Environmental stewardship

Haifa fights global warming by reducing emission of greenhouse gases. Haifa stands at the world's forefront in development of CDM methodologies for reducing gas emissions into the atmosphere

Haifa plants employ the global Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Haifa is one of the first companies in the world to implement the technology, through a process approved and recognized by the UN. The project has started in 2007, and total reduction is expected to reach 6 million tons in ten years.

So far, Haifa invested about 1 million USD in technologies aimed to reducing emissions of nitrous oxide (N₂O) from the production facilities of nitric acid.

The company also sells credits of emission reduction to other plants, through an international system of trading in greenhouse gas emissions. This system is targeted for industries committed to reduce gas emision in countries that accepted the Kyoto Protocol. This is possible because the Kyoto Protocol refers to the world as one global world.

Instead of emission of nitrogen oxide, Haifa returns it to the production process

Haifa has developed an innovative process for turning the emission of nitrogen oxides from nuisance to resource, by returning it to the production process as raw material. In August 2007 this process has received recognition of the European Community as a Best Available Technology (BAT), and being now copied by other nitric acid plants in Europe and worldwide. Thanks to this process, Haifa is the first company to comply with the German air quality standards TA LUFT 2002.

Haifa uses natural gas instead of conventional fuels in its plants

Haifa is in a process of introducing the use of natural gas as an energy source for its production plants in Haifa Bay and in the South of Israel. The natural gas replaces conventional fuels such as heavy fuel oil and Liquefied petroleum gas . The use of natural gas will optimize Haifa's energy usage, and will significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and polluting particles.

Haifa products for a greener world

Haifa's Potassium nitrate is used for energy storage in thermo-solar power stations

Haifa is a pioneer in marketing of potassium nitrate for thermo-solar power stations – Haifa K-Solar. Tens of thousands of tons of best quality potassium nitrate are used for energy storage, in power plants in Spain, and are also attracting worldwide interest. This innovative technology offers "green" energy, and significantly reduces the consumption of fossil fuels.

The company is also establishing a local power plant to utilize the heat formed in production processes to generate electricity. Local power station will supply electricity directly to consumers without the need of long transmission lines from power stations along the coast, and will also reduce emissions of these power plants for the electricity that they produce for the plants.

Using Haifa's specialty fertilizers with the precise nutrition approach maximizes the Nutrient Use Efficiency, thereby reducing the impact on the environment

The precise nutrition approach optimally combines specialty fertilizer applications: Nutrigation, controlled release nutrition and foliar nutrition. These application methods are environmentally friendly, and continuously provide plants with precise, balanced nutrition, without leaving residues in the soil.

The precise nutrition approach helps meet the demands of modern agriculture to maximize the Nutrient Use Efficiency and reduce environmental impact while maintaining high yields.