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ESG Due Diligence in Supply Chains

ESG Due Diligence in Supply Chains

1 Weeks
Professional Level
Certificate Included
Course Content

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Kuala LumpurMalaysia
September 14, 2026
€4,400
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TunisTunis
September 24, 2026
€3,900
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LisbonPortugal
September 26, 2026
€4,400
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ParisFrance
September 30, 2026
€4,600
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DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
October 21, 2026
€3,900
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IstanbulTurkey
October 26, 2026
€3,900
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LondonUnited Kingdom
October 27, 2026
£4,600
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AmsterdamNetherlands
November 3, 2026
€4,600
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SingaporeSingapore
November 10, 2026
€4,800
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Course Information

Duration

1 Weeks

Category

ESG & CLIMATE CHANGE

Level

Professional Level

Certificate

Included

INTRODUCTION

Modern supply chains create significant opportunities for growth but also expose organizations to complex sustainability and compliance risks. Environmental damage, unsafe working conditions, forced labor, corruption, and weak governance can occur beyond direct organizational control. Companies are increasingly expected to understand these risks and demonstrate responsible management across all supplier tiers. Effective due diligence requires more than collecting policies or completing standardized supplier questionnaires. It involves identifying actual and potential impacts, assessing severity, verifying evidence, and monitoring corrective actions. This course presents a practical and risk-based approach to sustainability due diligence in supply chains. Participants explore international expectations, emerging regulatory requirements, and recognized responsible sourcing principles. Case studies demonstrate how organizations can address supplier misconduct, weak controls, and limited transparency. The program enables professionals to strengthen supply chain resilience, accountability, and long-term sustainability performance.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will achieve the following objectives by this course:

  • Explain the principles and business value of sustainability due diligence in supply chains.
  • Identify environmental, social, ethical, and governance risks across supplier networks.
  • Apply risk-based methods for supplier screening, classification, and prioritization.
  • Evaluate supplier policies, records, certifications, and supporting evidence.
  • Design effective supplier questionnaires, assessment tools, and due diligence procedures.
  • Conduct risk assessments covering human rights, labor, environment, and business integrity.
  • Develop corrective action plans for suppliers with identified performance gaps.
  • Integrate sustainability requirements into sourcing, contracting, and supplier onboarding.
  • Monitor supplier performance through indicators, audits, reporting, and escalation mechanisms.
  • Strengthen organizational accountability, traceability, resilience, and responsible sourcing practices.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This program targets a professional audience seeking to improve knowledge and skills:

  • Procurement managers responsible for supplier selection, contracting, performance, and responsible sourcing decisions.
  • Supply chain professionals managing supplier relationships, operational continuity, traceability, and risk exposure.
  • Sustainability specialists integrating environmental and social criteria into business and procurement processes.
  • Compliance officers monitoring regulatory obligations, ethical conduct, human rights, and third-party risks.
  • Risk managers assessing operational, reputational, environmental, and governance vulnerabilities across supply networks.
  • Legal advisers supporting supplier contracts, due diligence requirements, disclosures, and remediation procedures.
  • Internal auditors reviewing supplier controls, evidence quality, and corrective action effectiveness.
  • Category managers and buyers responsible for high-risk materials, services, regions, and suppliers.
  • Executives overseeing sustainability strategy, corporate governance, procurement, and supply chain resilience.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1: Foundations of Sustainability Due Diligence in Supply Chains

  • Understanding sustainability due diligence principles and responsible sourcing expectations.
  • Mapping supply chains, supplier tiers, dependencies, and exposure points.
  • Identifying environmental, social, governance, and ethical risk categories.
  • Understanding actual, potential, direct, and indirect adverse impacts.
  • Connecting due diligence with procurement and enterprise risk management.
  • Reviewing international principles and evolving regulatory expectations.
  • Defining roles, responsibilities, governance, and internal accountability.
  • Establishing a risk-based and proportionate due diligence approach.
  • Evaluating stakeholder expectations and reputational risk exposure.

Day 2: Supplier Risk Identification and Prioritization

  • Developing supplier screening criteria and prequalification requirements.
  • Assessing country, sector, product, and commodity risk factors.
  • Identifying forced labor, child labor, and workplace rights risks.
  • Evaluating environmental impacts, emissions, waste, water, and biodiversity.
  • Assessing corruption, sanctions, conflicts, and governance concerns.
  • Designing supplier risk scoring and segmentation methodologies.
  • Prioritizing high-risk suppliers for enhanced due diligence.
  • Applying materiality, severity, likelihood, and leverage considerations.
  • Documenting risk assessments and maintaining reliable decision records.

Day 3: Supplier Assessments, Audits, and Evidence Verification

  • Designing effective supplier questionnaires and self-assessment processes.
  • Evaluating policies, certifications, licenses, records, and disclosed information.
  • Verifying supplier evidence and identifying incomplete or misleading documentation.
  • Planning remote, desktop, and on-site supplier assessments.
  • Conducting interviews with supplier management and worker representatives.
  • Reviewing audit findings, root causes, and recurring control weaknesses.
  • Managing independent assurance and third-party audit providers.
  • Evaluating data reliability, traceability, and chain-of-custody systems.
  • Protecting confidentiality while maintaining transparent assessment processes.

Day 4: Mitigation, Remediation, and Supplier Engagement

  • Developing practical corrective action plans with measurable milestones.
  • Prioritizing responses according to severity, urgency, and organizational leverage.
  • Engaging suppliers through training, guidance, and capability development.
  • Embedding sustainability clauses into contracts and purchase agreements.
  • Establishing escalation procedures for serious or repeated noncompliance.
  • Deciding when to suspend, disengage, or continue supplier relationships.
  • Supporting remediation for affected workers, communities, and stakeholders.
  • Establishing grievance and whistleblowing mechanisms across supply chains.
  • Monitoring corrective actions and verifying sustainable performance improvement.

Day 5: Integration, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement

  • Integrating due diligence into procurement policies and operating procedures.
  • Aligning supplier onboarding, approval, contracting, and performance reviews.
  • Developing supplier sustainability indicators and performance dashboards.
  • Monitoring emerging risks, incidents, and changing regulatory requirements.
  • Preparing internal reports for management and governance committees.
  • Supporting external disclosures with accurate and defensible information.
  • Coordinating procurement, compliance, legal, audit, and sustainability teams.
  • Testing program effectiveness through reviews and assurance activities.
  • Developing a practical supply chain due diligence improvement roadmap.

COURSE DURATION

Duration: 1 Weeks

This intensive five-day professional program combines expert instruction, practical exercises, supplier assessment activities, risk-scoring workshops, case studies, audit analysis, corrective action planning, and applied responsible sourcing scenarios designed to support immediate workplace implementation.

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

The program is delivered by an internationally certified expert with extensive practical and consulting experience in sustainability, responsible sourcing, supply chain risk management, human rights due diligence, supplier audits, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and the development of effective third-party risk frameworks.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Yes, it directly addresses supplier selection, contracting, monitoring, and responsible sourcing.

CONCLUSION

Effective sustainability due diligence enables organizations to identify risks before they become serious operational or reputational failures. This course provides the practical knowledge required to assess suppliers, verify evidence, and manage adverse impacts. Participants gain the ability to integrate responsible sourcing principles into procurement and supply chain decisions. The program strengthens collaboration between procurement, compliance, legal, audit, sustainability, and executive teams. Graduates will be prepared to build more transparent, resilient, ethical, and sustainable supply chains.

ESG Due Diligence in Supply Chains

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