To survive in today’s competitive environment, organisations need not only have an efficient and effective supply chain for the context in which they operate, they also have to consider issues of sustainability in their supply chain strategies. These issues are a consideration beyond those of environmental sustainability and also encompass social sustainability (ethics and wellbeing), financial sustainability, and network sustainability. This free course, Supply chain sustainability, introduces four sustainability perspectives and discusses how these perspectives can assess the sustainability of any supply chain.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 What do we mean by the term ‘sustainable supply chain’?
- 1 What do we mean by the term ‘sustainable supply chain’?
- 2 The environmental perspective
- 2 The environmental perspective
- 2.1 The impact of logistics on the environment
- 2.2 The impact of manufacturing and production on the environment
- 2.3 The impact of waste on the environment
- 3 The financial perspective
- 3 The financial perspective
- 3.1 The traditional bottom line
- 4 The social perspective
- 4 The social perspective
- 4.1 Ethics in the supply chain
- The UN approach to sustainability
- You are judged by who you do business with
- 5 The network perspective
- 5 The network perspective
- 5.1 Stakeholders in the supply chain
- 5.2 Best practice when working with stakeholders
- 6 The four perspectives of supply chain sustainability: a self-assessment
- 6 The four perspectives of supply chain sustainability: a self-assessment
- Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Acknowledgements
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In recent years, customers, employees, investors and governments have put increasing pressure on companies to demonstrate greater environmental stewardship and social responsibility. This comes at a time when the business case for sustainable operations grows stronger every year.
For many businesses, supply chains have come into focus because they use a lot of resources and money and are frequently a source of unnecessary waste. Thus, supply chain sustainability has emerged as a key corporate goal. Companies have started to measure the environmental and societal impact of their goods and services, from the beginning to the end of their life cycles. -
From the outset, I was impressed by the depth and breadth of the course content. The modules were thoughtfully structured, starting from the fundamentals and gradually progressing to more advanced concepts. This approach allowed me to build a solid…
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It was really great experience during our learning!
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good platform for learning basics,you can also introduce intermediate and begginers levels, it would us to complete the total learning about the specific topic
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Hanson Agyei AnkrahBest course to undertake. very educative, informing and explainable to the ordinary undertaker. i recommend this course to anyone in the supply chain industry.
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