In Australia, we are lucky to have a wide range of beautiful and sustainable timbers available to us to create truly stunning furniture. At Bombora, we primarily use wood from the local Victorian Eucalyptus species of Messmate, Wormy Chestnut and Australian Chestnut to build our pieces of timber furniture.
We prefer to use these timbers as they are hard-wearing, have low travel miles and create a beautiful finish. We only use new timbers that have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to ensure they have been responsibly sourced.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world’s forests.
FSC's rigorous standards address important environmental issues, including the maintenance of forest biodiversity, the protection of water catchments and habitat preservation for native wildlife. In Australia, this includes the protection of vulnerable species like the koala and rare and threatened species like the wedge-tailed eagle and their habitats as well as rare, threatened, or endangered ecosystems like old-growth forest.
FSC certified new Messmate
Sustainability and running an eco-responsible business is very important to us. In 2015 we launched our 1 piece = 1 tree initiative whereby we plant a tree for every piece of furniture that we create. We also have a staff planting day once a year in association with our local landcare group to regenerate our beautiful Surf Coast environment.
In 2022, we installed a solar system which powers all the workshop machinery, lights, heating, cooling and computers without the use of fossil fuels.
You can read about the various types of sustainably harvested new & recycled timbers we work with here.