Patricia
is Founder and CEO of Responsible Sourcing
Network (RSN), a for-benefit CSO that champions
human rights in the mining and harvesting of raw materials found in products we
use every day.
Since
2004, Patricia has worked with civil society and shareholder
communities to address labor and human rights abuses. She speaks extensively on
the issues of modern slavery, benchmarking, traceability, and value chains. Patricia
has contributed to KnowTheChain’s benchmarking reports, OECD’s due diligence guidance
for the garment sector, BCI’s forced labor task force, and ICCR’s Human Rights
Leadership Group. She is spearheading RSN’s comprehensive due diligence initiative,
YESS: Yarn Ethically &
Sustainably Sourced, which aims to eradicate forced
labor from cotton production globally.