Patricia Valdés

ESG / Sustainability Consultant & Auditor.

CSCA (Certified Social Compliance Auditor) - Freelance social and environmental auditor. Conducting Client Audits to Suppliers, Second Party audits, and external audits.

Due Diligence.

Thanks to my more than 16 years of experience in very diverse sectors and disciplines, I have a wide variety of tools to tackle challenges and solve problems.

Focused on the pursuit of excellence. Advocate for teamwork and the creation of synergies as a vehicle for achieving set objectives.

Accustomed to working in international environments.

I have over 10 years of experience in consulting and business development in the field of sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). I have worked at PwC – Madrid as a Senior Consultant, as well as a project manager for the Global Center for Sustainable Business at the University of Deusto (Bilbao); with companies in the Retail, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Tourism, as well as Energy, Construction, Banking, and Telco sectors.

I have been linked to the world of technological and digital innovation thanks to my professional experience in several technology-based startups in Bilbao.

I have developed projects for repositioning brands/companies by incorporating the dimension of purpose into their daily management. Likewise, I have developed projects in various companies for managing dialogue with their Stakeholders. I have also participated in the development of CSR strategic plans, social audits of suppliers in the value chain of large companies, verification and development of sustainability reports (CSR management reports) according to international standards (GRI, SA8000, DJSI, etc.), analysis of the implementation of new regulations, development of international benchmarks, feasibility and materiality analysis, operational efficiency; as well as the implementation and establishment of new integrated management systems.