Chambal Fertilizer Case Study

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chambal Fertilizers is is one of the largest private sector fertilizer producers in India. It was promoted by Zuari Industries Limited in the year 1985. I adopted incremental strategy for Chambal fertilizers Limited because the sustainability management and practices adopted are quite good and efficient and require only incremental change and complete overhaul. The company needs to modify the existing technology to reduce the cost of production as government cannot support the industry with subsidy for a very long term, and hence incremental strategy is suitable in this company. There are four types of Incremental Strategy for Chambal Fertilizers:- a) Incremental Strategy Policy of Chambal Fertilizers b) Incremental Strategy …show more content…

It also provides education aid to rural schools. Chambal Fertilisers has consolidated its position in agri-business and diversified into other sectors. Its shipping division under the name India Steamship operates 5 Aframax tankers with a combined capacity of over 5, 00,000 DWT. Chambal Fertilizers has adopted the incremental strategy because the company needs to incorporate serious methodologies to increase efficiency of fertilizer production, as 54% of fertilizer subsidy is wasted due to inefficient production. Now a days water pollution is occurring due to increased usage by fertilizers. due to which Chambal Fertilizers should also focus technologies which will reduce the wastage of fertilizer and increase the optimal usage of fertilizer like using Neem Coated fertilizers which can be spread evenly in the soil and prevent leaching and formation of unnecessary …show more content…

The cost of fuel consumed, which is one the major issues in fertilizer industry can be reduced by gas pooling. Chambal Fertilizers should be involved in global partnerships so that dependency on subsidies can be minimized so that the interest rates can be lowered and farmers can pay them easily on branded fertilizers. Also Chambal Fertilizers should use captive and co-generation plants so that process efficiency can be improved and emissions will be reduced by 85% compared to 35% - 55% in the case of conventional power plants. Energy efficient motors, generators, transformers and other electrical and power equipment should also be used as they are more efficient. Chambal Fertilizers should also invest in cleaner technologies in which the amount of emissions are less. Also Chambal Fertilizers should focus on usage of steam optimization technologies to minimize the amount of steam that is released during the process. IMPACT OF MY CONTRIBUTION My Contribution is towards the alignment of goals of Chambal fertilizers with those of the UN sustainable development goals. In all the UNSDG has got 17 goals out of which a few of them are aligned with those of Chambal Fertilizers. They are as follows:- i) Good Health and Well Being ii) Quality Education iii) Gender

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