Where our wood comes from
Ayo Biomass Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam. We operate two wood pellet plants, one on the South Central Coast and one in the Central Highlands.
About 10% of our intake is sawmill and wood-processing by-product: sawdust, off-cuts, chips and shavings.
The rest comes from managed acacia plantations in Dak Lak and Gia Lai. That material is thinnings, tops, harvesting residuals, and small-diameter logs the sawlog and furniture trades will not take. No tree is grown to be burned.
Feedstock is controlled through our FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood system, through the two PEFC group forest management certificates listed below, and through the Supply Base Evaluation carried in the scope of both our SBP certificates.
Reducing carbon intensity
We work on the emissions we control. Plant operations are tuned for energy efficiency. Equipment is upgraded as it reaches end of life. Inland haulage is matched to the distance to port, and exports move on large-capacity vessels.
Our certificates
Every code, scope and date below is taken from the signed certificate or from the certification body's own public register. Each entry names which.
Certificate | Registration code | Issued by | Scope | Valid to |
FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood | PBN-COC-056308 and PBN-CW-056308, FSC licence FSC-C149511 | Preferred by Nature | Wood pellets: FSC Mix, FSC 100%, FSC Controlled Wood | 23 June 2029 |
PEFC / VFCS Group Forest Management, M'Drak district | VN010181 | Bureau Veritas Certification Vietnam | Acacia hybrid plantation, 2,382.98 ha | 14 February 2028 |
PEFC / VFCS Group Forest Management, M'Drak district | VNCE-VFCS/PEFC-SFM-00002 | Vinacontrol CE | Management and trading of roundwood, 3,936.47 ha | 19 September 2029 |
SBP (Sustainable Biomass Program), Binh Dinh plant | SBP-08-23 | Preferred by Nature OÜ | Biomass producer, wood pellets. Includes Supply Base Evaluation, EU RED and Company Risk Assessment | 10 November 2030 |
SBP (Sustainable Biomass Program), Dak Lak plant | SBP-13-74 | Preferred by Nature OÜ | Biomass producer, wood pellets. Includes Supply Base Evaluation, EU RED and Company Risk Assessment | 29 March 2031 |
The two PEFC certificates cover two separate smallholder groups in M'Drak district, certified by two different certification bodies. They are not two figures for the same forest area.
Both SBP certificates show as Active on the SBP public register of certificate holders, which is the authoritative record of their status. Search that register for "Tin Nhan" or "Ayo" to confirm the entries above.
Audits and contact
Each certificate above is subject to annual surveillance by the certification body that issued it. The standards themselves are published by FSC, PEFC and SBP.
For sustainability documentation, due diligence questionnaires or supply base questions, write to [email protected].