Croda crowned Britain’s Most Admired Chemicals Company for eighth year running
16 January 2025
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 eighth consecutive year.
The Britain’s Most Admired Companies Survey is the longest running peer-review corporate reputation survey in the UK and is based on the analysis of 238 firms spanning 27 sectors. Feedback from 330 C-suite peers, financial analysts, and industry experts is analysed to inform rankings on 13 reputational criteria revealing the nation's top companies across core reputational dimensions.
Steve Foots, CEO of Croda said, “We are proud to once again have been recognised as Britain’s most admired chemicals company, which demonstrates our clarity of strategy and capacity to innovate. Croda is a company with a rich heritage and a strong Purpose. To receive this award once again, in our centenary year, demonstrates our resilience and ability to adapt in ever changing market conditions which is so critical to future success.”
To view the survey results in more detail, visit: https://www.britainsmostadmired.com/winners/most-admired-by-sector
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About Croda
Croda is a speciality 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 92 locations in 39 countries. Revenues in 2023 were £1.69bn.
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.
About Britain’s Most Admired Companies
Britain’s Most Admired Companies study is the UK’s longest running survey of corporate reputation, with data going back to 1990. Run by reputation specialists Echo Research, in partnership with the London Stock Exchange, the study is based on independent peer and analyst review.
The 2024 study analysed 238 firms spanning 27 sectors. Feedback was gathered from 330 C-suite peers, financial analysts, and industry experts with each company scored against the following reputational criteria: Ability to attract, develop and retain top talent; Capacity to innovate; Clarity of strategy; Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Competitiveness; Effective Corporate Governance; Effective use of corporate assets; Financial soundness; Long-term value potential; Positive contribution to society; Quality of management; Quality of products & services; and Reducing environmental impact.
