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Sustainability certification and auditing organization
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SCS Global Services (formerly Scientific Certification Systems) is an international third-party certification, auditing, and standards development organization focused on environmental sustainability, food safety, and product quality.[1][2]
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Comment: We have zero interest in what their own website says, Wikipedia is NOT for merely providing information. A Wikipedia article about a company must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about them, showing how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable company. Wikipedia has no interest in what you want to say about it only in what others unaffiliated with the business choose to say about it. Theroadislong (talk) 16:03, 22 January 2026 (UTC)
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Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, the company provides certification and verification services across industries including agriculture, forestry, energy, building materials, consumer products, and supply chains.[1] The organization conducts certification and auditing programs in more than 100 countries.[3]
History
SCS Global Services was founded in 1984 by chemist Stanley P. Rhodes under the name Ohlone, Inc..[4] Early activities focused on food safety testing and pesticide residue verification for fresh produce.[5][6] The company’s early certification work emerged during a period of growing consumer interest in environmentally marketed products in the late 1980s.[7]
In the mid-1980s, the company developed the NutriClean pesticide residue testing program for fresh produce, which relied on independent laboratory testing rather than producer self-reporting.[6] Contemporary reporting described the program as an unusual form of third-party verification in the produce industry.[5][6]
In 1988 the organization adopted the name Scientific Certification Systems and expanded its activities into environmental product certification and labeling programs.[1] During the late 1980s and early 1990s, SCS developed certification programs for recycled-content products and other environmental claims as consumer and regulatory attention to environmental marketing increased.[1]
During the 1990s the company expanded its role in sustainability certification, including work related to forestry and seafood programs.[8][9] Its life-cycle assessment work on recycled polyester and other consumer products was discussed in The New York Times in 1994.[2]
In 2012 the company reorganized as a California benefit corporation and began operating under the trade name SCS Global Services.[10]
In later years the organization expanded its services in areas including supply-chain verification, agricultural certification, carbon accounting, and sustainability standards.[11]
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