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COMPANY SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
Melissa Skidmore Reardon is committed to only using business practices that make a positive
affect on the planet and its inhabitants. The company uses the following
guidelines when making daily decisions as a benchmark
for sustainable products and services.
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1) Replace Nationally and Internationally produced items with products created locally and regionally.
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1) We put first priority on promoting Pacific Northwest regional artists, galleries, catalogs and framers
before pursuing our national and international resources for artwork solutions. In addition,
our framing vendor uses local producers of custom mouldings.
These efforts decrease the amount of energy and natural resources expended per project. |
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2) Take responsibility for the effects that your products have on the natural world. |
2) If we must use vendors outside of the Northwest region, we only use products that are shipped in
primarily recyclable materials. In addition, by using acid free matting materials in our framed products,
we eliminate the additional manufacturing acids that would otherwise go into our air and water resources. |
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3) Do not require exotic sources of capital in order to develop and grow. |
3) Antahr Glen Images is based upon business practices that are financially realistic
for our clients, growth of the company and the planet's economy. Cash flow and an efficient
vendor network keeps us solvent and able to competitively price artwork with low overhead costs. |
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4) Engage in production processes that are human, worthy, dignified and intrinsically satisfying. |
4) This company is based upon the belief that artwork is an significant element to the human experience
that solicits an emotional response. Art can inspire creativity, action, investment, well being, and productive efforts
for both the artist and owner in residential and commercial environments.
Humans are inherently creative and we feel it is important to inspire that creativity by offering
resources that build more visual and colorful environments for all of us. |
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5) Create objects of durability and long term use whose ultimate disposition will not be harmful to present or future generations of planet life. |
5) Since artwork is already purchased from an educated target market with long term ownership life (original OR reproduction)
Antahr Glen Images avoids selling "impulse or disposable" products to our clients. Using as many
environmentally friendly manufacturing and shipping materials as possible increases the bio-degradeability of our products. |
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March 2007 Artist's Letter