Stanley P. Rhodes
President and CEO
Stan Rhodes is founder, president and CEO of SCS Global Services. Since the company’s launch in 1984, Stan Rhodes has provided the strategic vision and scientific insight driving SCS to become one of the world's most prestigious providers of third-party certification and assessment services in the environmental, sustainability, and food quality fields. Stan has spearheaded the development of each of SCS's major divisions – Environmental Certification Services, Natural Resources, and Food and Agriculture – and continues to provide hands-on leadership in the management of strategic company projects, initiatives and partnerships around the world. He has played a central role in international efforts to put an end to greenwashing, to define sustainability, to advance the science of life-cycle assessment, and to develop leadership standards and up-to-date climate accounting metrics.
Stan has a Ph.D. in chemistry, earned under advisor and Nobel Prize winner Herbert C. Brown at Purdue University. After graduating, Stan initiated his career in Rochester, New York as an analytical chemist conducting advanced research, both at Eastman Kodak Co. and at Delta Labs. Following his passion for safe, healthy foods, he launched and ran several businesses focused on food production, distribution and retailing, and began conducting laboratory analysis to verify claims on food products. This ultimately led to the formation of SCS Global Services.
- Ph.D., Organic Chemistry (Purdue University)
- B.S., Chemistry (University of California)
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Services
- Apparel and Textiles
- Climate Change
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Corporate Sustainability
- Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Certification Carbon Footprint Consulting Carbon Neutral Certification Carbon Offset Verification CDP Consultancy Green Retail Consulting Greenhouse Gas Verification ISCC EU & ISCC+ Certification MRL Management Retailer Services
- Sustainability Report Assurance Zero Waste Certification See All >
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Environmental Claims
- Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Certification asthma & allergy friendly® Certification BIFMA LEVEL® Biodegradable Environmental Claims Validation Environmental Product Declarations Environmentally Preferable Product Formaldehyde Emissions Regulations (CARB/EPA Rule) Green Squared® Health Product Declarations (HPDs)
- Indoor Air Quality Certification Lead Safe Paint Recycled Content Certification SMETA Social Audit Zero Waste Certification See All >
- Food Consumer Labels
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Food Safety
- BRCGS Food Safety Certification Food Safety Consulting Services FSSC 22000 Certification Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Certifications GLOBALG.A.P. Certification Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Audit Harmonized GAP Audit ISO 22000 Certification Primus Standard GMP and GAP Audit PrimusGFS Certification
- Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification Testing - EPA Compliance and MRL Verification Testing - FDA Import Detention Clearance See All >
- Fuels and Transportation
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Green Buildings
- ASSURE CERTIFIED™ asthma & allergy friendly® Certification BIFMA LEVEL® Carbon Offset Verification Certified Resilient Flooring Environmental Claims Validation Environmental Product Declarations Environmentally Preferable Product FEMB level® FloorScore®
- Formaldehyde Emissions Regulations (CARB/EPA Rule) Green Squared® Health Product Declarations (HPDs) Indoor Air Quality Certification Lead Safe Paint Life Cycle Assessment Product Category Rules (PCR) Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Sustainable Carpet Certification See All >
- Jewelry
- Minerals and Metals
- Responsibly Sourced
- Supply Chain Management
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Sustainable Agriculture
- Better Cotton Initiative Carbon Offset Verification Equitable Food Initiative Fair Trade Certification Farm Sustainability Assessment Life Cycle Assessment Non-GMO Project Verification Organic Certification Responsible Wool Standard Responsibly Managed Peatlands
- Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) Certification SMETA Social Audit Sustainably Grown UTZ Certification Veriflora® Sustainably Grown See All >
- Sustainable Fisheries and Seafood
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Sustainable Forestry
- Carbon Offset Verification FSC® Chain of Custody FSC® Forest Management PEFC Chain-of-Custody Responsible Wood Certification Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Salvaged Wood & Fiber Verification SBP Certification SFI® Chain of Custody Certification SFI® Forestry Certification Services
- SVLK Timber Legality Verification Timber Legality Verification - Legal Harvest™ See All >