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RATTI GROUP | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2021

the Groups’ Code of Ethics and by certifications established their occupational health and safety
that the Group has received. In 2017, Ratti SpA policy. Through this they commit to provide a
obtained OHSAS 18001 certification. At this working environment which is healthy and safe,
point the document Safety and Environmental in compliance with the law as well as local and
Policy and Objectives was formalised. It includes international regulations in force. In July 2021
the procedures set out in the OHSAS 18001 the Tunisian companies obtained certification in
Management System, which is applied at all accordance with the standard ISO 45001:2018,
company levels. In addition, in December 2020 according to which the various procedures of the
Ratti SpA updated its standards, completing management system are constantly updated.
the transition from OHSAS 18001:2007 to ISO
In order to reduce fire risks and the direct
impact on the health and safety of employees,
AS OF TODAY, THE TOTAL WORKFORCE workplaces are being evaluated, along with any
OF RATTI SPA, EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS, associated risks, so that work can be carried
IS SUBJECT TO THE HEALTH out in a healthy and safe environment. For the
AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, Tunisian premises there is a Committee for
ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD ISO45001. occupational health and safety as well as a
manager responsible for occupational health
and safety. The Committee is invited to meet
45001:2018. The adoption of this System allowed every two months to examine any developments
Ratti SpA to improve performance in the area of in the matter, and once a year to discuss
onsite health and safety and to adopt a system for matters directly related to the standard of social
continuously improving performance. accountability. The Committee generally consists
of one representative from the management, one
During 2021, the Management System underwent occupational therapist and two representatives
various audits, including one carried out by an from the workers.
accredited third party, in relation to the first
regular verification of maintenance in compliance In Textrom the prevailing national regulations are
with the standard ISO 45001. During 2021, applied and in October 2018 the Policy for social
Creomoda and La Maison des Accessoires accountability was extended to include health and

Keeping our guard up against the Covid-19 virus

During the period of the Covid-19 pandemic As in 2020, the Ratti Group continued with the use of
emergency, the Ratti Group has continued to “smart” bracelets, both for its own employees and
introduce a variety of measures to prevent contagion for those from external companies who enter the
and protect us from the risk of infection. production area of Guanzate.

During 2021 there was an update to the corporate Health, yes, but not only health. The Ratti Group has
protocol regulating the measures to be adopted to in fact enhanced, by improving their efficiency, the
prevent and limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus working environments and the equipment used to
in the workplace. In addition to measuring people's facilitate remote relationships with suppliers. It has
temperature at the entrance, checking the Green Pass set up, within its offices, new multimedia workstations
of both internal and external workers as they access where people can work and where they can connect
the site, monitoring sanitisation and utilising devices with each other in an increasingly rapid and
that maintain and monitor social distancing, the Ratti professional manner.
Group:
Furthermore, each employee’s workstation was
● Offered health screening to all employees on a
voluntary basis to check for the presence of the equipped with sanitising hand gel as well as a
virus, and made an agreement whereby anti- disinfectant spray used to sanitise the workstation at
Covid screening could be carried out privately for the end of each shift. In general, an external company
employees and their family members; ensured that all rooms, spaces, workstations and
● Gave employees the option of having, on a communal areas were cleaned and sanitised on a
voluntary basis, the anti-flu vaccine, in November regular, weekly basis. In addition, a study was carried
2021. out into the appropriate use of air conditioning

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