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RATTI GROUP | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017
The main risks and opportunities for Ratti S.p.A.
An analysis of the activities and products across their life cycles produced the following risk factors and opportunity factors.
Risk factors
Regulations on product safety;
Dangerous substances/materials;
Fire emergencies;
Opportunity factors
Product innovation: the percentage of profits reinvested in research and development;
Standards, guidelines and models voluntarily adopted by the organisation;
Standards for product safety;
Availability of natural resources; Trade regulations;
Stability of the supply chain;
Strategies and market positioning; Reference market trends;
Trade regulations;
Stability of the supply chain;
Ethical values of the community; Binding regulations and possible
regulatory changes;
Binding regulations and possible regulatory changes.
Products and by-products;
Reduction of energy consumption; Reduction of water consumption.
4.2 Less consumption, more creativity
Over the last four years the investments made have led to the optimisation of production processes, concentrating on the objectives of energy saving and the reduction of consump- tion at the Guanzate premises, which account for 95.27% of the Ratti Group’s energy con- sumption.
Action to improve energy e ciency
A number of steps have been taken to meet the objective of improving energy saving at the Guanzate plant. In order to reduce the unnecessary consumption of electricity in the factories, starting from 2017 lighting sensors have been installed which switch on only in the presence of workers. Lighting systems have also been installed that automatically regulate their light intensity on the basis of the intensity of the natural light coming in from outside. A relamping plan (the replacement of light fixtures with high-e ciency LED light bulbs) has also been implemented, in order to reduce the internal and external consumption of light throughout the company.
The reduction of energy consumption in the production processes has been pursued through a range of initiatives across the board, starting with the installation of metering systems for energy and water consumption, with a series of initiatives that began in 2014 and are still under way to improve the e ciency of the main plants and machinery.
In 2017, high-e ciency long-life batteries were introduced for forklift trucks and sewing ma- chines, in order to reduce electricity consumption.
With regard to thermal consumption, from 2014 steps were taken, by replacing the old ma-
-1,059 TONS OF CO2 EMITTED
INTO THE ENVIRONMENT THANKS TO METHANE GAS AND ELECTRICITY
SAVING THE LIFE CYCLE
OF 720 TREES IS REQUIRED TO ABSORB THIS QUANTITY OF CO2
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