SQM Iodine Plant Nutrition Manifesto

Our story, from the beginning, is one of effort and resilience toward making a positive impact on the world. It has driven our continuous reinvention, the refinement of our processes and businesses, and led us to become the company we are today.

We leverage the richness of our resources to create unique solutions for our clients, fostering relationships built on trust and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

We don’t travel this path alone; we recognize our surroundings and stakeholders. We care for the environment and work diligently to create shared value with communities and suppliers around the world.

Our responsible management practices, rooted in solid values and guided by a forward-looking business vision, are key to the confidence entrusted to us by our shareholders.

We welcome challenges, embracing change with enthusiasm, conviction, and commitment. We are unstoppable. Our main driving force is the talent and determination of our teams. Promoting their development and ensuring their wellbeing is fundamental to our success.

In a constantly evolving society, we are inspired every day by the shared belief that we develop unique capabilities that transform resources into life and progress.

Purpose statement

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We are a global company that is recognized worldwide for its high levels of competitiveness, excellence and innovation within its own line of business, focused on developing essential products for human growth, within a framework of high integrity standards.

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Our Values

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Security

  • We prioritize the well-being of people above all other outcomes.

  • We maintain that there is no conflict between safety and production. A workplace free of accidents and occupational illnesses is highly Productive.

  • We work to achieve ‘zero injury accidents’ through effective risk management in all our processes and operations .

  • We work to ensure that our operations and offices are equipped with safe facilities.

  • We promote improving the safety culture, moving quickly and effectively toward an interdependent safety culture, in which we are all responsible for the care and safety of others .

  • We encourage firmness in the establishment and compliance of safety policies, practices, and Behaviours.

  • We promote open and continuous feedback to highlight opportunities for safety improvement.

Excellence

  • We generate value with a focus on results and business priorities.

  • We are agile and flexible in our processes and decision-making.

  • Every day, we live and practice continuous improvement, guided by the principles of M1+.

  • We manage our resources and assets efficiently to maximize their potential.

Integrity

  • Integrity and ethics must guide our daily work.

  • We are consistent in our actions, fulfilling commitments with employees, suppliers, customers, shareholders, and other stakeholders.

  • We promote respectful, approachable, and fair treatment towards all individuals.

  • We keep our internal policies and procedures up to date to promote a culture of integrity within the company.

Sustainability

  • We strive to create long-term economic value by collaborating proactively with stakeholders.

  • We seek to anticipate risks and Opportunities.

  • To have a neutral carbon footprint in Iodine, Lithium and Potassium Chloride products by 2020, and in all of SQM Iodine Plant Nutrition products by 2040.

  • We care about our environment and its future, and we use natural resources responsibly. In addition, we constantly promote the management of the impact of our operations and actions

  • We create the necessary conditions for employees to develop their capabilities. We strive to retain and attract talent based on business needs.

Challenge

  • We have ambition to go further. We challenge ourselves to think big and set demanding goals. We are driven to avoid stagnation.

  • We are resilient in the face of adversity; we push forward and strive to keep things moving. We are unstoppable.

  • We believe in entrepreneurship as a pathway to discovering new ways of doing things and developing new Opportunities.

  • We encourage disruption and are proactive and creative to propose ‘out-of-the-box’ Solutions.

Our Identity

Our identity is the result of a long historical process, marked by the capacity for innovation and development as a hallmark of the company. Our decision making and the ability to reinvent ourselves over and over again, adapting the company to the current market and to our customers different needs, is a feature that sustains each line of business. This evolution has gone through many phases over time, which is reflected in branding and logotype changes, telling the story of our company.

The beginning: Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

The beginning: Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

The 90s: Soquimich

The 90s: Soquimich

SQM The Worldwide Business Formula

SQM The Worldwide Business Formula

SQM Solutions for human progress

SQM Solutions for human progress

Soluciones para el desarrollo humano

Soluciones para el desarrollo humano

Saltpeter Posters in the World

Since the latest years of the 19th century, Chile has been developing a creative and exhaustive campaign to promote saltpeter in the World, that would go down in history due to its quality in graphic design. Distributors and farmers worldwide received this attractive advertising material, which was cleverly adapted to their own culture and the agricultural nature of their markets. An agent was chosen in each country, who had to be either a local leader, a prestigious university professor, a researcher or an agricultural engineer. This ambitious strategy was applied in more than 30 countries and was managed considering the same principles: messages, endorsements and even gifts were designed considering language barriers, customs and needs of the final recipient.

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