Quincy Mae has been designed by mums, for mums, with the goal of making beautiful, more sustainable, and more socially conscious products.
From the beginning, Quincy Mae has only sourced the best organic cotton they could find, using only materials that you can be fully confident to put on your child, certified by the industry's highest standards. To Quincy Mae, this isn't simply a marketing concept, but rather a way to create a better product because a sense of responsibility is important in the apparel industry, as everyone has an important role to play in making the process better.
All of Quincy Mae's cotton is GOTS-certified organic and always subject to strict brand requirements to be free of antimicrobial chemicals, formaldehydes, pesticides, phthalates, PFCs, polyvinvl chloride, and VOCS. That's all code for saying that this is pure cotton that washes softly, wears in well, ages gracefully, and is free of harmful additives. What goes on your baby's skin matters to Quincy Mae, and they take this seriously, ensuring you don't have to worry about what's in the product; just enjoy that it's natural, clean, and made for memories to come.
It’s a given that how an item is made is just as important as what is in it. Since Quincy Mae's inception, they have worked directly with a merchandising team on the ground in all of their factories who are consistently checking in on production and maintain constant contact with Quincy Mae to ensure that everything is produced at the highest possible standard, in the best possible production houses.
Quincy Mae is designed in the United States and made in China. Everything is made in partnership with factories that must sign an eleven-part code of conduct agreement with them that states a series of critical components: no child labour, no forced work environments, fair wages, non-discrimination on the basis of age, race, sex, and many more. This compliance agreement is subject to continuous audits to maintain that it is upheld. Quincy Mae can boast that in 2018 their main factory won an award for Social Responsibility within the apparel industry. Happy workers and happy factories make better products!
They have chosen to exclusively work with factories that are WRAP certified so that you can guarantee the products you are purchasing are made responsibly. WRAP is the world's largest independent certification program, mainly focused on the apparel, footwear, and sewn products sectors. Becoming a WRAP-certified facility involves much more than simply passing an audit; they take a collaborative approach to social compliance certification in which WRAP works with their facilities to ensure that they remain in compliance with 12 core principles related to ethics and social responsibility. This process requires that all of Quincy Mae's facilities actively engage in the process themselves and see to it that effective management systems are maintained to ensure compliance requirements are met.
About GOTS Certification
What is GOTS certification anyway? It’s really the core standard in the apparel industry to ensure sustainable and best-practice cotton. The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibres and they audit the entire process of the textile life down the supply chain to its origin for social impact, environmental impact, and sustainability. Putting your baby in something that is premium, soft, and long-lasting shouldn’t require chemicals, environmental damage, or social harm … so Quincy Mae does the extra legwork on every single garment to make sure that each item is GOTS certified so you don’t have to worry about it.
Sustainability
At Quincy Mae, sustainability matters! By sourcing only the best cotton and materials, Quincy Mae can share with you longer-lasting, better-washing garments and accessories that aren't disposable. They believe that cherished baby garments should be worn, well-loved, and then shared and not thrown away wastefully. This is why as a brand, an emphasis is placed on producing better quality and longer-lasting items that live on beyond the initial wear and tear.
All Quincy Mae packaging (polybags, hangtags, etc.) are all recyclable. Since most of the apparel industry contributes to piles of unnecessary trash, packaging is a little thing that makes a huge difference. In an intentional effort to push back against creating waste that can easily be avoided, all of our outer elements protecting the garments can be put straight into your recycling bin at home.
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