Croda International, the supplier of cosmetic ingredients and technologies, received the NYSCC Award for Most Innovative Use of Green Chemistry at The Future of Sustainability conference. The company was recognised for its new 100% Bio-based Eco Range of ingredients. This range will enable its customers to deliver 100% renewable, high-performance products and to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels. These 100% renewable, 100% biobased ethoxylates will be used across the multiple industries Croda serves including Personal Care.
Presenting on Sustainability and Ingredient Integrity, Croda focused on its holistic approach to ingredient development, sustainable manufacturing practices and how the need for uniform values throughout the entire supply chain, combined with increasing demand for third party verification of compliance, is supporting the drive for innovation.
The NYSCC honoured the top supplier and the top finished goods house in each of three different aspects of sustainability including:
1. Most Sustainable Product
2. Best Use of Green Chemistry and
3. Most Sustainable Company.
The winner in each category was chosen by a panel of graduate students in a blind evaluation.
Croda and sustainability
Croda has a longstanding commitment to investing in sustainability and putting innovation into action. The company uses renewable raw materials and environmentally sensitive processes to help improve the sustainable credentials of end products.
Around 70% of Croda’s raw materials come from renewable sources, far above the average of its peers. The company’s Atlas Point site in New Castle, DE, USA has experienced this commitment to sustainability through a number of other recent investments. In 2013, Croda invested $2.3 million in solar panels, which generates 5% of the site’s electricity. In 2012, Croda invested $8 million in a renewable energy project that uses landfill gas to generate electricity and steam. The results of this project reduced Croda’s annual CO2 emissions by 11,600 tons, and these projects combined now generate more than 60% of the site’s energy. The aggregate CO2 reductions since then are the equivalent of taking 18,000 cars off the road for a year. Also in 2012, Atlas Point achieved a 78% reduction in landfill waste by increasing the use of solid waste as fuel and furthering recycling opportunities.
About Croda
Croda has a network of over 4,200 employees, working together as one global team across manufacturing sites and offices in 36 countries. Croda Personal Care’s commitment to sustainability and social responsibility includes the use of certified sustainable palm oil and other renewable raw materials.
The company offers expertise in formulation development, claims substantiation, market analysis and regulatory support. As a global business, Croda Personal Care offers a wide and diverse product portfolio including a full line of natural, botanical ingredients from its Crodarom division and a full range of skin and hair care actives from its Sederma division.
