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Ratti Group | Sustainability Report 2022

promote the Group’s activities in magazines and nurturing the talent of designers emerging into
newspapers. This is useful not only for measuring the world of fashion, Ratti SpA BC has decided
the Group’s visibility, it also makes it possible to to participate as a partner in Milano Moda
understand the positioning of the Ratti brand, Graduate (Milan Fashion Graduate), whose
offering insights which can be used to support show opened the summer edition of Milan
sales and marketing activities. Fashion Week. The aim of the project, which was
launched by CNMI in 2015, is to celebrate and
promote the excellence of Italian fashion schools
Schools, universities and training at both national and international level. The
Ratti has always shown that it believes in young finalists of this edition of Milano Moda Graduate
people and their development, taking part in were selected by CNMI with the support of a
various initiatives focusing on the relationship prestigious jury. They presented their creations
between education, the world of work and the on the runway at the ADI Design Museum in
local region. The methodology adopted by Ratti Milan. Ratti believes its partnership with CNMI
to cultivate these relationships and reinforce and, in particular, with the students at Milano
collaboration with the fashion and design Moda Graduate, to be an important asset which
institutes involves: could enhance the culture and talent of these
young designers. These partnerships are a
Every year, • scouting for talented young people to take on unique opportunity to provide knowledge. They
Ratti SpA BC as interns; often leave a tangible mark on the students’
academic journeys through the creation of
throws open • offering them support with their dissertations; custom-made projects which are also “sewn and
the doors hemmed” on the basis of their own expectations.
of its premises, • supplying fabrics and pattern books for The State University of Milan has chosen Ratti
workshops or courses;
organising ad Spa BC to speak, as a part of the “New Business
hoc company • providing technical sponsorship for events, Startup” of the Faculty of Economics, on how to
visits. exhibitions and competitions organised by launch a new business and the highly uncertain
schools and universities;
process this involves. Traditional lectures were
The idea is combined with a strong link with entrepreneurial
to explain • organising guided tours of the company. ecosystems, and students learned how to develop
the complete Every year, in fact, Ratti SpA BC throws open a business plan. In particular, Texun was presented
as an example of a startup, showing its genesis,
production the doors of its premises, organising ad hoc the research and experimentation phase and the
cycle, from company visits. The idea is to explain the process of launching it on the market.
initial design complete production cycle, from initial design As it had in 2021, Ratti SpA BC took part in
to printing the fabrics. Tours are guided directly
to printing the by plant managers and are aimed at Italian the second edition of “Fashion Talent Days”
fabrics. and international fabric institutes as well as promoted by Confindustria Fashion: a digital
universities and fashion academies from around trade fair which puts talented young people
the world. In addition, Ratti SpA BC participates in in touch with the most important Made in
training workshops which nourish relations with Italy fashion houses. During these three days
the students. companies and talented young people had an
opportunity to meet and get to know each other,
As a partner of the TAM network, Ratti SpA with the emphasis on the type of encounters and
BC supports the professional development of dialogues that always provide opportunities for
students in the textile sector by means of teacher growth. Participants at the fair included young
training, study bursaries and internships in the people on their first job, coming from technical
company. The TAM network is a national network and professional institutes, fashion schools and
of institutions of the textile, clothing and fashion universities throughout Italy, as well as young
sector and consists of a number of academic professionals who were already experts in
institutions throughout Italy. Ratti’s experience their field and who were looking for enhanced
allows it to provide experts specialised in the opportunities for professional growth. While
textile and fashion sector, promoting skilled labour participating in this event Ratti SpA BC itself also
in one of the most important economic sectors in offered a number of positions.
Italy and one which brings “Made in Italy” to the
whole world. Fondazione Setificio, in partnership with textile
In line with one of its objectives, namely that of companies in the Como region, organised a

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