Explore Taylor Sustainability Projects
Ebony in Cameroon
What began in 2011 with Taylor’s co-purchase of an ebony mill in Yaoundé, Cameroon, has grown into a pioneering research and restoration project focused on West African ebony.
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Urban Trees in California
Making guitars from formerly discarded end-of-life urban trees has the potential to create a circular economy that can support the regreening of city and suburban areas.
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Koa in Hawaii
Our collaborative work as Siglo Tonewoods aims to restore native Hawaiian forests and preserve the future supply of koa for musical instruments.
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The Ebony Project Featured on CNN International’s Award-Winning Series
From the Congo Basin rainforest in Cameroon to Taylor’s factory in California, this 23-minute feature explores the ecological discoveries behind a community-based ebony planting initiative supporting the future of this vital tonewood. The report also reveals the deep connections between people, plant life and wildlife—including the role of African forest elephants in sustaining the ecosystem. Read more.
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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
Awards & Accolades
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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.
