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CHAPTER 2 | UNIQUENESS AND TALENT, INGREDIENTS FOR SUCCESS

to employees, involving minor maintenance and
repairs in communal areas, such as schools,
rather than support for the elderly or people with
disabilities. In 2021 contact was made with the
mayors of municipalities in the local area (starting
with Guanzate and Cadorago) and, in the first few
months of 2022, an internal survey is due to be
carried out to establish whether employees are
willing to take part in the various initiatives.

In addition, the solidarity holiday bank (which
allows workers to donate their holidays) was
launched for employees and, in this regard, Ratti
SpA will donate an amount of 5,000 euros gross
for every year the supplementary agreement is in
force. This money will be used to offer bursaries
to employees’ children who wish to continue
their secondary education in technical colleges
specialising in textiles, chemistry, graphics and
design for fabrics, mechanics, electrotechnics
and electronics.

The Ratti Groups’ main welfare initiatives for
subsidiaries relate to home-workplace transport.
Employees of Creomoda, La Maison des
Accessoires and Textrom benefit from a shuttle
bus service. Employees of both subsidiaries in
Tunisia also benefit from financial incentives,
such as support provided towards their children’s
education and towards purchases of scholastic
materials, as well as a prayer area open to all
employees. In addition, at the Tunisian sites an
advisory committee has been set up consisting
of workers and representatives of the company,
which can offer its views on all worker-related
issues as well as on social aspects.
A social performance team has also been
created, consisting of workers’ and management
representatives, with the aim of achieving a of Lombardy Region and l’Agenzia di Tutela della
continuous improvement in working conditions. Salute (the Agency for Safeguarding Health) in
Insubria. The company received, for the third year
As far as the Creomoda site in Tunisia is concerned, running, recognition as a “place of work which
the company organised, at the same time as the promotes the health and wellbeing of workers”.
“Pink October” event in October 2021, an annual
campaign to raise awareness of the risks of breast Through taking part in the programme Ratti
cancer. During the day, it was possible for all contributes to the prevention of risks linked to
female employees to undergo medical screening, chronic and degenerative illnesses, such as those
as well as mammograms, paid for by the company, caused by poor diet, a sedentary lifestyle and
where cases were suspected. The awareness smoking, outlining a scenario that can suggest
campaign played a key role, given that 23% of changes, identifying themes and health initiatives
female workers are aged over 40 and therefore run and, in this way, promoting a pathway that can
a greater risk of developing the disease. only be of benefit to people’s wellbeing.
Recognition of the WHP (Workplace Ratti is developing a three-year project which
Health Promotion) for the health and will include activities in all areas of the WHP
wellbeing of workers programme. Among the initiatives that the
In 2021 Ratti SpA continued to take part in the company carried out in 2020 was the option
WHP (Workplace Health Promotion) programme to work remotely from home, assuming this

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