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Ratti Group
Sustainability report 2020

recycling, as set out in the Environmental Policy
of the foreign companies.
Purchases of chemical substances and dyes are Commitment to protect the
all carried out by Ratti SpA.
Ratti requests all suppliers of chemical products and
Ratti SpA’s Code of Ethics is a key tool for dyes to:
managing relationships with suppliers. It was
● sign a declaration of compliance with the REACH
renewed in 2019 (see Chapter 6, paragraph 6.2
regulation, in accordance with the most up-to-date list
“The Code of Ethics” and the Suppliers’ Code).
of substances, with regard to the properties of chemical
With the aim of enhancing and monitoring the
products, dyes, articles and manufacturing processes.
responsibility of its supply chain, Ratti SpA has
REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and
implemented a procedure for initial selection restriction of Chemical substances) is an EU regulation
and regular assessment in which, in addition covering numerous chemical substances, with the
to quality, service and competition criteria, aim of providing information regarding the hazardous

specific parameters of suppliers’ social and properties of products, the risks connected
environmental responsibility are monitored. with exposure and the safety measures that need to be
applied. According to this regulation, in order to produce,
import or market chemical substances, producers and
The social responsibility importers are obliged to gather information on the
of the supply chain properties of the substances, so they can be managed
safely. This information should be forwarded
The SA8000 standard requires procedures
to the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency).
to be implemented that respect social
● comply with the Manufacturing Restricted Substance
List (MRSL) of the Zero Discharge of Hazardous
Chemicals (ZDHC), the international programme to
The Suppliers’ Code

In managing its business activities, the Ratti Group is committed to re-

specting ethical and moral values that are defined on the basis of probity,
honesty and transparency, and requires its suppliers to act in line with the responsibility requirements for direct workers
same principles when managing their companies. and for the company’s supply chain.
The Ratti Group has worked to make the Suppliers’ Code and the Code Compliance with the requirements relating to
of Ethics an integral part of supplier contracts, and as a prerogative for suppliers is ensured by obliging suppliers to sign
continuing such relationships. a commitment to comply with the principles,
by sending out a questionnaire and subsequently
To ensure supplier compliance, the Group reserves the right to check that evaluating the responses, and by the supplier
the principles stipulated have been complied with. The contents of the accepting the principles of the Suppliers’ Code
Suppliers’ Code focus specifically on respecting human rights and wor- approved by the BoD of Ratti SpA.

king conditions, safeguarding the environment, the fight against corrup-

tion and respect for intellectual property.
With regard to SA8000 certification, a company

must:
● effectively communicate the requirements

of the standard to the management of
suppliers, contractors, or private employment
agencies and sub-suppliers.

● evaluate significant risks of non-compliance
by suppliers, contractors, or private
employment agencies and sub-suppliers.

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