Is Coffee Wood Marble an ethical or sustainable choice?
Reference photographs. They show the material and the finish; they are not photographs of goods we made, and the colour on screen is not a colour-match.
The figures, and where each one comes from
| Coffee Wood Marble | A wood-look porcelain or a timber floor | |
|---|---|---|
| Origin | A quarry in Guizhou, cut in Guangdong | A factory, or a plantation |
| Service life | The stone lasts; the finish is restored | A coating wears out; a tile is replaced |
| Fire | Non-combustible | Combustible, or a rated system |
| The honest part | Quarrying is quarrying, and we do not dress it up |
Why it behaves the way it does
The sustainable argument for this stone is not that it is green. It is that a wall of it does not need replacing in twenty years, does not need a fire-rated system behind it, and does not need a maintenance regime that involves the material being consumed. That is a real argument, and it is smaller than the marketing around it.
What these figures are, and what they are not
We hold no sustainability certification for this stone and we do not claim one. The natural stone industry has its own standard for sustainable production, and it is not something we have published here.
If you are specifying this
We have not published products against this question yet. Send us the process, thickness and quantity and we will quote it against what we can actually form, rather than against a catalogue.
Marble is a quarried natural stone with a long service life, and the honest comparison is with the material it replaces rather than with other stones. It is non-combustible and it does not need replacing, but quarrying is quarrying, and we do not claim more than that.
The figures
| Coffee Wood Marble | A wood-look porcelain or a timber floor | |
|---|---|---|
| Origin | A quarry in Guizhou, cut in Guangdong | A factory, or a plantation |
| Service life | The stone lasts; the finish is restored | A coating wears out; a tile is replaced |
| Fire | Non-combustible | Combustible, or a rated system |
| The honest part | Quarrying is quarrying, and we do not dress it up |
Why
The sustainable argument for this stone is not that it is green. It is that a wall of it does not need replacing in twenty years, does not need a fire-rated system behind it, and does not need a maintenance regime that involves the material being consumed. That is a real argument, and it is smaller than the marketing around it.
What these figures are, and what they are not
We hold no sustainability certification for this stone and we do not claim one. The natural stone industry has its own standard for sustainable production, and it is not something we have published here.