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Ratti Group
Sustainability report 2020

being subsequently sent to the purification plant, subsequently remove the solid part. It is then
as per the Autorizzazione Unica Ambientale sent to the relevant purification plant, as
(Single Environmental Authorisation). authorised and regulated by the contract.
During 2019 a study was carried out which led Water deriving from civil use is, however, stored
to a technical-financial initiative to reinforce in a reservoir, drained off and disposed of.
the plant used to treat industrial wastewater.
The goal of the plant upgrade was to achieve a In general, in Romania analyses of industrial
reduction in the values of COD (Chemical Oxygen wastewater are carried out annually, as
Demand), in surfactants and in the reduced forms prescribed. In 2019 testing was concluded of the
(in particular nitric forms). chemical product treatment for reducing the
To this end, Ratti commissioned a further study amount of volatile organic compounds in the
which will make it possible, in 2021, to implement decantation tank.
an appropriate solution for reducing the However, at the Tunisia plant, water is not used
parameters indicated. for production – it is only for civil use.
In the production plant in Textrom in Romania,
industrial wastewater is channelled into a 4.2
decantation tank in order to separate and
Less resources
consumed, a better future

ZDHC, the international programme to
eliminate harmful chemical substances The management of water resources
In order to optimise water consumption, the Ratti
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous for wastewater originating from Group is launching a process which reduces water
Chemicals (ZDHC) is an production processes. Chemical consumption during the phases of the production
international programme born out substances must be handled in process. This will start with the Guanzate plant,
of various studies on the pollution an appropriate and organised which draws its water resources mainly from
caused by the textile industries, manner, and an audit protocol dedicated wells.
tanneries and the footwear sector is in place to assess this aspect.
– suppliers of major global brands. Finally, in order to replace For a number of years the Group has regularly
It applies both to the brands and particularly hazardous chemical
to the companies that form part of substances with those that are verified water consumption by using a range of
the production chain. ecologically superior, a company meters. This measurement network currently
must implement a system to consists of meters that must be read manually.
The type of substances which, research and develop alternative In order to make it easier to monitor consumption,
according to the ZDHC may substances. during 2019 a number of electronic meters
not be introduced into the were installed for the main water distribution
production cycle and for which Since 2019 Ratti has been a targets, seeking, in recent years, to extend
specific limits have therefore contributor to ZDHC and, in the network further.
been set, are placed on the 2020, it took its contribution a
MRSL (Manufacturing Restricted step further by updating the With the objective of reducing future water
Substance List). general supply conditions for consumption, in 2020 Ratti made a number of
chemical products and dyes and
Companies which comply with the by asking its suppliers to commit investments aimed at reducing the consumption
ZDHC programme must manage to implementing the ZDHC of service facilities in the factory. In particular,
their wastewater in compliance programme and registering the a glass-washing machine was replaced in the
with the concentration limits set products supplied in the ZDHC colour kitchen by a more efficient machine.
by the Wastewater Guideline gateway This made it possible to reduce consumption
by 40%. Finally, a new air-conditioning and
humidification system was installed in the weaving

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