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RATTI GROUP | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2021

4.2 of the service facilities in the factory. In particular,

Less resources the revamping of the pumping system of the
homogenisation tank was completed and, in
consumed, a better the first half of 2021, SEAM Engineering carried
future out a water balance test at the Guanzate plant
following a block diagram, measuring the
quantity of water drawn, by type, and the quantity
The management of water discharged.
resources
In order to optimise water consumption, the Ratti In addition, during 2021 Ratti SpA introduced
Group is launching a process which reduces a significant innovation in the discontinuous
water consumption during the phases of the washing and dyeing departments. These
production process. This will start with the departments are subject to continuous
improvement initiatives because, by their very
nature, they require large quantities of water.
WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF REDUCING In particular, Ratti SpA replaced the detergent
FUTURE WATER CONSUMPTION, which is normally used during discontinuous
IN 2021 RATTI SPA MADE A NUMBER washing processes, which gave rise to two
OF INVESTMENTS AIMED AT REDUCING benefits. There was a benefit from increasing the
THE CONSUMPTION OF potency of the first cold wash, eliminating a cycle,
THE SERVICE FACILITIES IN THE FACTORY. while there was also a benefit from using a new
product which did not contain an anti-foaming
agent, and was therefore more concentrated
and effective. It is estimated that this has made
Guanzate plant, which draws its water resources it possible to save, for each wash, 1 m of water
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mainly from dedicated wells. and, therefore, – assuming an average of 3-4
washes per day – about 900 m per year.
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For a number of years the Group has regularly
verified water consumption by using a range of For the Tunisian companies Creomoda and
meters. This measurement network currently La Maison des Accessoires, given that these
consists of meters that must be read manually. are not production sites, water consumption is
In order to make it easier to monitor limited to use for civil purposes. In the case of
consumption, during 2019 a number of electronic Textrom, however, during 2021 a feasibility study
meters were installed for the main water was carried out to rationalise activities at the
distribution channels, seeking, in recent years, to production site, with a focus on the management
extend the network further. of water resources and energy consumption.
With the objective of reducing future water Ratti SpA, Creomoda, La Maison des Accessoires
consumption, in 2021 Ratti SpA made a number of and Textrom are adopting environmental
investments aimed at reducing the consumption policies which, in terms of energy, are aimed

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