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Cases / Finance, funds and markets · Vietnam · 2022–2023

FSC suspends Vietnamese pellet producer over false certification claims

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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 2 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

The Forest Stewardship Council suspended An Viet Phat Energy, a Vietnamese wood-pellet producer, over false certification claims on large volumes of pellets. The sources reviewed do not report any forest impact of the claims.

What?
The FSC suspended AVP over false certification claims on large volumes of wood pellets. Viet Nam News
Where?
Vietnam
When?
Viet Nam News report dated November 2022; Argus and FSC items dated 2022–2023 Viet Nam News
Who?
Gained
  • An Viet Phat Energy (AVP) — Marketed large volumes of pellets under certification claims the FSC found false Viet Nam News
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The FSC removed the producer from its certification system after it was found to have made false claims about certified pellets. Viet Nam News
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Argus reported that the Forest Stewardship Council suspended the Vietnamese pellet producer An Viet Phat Energy (AVP).

Viet Nam News reported in November 2022 that the FSC had blocked AVP for false claims on large volumes of wood pellets.

The FSC Asia-Pacific office published a statement titled 'Integrity of wood pellet supply chains at risk'.

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    Lawsuits and rulings

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    Insurers

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    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

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: AVP was later reinstated after the suspension.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: Japan's renewable feed-in tariff for wood pellets depends on certified pellet supply.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not report the volume of pellets involved or any forest effect.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

    Communities and civil society

    1. Integrity of wood pellet supply chains at risk
      Forest Stewardship Council Asia-Pacific · 2022–2023

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