuel use and electricity consumption;
- renewable electricity sourcing, including the use of I-RECs and exploration of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs);
- investment in low-carbon technologies, such as electrolysis, CCS, and low-carbon and renewable hydrogen.
In 2025, we have maintained our carbon intensity levels consistent with 2024 with lower dependency on EACs, highlighting the improved energy efficiency achieved through the MIP progression.
Energy Intensity -
Ammonia
(GJ/ton gross product)
GHG Intensity - EU ETS Methodology
(scope 1+ Scope 2 + Downstream)
(ton CO₂ℯ/N-ton)
GHG intensity presented is calculated according to the EU ETS methodology, meaning that the numerator includes, other than the Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, the CO2 used in the production of urea and other downstream processes, which is defined as Scope 3 per the GHG protocol. Please refer to the Sustainability Performance Summary for yearly GHG Intensity data according to both the EU ETS and GHG Protocol.
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.
During 2025, Fertiglobe underwent a four steps climate change risk and opportunities assessment to evaluate and anticipate future climate-related risks, foster business resilience and spot opportunities.
Details about our key physical and transition risks, along with potential impacts and mitigation actions, are reported in our Annual Report.
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
Water Stewardship
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.
In 2025, water consumption values were lower than in 2024 thanks to water optimization initiatives. Generally, water consumption increased only in the Algerian plant due to the installment of a new boiler.
