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India’s fertilizer industry is improving on energy efficiency and cutting on greenhouse gases. However, several of them are slacking on water consumption and water pollution parameters. Some plants are also getting affected because of lack of water and their water sources are getting depleted and disappearing very fast. Several of these plants are ageing and, in spite of performing “reasonably well” in meeting health and safety standards, most of them need to upgrade on site and off site disaster management plants. These findings are part of an 18-month-long process, wherein the country’s fertilizer sector was rated on more than 50 parameters by the Centre for Science and Environment. The rating covered all the 28 operational plants in the country. About 57% of the plants voluntarily participated in the rating programme by disclosing information and allowing teams to verify them on site.