Smart science to improve lives™

Biotechnology: personal care market report

The first in our biotechnology report series, focusing on the personal care sector. There reports aim to help other forward-thinking companies leverage the opportunities offered by biotechnology.

Read the full report

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.
 
Find out more

Explore more

science image montage

Smart science

The delivery of innovation and the creation of new technologies are two key parts of our strategic approach to growth.

Find out more
our markets montage

Our markets

We offer a wide portfolio of innovative, sustainable and high performance ingredients for fast-growing and niche consumer and health care markets.

Find out more

Half year 2022 results

Excellent first half performance driving profit growth

Find out more

Pharma investor seminar

Listen on-demand to our investors Pharma seminar from the 7 October 2022.

Register

Share price

6976.00p

Increase 54.00p (delayed) at 17:07 (GMT)

Recent highlights

Reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity since 2020

27.0%

Hectares of land saved above our 2019 baseline

33,734.0

Organic raw materials from bio-based sources

69.0%

People protected through use of our sun protection ingredients

55.0million people
Croda employees

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’.
Find out more about our values
sustainable clouds and trees

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.

Find out more

Non-financial performance and reports

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

Find out more

About us

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

Find out more
Woman looking at a flower under a magnifying glass.

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.
Find out more

Latest news

Sustainability expert Aris Vrettos joins Croda

The new position will see the sustainability expert challenge Croda to stretch its already industry-leading sustainability ambitions and commitments and support Croda’s business sectors in further...

Read more

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

Read more
Laboratory work

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.

Read more

Croda joins the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Croda International Plc, the company that uses smart science to create high-performance ingredients and solutions that improve lives, has today joined over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable...

Read more