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2.4 Health and safety
Safeguarding the health and safety of employees
Health and safety is one of the top priorities of the Ratti Group, which acts in the conviction that anyone who accesses our place of work should be able to perform their duties in a comfortable and safe space, and
that this environment should be safeguarded in the interests of everyone and the Group itself.
The Group is committed to disseminating, whilst fully complying with the legislation in force with regard
to health and safety in the workplace, a culture of safety, to developing risk awareness, and to promoting responsible behaviour.
The importance of this theme is illustrated by the presence of a paragraph dedicated to it in the Groups’ Code of Ethics and by certifications. In 2017, Ratti SpA obtained OHSAS18001 certification. At this point the document Politica e Obiettivi di Sicurezza e Ambiente (safety and environmental policy and objectives) was formalised. It includes the procedures set out in the OHSAS18001 Management System, which is currently applied at all company levels.
The adoption of this System was voluntary and allowed Ratti SpA to improve performance in the area of onsite health and safety and to adopt a system for continuously improving performance.
As of today, the total workforce of Ratti SpA, employees and others, is subject to the Health and Safety Management System.
During 2019, the OHSAS18001 Management System underwent various audits, including one carried out by an accredited third party, which confirmed certification. Transition to ISO45001:2018 certification is expected in 2020.
In Creomoda health and safety aspects were monitored and checked through SA8000:2014 social accountability certification. The company commits to respecting all prevailing national regulations on this topic, and to adopting the recommendations of the SAAS (Social Accountability Accreditation Services) office and the ILO (International Labour Organization) relating to measures aimed at preventing fires and reducing risk.
In order to reduce fire risks and the direct impact on the health and safety of employees, workplaces are being evaluated, along with any associated risks, to that work can be carried out in a healthy and safe environment. Since 2015 there has also been a Committee for health and safety at work and, since 2016, a manager responsible for health and safety at work.
The Committee is invited to meet every two months to examine any developments in the matter, and once a year to discuss matters directly related to the standard of social accountability. The committee generally consists of one representative from the management, one occupational doctor and two representatives from the workers.
The Creomoda site complies with Tunisian regulations and with the standard SA8000:2014, and does not carry out any high-risk activities. In December 2019 an audit was carried out to renew SA8000:2014 certification
for Creomoda. This was extended to La Maison
des Accessoires. In Textrom the prevailing national regulations are applied and in October 2018 the Policy for social accountability was extended to include health and safety aspects. This policy specifically refers to ILO agreements and recommendations.
In order to ensure the safety of employees in the workplace, the Prevention and Protection Service
at the Guanzate site ensures that the Risk Evaluation Document is always up to date. In particular, the Prevention and Protection Service is included in the definition of investments and their management, in
such a way that any modification to installations that
has a significant impact on safety can be evaluated
and, if deemed necessary, added to the Risk Evaluation Document. In addition, the Risk Evaluation Document is updated both during applicable regulatory checks in the company, when new legal provisions impacting safety aspects are highlighted, and during periodic audits.
Plant in Romania and Turkey also have a Risk Evaluation Document; activities carried out onsite in Turkey are considered to be of low risk, given that their use of machinery and equipment is very limited. For this reason the Risk Evaluation Document is updated in conjunction with the Prevention and Protection Service of Ratti SpA, which monitors and supervises all aspects of safety. In Textrom the Risk Evaluation Document is updated by an external consultant.
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