Sustainable Supply Chain Procurement
This course equips the learner with the knowledge, skill, and competence to demonstrate an understanding of sustainable procurement and supply chain processes and consider the opportunities this affords for improving environmental and social issues.
Overview
Skills to Advance Initiative
This course is only available to those currently in employment and fully funded under the Skills to Advance initiative.
Skills to Advance is a national initiative that provides upskilling and reskilling opportunities to employees in jobs undergoing change and to those currently employed in vulnerable sectors. Skills to Advance aims to equip employees with the skills they need to progress in their current role or to adapt to the changing job market. Working closely with small and medium-sized enterprises, Skills to Advance helps employers identify skills needs and invest in their workforce by providing subsidised education and training to staff.
Course Content
This programme aims to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill, and competence to demonstrate an understanding of sustainable procurement and supply chain processes and consider the opportunities this affords for improving environmental and social issues. It will introduce participants to the role played by sustainability in procurement and discuss how this can be applied in practice within your organisation.
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Explain the main concepts of sustainable procurement and supply chains, in the context of current
sustainability frameworks including Environment, Social and Governance Goals -
Summarise Irish procurement policy requirements, including current procurement practice, Green
Public procurement and the Circular Economy, as they would apply to your work environment -
Identify the risks and opportunities that current environmental and social factors pose to procurement
and supply chains -
Evaluate potential opportunities for positive environmental and social impacts through sustainable
procurement and supply chains -
Review key governance practices required to implement sustainable procurement and supply chain
management within an organisation -
Develop an outline sustainable procurement plan suitable for their workplace
Expression of Interest
We currently don't have this course scheduled, but if you are interested in undertaking this course, please complete the form below and a member of our Recruitment Team will be in contact to discuss your needs. Please note this course is only for those currently in employment.
Micro-Qualifications
This course is a micro-qualification. This means it's bite sized accreditated learning delivered in a flexible format to suit those in employment. For more information on micro-qualifications, click on the video below:
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