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Description

CSR and Sustainable Supply Chain: Assessing Suppliers, Reducing and Tracking Impact

Reduce your supply chain footprint without degrading service levels or driving costs out of control

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

The supply chain concentrates a large share of an organisation's impacts: transport, packaging, storage and successive tiers of suppliers. Major clients now pass their requirements down to their suppliers, who receive questionnaires they are not equipped to answer.

These two days address the supply chain from a sustainability angle: mapping flows and impacts, responsible procurement and supplier assessment, transport and packaging, reverse logistics and finally performance indicators. The aim is to identify levers that are compatible with service constraints and to make them measurable.

Learning objectives

  • Map the flows of the chain and locate the main impacts
  • Embed environmental and social criteria into supplier selection
  • Identify reduction levers in transport and packaging
  • Organise reverse logistics and returns management
  • Track the sustainable performance of the chain through shared indicators

What makes this programme different

Flow mapping carried out on a participant's own case followed by impact rating
Supplier assessment grid combining social and environmental criteria
Quantified trade-off between delivery lead time and transport mode on a supplied case

Programme

1Mapping flows and impacts

Knowing where the impact sits

  • Describing upstream, internal and downstream flows
  • Locating the heaviest impact areas across the chain
  • Scope of responsibility extended to suppliers and service providers
  • Collecting available data from carriers and sites

2Responsible procurement

Bringing suppliers on board

  • Environmental and social criteria in tenders and consultations
  • Assessment questionnaire and verification of the responses received
  • Improvement plans and support for smaller suppliers
  • Contractual clauses and monitoring of commitments made
  • Managing at-risk suppliers and substitution scenarios

3Transport, packaging and storage

The operational levers

  • Choice of transport modes and effects on lead time
  • Load factor, consolidation and pooling of flows
  • Packaging design and reduction at source
  • Warehouse energy consumption and stock organisation
  • Trade-off between service level and impact reduction

4Reverse logistics and performance management

Closing the loop

  • Organising returns and product take-back
  • Reuse, repair and recovery channels
  • Traceability of return flows and materials
  • Sustainable performance indicators for the chain
  • Integrating results into the supplier review

Who is it for

Supply chain managers · buyers · logistics and transport managers · CSR managers and continuous improvement project leaders.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the logistics flows of your own organisation.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.