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CHAPTER 5 | Ratti, adding value to the community and the region
As a partner of Camera Moda Italia, Ratti has spent time with young people who stand out in terms of the excellence of their fashion schools, and the choice of fabrics they mould onto their ideas and their creativity, with the aim
of cultivating their talent.
and the Como Chamber of Commerce, seeks to encourage an encounter between students and companies, through carrying out projects that are developed in parallel with education and which
are useful to the companies’ business activities.
Ratti, a partner in the project, has accompanied the youngsters up until the completion of their study programmes, involving them in its daily activities and offering the most deserving of them, in line with its philosophy, a study bursary.
The experience these young people have had will help them in their professional choices precisely because they have shared with their group the atmosphere that pervades the company, and they have learned to appreciate our art and our values, acquiring an awareness of knowledge and abilities that up until now may have been dormant.
5.3 Partnerships that do good
Ratti aspires to and establishes cooperative relations with parties in the surrounding area,
both in Italy and abroad, with shared values and objectives in terms of social accountability. This includes Convivio, the biggest Italian charity fair in the world of fashion. For the latest edition, Ratti participated by printing its foulard to depict the Convivio campaign. They were worn by volunteers and put on sale between 6 and 10 June 2018.
With the aim of dedicating special attention to those less fortunate, Ratti works with Quid, an ethical and sustainable fashion brand which produces handmade garments and accessories in a limited edition, created with end-of-line fabrics made available by textiles companies. Hemming is carried out through tailoring provided by 20 women from disadvantaged groups. Ratti also works with Made in Carcere (Made in Prison), a not-for-profit social cooperative which helps women on the margins of society: 20 women prisoners who make accessories, giving a second life to fabric scraps from textile companies.
The company donates fabric scraps to Italian fashion schools so they can carry out internal work and projects. In addition, the company supplies fabric every year and follows some students as they make their collections for their final theses.
Finally, Ratti is in partnership with Siticibo, a programme of the Banco Alimentare Onlus Foundation, which was set up in Milan in 2003 to collect excess food from canteens.
It is also a partner of an initiative organised at the social theatre in Como to collect funds for the Umberto Veronesi Foundation.
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