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Ratti Group | Sustainability Report 2022

is dedicated to this goal based on concepts of craftsmanship that has made the company an
flexibility and immediate supervision. In terms of undeniable leader in the art of printing.
results, the ultimate proof of the importance of
design activities and the commitment shown to Three principal production cycles are carried out
the customer is the revenue delivered by creative by Ratti:
activity.
• weaving;
Alongside this creative dialogue Ratti presents • dyeing and printing;
its textile offer at international trade shows. • hemming finished garments
This is increasingly sustainable and aware of its
environmental impact, and in its choice of fabrics
which are organic, recycled, socially responsible 4.2
and are added to the “Tessuteca” and to all the Spreading the cardinal value
Group’s collections (see Chapter 4, paragraph
4.1 “From creativity to the finished garment, a of intellectual property
guarantee of quality”).
The Group considers the full respect of intellectual
and industrial property – its own and that of third
The “Tessuteca Ratti” parties – to be of primary importance. This is a
cardinal principle of its business, in a context of
The Tessuteca is a space – and also The investment in the Tessuteca, fair competition and, as a consequence, the Group
a service – which offers more than together with the company’s ability to requires its employees, partners, suppliers and
500 tested bases and guarantees an forecast, with the customer, the number subcontractors to comply with the laws in force
immediate printing sample, whether of metres to be purchased, represents and the relevant applicable regulations
traditional or inkjet printing. a new business model in which delivery
times are significantly reduced. The Group is committed to:
The categories of always-ready fabrics
• acting with the appropriate level of
such as silk, cotton, linen, wool/ The Ratti Tessuteca has therefore
confidentiality and protecting its own brands,
cashmere, viscose, synthetic fabrics, become the basis of an increasingly
patents, ideas, models, designs, know-how and
jersey fabrics, velvet and swimwear close dialogue between ideas,
other intellectual/industrial property assets
provide evidence that the company is production and delivery, where
used and developed as part of the company’s
leaning towards process innovation, everything revolves around the activities;
improved logistics and high-quality customer’s forecasting ability and the • not developing projects and/or products that
service. company’s speed of response. could lead to violations of the intellectual/
industrial property rights of third parties;
• expressly forbidding its employees or
partners from any form of conduct aimed at
The production cycles altering, counterfeiting, illegitimate use or
Ratti manages and controls the entire production which is in any case harmful to third-party
cycle, from the creative idea which is developed rights inherent to brands, patents, designs and
within a design, to the planning of a fabric, to other creative works;
the ennoblement and hemming processes. This • not selling products that incorporate
is a production process which expresses the brands or distinctive signs which have been
quality and luxury of an excellence that is wholly counterfeited and/or are deceptive as regards,
Italian and which was born, initially, out of the for example, the origin, source and quality of
manufacturing of silk. This was later expanded the product.
to include natural fibres, composite fibres and
technological fibres. In addition, Ratti SpA BC will continue to register
its design collection, the objective being to
The synergy between heritage and innovation, better safeguard the rights associated with those
similarly to that between prowess and designs and the related interests of customers.
dedication, has allowed Ratti to go back in time This practice seeks to mitigate any negative
and merge itself with a heritage which views effects the company might suffer from the loss of
manufacturing excellence as a cornerstone. sensitive data or strategic information.
This is a form of capital deriving from a solid To this end, should the loss of sensitive data
aggregation of knowledge relating to culture and relate to the development of a product which

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