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• Our Purpose

  At Croda, our purpose is to use Smart science to improve lives™ through a values-led culture that shapes our work and partnerships. Our knowledge, passion, and entrepreneurial spirit drive the creation of specialty ingredients trusted by industries and consumers worldwide.

• Types of careers at Croda

  Learn more about the types of careers available at Croda.

• Working with Croda

  Learn more about working with Croda.

• Celebrating a century of Croda

  Croda marks 100 years with global celebrations highlighting our people, history, and commitment to our Purpose: Smart science to improve lives™.

• Driving innovation in the Agriculture market

  Through Croda’s acquisition of the Incotec Seed Enhancement business in 2015 and the Plant Impact Biostimulants business in 2018, we are well placed to address some of the challenges in the adoption of biologics.

• CroBioticTM 100

  Surveys indicate that malodour of garments is one of the biggest reasons that consumers choose to wash them.

• Customer award for carbon reduction

  We’ve been working in partnership with Syngenta to deliver innovative and sustainable ingredients in a way that meets their commercial and sustainability goals.

• Sustainability without compromise ChromaPur

  Small, manufactured plastic particles, known as microbeads, are used in a wide range of cosmetic and personal care products, with research suggesting that 87% of products from the ten best-selling cosmetics brands contain these microplastics.

• Leveraging Group-wide capabilities to accelerate the development of natural active ingredients

  The move in cosmetics towards replacing synthetic ingredients with sustainable alternatives is increasing demand for naturally sourced actives.

• Biodegradable fragrance encapsulation

  Fragrance encapsulation involves advanced delivery systems that allow the timed release of fragrances, critical in various applications such as laundry, fabric softeners and deodorants.

• 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.

• Investing in organic expansion in Agriculture

  Atlox 4913TM is valued by customers for creating stable dispersions in complex crop formulations, ensuring consistent distribution of actives and preventing formulation breakdown.

• Symiro™ biostimulant

  As the challenge to feed our growing global population continues, increasing crop growth and yields is becoming an important area of focus to meet the rising demand for food.

• Most Admired Company in the British Chemical Sector for the Fourth Year Running

  Voted Britain’s Most Admired Chemicals Company for the fourth year running, as well as being named Britain’s fifth Most Admired Company overall.

• Crodarom expands its Chanac France site

  Crodarom, producer of botanical extracts, is launching its first investment program to expands its Chanac production site location in France.

• Task force for more sustainable polymers

  Helping create a more sustainable future as founder members of the Polymers in Liquid Formulations task force.

• Croda calls on the UK Government to deliver a clean and just recovery plan

  We are proud to be one of 200 UK businesses that have called on the UK Government to deliver a ‘clean and just’ recovery plan

• Alganelle Sederma partnership

  A partnership to create a cosmetic active ingredient of the future

• Croda becomes founding member of sustainability Business Transformation Group

  We are proud to be a founding member of the CISL Business Transformation Group.

• 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 joins the Together for Sustainability initiative

  Croda becomes the 30th member of TfS

• CrodaTherm helps COVID19 nurses in The Netherlands

  CrodaTherm™ helps reduce heat strain experienced by COVID-19 nurses in The Netherlands

• Croda supports Kayapo indigenous people during COVID19

  We are continuing to support local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing soap bars to indigenous communities in Brazil

• Key Performance Indicators

  Explore Croda’s key performance indicators for 2025, highlighting progress across financial performance, sustainability and strategic priorities.

• Danuta Gray, Chair's Letter 2024

  The Board and shareholders are aligned that the Company’s priorities should be execution and operational delivery to grow earnings and improve returns on invested capital.

• Steve Foots, Group Chief Executive Letter

  We are focused on delivery and modernisation, ensuring rigorous cost discipline and driving operational efficiencies to continue our long record of strong performance.

• Media hub

  Explore the latest news, blogs, and media from Croda on our innovative ingredients, sustainability achievements, and global collaborations.

• Launching futures

  Embarking on excellence with our transformative graduate scheme

• Supporting Mental Health at Croda

  Employers can do more to create a happy, healthy workforce by putting mental health at the forefront; hear how we are supporting mental health at Croda.

• Contact media enquiries

  For enquiries, contact media.enquiries@croda.com

• Diversity and inclusion

  In 2021 we defined a D&I roadmap identifying actions, regarding diversity and inclusion, in five key areas.

• Customer driven

  We are listening more closely to our customers than ever before; understanding the things that are of most importance to our customers and how we are performing against them.

• Advancing the efficacy and impact of vaccines

  The acquisition of Biosector in 2018 strengthened our pharmaceutical offering, taking us into the field of vaccine adjuvants.

• Acts of kindness

  The Croda Acts of Kindness programme gave employees the opportunity to nominate local causes and charities to support during COVID-19, with each major site given £10,000.

• Abiotic stress mitigation in onions

  Changing climates mean higher temperatures, periods of drought and higher salinity are becoming an increasing problem for farmers.

• Flue2Chem

  In another example of industry-wide collaboration to help tackle the climate emergency, the Flue2Chem Innovate UK project aims to demonstrate that a UK supply chain to produce alkoxylated surfacants from CO2 is economically and technically feasible.

• Digitalisation in manufacturing

  We can see the potential of big data, robotics, analytics and the Internet of Things to drive manufacturing excellence and contribute to our right first time agenda.

• Net zero roadmap for UK manufacturing site

  We became one of the first UK manufacturing sites to develop a 2050 net zero roadmap as part of the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ‘Industry of the Future’ programme.

• Advocating for Access and Benefit Sharing and biodiversity conservation

  We supported the launch of the third edition of the Brogota Project through the United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP15 side event.

• Improving performance by humanising safety

  Involvement and engagement have increased, and longstanding infrastructure and operational issues are being addressed following a pilot Human Performance Programme at our site in Thane, India.

• Transition to bio-based MPG

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

• Life cycle assesment

  Supporting our customers to realise the benefits of LCA meant that in 2022 we began developing our LCA Centre of Excellence, supporting sectors in examining the risks and benefits of their portfolios.

• Uni of Cambridge case study

  Working with technology designers NiTech Solutions and The University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing, we created a new process to manufacture more sustainable surfactants. Traditionally, industrial production of surfactants often occurs in large batch reactors, which have low energy efficiency and a long reaction time.

• Leveraging expertise in UV filters for Asian markets

  There are over three million cases of skin cancer globally each year, responsible for tens of thousands of deaths. Our range of sunscreens meets a clear need and is an important pillar of our sustainability Commitment to be People Positive by 2030.

• Human Performance programme

  Our behavioural safety improvement programmes were standardised into a Group-wide Behavioural Safety Observation programme, implemented across all manufacturing sites since 2015.

• Reforestation

  Revitalising ecosystems, improving biodiversity and creating social and economic benefits for local communities.

• 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.

• Coltide Radiance sustainability in use

  In October we were delighted that our sustainability leadership was recognised as we won Business of the Year at the World Sustainability Awards.

• Waste management

  Iberchem, our global fragrance and flavours business based in Spain, has championed waste management best practices through robust policies and employee education programmes.

• Site visit to Sederma Beauty Actives business in France

  17-18 March 2016: Croda International plc hosted a Capital Markets Event for analysts and investors at its Sederma facility near Versailles, France.