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Ratti Group | Sustainability Report 2022

of the most important non-profit organisations at RAF (Responsible Animal Fiber)
international level for promoting and responsibly certification
developing sustainability in the textile sector. During 2022 Ratti SpA BC improved its offer
RCS certification confirms the content of of sustainable articles and achieved RAF
recyclable material in the product (both certification.
intermediate and finished) and guarantees
that certified products contain at least 5% of This is the most important standard for the
recyclable material pre-consumption and certification of products containing fibres of
post-consumption. It provides an environmental animals from responsible livestock management.
declaration that has been verified by a third party. Responsible Animal Fiber is also promoted by
Textile Exchange and unites under a single
In 2020 Ratti SpA BC extended RCS (Recycled certification RWS (Responsible Wool Standard),
Claim Standard) certification to knitwear RMS (Responsible Mohair Standard) and RAS
articles and to new compositions (polyamide, (Responsible Alpaca Standard). Together,
polyamide/elastane and polyester/elastane). these three standards guarantee the source
of wool, mohair and alpaca from responsibly
In 2021 RCS certification was also extended to managed livestock programmes which respect
viscose articles. In 2022 new articles were added. the stringent criteria of animal welfare and the
reduction of environmental impact, and ensure
that traceability is maintained throughout the
entire production process.
As things currently stand, the sustainable basis of
Ratti’s offer consists of Responsible Animal Fiber guarantees textile
products containing at least 5% of certified fibre
and manufacturing activities and processes
which use models and management procedures
that comply with the requirements set.
GOTS ORGANIC SILK GOTS e OCS ORGANIC
(Global Organic Textile COTTON
Standard) This certification is subject to annual monitoring
GRS ORGANIC COTTON consisting of periodic inspections of the
OCS SILK (Global Recycle
(Organic Content Standard) production facilities and products’ warehousing
Standard) and distribution centres, to ensure that
compliance is being maintained.
GOTS ORGANIC
WOOL
GRS RECYCLED HEMP 4.4
WOOL Ratti’s sustainable offer
LYOCELL
RAF RESPONSIBLE
WOOL
The purpose of Ratti SpA BC is, as always, to
develop a sustainable, constantly updated, offer
RESPONSIBLE which meets the needs of customers and the
LEATHER markets, and consists of certified yarns and fabrics
FSC VISCOSE
(Forest Stewardship and, therefore, consists of organic, recycled and
Council) LINEN socially responsible products which are included
in the Tessuteca and all the Group’s collections:
RECYCLED RCS VISCOSE 200 articles, made from various eco-responsible
(Recycled Claim Standard) GRS AND RCS fibres, tested and manufactured and, mostly,
RECYCLED AND available from stock.
ORGANIC-BASED
NYLON The Ratti Group’s policy focuses on the acquisition
and manufacturing of these sustainable materials
RECYCLED CUPRO in compliance with the applicable regulations and,
GRS AND RCS BEMBERG™ GRS by extension, the adoption of voluntary product
POLYESTER certification regimes.

The development of a sustainable offer is a result
of paying constant attention to the needs of

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