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2018 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | RATTI GROUP
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In order to manage and reduce the environmental impact of the use of energy and water, as well
as emissions of polluting gases or gases with
a greenhouse effect, each company in the Ratti Group operates autonomously, in accordance with its business model for managing and organising its activities and in accordance with its environmental policies, and in compliance with the local regulations governing environmental protection.
4.2 Less consumption, more creativity
The investments made in 2018 have led to the optimisation of the Ratti Group’s production processes, concentrating on the objectives
of energy saving and the monitoring of consumption at the Guanzate premises, which account for 95.87% of the Ratti Group’s energy consumption.
In particular, interventions were carried out in Ratti SpA in 2018 with the aim of reducing the consumption of the service facilities both at
the factory and in the offices. The interventions covered various aspects , details of which include improving the system monitoring consumption and increasing the efficiency of the lighting
and air-conditioning systems.
The system monitoring consumption
The energy efficiency actions start with enhancing the systems that control and measure consumption. For a number of years Ratti SpA
has regularly verified electricity consumption by using a monitoring system based on a range of meters that the company has installed over time. In particular, in 2018 this measurement was extended from the main sources of consumption associated with production (transformers, control panels
The Ratti Group’s environmental policies
Ratti SpA, Creomoda Sarl and Textrom Srl, the Ratti Group’s companies, have equipped themselves with environmental policies which aim to orientate business processes towards solutions that ensure the maximum protection of the environment and reduction
of consumption in the name of sustainable development.
The Group’s environmental policies promote the following actions:
To choose and use equipment, resources, materials and substances in a rational manner, taking into consideration their impact on the environment and their potential risks to health and safety, with particular regard to mechanical, chemical and manual handling risks;
To favour the use of technology products and services, whenever these are available, that have the least impact on the environment;
To operate with the logic of a circular economy, limiting the use of natural resources and the production of waste, focusing instead on the reuse and/or recovery of materials;
To select suppliers/subcontractors
on the basis of their ability to supply goods and services in compliance with the requirements and principles of the management system;
To promote organisational growth
and orientate business systems towards solutions that best
protect the environment, reduce the consumption of energy and water, reduce the amount of waste produced and manage waste responsibly;
To develop and extend information, communication and employee training processes to raise awareness of environmental sustainability and promote dialogue with internal and external stakeholders to guarantee the effective and efficient application of the company’s management system;
To prevent any form of pollution, in particular air and water pollution;
To develop and update evaluation criteria for risks to health and
safety in the workplace and to the environment, as well as management procedures for emergency situations
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