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• Appointment of Non-Executive Director

  24 March 2023: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Non-Executive Director, Chris Good

• Appointment of Non-Executive Director

  25 June 2024: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Bull as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 25 June 2024.

• Appointment of Non-Executive Director

  7 January 2022: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Non-Executive Director, Nawal Ouzren

• 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 a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill.

• Croda announces registered name for its innovative non-animal keratin for hair repair.

  14 July 2025: Croda International Plc today announce registered name for its innovative non-animal keratin for hair repair.

• Croda donates solar panel modules to non-profit organisations

  We have donated 1,000 SunPower solar panels to three non-profit organizations for use in low-income housing and crop generation.

• Croda supports Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

  Avanti, a company we acquired in 2020, has a strong track record in supplying R&D quantities of lipid-based drug delivery technologies to pharmaceutical companies including those developing mRNA drugs.

• Appointment of Non -Executive Director

  We are pleased to announce the appointment of Julie Kim as non-executive director.

• Appointment of Non-Executive Director, Jill Anderson

  9 January2026: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jill Anderson as Non-Executive Director.

• Celebrating our innovative ingredients: Zenakine™ - redefining neurocosmetic skincare possibilities

  8 September 2025: Croda International Plc (“Croda”), the company that uses smart science to create high-performance ingredients and solutions that improve lives, has recently launched Zenakine™, a biotech-based neuroactive ingredient designed to counteract the effects of stress on the skin.

• Transition to bio-based MPG

  Transitioning our raw materials to bio-based sources will enable us to make a significant positive impact.

• 1.5°C science-based target validation

  In July 2021 we became only the third major chemical company globally to have a 1.5ºC science-based target validated.

• Bringing anti-ageing benefits to make-up

  Developed through one of our Smart Partnerships, Majestem® Drypure™ from our beauty actives business, Sederma, brings anti-ageing and environmental protection benefits to make-up.

• Sustainability-linked revolving credit facility

  In 2019, we became one of the UK’s first large public companies to include a sustainability metric in a revolving credit facility (RCF), with targets in the seven-year agreement aligned with our 2030 Commitment to become Climate Positive.

• Non-financial performance and reports

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

• Life Sciences

  We provide high-quality healthcare solutions, protect crops, and enhance seeds, supporting global health and crop sustainability. Our growing range of technologies ensures we deliver high value to customers worldwide.

• Image library

  View and download a range of our high-resolution images to accompany articles and information about Croda

• Exclusive license for Croda to commercialise SSI’s CAF® vaccine adjuvants

  3 March 2022: Croda International Plc, announces today that it has entered a strategic collaboration with Statens Serum Institut (“SSI”), the leading Danish Governmental life-science research institute.

• 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 companies as the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

• Croda joins KTN SME accelerator programme

  Supporting UK-based SMEs and start-ups to bring their technology closer to market through the KTN accelerator programme

• 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 enhancing their sustainability strategies by working in partnership with their customers and suppliers.

• Directorate change

  John Ramsay, having served as a non-executive director and Chair of Audit Committee for over 5 years, will retire from the Board on 1 March 2025 and will be replaced by Ian Bull.

• Appointment of Chairman Designate

  Croda announces announces that it has appointed Anita Frew as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman Designate.

• Appointment of Chair Designate

  22 September 2023: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Danuta Gray as a Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate

• Reinventing Surfactants for Sustainability

  Our 100 percent bio-based, 100 percent renewable, ECO range of surfactants are now available

• Xampla and Croda / Incotec to work on biodegradable seed coatings

  2 February 2022: Xampla and Croda/Incotec next generation, biodegradable, microplastic-free seed coatings

• New Global Distribution Hub

  Plans invest more than £7m in a new state-of-the-art warehouse

• Leading Work on Palm Oil Recognised by CDP

  Croda, who create, make and sell innovative, sustainable, high performance speciality chemicals that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere, has been awarded an A- by CDP for their leadership on managing their palm oil supply chain.

• Croda Supports Hand Sanitiser Manufacture and Vaccine Development During Covid19 Outbreak

  We are supporting the manufacturer of hand sanitiser during the outbreak of Covid-19 through the supply of additional glycerine to our customers in Western Europe, free of charge.

• Commitment to a Deforestation free Supply Chain Recognised by CDP

  Awarded an ‘A-‘ for our CDP Forestry Disclosure highlighting our commitment to a deforestation-free supply chain

• Croda announces director retirement

  3 March 2025: Croda International Plc announces that Julie Kim will retire from the Board on 26 July 2025, having served four years as a non-executive director, in order to focus on her executive commitments.

• Celebrating Employees Across the Croda World

  Croda are today celebrating their employees around the world as they help to continue business as usual during the Covid-19 outbreak.

• Croda Pharma wins prestigious award

  6 May 2022: Croda Pharma was awarded ''Best Supplier for COVID-19 Vaccine Development” at the India Biologics & Vaccines Outstanding Industry Awards (BVOIA) 2022.

• Croda breaks ground on new manufacturing facility for pharmaceutical excipients

  5 June 2023: Croda is investing in the new 23,680 square-foot facility to manufacture ingredients for drug delivery systems used in novel therapeutic drugs.

• Ceremonial Groundbreaking of Sustainable Plant

  Croda Hosts a Ceremonial Groundbreaking for First North American Plant that Will Enable Production of 100-Percent Sustainable Non-ionic Surfactants.

• Continued Investment in Innovation Partnerships

  Sponsored PhD students present their cutting-edge research plans and findings at our global headquarters

• Croda announces Global Technical Centre in Hyderabad

  5 June 2023: Croda is investing in the new 23,680 square-foot facility to manufacture ingredients for drug delivery systems used in novel therapeutic drugs.

• Croda crowned Britain’s Most Admired Chemicals Company for eighth year running

  15 January 2025: 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 eighth consecutive year.

• Centre of Innovation for Marine Biotechnology

  Nautilus Biosciences officially opens its expanded UPEI-based facility as a Centre of Innovation for Marine Biotechnology

• Commitment to Science Based Targets

  We are proud to be one of around 600 companies taking science-based climate action, by committing to Science Based Targets

• Croda Brings Another First to USA

  Starting production to make a 100 percent bio-based ECO range of surfactants

• Croda announces brand evolution to mark centenary year

  6 January 2025: Croda International Plc (“Croda”), the company that uses smart science to create high-performance ingredients and solutions that improve lives, today announces a brand evolution to mark its centenary year.

• Winners of the ICIS Surfactants Sustainability Awards

  Awarded the ICIS Surfactants Award for Sustainability for our new pioneering bio-ethylene oxide plant.

• Sederma recognised with Green Award at in cosmetics

  Sederma has just been awarded with the Silver Green Award 2016 at this year’s in-cosmetics show for its product Majestem™, an active ingredient obtained by the elicited plant cell culture of Leontopodium alpinum, better known as Edelweiss, through an exclusive technology developed inhouse.

• Croda Celebrates Innovation Award Succes

  Croda is named as one of three companies to win Beiersdorf Innovation Pitch at this year's in-cosmetics.

• First Major Milestone in Renewable Manufacturing

  With the steel work that will house the main process reactor in place at its Atlas Point manufacturing site in New Castle, Delaware, Croda International Plc, who make specialty chemical ingredients that enhance everyday consumer and industrial products, came a step closer to completing the first plant of this type in North America that will manufacture 100% renewable non-ionic surfactants.

• Award Winning Sustainability Initiatives

  Croda recently won the Low Carbon Award at the UK's Chemical Industry Awards. A key part of Croda's carbon reduction story is our increase in the proportion of energy from non-fossil fuel sources.

• Bio based Industry Story of the Year Winner

  Croda have been awarded the 2019 Bio-Based World News Innovation Award for “Bio-based Industry Story of the Year”

• Sederma Awarded 25 Years of Innovation Award

  This 25th edition of in-cosmetics will be a memorable one for Sederma. Matrixyl was awarded the 25 Years of Innovation Award which recognises the product that has had the greatest impact on the Personal Care ingredients market in the last quarter-century.

• Beyond boundaries: Life cycle assessment

  Croda has developed a groundbreaking new ‘cradle-to-grave’ life cycle assessment (LCA) tool that can determine a chemical product’s total environmental impact.