Identifying and Delivering Sustainable Supply Chain Solutions
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a crucial practice for all businesses involved in the sourcing, production, inventory management and transportation of goods and services. Its purpose is to ensure that environmental and societal values are upheld and that global issues such as climate change, water security, deforestation, human rights, fair labour practices and corruption are addressed throughout the supply chain process.
As a key element of sustainability, it is now more important than ever that organisations focus on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives to inform decision making at a strategic level. Procurement and supply chain professionals have a crucial role to play in shaping their organisation’s ESG footprint, both directly through purchase decisions and indirectly by influencing product and service design.
This course will enable you to identify key areas of the supply chain where sustainability concepts and goals could be integrated. It will examine three areas that are fundamental to your understanding: Profit (economic performance), People (social sustainability) and Planet (environmental sustainability).
On completion, you will be able to:
This is week two of The Strategic Supply Chain Management Toolkit
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