Chloe Poynton

About Chloe Poynton

As Principal of Article One, Chloe works with her clients to drive transformative change that places people at the center of business. Whether it is conducting field-level human rights impact assessments or facilitating responsible foresight workshops, Chloe is committed to bringing the voices of those impacted by company operations, products, and services to the center of corporate decision making.Chloe is a leading expert in conducting human rights due diligence – from policy development to integration and governance efforts – and designing responsible innovation principles and practices. Chloe leads Article One’s engagements with social media, technology, hospitality, and consumer products companies. Clients have included Microsoft, InterContinental Hotels, Nike, Starbucks, and UNICEF.Chloe began her career as a Watson Fellow where she partnered with humanitarian aid organizations to assess humanitarian responses to forced migration in Sierra Leone, Kosovo, and along the Tanzania/Burundi and Thai/Burma borders. Chloe then moved to the non-profit sector where she supported transitional justice efforts in post-conflict countries with the International Center for Transitional Justice before relocating to Sierra Leone with the UN Development Program (UNDP).After receiving a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Economic Development from Princeton University, Chloe saw an opportunity to engage business on human rights and development issues and accepted a position at BSR—a global nonprofit sustainability consulting firm. At BSR Chloe led the organization’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa Human Rights Program. In that capacity, she provided guidance to companies in the ICT, Healthcare, Travel and Tourism, Financial Services, and Extractives sectors in their efforts to advance corporate respect for human rights. These projects involved developing human rights programs and strategies; conducting human rights impact assessments in Canada, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, and across global supply chains; assessing human rights remedy programs in Papua New Guinea; conducting women’s empowerment programs in Haiti, India, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda; and leading community engagement programs in Guinea. In addition, Chloe played a leading role in developing the Guiding Principles on Access to Healthcare which advances the pharmaceutical industry’s approach to expanding access to quality healthcare globally, and ANN INC.’s Women Commitment which empowers women employed in ANN INC.’s global supply chains through health and financial literacy education.

Experience

1. Co-founder & Principal

   Article One Advisors Lp

   Sep 2015 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   As Principal of Article One, Chloe works with her clients to drive transformative change that places people at the center of business. Whether it is conducting field-level human rights impact assessments or facilitating responsible foresight workshops, Chloe is committed to bringing the voices of those impacted by company operations, products, and services to the center of corporate decision making.Since founding Article One in 2015, Chloe and her partner have grown the firm to have a global presence with hubs in the US, Canada, Ireland, and the UK.Clients have included technology companies (e.g. Microsoft, Google, Meta, Cisco, HP, Wikimedia), hospitality companies (IHG, Starwood, Marriott), consumer products companies (Nike, PepsiCo, Mars), and energy and extractives companies (Oceana Gold, Barrick Gold, Cadeler), food and beverage companies (e.g. Starbucks, McDonald\'s, Chiquita).For more information please visit or email us at h••••@articleoneadvisors.com

Education

• Princeton University

  Masters in Public Administration, School of Public and International Affairs

• Macalester College

  BA, Anthropology and International Studies

Skills

• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
• Research
• Social Impact
• Stata
• Nonprofits
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Public Policy
• Human Rights
• Sustainability
• Strategy
• Policy
• Policy Analysis
• Qualitative Research
• Non-Profits
• Capacity Building
• International Relations
• Sustainable Development
• International Development
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Ngos
• Strategic Communications