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Bosques Amazonicos Project Becomes First Validated Peruvian REDD Carbon Offset Project
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has announced the validation of Peru's first Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) carbon offset project. The project will use revenue generated from the sale of carbon credits…
SCS Expands GHG Offset Verifications to Include Landfills, Livestock and Ozone Depleting Substances
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), a leading verifier of forest carbon offsets, has expanded the scope of its carbon offset verification services in response to escalating demand created by the launch…
SCS' New Services Spark Excitement At Sustainable Brands '12
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) highlighted new certification services at the Sustainable Brands Conference this week (Booth #46), designed to serve the global trend toward adoption of more intensive sustainable…
Hoover & Strong and United Precious Metal Refining Earn Recognition Under SCS Certified Responsible Source Program
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has awarded third-party certification to two companies, Hoover & Strong and United Precious Metal Refining, Inc., for their responsibly sourced gold and silver…
SCS is First U.S. Certification Body Recognized under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) System
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) is the first certification body in the United States to be accredited by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) biofuel certification…
Sustainably Grown Flowers Give Mother's Day Gift Givers a Choice for Mother Earth
This Mother's Day, more than 50 million flowers and plants will be purchased as gifts for mothers, wives and daughters across the United States, and an increasing percentage of these will be certified as…
Scientific Certification Systems is Accredited to Certify Responsibly Farmed Seafood to Aquaculture Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Standards
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has been accredited to certify processors, distributors and other participants in the supply chain of custody under the new Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standards, effective…
Reforestation Project is First VCS Registered Forest Carbon Offset Project in US
Over 30,000 acres of land in the Lower Mississippi Valley have been converted back to bottomland hardwood forests under the nation’s first forest carbon offset project to earn registration with the widely respected Verified Carbon…
SCS Validates Anthrotect’s Colombian Carbon Offset Project to Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has validated Anthrotect’s Chocó-Darién Corridor carbon offset project to the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Project Design Standards. The project, located in northwestern Colombia near…
SCS Earns B Corporation Certification and is Among the First Benefit Corporations Recognized by the State of California
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has earned Certified B Corporation status, and in a ceremony today in Sacramento, was officially recognized as a California Benefit Corporation under the recently enacted AB 361 legislation.
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