Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2023-06-03 22:38
https://www.yamaha.com/en/csr/download/pdf/sr_2022_en.pdf
p64-66 are really interesting.
The report says that one of the big risks to production of wooden clarinets is that forest owners are switching from operating in timber sales, to operating as providers of forestry carbon credits for big companies that want to offset their own CO2 producing activities.
If the forest owners do that, then Yamaha can no longer buy wood from them and have to switch to different forest owners, and possibly different kinds of wood. They are lining themselves up to make that switch quickly if needed.
It also says that as the environment heats up, the areas where blackwood grows may shrink, so they are getting ready to switch to different species quickly if needed.
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