Smart science to improve lives™

Specialist biotechnology capabilities

View our latest biotechnology report, which will discuss the opportunities to meet sustainability and innovation goals using biotechnology.

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Our Purpose

Smart science to improve lives™

Our Purpose is to use Smart science to improve lives™, enabled by our distinctive values-led culture that governs how we work with one another and guides our relationships with all of our partners. We combine our knowledge, passion and entrepreneurial spirit to create, make and sell speciality ingredients that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere.
 
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Third quarter trading update

Update on trading from 01 July to 30 September 2023
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Half year results 2023

Continued investment and strategic progress despite a challenging environment
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Sustainability

Through our commitment to science-based targets and the UN SDGs, our strategy has been developed with sustainability at the heart of what we do.
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Our Purpose in action

Our success is defined by our culture and shared ambition to create a positive impact, here you can find our case studies which really showcase the best of our Commitment and our Purpose.
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Recent highlights

Scope 1 & 2 emissions

-20% against baseline

Land area saved

145,709 hectares

Protecting

61 million lives through our sun protection

Sustainable sourcing

81% key suppliers engaged
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Careers

Our people and operations are what make us who we are, we have people across the world, operating in 37 different countries but as one global team. Our vision is to remain an independent company, creating a stimulating and exciting environment where all employees have the courage to question and all functions and individuals are valued.
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Latest news

U.S. Government to support expansion of Croda lipid systems capability

Today we announce a joint investment with the U.S. government to expand our U.S manufacturing capacity for lipid systems used in novel therapeutic drugs, such as mRNA vaccines

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UK Government to support expansion of Croda's lipid systems manufacturing facility

31 March 2022: This investment will significantly enhance the development of high-purity lipid systems, essential delivery systems for next generation nucleic acid drugs such as mRNA vaccines.

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Launch of first report on biotechnology opportunities in the personal care market

27 September 2022: The “Biotechnology: personal care market report” is the first in a series from Croda which aim to help other forward-thinking companies leverage the opportunities offered by...

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Completed divestment – transitioning to a pure-play Consumer Care and Life Sciences company

Accelerating our transition to a pure-play Consumer Care and Life Sciences company, completion of the divestment of the majority of our Performance Technologies and Industrial Chemicals businesses to...

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Our Difference

Knowledge, passion and can-do spirit

It is our people that bring our business to life, and we believe that our culture and behaviours are what makes Croda unique. We are all inspired by our common purpose of contributing to a better world for everyone.

Our culture and behaviours are shaped and brought to life by the three guiding values of ‘Responsible’ ‘Innovative’, and ‘Together’.
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Our Commitment

We will be the most sustainable supplier of innovative ingredients, our action plan for the decade is to be Climate, Land and People Positive by 2030.

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Non-financial performance and reports

We consider our non-financial metrics to be as important as our financial.

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About us

We are the name behind high performance ingredients and technologies in some of the most successful brands in the world.

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