Reduce the working capital tied up in green and sustainable procurement without creating stock-outs.
Green and Sustainable Procurement and Reducing the Carbon Footprint
An applied course in green and sustainable procurement built around the decisions practitioners actually face.
📍 Tunis🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
A supply chain is only as reliable as the least visible link inside green and sustainable procurement. Warehouse performance on sustainable procurement is decided by layout and discipline long before technology. Buying a tool rarely fixes the procurement and supply operations discipline; the underlying capability has to be built internally first. Participants who influence green and sustainable procurement without directly controlling it will find the content directly usable. The programme converts the practice within procurement and supply operations from an area of general awareness into a set of repeatable practices. Each session closes with a decision the participant must justify about sustainable procurement in their own setting. Participants finish able to explain green and sustainable procurement to a non-specialist audience without losing precision. Across sectors, teams that rehearse sustainable procurement outperform teams that only plan it. Work concludes with a self-assessment of this part of procurement and supply operations that participants can repeat annually.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Assess the current state of sustainable procurement against a structured set of criteria rather than impressions.
Review contracts and agreements for the obligations they create around green and sustainable procurement.
Design receiving, storage and picking flows supporting sustainable procurement.
Apply a repeatable review cycle to green and sustainable procurement and act on what it produces.
Set inventory policy for sustainable procurement: reorder points, safety stock and review cycles.
Design contract terms for green and sustainable procurement that make performance measurable and enforceable.
Who Should Attend
Contract managers administering agreements covering green and sustainable procurement.
Internal auditors reviewing how sustainable procurement is designed and operated.
Procurement and category managers responsible for green and sustainable procurement.
Department heads accountable for the results of sustainable procurement.
Logistics and distribution staff moving material in green and sustainable procurement.
Public sector tendering officers applying sustainable procurement under procurement regulation.
Course Modules
Green and sustainable procurement: sourcing strategy and market approach
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Setting reorder points and safety stock for green and sustainable procurement
- Anticipate the objections green and sustainable procurement will raise and prepare the answers.
- Verify six months later that changes to sustainable procurement have held.
- Write the specification for green and sustainable procurement so two suppliers would price it the same way.
- Segment spend on sustainable procurement by value and supply risk before choosing an approach.
Session 2Escalation and decision rights in sustainable procurement
- Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on green and sustainable procurement.
- Set the stock count cycle for sustainable procurement and act on discrepancies.
- Agree what will be standardised in green and sustainable procurement and what will not.
- Prepare the summary of sustainable procurement that senior management will read.
Sustainable procurement: measurement, savings validation and reporting
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Writing a specification for sustainable procurement suppliers can price accurately
- Check the delivery terms and customs classification applied to green and sustainable procurement.
- Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for sustainable procurement.
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in green and sustainable procurement.
- Confirm that those complying with sustainable procurement understand why it exists.
Session 2Releasing working capital trapped in sustainable procurement
- Build the internal briefing that explains green and sustainable procurement to those affected.
- Apply ethical and environmental criteria to supplier selection in sustainable procurement.
- Assess supplier financial health for critical elements of green and sustainable procurement.
- Identify single-source dependencies in sustainable procurement and cost the alternatives.
Sustainable procurement: warehouse layout, flow and handling
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The cost of sustainable procurement and how to present it
- Rank the weaknesses in green and sustainable procurement by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
- Record the rationale for each significant choice made about sustainable procurement.
- Establish what evidence demonstrates green and sustainable procurement is under control.
- Check that sustainable procurement still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
Session 2Choosing the right sourcing approach for green and sustainable procurement
- Build the competence framework that supports green and sustainable procurement.
- Define measurable service levels in the contract covering sustainable procurement.
- Distinguish symptoms from causes when green and sustainable procurement underperforms.
- Evaluate sustainable procurement on total cost of ownership across the full life.
Sustainable procurement: supplier performance and relationship management
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Evaluating suppliers on sustainable procurement beyond the lowest number
- Agree the escalation route when supply of green and sustainable procurement is disrupted.
- Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for sustainable procurement.
- Test the procedure for green and sustainable procurement against a realistic scenario.
- Review whether inventory policy on sustainable procurement still matches actual demand.
Session 2Getting other functions to support sustainable procurement
- Set the consequence for failing service levels on green and sustainable procurement, and apply it.
- Map the physical flow of sustainable procurement through receiving, storage and dispatch.
- Estimate the resource green and sustainable procurement requires to run as designed.
- Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in sustainable procurement.
Choose the package that suits you
Silver Package
At least 3 people
USD1,250
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
USD1,850
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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