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Ratti Group | Sustainability Report 2022

The contents of this section show how the Ratti Group supports the
achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 1, 4, 9, 10, 12 and 17

6.1

Green and digital innovation and which transforms manufacturing from
automated to digital and intelligent, integrating IT
and machinery, developing algorithms, using new
tools and technology, and always on the lookout
For the Ratti Group the area of innovation covers for new business models.
different types of intervention. Stylistic innovation –
of design, of the product – incremental innovation, When it comes to associations focusing on
also followed by the line for “inter-work” with innovation, Ratti SpA BC is a member of the
suppliers, technological innovation, innovation Lombardy Region clusters Associazione Fabbrica
generated by research and development projects. Intelligente Lombardia (Lombardy Association of
Intelligent Factories) and Chimica Verde (Green
Innovation is generated as much in projects Chemicals); it sits on the board of the ETP, the
developed within the company as in partnership European Technology Platform of Euratex, the
with businesses, universities and research “Confederazione Europea delle Aziende del Tessile
centres. In such an environment constant e dell’Abbigliamento” (the European Confederation
monitoring is essential, as are relationships and of Fabric and Clothing Companies) and on the
exchanges with the fresh and young universe board of the Made in Italy cluster, which is a public-
of startups, an inexhaustible mine of creativity, private alliance which encourages cooperation
originality and new perspectives. between the world of research and fashion
businesses. It works towards sustainable growth in
With the aim of coordinating the wide field of the sector, in line with the strategic agenda of the
initiatives and projects the Innovation Board EU. Ratti SpA BC is part of the “Rehubs di Euratex”
was set up in September 2022. The Board project (https://euratex.eu/rehubs) for upgrading
consists of the Company’s CEO, the Business Unit recycling technologies in dedicated centres (hubs)
Innovation Manager, the Supply Chain Manager, and, finally, it is a founding member of the Retex
the IT Manager, a Business Unit Manager, the Green voluntary consortium promoted by SMI (the
Sustainability Manager, the CFO and the Legal Confindustria association of textiles and fashion
Manager (CLO); the Board guides and monitors companies) set up in March 2022. The consortium
activities and sets priorities. deals with the management of textile waste and
supply chain circularity.
The guidelines which set the direction of innovation
policy in Ratti and the design of the business
may be summed up in the words green and Innovation projects
digital, green transition and digital transition. Selecting the best innovative startups operating
A sustainable and circular company in terms in Fashion Tech in Europe and beyond, and
of materials, manufacturing, services, and the accelerating their growth through mentorship and
perennial tension between innovation and new business development programmes, putting them
compliance, alert to the potential offered by the in contact with investors and other businesses:
new frontier of circular textiles. A business which these are the objectives – which started in 2020
offers digital relationship models to its customers and continued in 2022 – of the Startup Bootcamp

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