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Each fabric and each print is not only the result
of an art that is Ratti’s and Ratti’s alone, it is the expression of a region. We live in a world that must be protected from harmful contamination and, instead, nourished by a passion for excellence, as well as by a profound respect for the harmony between a business and the region.
Ratti’s environmental commitment
Ratti was mentioned as an example of best practices in Italy in the GreenItaly 2018 report, an annual report produced by the Symbola Foundation and Unioncamere, which takes stock of best practices in the Italian green economy. The document was presented in Rome during a conference in October 2018.
In Ratti, the art of savoir-faire opens itself
every day to the trends and demands of contemporary connoisseurs, in a constant search for excellence and exclusivity that is nourished by those cornerstone ethical values
that the Group has always had.
This is a commitment that has led Ratti to affirm
a signature style that strikes an elegant balance between the savoir-faire of its experts and
the brilliance of its design office, as between technological innovation and sustainability, thanks to the journey Ratti for Responsibility, which it has undertaken since 2011.
As proof of its solid commitment, the Group has made significant investments to optimise
its production processes, replace machinery and reduce the amount of resources consumed which, in the last four years, has exceeded €20 million.
In terms of daily praxis, this specifically means optimising the use of energy resources and reducing waste in a context of continuous improvement. For this reason, in addition to the energy efficiency initiatives in the production processes, the Ratti Group is actively implementing experimental projects aimed at the reduction
and recovery of fabric scraps as potential secondary raw material, as well as the optimisation of raw material consumption.
In 2018 the Ratti Group continued the journey it had undertaken with the project Ratti for Responsibility and aimed at assessing the environmental impact deriving from its activities, starting with the plant
at the Guanzate premises, while in Creomoda Sarl the absence of production processes means the environmental impact there is negligible.
In 2018, in order to assess its environmental impacts, Ratti carried out an LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) analysis, using a gate-to-gate approach, for the Guanzate plant and carried out in accordance with the standard UNI EN ISO 14040:2006 “Environmental management – Life
Cycle Assessment – Principles and framework”. Once these analysis activities are complete, an audit
by the independent external certification body is planned in 2019.
The environmental aspects that have been identified as priorities in the journey towards impact mitigation concern energy consumption, the quality of industrial water discharges and
that of runoff water (for more details on product chemistry see also Chapter 3, paragraph 3.2 “Tradition that pays attention to the environment”) and the production of waste.
4.1 A commitment
to reducing environmental impact
In carrying out its activities, as shown by the principles set out in its Code of Ethics, the Ratti Group is committed to promoting environmental protection, with the aim of guaranteeing
the environmental sustainability of its activities. The Group’s objective is to guarantee environmental protection and energy efficiency and, with this in mind, seeks to raise the awareness of those parties that come into contact with the Group.
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