{"id":205,"date":"2025-05-08T15:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opraacademy.wpenginepowered.com\/eng\/?post_type=product&#038;p=205"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:34:20","slug":"21","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/product\/21\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical &#038; Sustainable Sourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every sourcing strategy should align with your organization&#8217;s ethical and sustainability objectives, minimize your supply chain impact and promote best practices among suppliers. This course covers a six-step ethical and sustainable implementation process and related activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every sourcing strategy should align with your organization&#8217;s ethical and sustainability objectives, minimize your supply chain impact and promote best practices among suppliers. This course covers a six-step ethical and sustainable implementation process and related activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"level":[29],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[24],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-205","product","type-product","status-publish","level-intermediate","product_cat-ethical-and-sustainable-sourcing","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable-subscription"],"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"acf":{"course_minutes":235,"course_hm":"03:40","category_id":"OPRA_EN_ESS","modules_heading":"Course Modules:","modules":[{"module_name":"120 Introduction and 3 pillars of ethical and sustainable sourcing","module_contents":[{"list_item":"Introduces ethical and sustainable sourcing (E&SS)"},{"list_item":"Explains the financial and reputational benefits of E&SS"},{"list_item":"Defines social sustainability and considers 4 supporting criteria"},{"list_item":"Defines economic sustainability and shows how to support a supplier's long-term viability while being able to support E&SS"},{"list_item":"Defines environmental sustainability and explains 2 supporting criteria"}],"module_activities":[{"list_item":"Introduction to ethical and sustainable sourcing"},{"list_item":"Social sustainability"},{"list_item":"Economic sustainability"},{"list_item":"Environmental sustainability"}]},{"module_name":"121 ESS integration and management","module_contents":[{"list_item":"Using a 6-step process, shows how to integrate ethical and sustainable sourcing in a strategic sourcing process"},{"list_item":"Introduces lifecycle sustainability assessment (LCSA)"},{"list_item":"Describes the 7 phases of LCSA"},{"list_item":"Introduces the circular economy and contrasts it with a linear economy"},{"list_item":"Shows how to increase the lifespan of products and end obsolescence"}],"module_activities":[{"list_item":"E&SS integration"},{"list_item":"E&SS lifecycle analysis"},{"list_item":"E&SS circular economy"}]},{"module_name":"122 Key enablers, code of conduct, code of ethics, and audit","module_contents":[{"list_item":"Details 6 key enablers that align supplier ethical and sustainable sourcing (E&SS) with the buyer's E&SS needs"},{"list_item":"Explains the need for and content of a code of conduct"},{"list_item":"Explains the need for and content of a code of ethics"},{"list_item":"Identifies the need for audits to ensure suppliers follow E&SS code of conduct"},{"list_item":"Explains the need for and benefit of 3rd-party independent auditors"}],"module_activities":[{"list_item":"E&SS key enablers"},{"list_item":"E&SS code of conduct"},{"list_item":"E&SS code of ethics"},{"list_item":"E&SS audit"}]},{"module_name":"123 Ethical Sourcing","module_contents":[{"list_item":"Describes the 5 key ethics of sourcing and how to avoid unethical practices"}],"module_activities":[{"list_item":"Ethical sourcing"}]}],"course_includes":[{"item":"4 Modules"},{"item":"12 Learning Activities"},{"item":"9 Checkpoints"},{"item":"4 Quizzes"},{"item":"4 Downloadable, Fillable templates"},{"item":"3 Downloadable, Completed Examples"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/store.opracademy.com\/kikao-i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}