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Welcome to the UK chemical industry’s online exhibition of CIA member sustainability initiatives. Each member case study links to our 4 CIA Pillars of:

Sustainable growth and innovation;
Low carbon circular economy;
Responsibility and stewardship of our products and processes; and
Our people and communities.

Please browse the case studies below from our members and look out for further updates!

Johnson Matthey - Biodiversity

JM biodiversity site records increased diversity amongst birds, newts, flies and plants, and has the highest number of butterflies recorded in the North East

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Thomas Swan - EcoVadis

Measuring performance is always important. Using EcoVadis has enabled us to improve and maintain a high performance in the 4 main themes: Environment; Labour and human rights; Ethics; Sustainable procurement.

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Thomas Swan - Responsible Care

Thomas Swan was early to adopt British and International standards (BS5750 in 1987) and is very proud of being the first company in the world externally verified to Responsible Care.

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Thomas Swan - Centre for Industry Education Collaboration

A Sustainability teaching resource that highlights the issues and impacts of sustainability for primary aged children was developed in partnership with the Centre for Industry Education Collaboration.

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Croda - Talent, diversity and engagement

Croda’s employees are their difference. With a 2030 target to achieve gender balance across leadership roles, Croda has introduced balanced shortlisting in recruitment, and focuses on ensuring an inclusive workplace for all.

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Croda - Safety Leadership

Safety is Croda’s number one priority, and in 2019 the organisation achieved their 2030 Total Recordable Injury Rate target of 0.6 one year early, with a 58% reduction since 2015.

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Croda - “Carbon negative” products

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.

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Venator - Enhancing Biodiversity

Greenabella Marsh is part of the Tees Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest

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Dow - Sustainability Academy with University of Cambridge

Investing in sustainability leaders of the future

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