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Ethical and Sustainable Sourcing
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Ethical & Sustainable Sourcing

Every sourcing strategy should align with your organization'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.

 

Course Includes:
  • 4 Modules
  • 12 Learning Activities
  • 9 Checkpoints
  • 4 Quizzes
  • 4 Downloadable, Fillable templates
  • 3 Downloadable, Completed Examples

Module summary:

  • Introduces ethical and sustainable sourcing (E&SS)
  • Explains the financial and reputational benefits of E&SS
  • Defines social sustainability and considers 4 supporting criteria
  • Defines economic sustainability and shows how to support a supplier's long-term viability while being able to support E&SS
  • Defines environmental sustainability and explains 2 supporting criteria

Module lesson titles:

  1. Introduction to ethical and sustainable sourcing
  2. Social sustainability
  3. Economic sustainability
  4. Environmental sustainability

Module summary:

  • Using a 6-step process, shows how to integrate ethical and sustainable sourcing in a strategic sourcing process
  • Introduces lifecycle sustainability assessment (LCSA)
  • Describes the 7 phases of LCSA
  • Introduces the circular economy and contrasts it with a linear economy
  • Shows how to increase the lifespan of products and end obsolescence

Module lesson titles:

  1. E&SS integration
  2. E&SS lifecycle analysis
  3. E&SS circular economy

Module summary:

  • Details 6 key enablers that align supplier ethical and sustainable sourcing (E&SS) with the buyer's E&SS needs
  • Explains the need for and content of a code of conduct
  • Explains the need for and content of a code of ethics
  • Identifies the need for audits to ensure suppliers follow E&SS code of conduct
  • Explains the need for and benefit of 3rd-party independent auditors

Module lesson titles:

  1. E&SS key enablers
  2. E&SS code of conduct
  3. E&SS code of ethics
  4. E&SS audit

Module summary:

  • Describes the 5 key ethics of sourcing and how to avoid unethical practices

Module lesson titles:

  1. Ethical sourcing

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