Cases / Tanker / shipping · Vietnam · 2022–2023
FSC suspends Vietnamese pellet maker An Viet Phat Energy over false claims
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
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- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) suspended An Viet Phat Energy (AVP), a Vietnamese wood-pellet producer, in 2022 over false claims about large volumes of pellets. FSC Asia-Pacific reported that the integrity of wood-pellet supply chains was at risk.
What?
FSC suspended An Viet Phat Energy's certification after it made false claims about large volumes of pellets. Viet Nam News
Where?
Vietnam Argus
When?
2022; suspension reported in 2022–2023 Argus
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
False declarations on large volumes of certified pellets, to which FSC responded by suspending the producer. Viet Nam News
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Argus reported that FSC suspended AVP, a Vietnamese wood-pellet producer, in 2022–2023.
Viet Nam News reported in November 2022 that FSC blocked AVP for making false claims on large volumes of wood pellets.
FSC Asia-Pacific reported that the integrity of wood-pellet supply chains was at risk.
In court and with insurers
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Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Disputed The sources reviewed give conflicting accounts: one entry describes re-approval after suspension, while another says FSC removed AVP from the system.
- None on record One entry ties the false declarations to subsidy-linked certification; the sources reviewed do not explain the subsidy.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say what 'large volumes' means or where AVP's pellets were sold.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- FSC suspends Vietnamese wood pellet producer AVPArgus · 2022–2023
- FSC blocks An Viet Phat Energy for making false claims on large volumes of wood pelletsViet Nam News · 2022-11
Communities and civil society
- Integrity of wood pellet supply chains at riskFSC Asia-Pacific · 2022–2023
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