Module 5: Effective Supplier ​Engagement and Sustainable Procurement Strategies​

Description

Sustainable procurement is increasingly essential for managing risk, meeting stakeholder expectations, and achieving sustainability goals across the value chain. This module explores how organizations can integrate sustainability into procurement strategies, establish supplier expectations, prioritize supplier engagement efforts, and leverage data and technology to improve supply chain performance. Participants will learn leading practices for supplier communication, incentive structures, sustainable purchasing decisions, and customer engagement while examining real-world examples of how companies are building more resilient and transparent supply chains. 

Learning Objectives

1. Explain the business drivers behind sustainable procurement, including regulatory requirements, customer expectations, risk management considerations, supply chain resilience, and sustainability performance goals. 

2. Recognize leading practices for integrating sustainability into procurement and supplier management processes, including supplier expectations, performance measurement, incentives, contracting approaches, and ongoing engagement. 

3. Evaluate strategies for engaging suppliers and reducing supply chain impacts through collaboration, data collection, product sustainability initiatives, and supplier segmentation and prioritization. 

4. Understand how technology, supplier data, and life cycle assessment tools can support sustainable procurement objectives, improve transparency, and inform decision-making across the value chain. 

Speakers

Ariane Burwell

Ariane Burwell is a Director of Sustainability Consulting Solutions at Pricewaterhouse Cooper, and brings over 15 years of experience working extensively with various companies, ranging from private equity to non-profit organizations, with a focus on sustainability across operations and the value chain. She specializes in helping to facilitate change and manage risk by analyzing supplier engagement and sustainable procurement practices.