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CHAPTER 4 | RATTI’S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT

Careful management of chemical product treatment for reducing the
discharges amount of volatile organic compounds in the
With regard to the quality of wastewater, Ratti decantation tank. However, at the Tunisia plant,
SpA monitors its parameters by carrying out water is not used for production – it is only for
three-monthly analyses of the water, at the civil use.
discretion of the purification plant, in addition
to analyses required twice a year by the ZDHC
and once a year by the Autorizzazione Unica ZDHC and Supplier to Zero
Ambientale (Single Environmental Authorisation).
In the Textrom plant in Romania, the analyses of
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous conditions for chemical products
wastewater quality are carried out annually, as
Chemicals (ZDHC) is an international and dyes and by asking its suppliers
prescribed.
programme born out of various to commit to implementing the
studies on the pollution caused ZDHC programme and registering
In 2021, activities leading to greater efficiency for
by the textile industries, tanneries the products supplied in the ZDHC
water resources used in the process, which as a and the footwear sector – suppliers gateway.
consequence involved a greater concentration of major global brands. It applies
of substances in wastewater, caused, in a limited both to the brands and to the In 2021 Ratti signed up to the new
number of cases, the prescribed thresholds companies that form part of the ZDHC project “Supplier to ZERO”,
to be breached. These episodes did not, production chain. a programme aimed at brands,
however, impact the quality of surface water suppliers and formulators, with the
bodies, thanks to the treatment carried out by The type of substances which, objective of improving the system for
according to the ZDHC, may not be managing chemical products through
purification plants downstream.
introduced into the production cycle the application of the new standards,
Cases of limit breaches reported by the water
and for which specific limits have best practices and recommendations
purification plant did not compromise the
therefore been set, are placed on of the ZDHC.
operation of the plant.
the MRSL (Manufacturing Restricted
Substance List). By subscribing to a dedicated
In March and November 2021 Ratti SpA carried platform, the company will be able to
out the water campaign required by the ZDHC Companies which comply with the certify its performance in terms of the
protocol, which involved an analysis of MRSL ZDHC programme must manage system used to manage chemicals, in
parameters as well as those that are key their wastewater in compliance with a process consisting of three levels:
according to the ZDHC programme (see the box the concentration limits set by the
“ZDHC and Supplier to Zero”). The analyses show Wastewater Guideline for wastewater LEVEL 1 – FOUNDATIONAL: BY
originating from production completing the first level, the
that MRSL substances have been eliminated
processes. company demonstrates its awareness
from the production cycle.
Chemical substances must be of how to manage ZDHC chemical
handled in an appropriate and products as well as how to implement
For Ratti SpA, the procedure for managing
organised manner, and an audit ZDHC solutions;
water derived from manufacturing carried protocol is in place to assess this
out at the plant, including that from bathroom aspect. Finally, in order to replace LEVEL 2 – PROGRESSIVE: BY
facilities, requires it to be channelled through the particularly hazardous chemical completing a performance review,
internal collection network, where it is filtered substances with those that are the company can demonstrate
(through bar screens) in a number of phases ecologically superior, a company continuous, progressive improvement;
and pumped into the accumulation basin of must implement a system to research
the system, before being subsequently sent to and develop alternative substances. LEVEL 3 – AMBITIOUS:
the company supports the planning
the purification plant, as per the Autorizzazione
Since 2019 Ratti has been a and continuous improvement of ZDHC
Unica Ambientale (Single Environmental
contributor to the ZDHC and, in 2020, solutions and remains at the forefront
Authorisation).
it took its contribution a step further of innovation in the safest possible
by updating the general supply management of chemical products.
In the production plant in Textrom in Romania,
industrial wastewater is channelled into a
decantation tank in order to separate and In 2021 Ratti successfully completed
subsequently remove the solid part. It is then
sent to the relevant purification plant, as the first level and is expected to complete
authorised and regulated by the contract. the “Progressive” level in 2022.
Water deriving from civil use is, however, stored
in a reservoir, drained off and disposed of.
In general, in Romania analyses of industrial
wastewater are carried out annually, as
prescribed. In 2019 testing was concluded of the

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