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Description

Sustainable Procurement: Mapping Risks, Assessing Suppliers and Monitoring Commitments

Embedding environmental and social criteria into procurement without losing control of costs

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Executive management announces a sustainable procurement policy and the team ends up with supplier questionnaires full of claims that cannot be verified. The criteria added to tender documents carry almost no weight in the final score. Tier-two suppliers remain unknown and nothing actually changes in the supply chain.

One day, in person or virtual, to make the approach operational. You map risks by purchasing category. You build criteria that can be verified and that genuinely influence award decisions. You structure supplier assessment and the monitoring of commitments made. You prepare the dialogue with internal stakeholders.

Learning objectives

  • Map environmental and social risks by purchasing category
  • Draft selection criteria that are verifiable and weighted in the award decision
  • Assess a supplier on evidence rather than on declarations
  • Organise the monitoring of commitments made by selected suppliers

What makes this programme different

A risk map built on the participants' own purchasing categories
Real supplier questionnaires rewritten to become verifiable
A weighting method that gives genuine weight to the selected criteria

Programme

1Mapping the Risks

Knowing where the real exposure lies

  • Segmentation of purchasing categories and levels of dependency
  • Environmental and social issues specific to each supply sector
  • Visibility over suppliers beyond tier one
  • Prioritising the categories to address first

2Translating Requirements into Criteria and Tender Documents

Writing down what will actually be verified

  • Wording requirements in the specifications
  • Selecting the evidence requested and the supporting documents accepted
  • Weighting criteria and their real effect on ranking
  • Dialogue with internal stakeholders

3Assessing, Monitoring and Driving Improvement

What happens after signature

  • Supplier assessment and handling of non-conformities
  • Monitoring clauses and contractual improvement plans
  • Audits and supplier site visits
  • Management indicators and reporting to executive management

Who is it for

Buyers, procurement managers, supply planners and sustainability officers involved in supplier tendering.

Prerequisites

Practical experience of procurement processes is required.

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.