Croda

Croda, a UK-based chemicals company, reported total emissions of approximately 1.45 billion kg CO2e in 2025. This includes 100.39 million kg CO2e from Scope 1, 16.03 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 (market-based), and 1.33 billion kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions.

Croda has set ambitious climate commitments validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by 2050.

In its near-term targets, Croda commits to:

• Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 42% by 2030 from a 2022 base year.
• Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 25% within the same timeframe from a 2022 base year.
• Specifically, reduce absolute Scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions by 30.3% by 2030 from a 2022 base year.
• Achieve no deforestation across its primary deforestation-linked commodities by December 31, 2025.

For its long-term targets by 2050 from a 2022 base year, Croda commits to:

• Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 90%.
• Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 90%.
• Specifically, reduce absolute Scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions by 72%.

Previously, Croda had committed to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 46.2% by 2029 from a 2018 base year, and upstream Scope 3 GHG emissions by 13.5% within the same timeframe, as validated by the SBTi. In 2021, the company reported a 12.7% decrease in total Scope 1 and 2 emissions from a 2018 baseline. Scope 2 market-based emissions decreased by 60.2% compared to the 2018 baseline by 2021.