VRG Receives FSC Certificate for Sustainable Rubber Forest Management

Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) recently hosted a ceremony to receive the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for responsible and sustainable management of rubber forests from the Netherlands Control Union Certification. FSC is a global forestry certification system for forests and forest products like rubber latex. FSC-certified products are guaranteed to come from environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable sources.

 

Vietnam is the fifth country in the world to be granted the FSC certification for rubber forests and the third nation to have FSC-certified rubber latex. VRG’s member companies, namely Dong Nai Rubber Co., Ltd and Dau Tieng Rubber Co., Ltd, produce 16,000 - 18,000 tonnes of FSC-certified rubber latex a year, ranking the world top producer of this kind of certified product.