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Pattern specializes in the development, engineering and production of men's and women's ready-to-wear, leather and accessories, knitwear and semi-finished products.
Since 2017, Pattern has undertaken a significant growth path that led to the listing on the Euronext Growth Milan Market of Borsa Italiana in 2019. This contributed to the formation of the Pattern Group, an Italian hub for the design and production of luxury, which has 13 factories located in 7 Italian regions.
Thanks to a unique process
Why Interacta makes third-party verification easy and allows you to build a data history
Interacta can be implemented on all ESG categories (Scope 1, 2, 3)
The challenge
Since 2015, Pattern has been drawing up an annual Sustainability Report (ESG), showing particular attention and interest in the environmental footprint and social dynamics of the group.
The company's growth and increasing complexity made it necessary to restructure the data collection process.
Having 13 departments in 7 regions of Italy , in fact, means collecting a huge amount of data and coordinating the work of several people. This could lead to errors, delays and difficulties in consultation.
Pattern's needs, therefore, were:
streamline data collection between different departments (Administration, HR, Marketing, etc.)
centralize all ESG reporting information in one place
automate data processing and analysis, reducing manual errors
ensure easy accessibility to data for all stakeholders involved
provide visibility of environmental and social performance in order to achieve the mitigation and continuous improvement objectives set by the organization
Before Interacta, to produce the annual ESG report, Pattern Group staff managed the collection, processing and subsequent reporting of the necessary data without any software. The data was collected by filling out spreadsheets and placing the documents in shared folders. The related reporting was also done manually, via spreadsheet. Communications on these activities took place via classic email.
The main objective was, therefore, to structure a process that until then had been structured and expensive according to continuous improvement logic.
The solution
In 2023, Pattern chose Interacta as the only solution to create and structure the process of collecting environmental and social data for Pattern's ESG Report.
With the support of Interacta experts, a complete mapping of the data was created, classified by type and department. This schema then formed the basis for structuring the collection within the platform. Pattern organized Interacta into different spaces, each containing specific communities , designed to collect and clearly classify data related to the different areas (also called scopes) of the ESG report.
Now with Interacta the process is clear : business stakeholders collect environmental and social data within specific communities. Interaction through comments or tasks helps to identify any errors and gaps.
Soon, Interacta will also be used for the governance part.
Interacta offers a single point of access : the ESG team logs directly into Interacta to monitor CO2 consumption, which is automatically calculated by the platform, and to communicate with internal stakeholders.
Furthermore, the centralized Data Analytics system allows you to monitor consumption trends and the organization structure thanks to constantly updated dashboards.
“We chose Interacta over other tools because it is flexible and collaborative and allows the many hubs in our organization to independently perform their own piece of work, then channeling it into the single collection regarding the budget sheet,” says Laura Greppi, ESG Manager at Pattern.
Results
Interacta has been a decisive tool for Pattern, especially regarding the creation of the process. With the platform it was possible to automate a long and laborious flow (the one concerning the request, the insertion, the evaluation and the final approval of the data). Interacta clearly shows at what point of the process you are and the progress status of a data.
Furthermore, Interacta facilitates third-party verification. The platform allows you to build a data history that is always accessible and to trace relevant documents and attachments at any time.
Among the Pattern corporate population, Interacta has been received very positively , precisely because of its intuitiveness and ease of use. These factors have therefore made the integration process quick and smooth.
In summary, the implementation of Interacta led to the following results:
“The work we have been able to do with Interacta on the environmental side is unprecedented for us. As for the social side, the results are good despite there being little reference literature. And working through the platform has made us reflect on the improvements we can make,” says Laura Greppi, ESG Manager at Pattern.
Those who deal with ESG budget must deal with various activities (supply chain audits, health and safety management systems, machine maintenance, supply chain chemical management, just to name a few). The versatility and flexibility of Interacta allow, with a single tool, the management of different parts of the supply chain, without having to purchase many vertical tools.
In addition, regulations related to ESG issues are constantly updated, which requires greater flexibility and adaptability than a pre-packaged tool.
Interacta has saved time thanks to a unique and defined data collection process, enabled data-driven decision-making for the creation of sustainable strategies and guaranteed greater transparency and control of data.
