Sustainable Supply Chains 1: Fundamentals And Reporting

Learn about Sustainability, Carbon Footprint, Life Cycle Assessment, Reporting Frameworks, and Standards

What you'll learn

Understand sustainability challenges facing businesses today through basic concepts and information: Climate Change, GHGs, GWP, Carbon Footprint

Understand the different sustainability reporting frameworks and standards (IFRS, SASB, GRI, IR, CDSB, TCFD, TNFD, CDP)

Learn how to use some of these standards (high level): GRI Environmental Standards, SASB Materiality Map, Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard.

Have the knowledge of the Life Cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and how it is used based on a real-life case study.

Learn how to estimate Corporate Carbon Footprint through 5 steps and some recommendations for the calculations and interpretations of the results.

Requirements

The willingness to learn about sustainability, supply chains, and the challenges facing businesses today.

Description

This course is part of a course series on Sustainable Supply Chains: Fundamentals & Reporting, Operational Strategies, and Procurement Strategies. These courses will give you a complete and detailed view of sustainability and supply chains.With this knowledge, you will be prepared to make a real difference in the world. Why is that? Because supply chains are central enablers for the sustainability goals and commitments of organizations.We will go from the most basic knowledge to actionable strategies to have an impact and improve your business operations and sustainability goals, through better sustainable supply chain management.This course is about basic concepts and fundamentals. In the first section, we walk about the importance and the evolution of Sustainable Supply Chains.In the second section, we cover the concepts of Greenhouse gases, Global Warming Potential, and Water and Materials management.In the third section, we present the most recognized Reporting Frameworks, like the Global Reporting Initiative, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, and the IFRS Foundation. Here, we have a complete chapter on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Carbon Footprint. We also show the methodology and an example of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).And at the end, we develop a case study example of a hypothetical company interested in measuring its carbon footprint. Here, we define the boundaries, select the emission factors, do the calculations, and analyze the results.This course is your starting point to learn about sustainable supply chains and how they are driving business transformation.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Sustainable Supply Chains

Lecture 1 Combined Course Overview

Lecture 2 Course Content & Objectives

Lecture 3 Introduction to Supply Chains

Lecture 4 Supply Chain Sustainability

Lecture 5 Why is it important?

Lecture 6 Summary Section 1

Section 2: Environmental Sustainability

Lecture 7 Climate Change

Lecture 8 Water Management

Lecture 9 Materials Management

Lecture 10 Summary Section 2

Section 3: Measuring and Reporting

Lecture 11 Reporting Standards and Frameworks - General View

Lecture 12 Reporting Standards and Frameworks - SASB

Lecture 13 Reporting Standards and Frameworks - GRI

Lecture 14 Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Lecture 15 Measuring the Carbon Footprint - Overview

Lecture 16 Measuring the Carbon Footprint - Transportation Emissions

Lecture 17 Measuring the Carbon Footprint - 5-step approach

Lecture 18 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Overview

Lecture 19 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Example

Lecture 20 Summary Section 3

Section 4: Carbon Footprint Case Study Example

Lecture 21 Case Study - Introduction

Lecture 22 Case Study - Organizational and System Boundaries

Lecture 23 Case Study - Carbon footprint data

Lecture 24 Case Study - Calculations

Lecture 25 Case Study - Results and analysis

Lecture 26 Course Conclusions

Anyone wanting to learn about Sustainability.,Anyone wanting to learn about Supply Chain.,Anyone working in a company who wants to understand more about their sustainability performance.