Sustainability (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

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 (course unit)

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 (course unit)

Completed Higher Education Degree

Location and time

TUE OCT 21st 17:00-20:00 TUE NOV 4th 17:00-20:00 TUE NOV 18th 17:00-20:00 TUE DEC 2nd 17:00-20:00

Exam schedules

There is no Exam

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Online lectures via Teams. Online learning material and both individual and group assignment and via Moodle learning platform. Link to Moodle pages will be sent via email to the students once the enrolment is complete, a week before the course starts

Completion alternatives

To be discussed individually with the lecturer.

Further information

• UN SDGs • Triple bottom line • Supplier code of conduct • Management systems • Sustainability reporting • Supplier sustainability development The objectives and the content of the course, assignments and assessment will be discussed during the first lesson. Prerequisites of the participation: This course is for Master level studies and part of the Procurement Master's program. Therefore you should have completed bachelor level studies already and some prior knowledge of procurement