ARCHE Advisors
Claudia Barron Arellano serves as the Senior Director of Risk Management and Quality Assurance at ARCHE Advisors since April 2018, bringing extensive experience in risk management and quality assurance across various industries. Prior roles include Social Compliance Manager at CVS Caremark Corporation and multiple leadership positions at STR Responsible Sourcing, where responsibilities ranged from developing global quality management systems to implementing business process improvements. Claudia also operated as a consultant for CCB, LLC, leveraging a decade of CSR industry experience to enhance supply chain logistics and integrity management. Educational credentials include a degree in Sociology from the University of Arizona and ongoing studies towards a Bachelor of Business Administration at Georgia Southern University.
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ARCHE Advisors
With 200+ years of collective experience in supply chain labor and sustainability practices, the experts at ARCHE Advisors offer relevant and in-depth expertise to businesses. ARCHE Advisors has experience in a range of industries, including consumer products manufacturing, food processing, agriculture and extractives in 120+ countries. Areas of expertise include social and due diligence assessments, core labor standards, workshops covering child labor, forced labor, discrimination and freedom of association, in-house training and education, and more. We like CSR projects that are unique... perhaps a new tier in the supply chain, or a challenge that has yet to be solved. We have conducted the following projects in Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, Middle East, & Europe: Human Rights Country Studies: Research, stakeholder interviews, & on-site assessments. Raw Material Traceability: Supply chain mapping/chain of custody verification, including down & feather, angora, minerals, agriculture. Human Rights Impact Assessment: Product-specific, focused on impacts to rights-holders including workers & communities. Child Labor Surveys: 200 sites in 5 Myanmar cities, including child, employer, and civil society interviews, population estimates. Migrant Labor Recruitment Assessments: focused on hiring processes, labor recruitment chains, sending & receiving country labor agencies. Soft Issue Investigations: Whistleblower claims on discrimination, harassment and abuse. Un-authorized Subcontracting Investigations Mapping supply chain: Chinese workers illegally imported working as subcontractors to subcontractors in underground economy to produce "made in Italy" designer branded products. Responsible Factory Exits Land Rights Assessments Non-Traditional Supply Chain Assessments Forensic Social Auditor Training focused on triangulation of findings, soft issue assessment & building trust for effective worker interviews.