ChemScore report card 2025

Nutrien

Total Score
15/100

About the company

Sprung from a merger between PotashCorp and Agrium, Nutrien is now the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services. The Canadian company is a global player and produces and distributes potash, nitrogen, and phosphate products for agricultural, industrial and feed customers. Nutrien is the biggest producer of potash globally and operates some of the world’s largest potash mines. With over 2,000 retail locations in seven countries, Nutrien is a prominent player in the fertilizer industry.
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Transparency
1 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Start disclosing revenue connected to hazardous chemicals
  • Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
  • Report on the company’s global hazardous substances portfolio (beyond EU/US) on a substance-by-substance basis
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Phase-out of persistent chemicals
0 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Start mapping the presence of intentionally or unintentionally present persistent chemicals in the company’s processes and upstream value chain
  • Start reporting and/or limit the share of revenue from persistent chemicals considerably
  • Stop producing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
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Product portfolio
14 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals 2
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List 0
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances 0
Number of persistent chemicals 0
Product portfolio transparency 62%
Action points
  • The company has a low number of hazardous substances in both relative terms and absolute numbers, but is encouraged to reduce it even further
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Safer solutions
0 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Either start reporting the company’s share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. At a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
  • Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. At a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
  • Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions

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Company facts
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Saskatoon, Canada
Revenue
26 billion USD
ISIN
CA67077M1086
Category
Agro
All years
Year Rank Total score
2025 15 / 40 15 / 100
2024 16 / 51 16 / 48
2023 13 / 50 17 / 48
2022 13 / 54 17 / 48
2021 19 / 50 15 / 48
2020 17 / 35 14 / 48