By Shape
A Maton Guitar made today embodies two fundamentals of sustainability: responding to resource availability and the optimisation of resource efficiency.
Having pioneered the use of Australian tonewoods as an alternative to timbers difficult and expensive to source from North America, one of our competitive advantages is the use of locally-grown Blackwood, Queensland Maple and Bunya timbers now considered worldwide to be more sustainable than traditional timbers.
We continually improve the sustainability level of our sourcing by avoiding unknown or unsustainable sources. Preference will be given to suppliers who can demonstrate formally documented systems and procedures that have been certified by an independent third party and cooperate fully to provide all information to enable us to complete a full assessment of the risk associated with sourcing timber from their organisation’s supply chain.
Maton is committed to procuring timber and processed timber components that have been sourced from legal and well managed forests, and at all times being able to demonstrate Due Diligence has been undertaken to minimise the likelihood of any timber being sourced from illegal sources.
We are committed to promoting responsible stewardship toward the environment and its natural resources and to reducing the impact on the environment caused by our own activities or those activities carried out by our suppliers and sub suppliers.
We are also committed to, where possible, procure wood products that have been certified against an internationally recognized standard for responsible forest management, to ensure that the material originates from a well-managed forest.
Green and Lean
The Maton team is focussed on ensuring our manufacturing processes and practices are as sustainable and as future-proof as the reputation of our world class product. Not only are we using sustainably sourced Australian timbers wherever possible, but we are investing in technology to reduce our timber consumption per guitar and improve our productivity.
An understanding of every process step from forest to finished guitar several years ago was the catalyst to increasing the materials efficiency and future sustainability of Maton.
Plans have been implemented that focus on avoiding waste and optimising material efficiency, as well as managing unavoidable waste streams. In recent years, our investment in Australian-first technology that thin slices timber has doubled the yield of raw timbers, halved the operation’s cost of waste management and reduced energy by over 20%.
We actively engage with local community groups – woodworkers, men’s sheds, artists and local schools – to reuse unavoidable timber waste for wood turning, crafts and other options to landfill.
