EQUITABLE DESIGN & GREEN STATEMENT:

JulieApple has adopted the core principle of "EQUITABLE DESIGN" in order to emphasize fairness to all parties involved in the creation, marketing, use and disposal of our products, We are guided in this by reason and a Green conscience.

EQUITABLE DESIGN products are positive forces that include the customer by providing affordable products that reflect the customer's values and lifestyle as an integral part of the core design and manufacturing processes.

In EQUITABLE DESIGN there is an intersection between pride of production and pride in ownership. In this model everyone is compensated in a manner that respects the time invested in design, the labor involved in production and the investment the customer makes in their purchase.

JulieApple strives to provide products that are respectfully and intelligently sourced, manufactured, and distributed by emphasizing:

• Pride of production – by respecting homes and communities and allowing our understanding of these places to inform our decision making process, we encourage pride of production by every hand that touches our products.
• Glocalisation – JulieApple participates in the communities to which it is fiscally connected. This local awareness informs our decision making process by considering the local and global impact of business decisions.
• Lean design and development – careful design that manages the use of materials to minimize waste and non-productive inventories.
• Lean manufacturing – manufacturing founded on demand, not speculation. Up front reduction in lot-size production minimizes “retail clearance waste.”
• Geographic connections – careful consideration of distances and transportation methods among raw materials sources, production facilities, and final destination of products minimizes our negative environmental impact.
• Education – JulieApple seeks to raise awareness of ecological impacts of the products in our lives, and educate customers about how our products and processes are part of the ecology.
• Quality – we focus on quality in order to promote the lifelong use of our durable products. We promote the repair of our products whenever feasible.
• Recycling – we raise awareness of the many ways to extend the life of our products through recycling and donation. We complete the cycle by using recycled fabrics.