FSC
Forest Stewardship Council — for bamboo and paper raw material.
Sustainability
Sustainability isn't a marketing claim. Here's exactly how we operate.
We're a sourcing partner, not a manufacturer — which means our responsibility lives in the factories we choose, the materials we prioritise, and the certifications we verify on your behalf.
Materials
Three reasons our materials are inherently sustainable
We don't have to retrofit sustainability into our supply chain — it starts at the source. Renewable bamboo, waste-valorised biochar, and centuries-old craft heritage.
Renewable
Bamboo
Vietnamese moso and luong bamboo grow back in 3–5 years from the same root system — no replanting, no clear-cutting. Our partner farms harvest selectively, leaving 30%+ standing biomass each cycle.
Circular
Biochar from rice husk
The Mekong Delta produces 20+ million tonnes of rice husk annually — most of it open-burned. Our pyrolysis partners convert that waste into stable carbon, locking CO₂ into soil for centuries while improving yields.
Heritage
Craft villages
Phu Vinh has woven bamboo for 400 years. Bat Trang has fired ceramic since the 14th century. Bao Loc has reeled silk for generations. We give these villages a global market without industrialising the craft out of them.
3–5 yrBamboo regrowth cycle
20M+ tRice husk available for valorisation / year
100%Partner cert verified annually
0Certifications we claim that we don't hold
Certifications
What our partner factories are certified for
We verify each certificate annually and disclose the holder, certificate ID, and PDF copy upon LOI. You can then verify directly with the issuing body — FSC public search, Sedex platform, etc.
BSCI
Business Social Compliance Initiative — labour conditions audit.
Sedex / SMETA
Ethical trade audit covering labour, health, environment, business ethics.
ISO 14001
Environmental management system standard.
EBC
European Biochar Certificate — for our biochar partners.
ISO 9001
Quality management system standard.
Disclosure — read this
What we do and don't claim
We claim
- To select partner factories that hold third-party certifications relevant to your product.
- To verify those certificates annually and share documentation upon LOI.
- To disclose the maker behind your order — no anonymised middleman supply.
- To prefer renewable, circular, and heritage materials where the spec allows.
We don't claim
- To hold any product certifications ourselves (we are a trading company, not a factory).
- That every product on this site is FSC / BSCI / Sedex certified — only the ones whose partner factory holds the relevant cert.
- Carbon-neutral shipping or scope-3 offsets — those are the buyer's freight forwarder's domain.
- To audit factories we've never visited. If it's in our network, we've sat in it.
If you'd like proof of a specific certificate before signing an LOI, mention it in your RFQ — we'll send a redacted summary the same working day.
Source with proof
Tell us your certification requirements upfront
FSC, BSCI, Sedex, EBC, ISO — name your spec and we'll match it to the partner factory that already holds it. No greenwash, no maybe-later.