Sustainability

Through the responsible use of earth’s natural minerals, Fertoz safely delivers products that enrich soils, feed the growing population, and contribute to the improvement of the global climate. We have developed and adapted a comprehensive Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) policy framework that commits to the following key performance indicators.

Safety

We ensure the health, safety, and well-being of our staff by seeking local community focused employment around our operations, supplying and enforcing protective equipment and protocols, and by maintaining a communicable human resources sector.

Transparency

Our operations are transparent and our products are fully traceable from mining, to processing, to retail. Our organic certifications and audits ensure that our record keeping, documentation and protocols are compliant and functional. We employ third parting testing, trialing and quality control services to ensure our products meet specification requirements, and perform optimally in the field.

Innovation

At Fertoz, we understand that there isn’t a “one size fits all” product for all regions, soil types and cropping systems. Fertoz offers various product blends that are suitable for all crops and soil types. Many farming operations also utilize specialized equipment that require various forms of our fertilizer available in powder, granular and pelletized.

Environmental Stewardship

Our mining process is unobtrusive, creating minimal environmental disturbance and involves reclamation, revegetation, and reforestation. Local environmental impact assessments are completed before all mining activity is started to minimize environmental risks and again after reclamation to ensure each site is restored to its former state over time.

Fertoz understands the importance of vegetation on carbon emission reduction and sequestration.

To maintain a low carbon footprint, further benefit the environment, and improve the regional social landscape, Fertoz is focused on the development of reforestation projects within SE Asia amongst other locations with the aim of restoring degraded land that was formerly forested. These restoration initiatives benefit regional societies and economies by providing local employment, carbon credit income, improved resource development, cleaner air, water and more natural landscapes.

In addition to reforestation, there is a growing concern around high carbon emissions from agriculture and effect on climate change. Improving soil management practices to a more holistic and sustainable approach gives the soil opportunity to become a sink for CO₂. Choosing fertilizers that reduce CO₂ emissions minimize agricultural impacts on the environment. Fertoz Rock Phosphate is simply crushed, screened, granulated and transported, releasing significantly less CO₂ into the atmosphere compared to conventional phosphate fertilizers, and promoting better carbon sequestration through its use for crop development. Additionally, Fertoz phosphate does not generate waste in the form of gypsum stacks, radioactive waste (radon) which are difficult to dispose of and allow the movement of waste and radionuclides to soil and groundwater.

While synthetic fertilizers contribute to water pollution, Fertoz rock phosphate provides a water solution. Chemically processed phosphate fertilizers are subject to leaching and runoff proving to be one of the leading causes of eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems. Fertoz rock phosphate application as an alternative ensures the abundance of soil phosphorus in its most stable form, greatly reducing runoff and leaching and mitigating environmental impacts to nearby lakes and streams.