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RATTI FOR RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER 4 | Ratti’s environmental commitment
Since 2011
the Ratti Group has undertaken the journey Ratti for Responsibility, making significant investments
in order to optimise production processes, replace machinery
and reduce
the amount
of resources consumed.
4.1 Sustainability in textiles: challenge accepted
From the point of view of continuously improving its environmental performance, since 2011 the Ratti Group has undertaken the journey Ratti for Responsibility, making significant investments in order to optimise production processes, replace machinery and reduce the amount of resources consumed: in just five years investments have exceeded €20 million.
In carrying out its activities, the Ratti Group promotes safeguarding the environment and contributes to spreading a culture of sustainability among those who enter into a relationship with the Group.
With ambitious objectives for continuously improving performance, in addition to initiatives seeking to improve the efficiency of consumption in the production process, the Ratti Group is enhancing its textile ecosustainability offer, carrying out circular economy projects, reducing scraps during production through reusing and recycling textile scraps.
In order to achieve results in improving its environmental performance which can be implemented in practice in consumption reduction programmes, during 2019, at the Guanzate plant, Ratti carried out an organisational LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) drawn up in accordance with the standard UNI EN ISO14040:2006. The objective
The Ratti Group’s environmental policies
Ratti, Creomoda, La Maison des Accessoires and Textrom are equipped with environmental policies which aim to steer business processes towards solutions that ensure greater protection of the environment and a reduction of consumption in the name of sustainable development.
In particular, Creomoda updated its policy in October 2019 to include the activities of La Maison des Accessoires, while the Textrom site, in Romania, has implemented its feasibility study for rationalising the production site.
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 the management procedures for emergency situations and the criteria for
evaluating risks to health and safety at work and to the environment.
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