Mastering Sustainable Procurement and Supply Chain Management
Mastering Sustainable Procurement and Supply Chain Management
Mastering Sustainable Procurement and Supply Chain Management
Course Overview
Sustainable Procurement
Sourcing Responsibly and Building Resilient Value Chains
Learn how procurement turns corporate sustainability commitments into supplier requirements that actually change behavior. The course covers mapping the supply chain across tiers, screening and segmenting supplier risk, human rights and forced labor due diligence, Scope 3 engagement, codes of conduct, traceability systems, and reporting supply chain performance credibly.
What You Will Learn
The main objectives of the course are:
- Define sustainable procurement and its competitive advantage.
- Build the business case across risk, cost, and reputation.
- Operationalize ESG requirements through the procurement process.
- Map the supply chain beyond tier one suppliers.
- Segment and tier suppliers by criticality and risk.
- Conduct supplier due diligence, verification, and scoring.
- Address forced labor and human rights risk.
- Engage suppliers to measure and cut Scope 3 emissions.
- Build sustainability criteria into sourcing and selection.
- Write, cascade, and enforce a supplier code of conduct.
- Design traceability and chain-of-custody programs.
- Apply OECD due diligence and report credibly.
Who Should Enroll
This certificate is designed for procurement managers and buyers, category and sourcing specialists, supply chain and logistics professionals, supplier quality and compliance teams, ESG and sustainability leads, contract managers, risk officers, and operations directors.
Skills You Will Build
- Supply Chain Mapping
- Supplier Due Diligence
- Supplier Segmentation
- Sustainable Sourcing
- Code Of Conduct Design
- Human Rights Screening
- Scope 3 Engagement
- Traceability Systems
- Circular Procurement
- Supplier Development
- Responsible Sourcing Judgement
- Multi-Tier Visibility
- Risk Screening
- Audit And Verification
- Regulatory Due Diligence
- Contract And Incentive Design
- Supplier Collaboration
- Performance Measurement
- Anti-Greenwashing Disclosure
- Supply Chain Resilience
Course Outline – Sustainable Procurement and Supply Chain Management
Module 1: Introduction to Sustainable Procurement & SCM
- What Sustainable Procurement and SCM Mean
- Why Sustainability Now Defines Competitiveness
- The Standards and Frameworks Landscape
- Making Trade-offs: The Triple Bottom Line in Practice
Module 2: The Business Case & Competitive Advantage
- From Compliance Cost to Competitive Lever
- Reducing Risk Across the Value Chain
- Creating Value: Cost, Efficiency, and Return
- Differentiation, Reputation, and Licence to Operate
Module 3: ESG in the Supply Chain
- What ESG Means in a Supply Chain Context
- Why ESG Performance Concentrates in the Supply Chain
- The ESG Governance Stack: Frameworks, Standards, and Regulations
- Operationalizing ESG Through Procurement
Module 4: Mapping Your Supply Chain
- What Supply Chain Mapping Is — and the Language of Tiers
- Why Look Beyond Tier 1: Risk, Resilience, and Compliance Drivers
- How to Build the Map: Data Sources, Methods, and a Step-by-Step Procedure
- Prioritising What to Map First: Criticality and Risk Screening
Module 5: Supplier Due Diligence & Risk Assessment
- What Supplier Due Diligence Is — and the Six-Step Cycle
- The Risk Landscape: Categories of Supplier Risk
- Segment First: Tiering Suppliers by Criticality and Risk
- Assessing a Supplier: Screening, Verification, Scoring, and Action
Module 6: Human Rights & Forced Labor
- What Forced Labor Is — Definitions, Indicators, and Scale
- The Regulatory Landscape: From Disclosure Laws to Import Bans
- Where the Risk Hides: Tiers, Sectors, and High-Risk Geographies
- Human-Rights Due Diligence and Remediation in Practice
Module 7: Scope 3 Emissions & Supplier Engagement
- The Scope 3 Problem: Where Most of the Footprint Lives
- Measuring What You Cannot Control: From Spend-Based to Supplier-Specific Data
- The Engagement Model: Require, Enable, Incentivize
- Prioritising and Incentivising: Where Engagement Actually Moves Emissions
Module 8: Sustainable Sourcing Strategies
- What Sustainable Sourcing Is — and Is Not
- The Sustainable-Sourcing Cycle
- Building Sustainability Criteria into Selection
- Standards, Ecolabels, and Certifications
Module 9: Supplier Codes of Conduct & Standards
- What a Supplier Code of Conduct Is
- The Standards and Initiatives Codes Are Built On
- Writing and Cascading a Code That Works
- Verifying and Enforcing Compliance
Module 10: Traceability & Digital Transparency
- Why Traceability Is the Backbone of a Credible Claim
- The Traceability Technology Toolkit
- Chain of Custody and Event Data
- Designing a Traceability Program — and Why It Fails
Learn at your convenience
*Note: These are self-paced courses, allowing learners to study independently at their own pace.
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