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Ratti Group | Sustainability Report 2022

The management of waste is carried out in full
compliance with the legislation in force in the
countries in which the Group has its production
facilities, i.e. Italy, Tunisia and Romania. Generally,
Ratti applies the local waste management
regulations for each country in which it operates,
organises separate waste collection and
contracts out the disposal/recycling of waste to
authorised third parties.

The Ratti Group’s waste management policy was
updated following the publication of “Strategy for
Sustainable and Circular Textiles” by the European
Commission on 30 March 2022.
This document raised the issue of the destination
and the reuse/recycling of textile waste and
the need to activate EPR (Extended Producer
Sustainable travel Responsibility) schemes, i.e. consortia of
producers committed to managing the end of life
CAR POOLING of textile products.
• Parking places reserved for work teams
As far as the Group’s activities are concerned, it
• Company cars available when overtime is required
generates waste at all its sites in Italy, Tunisia and
• 6 people involved overall in 2022 Romania. Ratti SpA BC receives raw materials
(mainly fabrics), chemical substances and all its
BICYCLES packaging from its supply chain.
• Numbered and personalised racks with locks
The activities carried out at the Guanzate plant
• 24 people involved in 2022 are related to fabric printing and ennoblement.
Almost all (91.07%) of the Group’s overall
LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT production of waste can be attributed to the
Through an agreement with ASF (the company which manages public road Guanzate site. The waste management procedure,
transport in Como province), the route linking the Company with the Trenord station which is part of the Environmental Management
System, applies for the above company.
Fino Mornasco and Como was diverted.
In 2015 Ratti SpA BC implemented an
• Employees may purchase an annual season ticket from the company (train and/ environmental management system in
or bus), and the amount is deducted from salaries in ten monthly instalments accordance with the standard ISO14001 and,
• 3 people involved in the project in this regard, drew up specific procedures for
managing the waste generated.
Particular attention is paid to the management
3,397kg of CO saved
2 of hazardous waste, from its classification and
thanks to sharing the journey to and from work through carpooling, or through
its internal management to its entrustment to
using public transport or bicycles. leading authorised companies in the sector which
deal with transport and disposal/recycling.
ELECTRIC CARS
The company’s car fleet has 5 electric cars, which in 2022 were used to travel In addition, precisely because the Guanzate
65,451 km. plant accounts for a large share of the Group’s
production, the evaluation of the environmental
SHUTTLE BUS impact is carried out for Ratti SpA BC. To this
end, in 2019 Ratti SpA BC carried out a gate-
Creomoda, La Maison des Accessoires and Textrom have organised an efficient and
to-gate LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) survey
safe transport service that may be used by all workers.
for the Guanzate plant, which was reviewed by
• 219 people involved at the Tunisian sites of Creomoda and La Maison des a certified third-party company. The objective
Accessoires of this was to ascertain the impact of direct
• 19 people involved in Textrom activities. The investigation showed the
negligible impact of the waste generated and
its transport.

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