# Which pollution colour does SIDBI's green loan programme give my sector, and what worker safeguards come with it?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/sidbi-fmap-sector-colours-and-worker-safeguards

SIDBI's programme table lists food processing, brick kilns, pharmaceuticals, glass and ceramics, and foundries as Orange; textiles, chemicals, leather, pulp and paper, cement, steel re-rolling and sponge iron as Red; rubber and plastics as Orange and Green. Every sector carries minimum wage, protective equipment and safety checks.

## Colour by sector, as SIDBI lists it

The colours follow the Central Pollution Control Board categories. Your own unit can differ, because the board classes activities, not whole sectors.

- Orange: food processing, brick kiln, pharmaceuticals, glass and ceramics, foundry.
- Red: textiles, chemicals, leather, pulp and paper, cement, steel re-rolling, sponge iron.
- Orange and Green: rubber and plastics.

## Risks and fixes named for several sectors

- Textiles and food processing: water and air pollution, with efficient effluent treatment and air pollution control as the fix.
- Brick kilns: air pollution, with advanced chimneys of adequate stack height and air pollution control instruments.
- Foundries: all sorts of pollution, with efficient effluent treatment under a common facility and air pollution control equipment.

## Worker and community safeguards

- Minimum wages paid under the law.
- Protective equipment for workers.
- A grievance mechanism for the unit that covers gender-based violence and sexual harassment.
- Health and safety facilities, especially for emergencies, and an ambulance arrangement.
- Health check-ups through regular camps and, for some sectors, clean usable water to nearby communities for household and farm use.

## Use this before you apply

Find your sector, note the colour, and have the matching consent and safety papers ready.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible's green loan check shows how ready your bills and records are for a green loan, and its finance application tool helps you put them in order. It does not approve loans or speak for SIDBI.

- [SIDBI sector checks for textiles, foundries and steel](https://senseible.earth/answers/sidbi-sector-checks-textile-foundry-steel)
- [CPCB red category and carbon](https://senseible.earth/answers/cpcb-red-category-vs-high-carbon-emitter)
- [Green loan check](https://senseible.earth/green-loan-check)

Sources: [SIDBI, Environmental and Social Management System for the FMAP programme (ESMS)](https://www.sidbi.in/assets/front/pdf/ESMS-FMAP-E.pdf)

Last reviewed 2026-11-04.