Sustainable Supply Chain Management Training Course

Participants can identify the standards and requirements shaping sustainable procurement decisions.

• ISO 20400 principles for sustainable procurement policy, process and supplier relationships
• GHG Protocol Scope 3 Standard categories affecting purchased goods and logistics
• OECD Due Diligence Guidance for responsible business conduct in supply chains
• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights applied to suppliers
• European sustainability reporting requirements and their supply chain data implications
• Customer codes of conduct, supplier questionnaires and audit evidence requirements

Participants can map material environmental and social impacts across a supply chain.

• Double materiality assessment linking enterprise impacts with financial exposure
• Value chain maps showing tiers, processing stages, transport nodes and recovery routes
• Impact hotspot analysis by spend, volume, geography, commodity and process
• Stakeholder mapping for workers, communities, customers, regulators and investors
• Prioritisation matrices combining severity, likelihood, influence and business importance
• Materiality register documenting assumptions, evidence sources, owners and review dates

Participants can establish a practical Scope 3 baseline for procurement categories.

• Scope 1, 2 and 3 boundaries under the GHG Protocol
• Category 1 purchased goods and services emissions calculation approaches
• Spend-based, activity-based and supplier-specific emission factor selection
• Data quality scoring using temporal, geographical, technological and completeness criteria
• Emission hotspot ranking by category, supplier, material and purchasing volume
• Baseline documentation for calculation methods, assumptions, exclusions and recalculation triggers

Participants can design supplier data requests and evaluate the reliability of responses.

• Supplier data request packs specifying boundaries, units, evidence and submission dates
• Primary data validation through reconciliation, plausibility checks and supporting records
• Emission factor libraries, environmental product declarations and lifecycle assessment sources
• Supplier maturity segmentation based on data capability, controls and disclosure quality
• Data governance roles for procurement, sustainability, finance, operations and suppliers
• Assurance trails linking reported figures to invoices, utility records and production data

Participants can assess human rights risks and plan proportionate supplier due diligence.

• Human rights salience assessed through scale, scope, irremediability and likelihood
• Country risk screening using labour rights, governance and conflict indicators
• Commodity risk profiles for minerals, cotton, palm oil, timber and seafood
• Forced labour indicators in recruitment, wage, retention and worker movement practices
• Traceability levels from direct supplier records to chain-of-custody evidence
• Corrective action plans with remediation, deadlines, verification and escalation routes

Participants can create risk profiles that direct supplier assessment and monitoring effort.

• Inherent risk scoring across environmental, social, ethical and governance dimensions
• Control effectiveness evaluated through policies, certifications, records and worker evidence
• Supplier risk heat maps combining impact severity with management confidence
• Segmentation rules for strategic suppliers, high-risk suppliers and transactional vendors
• Desktop assessments compared with site audits, worker interviews and third-party verification
• Escalation thresholds for remediation, contract suspension, disengagement and reporting

Participants can incorporate sustainability priorities into category strategy and sourcing plans.

• Category sustainability profiles combining spend, emissions, risk, market and substitution options
• Kraljic portfolio analysis extended with supply risk and impact exposure
• Should-cost models incorporating energy, material loss, waste and carbon drivers
• Make-buy decisions assessed for transport, labour, resource and resilience impacts
• Supplier market analysis covering certified capacity, innovation and regional availability
• Category roadmaps linking sourcing events, supplier actions, targets and governance

Participants can build fair, measurable sustainability criteria into sourcing events.

• Prequalification questionnaires screening policy, performance, traceability and due diligence controls
• Weighted evaluation models balancing technical, commercial, risk and sustainability criteria
• Outcome-based specifications defining performance rather than prescribed product attributes
• Total cost of ownership calculations including energy, maintenance, waste and disposal
• Bidder evidence requirements: certificates, product declarations, emissions data and corrective actions
• Tender clarification questions testing claims, baselines, targets and implementation capability

Participants can translate sustainability expectations into enforceable supplier controls.

• Supplier codes of conduct covering labour, safety, environment, ethics and reporting
• Contract clauses for disclosure, audit access, remediation and subcontractor controls
• Sustainability schedules specifying KPIs, evidence, reporting cadence and ownership
• Incentive mechanisms linking supplier rewards to verified improvement performance
• Audit rights calibrated to risk, access limitations and data confidentiality
• Contract remedies for material breaches, repeated non-conformance and failure to remediate

Participants can plan supplier engagement programmes that produce verified performance improvement.

• Supplier engagement strategies matched to capability, influence, risk and commercial dependency
• Joint improvement plans defining baselines, actions, owners, deadlines and evidence
• Supplier development methods: training, technical support, peer learning and co-investment
• Performance dialogues using scorecards, root-cause analysis and corrective action tracking
• Negotiation approaches for shared savings, data access and target commitments
• Collaboration governance through steering groups, working teams and review cycles

Participants can identify circular sourcing opportunities and assess their commercial feasibility.

• Circular economy principles: reduce, reuse, repair, refurbish, remanufacture and recycle
• Design for disassembly, repairability, modularity and material recovery requirements
• Recycled-content specifications supported by chain-of-custody and quality controls
• Closed-loop procurement models for packaging, equipment, textiles and consumable materials
• Life cycle assessment results interpreted for material and design decisions
• Circular business cases comparing acquisition, maintenance, residual value and recovery costs

Participants can identify and prioritise emissions-reduction actions in logistics operations.

• Freight emissions calculation using distance, weight, mode and load factors
• Transport mode selection across road, rail, sea, air and inland waterways
• Network optimisation opportunities through consolidation, routing, inventory positioning and load utilisation
• Carrier procurement criteria covering fuel data, fleet transition and emissions reporting
• Warehouse energy management for lighting, refrigeration, handling equipment and building controls
• Packaging reduction methods using right-sizing, reusable transit packaging and recycled content

Participants can incorporate climate and sustainability risks into supply continuity planning.

• Physical climate risks affecting suppliers, sites, routes, crops and critical infrastructure
• Transition risks from carbon pricing, regulation, technology shifts and customer expectations
• Supply continuity plans linking risk scenarios, trigger points and response actions
• Multi-tier supplier mapping for critical materials, bottlenecks and single-source exposure
• Scenario analysis testing supply disruption, price volatility and capacity constraints
• Resilience investments assessed through service impact, recovery time and total cost

Participants can establish KPIs and governance routines for sustainable supply chain performance.

• KPI hierarchies linking corporate targets, category metrics, supplier actions and operational controls
• Leading indicators for data coverage, supplier engagement, audit closure and capability
• Lagging indicators for emissions, waste, injuries, non-conformance and remediation outcomes
• Supplier scorecards combining performance targets, evidence quality and risk status
• Dashboard design principles for decision-focused reporting and management escalation
• Governance structures defining executive sponsorship, accountability, review forums and assurance

Participants can prepare a phased implementation plan for sustainable supply chain initiatives.

• Current-state assessment covering policy, process, data, capability and supplier coverage
• Target operating model for sustainable procurement roles, workflows and controls
• RACI matrices assigning responsibility for sourcing, data, assurance and reporting
• Change impact assessments for buyers, suppliers, logistics teams and finance partners
• Implementation roadmaps sequenced by materiality, feasibility, dependency and value
• Business case packs presenting investment, benefits, risks, milestones and decisions

Participants can build, review and present a complete sustainable supply chain action plan for a selected category, supplier portfolio or logistics network.

• Problem statement defining scope, material impacts, stakeholders and business objectives
• Baseline analysis combining spend, emissions, supplier risk, logistics and performance data
• Priority interventions selected through impact, feasibility, cost, risk and timing criteria
• Supplier engagement plan specifying requirements, milestones, evidence and escalation routes
• Implementation governance covering roles, KPIs, reporting cadence and assurance controls
• Executive presentation communicating recommendations, business case, decisions and next steps