The environment

The phosphate-based fertilizer producer has been recognised for its health, safety and environment practices.

EuroChem Group AG, a leading global fertilizer producer, has received the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) Excellence Gold Medal for its efforts in advancing safety, health, and environment (SHE) issues.

CF industries has released its sixth annual Sustainability Report, Common Ground.

The paper, published in Nature Sustainability, states the case for national governments requiring manufacturers to sell nitrogen fertilizer with compounds that increase efficiency and reduce pollution.

ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and BASF Corporation are conducting a full scale commercial demonstration of a new gas treating solvent at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery.

K+S has established ambitious sustainability goals and the company is now taking a new path in driving the achievement of these targets. With the “Brine Challenge”, K+S is looking for new approaches, concepts, and ideas to significantly reduce the saline wastewater from the tailings piles.

This year, Linde achieved very good results for innovation management and product stewardship, as well as for its reporting on various social issues.

Following successful laboratory tests, commissioning of a new system for the separation of CO2 from exhaust gases has begun on the grounds of the Wien Energie Biomass Power Plant in Simmering.

OCP Group has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fraunhofer IMWS to work jointly on solutions for a sustainable fertilizer industry.

Nutrien Ltd has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Waypoint Analytic Inc. and its operating subsidiaries.

Tracegrow, a Finnish cleantech company, has selected Pöyry as its partner for delivering project and engineering services around Tracegrow’s novel clean technology.

The Fertilizer Institute has released a statement commending members of the US Senate for acting in bi-partisan fashion to approve S. 3042, the ‘Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018’.

The Fertilizer Institute President Chris Jahn has released a statement applauding Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX-11) for passage of H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018.

TFI has commended Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow for working in a bi-partisan fashion to move S. 3042 the ‘Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018’ out of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

Hawk Energy has partnered with Airponix, which will harvest its first large crop of potatoes grown without soil, in a promising sign for a technology that claims it can deliver high vegetable yields with minimal costs and environmental degradation.