Sustainability Progress Statement 2025

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Purpose-led, Customer-driven

Our Commitment is to be the most sustainable supplier of innovative ingredients and be Climate, Nature and People Positive by 2030.

Our people are motivated by delivering positive impact in their everyday work, helping to tackle the biggest challenges that the world is facing as part of creating value for our customers. The breadth and depth of our portfolio means we are well positioned to use our Smart science to improve lives™, which is further enhanced by the work of Croda Foundation, improving lives through better access
to healthcare and more sustainable livelihoods.

"We create most value for our customers by a focus on reducing negative climate, nature and social impacts in our raw material supply chains, and innovating solutions to address some of the world's biggest challenges in our focus markets." - Steve Foots, CBE, Group Chief Executive

Delivering against our commitments

Revalidated climate targets with SBTi
>58% of feedstock volumes derived from renewable carbon
>90% of palm-based raw material volumes are RSPO physically certified mass balance
Rolled out a new supplier platform
Additional £1m Centenary Fund donated to Croda Foundation
Certification from Fair Wage Network for paying Living Wage to all employees

Our impacts on planet and people

We monitor our impacts through regular materiality assessments that engage representatives of all key stakeholder groups. We create most value for our customers by focusing on reducing negative climate, nature and social impacts in our raw material supply chains and innovating solutions to address some of the world’s biggest challenges in our focus markets, for example the need for a more sustainable agricultural system to feed a growing population while restoring nature.

Differentiating through sustainability

We look different to peers through the eyes of our customers. Most of our raw material volume is from bio-based, not petrochemical sources; and we sell small quantities of novel ingredients to customers of all sizes that can provide mission-critical sustainability benefits to their formulations.