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• Biotechnology in Home Care

  This report will outline and discuss the opportunities to meet sustainability and innovation goals within home care.

• Biotechnology at Croda

  Our innovation is focused on sustainability and, in particular, biotechnology, enhancing the sustainability of our processes and products.

• Specialist biotechnology capabilities

  At Croda, thanks to our expertise across a wide range of biotechnology specialisms, we are developing new, innovative and sustainable ingredients to support our customers in bringing to market exciting often niche products.

• Agroforestry in the Amazon

  The Croda Foundation is supporting an Instituto Amazonas agroforestry project, which aims to revive traditional agriculture practices among indigenous tribes, improving food security and protecting their cultural heritage and environment.

• 100 years of smart science: Celebrating Croda's centenary at our headquarters

  Join us as we celebrate Croda’s 100-year journey from a small family firm in Yorkshire to a global leader in sustainable innovation. Discover the science, stories, and people behind a century of improving lives.

• 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.

• Navigating the future of innovative ingredients

  As Croda celebrates 100 years of delivering Smart science to improve lives™, we’re also looking ahead. This Vision Report is a forward-looking guide to the trends that will reshape the speciality ingredients industry across the next quarter-century.

• 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.

• 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.

• Biotechnology in Personal Care

  Explore the role of biotechnology in the personal care industry and its potential to become the innovative new toolset of choice in our detailed report.

• Supporting the next generation of therapeutic vaccines

  Vaccine adjuvants are used to enhance immune response to an antigen, improving the overall efficacy of the vaccine and increasing protection against the target disease.

• People Positive

  By 2030, we will be People Positive.

• Steve Foots, CEO Sustainability Statement 2024

  One of our core philosophies is to take a leadership position in sustainability and innovation in our chosen markets.

• Sustainability Impact Report 2024

  Find our 2024 Sustainability Impact Report here

• Sustainability Progress Statement

  Explore our 2025 Sustainability Progress Statement to see how we’re driving measurable progress on climate action, responsible sourcing, and social impact, creating sustainable solutions that deliver lasting value for our customers, communities, and the planet.

• Climate Positive

  By 2030, we will be Climate Positive.

• Croda acquired crop enhancement company Plant Impact

  Plant Impact identifies ways to improve the yield and quality of crops by stimulating or moderating plant responses in both healthy and stressed crops during key growth stages.

• Acquisition of global vaccine adjuvant specialist

  Vaccine adjuvants are a natural extension to Croda’s market leading, high-purity excipient delivery systems in its Health Care business., these adjuvants represent a niche, high-growth market.

• Croda acquires marine biotechnology specialists Nautilus

  World class scientists, focusing on using marine microbial biodiversity to discover novel actives and materials for applications across all Croda market sectors.

• Croda acquires Inventiva, encapsulation and delivery system technology

  It will form the basis of a research and technology platform for the encapsulation and delivery of Croda’s products, providing a new dimension in the company’s innovation programme.

• Croda acquires research enterprise Enza Biotech

  Developing the next generation of renewable surfactants using carbohydrate-based chemistry.

• Croda expands Iberchems fragrances offering with the acquisition of Parfex

  Croda has acquired a controlling majority 95.6% of Parfex’s outstanding shares, comprising the founding shareholders and certain minority investors.

• Greater China

  Croda has been present in China since 1993.

• Brazil

  Croda do Brasil was established in 1974 and the Campinas manufacturing site in 1977.

• Mexico

  In 1977, a joint venture company was formed in Mexico, Quimica Croda SA.

• Sustainability Committee

  Responsible for global Group-wide engagement with our sustainability targets and providing guidance and support to sites, regions and sectors to develop plans to deliver our sustainability goals.

• Acquisition of Alban Muller

  The acquisition expands Croda’s portfolio of sustainable active ingredients for customers in personal care markets.

• Croda acquires innovative seed enhancement company Incotec

  Operating in one of the fastest growing segments within the crop care market, Incotec develop and supply a wide range of proprietary and sustainable technologies for both vegetable seeds and field crops.

• Acquisition of Iberchem expands reach into high growth fragrances market

  Acquiring the entire issued share capital of Fragrance Spanish Topco, S.L., trading as Iberchem (“the acquisition”), a leading global fragrances and flavours (“F&F”) company.

• Strengthening Life Sciences with the acquisition of Avanti Polar Lipids

  A leader in drug delivery systems for next generation pharmaceuticals, the acquisition more than doubles Croda’s research and development (R&D) capability in drug delivery.

• Croda at a glance

  At Croda, we are driven by our Purpose, to use smart science to create high-performance ingredients and technologies that improve lives.

• Strategic investment Entekno Materials

  A new Smart Partnership focused on the development of a new particle technology that will deliver superior protection benefits to the sun care and personal care markets.

• Acquisition of global vaccine adjuvant specialist

  Vaccine adjuvants are a natural extension to Croda’s market leading, high-purity excipient delivery systems in its Health Care business., these adjuvants represent a niche, high-growth market.

• Vietnam

  Croda’s Vietnam office was founded in 2012 and is located in Ho Chi Minh City.

• Beauty of Zero™: Our people driving sustainable beauty

  This World Environment Day, meet the people behind Croda’s Beauty of Zero™ campaign and discover how science, sustainability and collaboration are shaping the future of beauty.

• Life at Croda

  Celebrate the amazing people who make Croda International unique. Dive into inspiring stories, innovative projects, and the value of Together that drives our mission Smart science to improve lives™.

• 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™.

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• Singapore

  Croda Singapore was founded in 1986 and is the regional headquarters of the Asia Pacific region.

• India

  Croda India's manufacturing site was founded in 1995 and is located at Navi Mumbai.

• 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.

• Validation of our 1.5°C Science Based Targets

  We have become one of only three major chemical companies in the world to have our 1.5°C Science Based Targets validated.

• 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