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2018 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | RATTI GROUP
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Analysis of materiality
The materiality matrix represents, in summary form, the most significant (“material”) aspects for the Ratti Group and its stakeholders.
The materiality matrix is the product of a structured process involving management and stakeholders which, after a detailed evaluation of the significance of a list of aspects of sustainability, has allowed the most important aspects to be identified and then reported.
The list of aspects to be evaluated was created in accordance with the provisions set out in Article 3, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 254/2016 and on the basis of all the aspects specified in the GRI Standards.
In accordance with the 2016 GRI Standard it was decided to consider as material those aspects that emerged as significant for Ratti or for its stakeholders.
Theprocessofinvolvingstakeholderswas implemented in 2017 for the publication of the first DNF; in 2018 the list of material aspects was updated in the light of certain considerations made by the management at the end of the reporting process the previous year. The updating process involves the following phases:
• moredetailsoncertainmaterialthemeswiththe relevant corporate representatives;
• sharing and reflecting on quality with the Sustainability Committee;
• approval of the new matrix by the CEO. The material themes relating to the five areas
covered by Legislative Decree 254 are the following:
1. environmental themes: reduction of environmental impact, compliance with laws and regulations (from an environmental perspective) and responsible management of the supply chain (environmental evaluation of suppliers);
2. social themes:
product quality and safety, responsible management of the supply chain (social evaluation of suppliers), compliance with laws and regulations (from a socio-economic perspective), procurement policy and financial relationship with suppliers, financial performance;
3. themes relating to personnel:
health and safety at work; talent training and development, employee wellbeing, safeguarding diversity and equal opportunities;
4. respect for human rights:
safeguarding human rights and the fight against child labour;
5. the fight against active and passive corruption:
opposing corruption.
SincethelastReport1 theRattiGrouphasdecided to exclude the following specific themes from the sustainability matrix: Management of industrial relations, Safety practices, Product marketing
and labelling, Safeguarding customer privacy. The exclusion of these themes was decided on the
basis of the improved understanding, following the previous year’s reporting process, reached by the managementoftheconceptof“significance”for the Group in terms of the evaluation of the impacts and risks associated with the themes, which have now been repositioned below the significance threshold. In particular, the theme “Management of industrial relations” has been excluded from the sustainability matrix on the basis of the observation
For any clarification with regard to this Sustainability Report please send
an email to: sostenibilita@ratti.it
1See 2017 Sustainability Report – Consolidated Declaration of a Non-financial nature, accessible at https://www.ratti.it/it/societa/ sostenibilita/
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