Sustainability

Greening the desert

Producing food, water and clean energy in the desert Watch the presentation

Global challenges

Commitment and Policy

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Sustainability

Yara delivers solutions for sustainable agriculture and the environment. We are a global leading company actively responding to global challenges. Our approach to being accountable and contributing to sustainable growth is Creating Impact.

Yara is the world leader in the production and distribution of mineral fertilizer. This fosters a global outlook and commitment. Our approach is to create value for all stakeholders, including society at large – creating impact.

We believe viable profitability, inclusive growth and safeguarding the environment are business imperatives for future competitiveness. Private business is vital for sustainable development – as sustainability is imperative for businesses to remain viable.

Yara’s main impact is found in the nexus of food – resources – environment. At the heart of our engagement lies sustainable agricultural development: Improving food security while reducing emissions and environmental impact, and at all times addressing rural development.

Yara pursues the issues of sustainable farming and the interconnectivity of food, climate, resource efficiency and environmental concerns in our core business, through innovation and R&D, in the global arena and in our partnerships.

How we engage

Yara engages in the global arena, local and regional markets and within the industry. We leverage our position and expertise to advocate solutions with a positive impact for shareholders, customers and society at large.

Our opinions

Yara has developed a number of position papers on key issues pertaining to sustainable growth, including agriculture and climate; biofuels; fertilizer use; organic farming; land use efficiency; nutrient losses; CAP towards 2020 and EU Baltic Sea Strategy.

Sustainable agriculture

oil seed rape close up - using Yara fertilizer

Yara aims to be a global leader in sustainable agriculture and advocates the need to connect major global issues to the major challenge – and solution – of improving agricultural productivity: both to achieve food security and reduce global warming.

Product Stewardship

Yara employees at Belle Plaine production site

Yara follows strict principles of product stewardship in all its activities, ensuring that proper care is taken along the entire value chain, from product development and purchase of raw materials, through production, storage and distribution, to sales, delivery and usage.

Health, Environment and Safety

Yara adheres to stringent principles and regulations pertaining to health, environmental and safety, and puts safety first amongst its priorities, working continuously to prevent accidents and live up to its vision to be an industry shaper.

Yara’s policy Health and Safety Safeguarding the Environment

Green Growth

Yara promotes sustainable agriculture and delivers environmental solutions – contributing to global growth, while also addressing food security, resource efficiency and environmental protection.

Crop nutrition Precision Farming Carbon footprint Environmental Solutions Pure Nutrients

Reporting

Yara emphasizes transparency and accountability, and we have chosen GRI reporting as our guide, to communicate principles and results to our stakeholders.

Impact Reporting 2012 Reports and publications GRI reporting

Impact reporting 2012

Impact Reporting 2012

Yara Prize

The Yara Prize for a Green Revolution in Africa recognizes significant contributions to the reduction of hunger and poverty in Africa. Read more about the Yara Prize here:

The Yara Prize

Carbon footprint guarantee

Yara launched the world’s first carbon footprint certificates for mineral fertilizers in 2010, helping farmers to minimize their GHG emissions. Using our proven low-carbon fertilizers and best practice application tools, the carbon footprint from crop production can be halved or more while maintaining yields.

Carbon footprint guarantee

External resources

African Green Revolution Forum

Food & Climate magazine

The major global gaps – and Yara’s response to these challenges – are presented in Yara´s Food & Climate magazine.

Feeding the Future (PDF, 5.8MB)

Magazine notes(PDF, 45KB)

Magazine sources(PDF, 71KB)