Regenerative Supply Chain
Regenerative Supply Chain
Regenerative Supply Chain
Course Overview
Regenerative Supply
Moving from Doing Less Harm to Restoring Nature and Communities
Learn what separates regenerative value chains from sustainable ones: net-positive outcomes, living-systems design, and measurable restoration of soil, water, biodiversity, and livelihoods. The course covers regenerative sourcing models, nature-positive target setting, supplier partnerships and finance, outcome measurement and MRV, and how to make claims that withstand scrutiny.
What You Will Learn
The main objectives of the course are:
- Explain planetary boundaries and the regenerative imperative.
- Distinguish sustainable, net-zero, and net-positive mindsets.
- Apply living-systems and whole-systems thinking to design.
- Define the regenerative supply chain across extended tiers.
- Source using regenerative agriculture outcome models.
- Set nature-positive goals using TNFD and LEAP.
- Restore natural and social capital across landscapes.
- Apply soil carbon, watershed, and insetting approaches.
- Build supplier partnerships and landscape coalitions.
- Measure net-positive outcomes with SBTN AR3T.
- Finance regeneration through blended and outcome models.
- Verify impact with digital MRV and avoid regen-washing.
Who Should Enroll
This certificate is designed for supply chain and sourcing directors, agriculture and raw material buyers, sustainability and nature leads, food and beverage and textile professionals, impact investors, NGO and landscape program managers, MRV and data specialists, and corporate strategy teams.
Skills You Will Build
- Regenerative Sourcing
- Living-Systems Design
- Regenerative Agriculture
- Nature-Positive Target Setting
- Natural Capital Accounting
- Carbon Insetting
- Supplier Landscape Partnerships
- Outcome-Based Metrics
- Digital MRV
- Blended Finance
- Whole-Systems Thinking
- Net-Positive Ambition Setting
- Biodiversity Assessment
- Watershed And Soil Literacy
- Just Transition Awareness
- Producer Engagement
- Additionality And Attribution
- Nature-Tech Evaluation
- Claim Credibility
- Transformation Roadmapping
Course Outline – Regenerative Supply Chain
Module 1: The Regenerative Imperative: Planetary Boundaries and Business
- Planetary boundaries and the limits of the extractive economy
- From degeneration to regeneration: a continuum of ambition
- Why supply chains sit at the center of nature loss and repair
- The business case for net-positive value creation
Module 2: From Sustainable to Regenerative
- Sustainability, ESG, and the Do-Less-Harm Paradigm
- The Regenerative Shift: Actively Restoring Systems
- Net-Zero versus Net-Positive Mindsets
- Common Misconceptions and Vocabulary
Module 3: Principles of Regenerative Business
- Living-Systems and Whole-Systems Thinking
- Designing for Net-Positive Impact
- Reciprocity, Stakeholders, and Shared Value
- Regenerative Leadership and Organizational Culture
Module 4: The Regenerative Supply Chain Concept
- Defining the Regenerative Supply Chain
- Restoring Ecosystems and Communities Across Tiers
- From Linear Chains to Regenerative Value Webs
- Boundaries, Scope, and the Extended Value Chain
Module 5: Regenerative Agriculture and Sourcing
- Principles of Regenerative Agriculture
- Rebuilding Soil Health, Water, and Biodiversity
- Sourcing Models: Outcomes over Practices
- Working with Farmers and Primary Producers
Module 6: Biodiversity and Nature-Positive Chains (TNFD)
- Nature as a material business issue
- The TNFD framework and LEAP approach
- Assessing impacts and dependencies on nature
- Setting nature-positive supply-chain goals
Module 7: Restoring Natural and Social Capital
- Beyond carbon: the natural capital lens
- Social capital, livelihoods, and community wellbeing
- Valuing and accounting for restored capital
- Just transition and equity in regeneration
Module 8: The Living-Systems Toolkit: Soil, Water, and Carbon
- Soil Carbon and Regenerative Land Practices
- Watershed Thinking and Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting
- Carbon Insetting Versus Offsetting in the Value Chain
- Ecosystem Restoration and Rewilding Partnerships
Module 9: Designing Regenerative Systems
- Systems Thinking for Supply-Chain Design
- Feedback Loops, Resilience, and Self-Renewal
- Redesigning Products, Processes, and Flows
- Place-Based and Context-Specific Design
Module 10: Circular and Regenerative: How They Connect
- Circular economy fundamentals
- Where circular and regenerative overlap and differ
- Designing out waste while restoring nature
- Integrating both approaches in practice
Learn at your convenience
*Note: These are self-paced courses, allowing learners to study independently at their own pace.
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