Croda named Britain’s Most Admired Chemicals Company for the tenth time, extending an exceptional record of sustained peer recognition
20 January 2026: Croda International Plc (“Croda”), the company that uses smart science to create high-performance ingredients and solutions that improve lives, has been voted Britain’s Most Admired Chemicals Company for the tenth time reinforcing one of the most consistent and distinguished records of peer reputation in the UK chemicals industry.
The recognition extends Croda’s run of sector leadership, having now secured gold every consecutive year since 2017, and reflects sustained confidence among senior industry peers, financial analysts and City commentators in the company’s leadership, strategy and long-term value creation.
Britain’s Most Admired Companies, run by Echo Research in partnership with the London Stock Exchange, is the UK’s longest-running and only peer-reviewed survey of corporate reputation and is now in its 36th year. Fieldwork for the 2025 study was conducted between July and October 2025. This year’s study gathered insight from more than 350 CEOs, C-suite directors, financial analysts and City commentators, who assessed 260 leading UK companies across 28 sectors.
Participants rated companies against 13 drivers of corporate reputation, and Croda’s tenth sector gold reflects exceptional consistency of peer confidence, this year leading the sector in 11 of the 13 reputation criteria.
Steve Foots, CEO of Croda said, “Being consistently recognised as Britain’s most admired company in our sector is a powerful endorsement of our people and our purpose-led strategy. It reflects the trust placed in Croda by our peers and our continued focus on innovation, sustainability and long-term value creation.”
Sandra Macleod, Group CEO at Echo Research, said: “Ten sector gold wins, including an uninterrupted run since 2017, reflect deep and sustained peer confidence in Croda’s leadership, strategy and ability to deliver long-term value. It is an outstanding reputation record.”
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About Croda
Croda is a specialty chemicals company that creates high performance ingredients and solutions principally for Consumer Care and Life Sciences markets. Established 100 years ago in 1925 and headquartered in the UK, Croda is a FTSE 100 company with over 5,800 employees across 94 locations in 36 countries. Revenues in 2024 were £1.6bn.
As the name behind some of the world’s most successful brands, we combine our knowledge, passion and entrepreneurial spirit to develop and supply innovative ingredients relied on by industries and consumers around the world. Our smart science is found in products that touch our lives every day from sun protection to life-saving pharmaceuticals and formulations that enhance crop yields.
With a shared Purpose to use Smart science to improve lives™, and with around two thirds of its organic raw materials already from bio-based sources, Croda has committed to be the most sustainable supplier of innovative ingredients, becoming Climate, Land and People Positive by 2030 while providing solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges.
To find out more about Croda visit: www.croda.com
For enquiries contact Mariana Wood – Croda Press Office – +44 (0)7780 987136 – media.enquiries@croda.com
About Britain’s Most Admired Companies
The full Britain’s Most Admired Companies 2025 rankings, sector league tables and driver scores are available now.
- About the study: https://www.britainsmostadmired.com/about-the-study/about-the-study/
- Frequently asked questions: https://www.britainsmostadmired.com/about-the-study/frequently-asked-questions/
- Fieldwork took place July–October 2025.
- About Echo Research: Echo Research is a global provider of reputation analysis and strategic insights. As a multidisciplinary research organisation, Echo specialises in content analysis, stakeholder insights, reputation valuation and best practice audits and has supported over 700 clients worldwide with deep sector expertise and normative data since its inception over 30 years ago. Expert Witnesses in reputation, Echo is renowned for running Britain’s Most Admired Companies Study for the London Stock Exchange, the longest-running survey of corporate reputation among peers and analysts in the UK. Through its Reputation Dividend, Echo also quantifies the contribution of reputation to market capitalisation. The firm’s mission is to empower organisations to understand and manage reputational risks, build public trust, and achieve their strategic goals through sound research solutions.
For enquiries contact Sandra Macleod – Echo Research – +44 (0)20 8050 3610 – sandra.macleod@echoresearch.com
