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GRI 102-40 List of stakeholder groups

We must consider and take necessary action to meet the needs and expectations of our stakeholders. By understanding the sustainability issues that are of greatest concern to them, we can make sure that we focus on the issues that will be most important to the future of our business, and our long-term sustainable growth, through the management of our sustainability programme.

To achieve this, we maintain a culture of open communication with our internal and external stakeholders, regularly holding face to face meetings, hosting webinars and training sessions, attending events and seeking feedback. Throughout the year we engaged in direct communication with the following stakeholder groups:

  • Customers & Consumers
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  • Community
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Further information on our approach to stakeholder engagement can be found in our 2019 Sustainability Report. 

 


GRI 102-41 Collective bargaining agreements

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We ensure our policies are consistent with the spirit and intent of ILO’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at work, where applicable to business. Our Group Policy on Trade Union Membership states that Croda International Plc recognises that all its employees have the right to freedom of association. The Company will not interfere in the legitimate activities of Trades Unions at Croda sites.

The Company recognises that every employee has the right to join or remain a member of a Trade Union if they wish to do so. Equally the Company recognises that every employee has the right not to join or to leave a Trade Union if they wish to do so. The Company will not seek to persuade any employee, potential or otherwise, to join or leave any Trade Union or other workers’ association.

Collective bargaining agreements are managed individually at each manufacturing site between the site and the corresponding unions.  As such, the Company does not hold a central record of how many employees are covered by such agreements.


GRI 102-42 Identifying and selcting stakeholders

Key stakeholder engagement areas are:

  • working closely with our customers to meet their current and future needs;
  • close interaction with suppliers to deliver high performance sustainable products
  • regular engagement with our employees on performance, policies and issues relating to meeting personal and business needs

  • engagement with neighbours close to all of our operations and open discussion regarding safety with those who live- around our manufacturing sites
  • ensuring that our investors are satisfied not only with our short term performance, but also our long term sustainability strategy; and
  • a proactive approach to working with many external organisations, both within and outside our industry, to contribute and aid our understanding of the issues affecting the sustainability of our business.

Further information on who we have engaged with throughout the year can be found in our 2019 Sustainability Report.


GRI 102-43 Approach to stakeholder engagement

In 2014, we conducted an external stakeholder survey with our employees, customers, suppliers and local communities, which focused on the issues addressed in our sustainability programme; and a supplementary internal survey took place in 2015. The outcome of the survey was used to determine the relevance and robustness of our Material Areas and informed our updated Materiality Matrix. Please see GRI General Disclosure 102-44 for more information.

Additional stakeholder engagement activities this year included:

  • Customers and consumers: We held 23,831meetings with our customers.
  • Suppliers: We held over 2500 meetings with raw material suppliers.
  • Local communities: Our employees recorded 5,117 hours supporting the wider societies we are a part of through our 1% club in 2018.
  • Employees: We held face to face employee cascades across our operations throughout the year, with many locations meeting at least twice a year.
  • Non-government organisations: We continue to work closely with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), sitting on the RSPO Claims & Communications Standing Committee and frequently presenting at RSPO meetings.
  • Governments and regulatory bodies: We are active members of over 190 national and international industry associations. A full list of associations which Croda is a member of can be found in GRI General Disclosure GRI 102-13.

Further information on our engagement activities throughout the year can be found on page 15 - 17 of the 2018 Sustainability Report.



GRI 102-44 Key topics and concerns raised

Our Purpose and business model succeed on the strength of our stakeholder relationships. We prioritise engagement with these individuals and groups, striving to understand their key considerations and goals so that we can achieve these together.

Some key highlights for 2019 include:

  • Shareholders – 64% proportion of share capital held by the 347 investors we met in 2019
  • Our People – 3,500 responses to Purpose Pulse Surveys (Oct – Dec 2019)
  • Customers 25,000 face-to-face meetings with our customers in 2019
  • Suppliers - We are 1 of 125 companies globally to join the CDP supply chain, engaging with suppliers on environmental issues
  • Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) – 99% of our manufacturing sites who use palm oil are RSPO certified

Croda’s Directors have regard to the interests of the Company’s employees and other stakeholders, including its impact on the community, the environment and its reputation, when making their decisions. The Directors consider what is likely to promote the success of the Company for its members in the long term in all their decision making.

More information on how we engage our stakeholders can be found on pages 14 and 15 of our Annual Report.

 


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