Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to connect the objectives of the company and its procurement strategy to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and Triple Bottom line framework.
The student acknowledges sustainability as a strategic approach and is able to design a business case on procurement’s role in managing sustainability.
The student acknowledges the role of sourcing and development of suppliers in managing sustainability, and is able to apply problem-identification, analysis and problem-solving to support development of supply chain sustainability.
The student applies sustainable supply chain management theories to practical supply chain contexts.
The student is able to analyze and develop sustainability guidelines or supplier code-of-conduct documents by considering the requirements from different stakeholders.
The student is able to compare and design sustainability reports according to the standards of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) of the European Union.

Content

UN SDGs and Triple bottom line
Role of Procurement and Sourcing in managing sustainability
Development of supply chain sustainability
Supplier code-of-conduct
Sustainability reporting, GRI and CSRD

Prerequisites

Completed Higher Education Degree

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient performance: has completed basic requirements to pass the course and has made an attempt to apply and articulate concepts and information both verbally and in writing but has not made enough effort overall. The student has demonstrated little effort, interest and motivation for individual or team activities / assignments and the output is rather weak.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good overall performance: can apply and articulate concepts and information well both verbally and in writing, certain areas of individual or team output require further attention; shows appropriate level of interest and motivation in individual and team activities. Good presentation delivery and analysis.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent performance in all elements of the course: shows interest and motivation in individual and team activities and assignments, fully applies and clearly articulates concepts and information both verbally and in writing. The student is able to support his/her argument with references to the recommended reading and lecture content. Excellent presentation delivery and analysis.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Sufficient performance: has completed basic requirements to pass the course and has made an attempt to apply and articulate concepts and information both verbally and in writing but has not made enough effort overall. The student has demonstrated little effort, interest and motivation for individual or team activities / assignments and the output is rather weak.

Further information

The language of tuition is English.