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Chapter 5 | Ratti’s environmental commitment

The KPIs are usually determined by considering Table printing versus inkjet printing
the consumption of one or more energy vectors
relativised to a specific indicative parameter Energy saving Water saving Chemical products
(l/m)
saving (g/m)
(TEP/m)
which, for most environmental KPIs, is the total
metres of fabric produced in a year (see the Annex SILK -19% 4% -40%
in Chapter 5 at the end of the document for further COTTON -33% 34% -39%
details). VISCOSE -47% -9% -48%
Source: Internal study verified by an independent body, 2017. The negative percentages indicate a saving and,
Finally, in order to continuously improve its therefore, improved efficiency, while the positive percentages, on the other hand, indicate higher consumption.
practices, products and services Ratti SpA BC has
carried out an internal study aimed at comparing
the consumption of energy, water and chemical Rotary printing versus inkjet printing
products by inkjet printing with traditional Energy saving Water saving Chemical products
printing (table or rotary). (TEP/m) (l/m) saving (g/m)
The investigation was carried out in compliance COTTON -33% 31% -37%
with the standard ISO14021:201 (self-declared JERSEY COTTON -18% 26% -64%
environmental assertion) and was reviewed by VISCOSE equal 36% -60%
Bureau Veritas.
Source: Internal study carried out in 2019 and verified by an independent body in 2020. The negative
The results showed lower consumption for percentages indicate a saving and, therefore, improved efficiency, while the positive percentages, on the
traditional printing than for inkjet printing. other hand, indicate higher consumption.

Travel better to consume less 5.3
Not only what one does in the company but also The circular economy and
how one gets there can contribute to a better waste management
environment.
The management of waste produced
To encourage a move to more sustainable travel,
the company has gradually replaced a number of by Ratti
company cars with electric vehicles, providing 14 The Ratti Group’s waste policy does not make
charging points. According to the policy governing any distinction between the Parent company
the company’s car fleet, employees should and its subsidiaries and is aimed at preventing,
prioritise the use of electric cars for journeys up to reducing and improving the management of
a total of 100km. waste.
With regard to prevention, the Company is
Ratti SpA BC also encourages employees to committed to exploring ways of using by-
make journeys using public transport, combining products, making donations and looking for
this with the pre-existing shuttle bus to and from product servitisation possibilities.
Lomazzo station. Financial incentives have also With regard to reduction, the Group is
been offered to promote carpooling by employees committed to continuously searching for
who share similar journeys to and from work. opportunities to reduce the production of
A shuttle bus has been made available to waste, by means of actions aimed at training
employees at the Creomoda, La Maison des or raising the awareness of its staff, analyses of
Accessoires and Textrom sites. the sources of waste production, a reduction in
the amount of scraps, a search for new supply
In November 2021 the carpooling initiative was agreements, a review of work cycles, the
relaunched. It had stopped in March 2020 because acquisition of durable, reusable and repairable
of the Covid-19 health emergency. materials and the transition from the physical to
the digital.
The Group wishes to continue to incentivise such
initiatives once the emergency is over, while fully Finally, with regard to the management of waste,
complying with regulations on passenger numbers in accordance with the waste pyramid (Article 179
and the sanitisation of areas. Legislative Decree 152/2006), the Group requires
intermediaries to record the destination of waste
and to look for opportunities to improve the
management of all types of waste.

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