Taylorサステナビリティの取り組み
カリフォルニアの街路樹
これまでは廃棄されていた、寿命を迎え役割を終えた街路樹をトーンウッドとして再利用。素晴らしいサウンドのギターだけでなく、都市や郊外の緑化の循環もサポートしています。
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カメルーンのエボニー
2011年、Taylorがカメルーンの首都ヤウンデにあるエボニー製材所を共同買収したことから始まりました。現在では西アフリカ産エボニーの研究と森林再生を目的とする先駆的なプロジェクトへと発展しています。
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CNN International「Inside Africa」でTaylorのエボニー・プロジェクトが紹介されました
この23分間の番組では、カメルーンのコンゴ盆地でTaylorが展開するエボニー・プロジェクトの活動を通じて、森林科学、地域社会への貢献、そして重要なトーンウッドであるエボニーの未来について特集されています。
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Cameroon’s embattled ebony trees get a lifeline—from guitar maker
The guitar industry has a spotty track record for sustainable wood sourcing. But one manufacturer is trying to help stave off deforestation.
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Sustainable Guitars – Giving Back To The Trees And Communities That Helped Create Music
Beyond tree planting, the project is embedded in a sweeping venture to enrich rural livelihoods, breed a generation of African scientists, and advance ecological research.
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Taylor Guitars celebrates ‘Urban Wood Initiative’ on Earth Day 2023
Earth Day 2023 is Saturday, April 22nd. The nation's biggest acoustic guitar manufacturer is celebrating its Urban Wood Initiative. In this Zevely Zone, I met a legend in El Cajon.
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Taylor Launches Responsibly Harvested All-Hawaiian Koa Guitars
Founded in 1974, Taylor Guitars is a leading global builder of premium acoustic guitars. Recently, the company shifted the body construction of its 700 Series from rosewood and spruce to all-Hawaiian koa.
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Taylor Guitars Named on List of World’s Most Innovative Companies
The Californian acoustic builder is honored for their world-leading sustainability initiatives in manufacturing.
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Urban Trees at the End of Life Are Turned into Valuable Products, Rather Than Chipped for Landfil
Across America, cities are choosing to upcycle their felled urban trees into valuable products rather than chipping them, burning them, or dumping them into the landfill.
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Urban trees at the end of life become guitars in second life
Taylor Guitars and West Coast Arborists team up to save trees from landfills and the mulch pile
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Urban trees can end up in landfills. These companies are trying to change that
If a tree has to be cut down, it often becomes waste. Some people are now using that urban wood as a resource, turning those trees into furniture, bridges, and even guitars.
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You’ve Heard of Rosewood and Mahogany, but Do You Know What Urban Ironbark Is?
The new heart of Taylor's 500 Series, Urban Ironbark – aka red ironbark – is the second responsibly sourced urban wood to appear in the line after Urban Ash
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Awards & Accolades
Fast Company Selects Taylor Among Top 10 Most Innovative Manufacturers
The innovation-minded publication recognized Taylor’s global environmental and sustainability initiatives.
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Awards & Accolades
The International Green Industry Hall of Fame
Taylor Guitars was humbled and honored to be inducted along with eight other individuals or organizations at IGIHOF’s 12th annual event.
