Managing a Sustainable Procurement Strategy

This online course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of sustainability issues in procurement and sourcing. At the end of this course, you will be able to implement sustainability in your supply chain, control social and environmental risks with your suppliers, and improve the “sustainable” performance of referenced products and services.

  • Length
    6 sessions

  • Professionals or
    companies

  • Learning Hours
    3 months (~20 hours)

  • 100% Online

  • Price
    2,200€ including tax
    1,834€ excluding tax

About this Training

Develop a responsible and sustainable purchasing strategy for your company

Who is the training for?

  • All people who need to master the fundamentals of sustainability in business for the evolution of their position or their career.
  • Purchasing and supply chain managers – Buyers

What will be the format?

  • The format of the online training is asynchronous and is adaptable to your schedule, including extra elements such as live interactions or webinars.

Key concept: Sustainable Procurement Strategy

  • A sustainable sourcing strategy is usually a two-way street:
    • reducing both your social and environmental impacts and your supply chain risks AND
    • improving your sustainability profile throughout your supply chain.
  • It can generate significant competitive advantages and cost savings over the long term.
    • However, it requires real transformations in traditional supplier relationship models.

What are the objectives?

  • Recognize the risks associated with the traditional supply chain system, as highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Understand the complexities of a sustainable supply chain model
  • Explore the tools used to implement sustainable supply chain change
  • Identify the risks and opportunities associated with sustainable procurement.

What are the themes addressed in this training?

  • International regulations and standards related to supply chain risks
  • Understanding the complexity of the supply chain system
  • Carbon footprint of supply chains
  • Sustainable procurement strategy
  • Supply chain CSR risk mapping and management
  • Procurement data reporting
  • Sustainability criteria for each stage of the supplier journey
  • LCA and eco-design principles – Circular economy
  • Sustainable supply chain levers and opportunities
  • Cooperation with suppliers
  • Marketing opportunities in procurement

  • Align with ISO 20400 standard
  • Manage off-site and on-site supplier assessment
  • Conduct procurement risk mapping
  • Define criteria for suppliers
  • Implement a vigilance plan and LCA / carbon footprinting in the supply chain

Does your company have specific goals for your sustainable training?

Contact one of our experts to identify your career path and future professional opportunities. Let us help you find the right training path for you.

The advantages of the training course

The contents of the training courses are updated regularly.

The courses are composed of practical cases, debates on real business issues.

From a methodological focus and complementary readings to games, reflection circles and a toolbox,… Everything is designed to understand the sustainable business model and engage the transformation.

The theoretical content and inputs, strategic and operational skills
are all based on science and academic research.

An innovative pedagogy that ensures effective learning

Autonomous learning

Intended for working professionals or those undergoing retraining, our training courses are all designed to offer a pace that is compatible with schedule constraints (whether they are personal or professional). This adaptive learning allows the learner to progress according to his or her previous experience, affinities and curiosity (depending on the level of depth desired), in a learning context firmly anchored in the business world.

Social learning

Social learning makes it possible to group learners around innovative, dynamic and interactive learning methods (webinars, games, think tanks, etc.). This encourages listening, consultation and exchange, transmission and gathering of ideas (even friendships!). Training referents answer questions but everyone can contribute to the explanations. With EcoLearn, you will benefit from free coaching and access to our community.

Action learning

Our learning and pedagogy are resolutely action-oriented. The objective is that our learners develop a complete and systemic mastery of each sustainability topic, both strategic and operational. All of our tools serve to anchor knowledge and to confront the reality of the company and the business. Learners also have access to best practices and tools from our expert speakers and peers.

FAQs

We provide you with additional resources at the end of each module to deepen your knowledge. You can also take our Digilearn training courses to go further.

No, we can train as many people as needed. We have offered training programs for companies ranging from 10 people to several thousand employees.

The courses are developed on the e-learning platform we use: 360Learning. We can either invite your learners on this platform, or provide our content via a SCORM file (for download on your company’s LMS). It is also possible for us to provide the content outside of the LMS, via the Notion application or to detach certain parts of it (pdf, videos and other formats).

By default, all our online content is available in French AND English. Some are already available in other languages (German, etc.). We can translate all of our courses into any language upon request.

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