SQM: $64.47 ▼ $-1.21(-1.84%) Contact us - Helpline/Hotline EN ES About SQM Products Sustainability Community Press center Investors Home Environment Environment SQM is strongly committed to sustainable development. Consequently, the Company carries out its operations in harmony with the environment, ensuring that natural resources and inputs are used in a sustainable manner and minimizing the possible impacts of our production processes. We have developed solid know-how of the ecosystems surrounding our operations, which enables us to implement the prevention, mitigation, monitoring and control plans necessary to ensure that these environments are protected. We work relentlessly to continually improve all our processes and operations. Environmental Protection Water Waste Emissions Energy Featured Initiatives Environmental Protection At SQM we carry out our operations conscientiously, in harmony with the environment and in compliance with environmental legislation in effect. It is essential that we work to ensure that natural resources and production inputs are used sustainably and to minimize the possible impacts of our production processes on the environment and neighboring communities. We conduct our activities in accordance with our Sustainable Development Policy in order to minimize environmental impact and incorporate environmental variables into our operations early on, beginning in the design stage. This helps us to implement control and mitigation measures and avoid contamination by properly managing waste and emissions. Our operations are located in desert areas with scarce biodiversity. However, there are some areas near our operations with significant ecological value. In these areas we have implemented ongoing protection, monitoring and control plans to help protect the environment. The experience has provided us with a solid knowledge base of the ecosystems surrounding our operations, which has enabled us to draft and implement effective prevention, mitigation and monitoring plans. Each of our projects is submitted to the Environmental Impact Assessment System. As of December 2019, we have environmental authorization for a total of 62 projects (16 by SQM Nitratos S.A, 12 by SQM Industrial S.A, 14 by SQM S.A and 20 by SQM Salar S.A.). Of these 62 projects, 11 were approved with an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) and 51 with an Environmental Impact Statement (DIA). Privacy policies Contact us Helpline/Hotline Work with us About SQM Natural Resources Corporate Information Board and Management Board SQM Around the World Investors Products Nutrición vegetal de especialidad Litio y derivados Iodine and Derivatives Potassium Industrial Chemicals Sustainability Sustainability report Environment People Risk Prevention Press center News SQM Today Publications Video Quick links Vendor Manual SQM Certificado de Honorarios Consultas de Proveedores Social Network YouTube LinkedIn Facebook Receive information about our products Name Email © All rights reserved (2018) SQM S.A.