Page 45 - Sustainability Report 2019
P. 45

                     of applying this LCA methodology is to record the environmental impact of the activities over which
Ratti has direct control. The analysis of environmental performance is concentrated mainly at the Guanzate site where, in comparison with Textrom, the Group’s production activities with the greatest environmental impact are carried out. Meanwhile, the impact of the activities carried out at Creomoda and La Maison des Accessoires may be considered negligible in this regard, given the absence of industrial production and the prevalence of craftsmanship activities.
The Group’s environmental policy, which is included in the Corporate Policy of the Integrated Management System, was updated in 2019 in order to add references to two new certifications obtained following a great effort made by Ratti SpA: ISO9001 for quality and ISO50001 for energy management.
In order to manage and reduce the environmental impact of the use of energy and water, as well as emissions of polluting gases or gases with a greenhouse effect, each company in the Ratti Group operates autonomously, in accordance with its business model for managing and organising its activities and in accordance with its environmental policies, and in compliance
with the local regulations governing environmental protection.
The sustainable offer
To respond to growing market needs, Ratti is showing that it is increasingly attentive and committed to sustainable fabrics.
The goal Ratti has set itself is to develop a sustainable offer within all collections: clothing for men and women,
men’s shirts, accessories, beachwear and furniture. Each product line has been analysed and evaluated according to sustainable logic, with the objective of transforming Ratti’s textile offer into articles that are 100% recycled and organic.
The choice of a responsible collection is moving in harmony with the certifications Ratti acquired during the year (see Chapter 3, paragraph 3.3 “A commitment anchored in the most advanced standards”) to safeguard the company’s immense heritage of creativity and craftsmanship, paying increasing attention to its environmental impact during the phases of production.
Confirming its decisive response to market challenges that are increasingly attentive to sustainability and product traceability, in 2019 Ratti widened the offer of raw materials in its Responsible Collection, ramping up the production of ecosustainable fabrics to almost twice 2018 levels and introducing new materials to continuously broaden its offer.
While in 2017 the Responsible Collection consisted
of 16 articles with traditional printing designs in six different ecosustainable fibres, the third edition of the Collection has been enlarged to the point at which it has reached nearly 80 ecosustainable articles. These were presented during 2019 at major trade fairs such as Premier Vision and Milano Unica.
ORGANIC COTTON
46%
POTENTIAL GLOBAL WARMING REDUCTION THANKS TO REDUCED AGRICULTURAL INPUT
26%
POTENTIAL REDUCTION OF EXCESSIVE FERTILISATION THANKS TO REDUCED NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS DEPOSITS IN WATER
The savings relate to a kg of organic cotton in comparison with traditional cotton. (Source: Textile Exchange)
NEW LIFE RECYCLED POLYESTER FROM POST-CONSUMER PLASTIC BOTTLES
-94%
WATER CONSUMPTION
-60%
CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY RESOURCES
Water and energy savings relate to the production of 1 kg of New Life fabric compared with the production of a virgin polymer. (Source: Sinterama)
REGENERATED NYLON
-7
BARRELS OF CRUDE
-5.7 tons
TONS OF CO2 LESS
-101.2 MJ
MJ OF ENERGY SAVINGS
Each ton of Nylon regenerated (Source: Acquafil)
RATTI GROUP | Sustainability report 2019
RATTI FOR RESPONSIBILITY
  Ratti participates in the Festival of the Green Week Economy
The eighth edition of Green Week was an event dedicated to sustainability and the green economy.
From 1 March to 3 March 2019
it drew to Trento entrepreneurs, experts and various other operators to examine sustainable development. In the days leading up to this Ratti, along with around
20 companies from Lombardy, opened their doors to “Factories and sustainability”. Among other new developments this year, in Rovereto the opening event was “SetaTech, le nuove vie della seta” (SetaTech, the new Silk Road), whose guests that evening included Sergio Tamborini, Ratti’s CEO. The SetaTech project was launched with the objective of
stimulating the rebirth of silk production in Italy, making use of uncultivated ground to grow mulberry trees.
A type of agriculture with a high added value – silk, in fact, has extraordinary properties that can be exploited not only by the textile sector, but also by medicine, pharmaceuticals and indust
     New materials added
To the Responsible Collection in 2019
FSC VISCOSE CERTIFICATE
A GUARANTEE OF RESPONSIBLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;
ECOVERO
A CELLULOSE FIBRE WHICH INVOLVES THE TOTAL RECYCLING OF SOLVENT DURING THE PRODUCTION PHASES;
QNOVA
RECYCLED NYLON FROM GRS-CERTIFIED SPINNING SCRAPS;
EVO
A HIGH-TECH YARN THAT IS BIO-BASED AND PRODUCED FROM THE CULTIVATION OF CASTER-OIL PLANR SEEDS.
  43














































   43   44   45   46   47