Nicole Munoz
Vice President, Environmental Certification Services
Nicole Muñoz is the Vice President of SCS’s Environmental Certification Services division. In this role, she supervises environmental and sustainability performance spanning a broad range of industries, from green building, textile & apparel, electronics, and jewelry. She is a regular participant in technical working groups for the maintenance and development of product sustainability standards and indoor air quality standards, such as Sustainable Apparel Coalition Higg Index, Textile Exchange Global Recycle Standard, ANSI/BIFMA e.3 Furniture Sustainability Standard, NSF/ULe 440 Health Based Indoor Air Quality Standard and ANSI/BIFMA M7.1/X7.1-2011 Furniture Emissions Standard and Health Product Declaration Open Standard.
Before joining the company, Nicole conducted environmental testing and analysis as an analytical chemist for environmental testing and semi-conductors industries, and served as an environmental health regulator for Monterey County Public Health Department in California. During her tenure at SCS, Nicole has been promoted into roles of increasing technical and managerial responsibility, including auditing, standards development and program development, and divisional managing director. She has extensive international and domestic auditing experience, and has been instrumental in developing sustainability metrics for material use, energy and atmosphere impacts, human and ecosystem health, and corporate social responsibility.
- B.S. Biological Sciences, Environmental Toxicology (University of California, Riverside)
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Services
- Apparel and Textiles
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Climate Change
- Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Services Carbon Footprint Calculation Carbon Neutral Certification Carbon Offset Verification Climate Solutions Greenhouse Gas Verification ISCC EU Certification ISCC PLUS Certification Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Product Carbon Footprint
- REPLENISH™ Verification for Water Stewardship Actions Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) See All >
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Corporate Sustainability
- Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Services Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly Amazon Compact by Design Carbon Footprint Calculation Carbon Neutral Certification Carbon Offset Verification Green Retail Consulting Greenhouse Gas Verification ISCC EU Certification ISCC PLUS Certification
- Recycled Material Standard Certification REPLENISH™ Verification for Water Stewardship Actions Sustainability Report Assurance Verra Plastic Waste Reduction Standard Zero Waste Facility Certification Zero Waste Project Certification See All >
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Environmental Claims
- Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Services 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 Recycled Material Standard Certification REPLENISH™ Verification for Water Stewardship Actions SMETA Social Audit Verra Plastic Waste Reduction Standard WAVE: Water Stewardship Verified Zero Waste Facility Certification Zero Waste Project Certification See All >
- Food Consumer Labels
- Food Safety
- 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
- Bee Better Certified Bonsucro Certification Carbon Offset Verification Certified Pesticide Residue Free Equitable Food Initiative Fair Trade USA Certification Farm Sustainability Assessment Life Cycle Assessment Non-GMO Project Verification Organic Certification
- Rainforest Alliance Certification Regenerative Organic Certified™ Responsible Wool Standard Responsibly Managed Peatlands RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) Certification SMETA Social Audit Sustainably Grown Veriflora® Sustainably Grown See All >
- Sustainable Fisheries and Seafood
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Sustainable Forestry
- American Tree Farm System (ATFS) Certification Carbon Offset Verification FSC® Chain of Custody FSC® Forest Certification 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 >