Croda supply their customers with “carbon negative” bio-based polymer additives from their Hull manufacturing facility in the UK, as demonstrated by externally verified cradle to gate Life Cycle Analysis.
Croda’s manufacturing site in Hull, UK has demonstrated environmental leadership since 2008, with the installation of a 2.05MW wind turbine. In 2019, this turbine generated over 16000GJ of electricity, avoiding almost 2000 tonnes of CO2 emissions associated with grid electricity. The site has a decarbonisation roadmap in place to reduce its emissions by a further 50% by 2030. The site processes rapeseed oil, from locally grown rapeseed, transported to the site by barge. Croda’s polymer additives have a carbon footprint of -1.1kgCO2/kg on leaving the factory, allowing Croda’s customers to benefit from a reduction in their upstream scope 3 emissions.
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