ARCHE Advisors
Jorge Navarro is an experienced Independent Social Compliance and Supply Chain Security Auditor with over a decade of expertise in social compliance assessments and audits across multiple organizations. Since March 2010, Jorge has conducted extensive social compliance audits, accumulating over 1600 audit-days as a lead auditor. Previous roles include contributions at UL and INFACT Global Partners, where Jorge performed social responsibility audits, as well as at Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, where technical aspects of social compliance and security assessments were managed. Jorge also has management experience from positions at Chico's and Liz Claiborne, focusing on social compliance programs, ethical sourcing, and operations management. Educationally, Jorge holds a Bachelor's degree in General Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson 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.