UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Sustainable
Supply Chain
Management
Online short course
Leverage innovation and apply new technologies to create effective,
resilient, and sustainable supply chains.
About this course
As global warming approaches an irreversible tipping point, the growing impact of global supply chains on
the environment and society has led to ever-greater scrutiny. At the same time, their continued growth and
expanded reach is increasing their complexity, integration, and dependence on social and environmental factors.
Organisations need to consider the evolution of their supply chains to survive this age of disruption.
Building on the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s commitment to the United Nations’
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Sustainable Supply Chain Management online short course incorporates
innovative business models, integrated analytics, the formulation of strategic KPIs, and the latest sustainability
technology for supply chains. You’ll be exposed to supply chain management through a new lens and become
empowered to effectively manage supply chains within increasingly sustainable and dynamic global markets.
What the course covers
This online short course equips you with the tools to develop climate-positive supply chain practices that are
more resilient and efficient, to align with the transition to a low carbon global economy. You’ll walk away with an
understanding of how resource scarcity and rising inequality are making supply chains increasingly vulnerable,
prompting immediate action from stakeholders. Develop the necessary skills and perspective needed to take
a more sustainable and resilient approach to supply chain management.
Through eight interactive modules, you’ll gain an understanding of sustainable supply chain design, sustainability
analytics, and new technologies. You’ll learn how efficient supply chains can improve traceability and have
a positive ripple effect on the environment, economy, and society as a whole. Upon completing the course,
you’ll be equipped with an action plan that you can use to apply your learnings to your current role.
8 weeks, £2,200 7–10 hours/week of self-paced
£
excluding orientation learning, entirely online
Each module is released weekly, allowing a flexible but structured approach to learning. You’ll be supported as you engage in individual
activities and group discussions, ensuring you feel confident to submit your best work at each weekly deadline.
65% of logistics, supply chain
and transportation executives,
across major industries, acknowledge
that there are tectonic shifts in these
sectors’ processes.*
*Forbes Insights (2018).
This course is for you if:
1 You want to implement sustainable practices in your supply network to mitigate
your business’ environmental and social impact.
2
You’d like to discover the role of innovation, analytics, and technology in facilitating
increased traceability and integration in supply chains.
3
You want to leverage supply chain transformation to meet organisational objectives
and create long-term value.
4 You’d like to gain key knowledge and skills for building a resilient, climate positive,
and sustainable supply chain.
Who should take this course?
This online course is designed for professionals looking to support their organisation in future-proofing their
supply chain strategies to allow them to continue adding value as global sustainability evolves. It’s beneficial
for members of management who want to understand how to incorporate agile and resilient mechanisms into
their supply chains to benefit their organisations, whether they are new to supply chain management or simply
interested in updating their skills. It’s also highly relevant for sustainability specialists, strategic professionals,
and consultants. Professionals in similar positions, such as operations managers, who are looking to shift career
focus to supply chain management, will gain a thorough understanding of their future career path.
What is CISL?
Learn more about
the University of
Cambridge Institute
for Sustainability
Leardership
What you’ll learn
This online course integrates rich, interactive media such as videos, infographics, and e-learning activities as well
as traditional didactic components such as written study guides (course notes). There are also opportunities for
collaborative learning through discussion forums. The following modules contribute to the holistic approach your
learning path takes:
Orientation Module: Welcome to your Online Campus
You’ll be welcomed to the course and begin connecting with fellow students, while exploring the navigation
and tools of your Online Campus. Be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and review how your results
will be calculated and distributed. You’ll be required to complete your student profile, confirm your certificate
delivery address, and submit a digital copy of your passport/identity document.
Module 1: Essentials of supply chain management
Revisit basic supply chain principles, before expanding your perspective on the impact and influence
of global supply chains.
Module 2: Managing supply chains in a changing world
Uncover the challenges that a (VUCA) world poses to supply chains, and the mitigating impact of a global perspective.
Module 3: Practical implications for supply chain management
Expand your conception of value and rethink dependencies with a global perspective on supply chains.
Module 4: Designing efficient, resilient supply chains
Discover how a life cycle approach and innovative business models can revitalise supply chain design.
Module 5: Supply chain analytics
Reflect on the importance of analytics and KPIs for optimising supply chain management.
Module 6: Innovation and supply chain technology
Discover the role of technology in facilitating integrated supply chains, the new frontiers of digital supply chains
and the opportunities for increased traceability.
Module 7: Supply chain collaboration and partnerships
Consider the range of relationships that exist within contemporary supply chains, and how to extend and strengthen
these relationships to optimise the design and impact of supply chains.
Module 8: Rewiring your supply chain
Recognise your ability to effect change, consolidate your support network and develop
a strategy to realise your goals.
Your Course Experts
Your Course Convenors
These subject matter experts from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership guide
the course design and appear in a number of course videos, along with a variety of industry professionals.
Martin Roberts Ian Ellison
Director of Digital Learning, Senior Associate,
University of Cambridge Institute University of Cambridge Institute
for Sustainability Leadership for Sustainability Leadership
Roberts helps companies with a global reach to Ellison has previously worked in various director-level
derive value from embedding innovative approaches roles in the aerospace and defence sector, focusing
to sustainability across their organisation and their particularly on sustainable development, procurement,
supply chains. Roberts has experience working with and eco-efficiency. He is extensively educated as a
companies and NGOs on sustainability challenges, chartered engineer, chartered management accountant,
with particular expertise in the food, agricultural, utility, chartered global accountant, and chartered IT
tourism and extractive sectors. He has lived in several professional. He also holds a master’s degree in
African countries working with governments and the sustainability and a post-graduate certificate in
private sector to tackle the resource challenges sustainable business.
of today and the future.
Guest Lecturers
You’ll also hear from a number of renowned industry professionals and global experts during the course,
who will share their insights and opinions through video interviews and lectures.
Alan Knight Aanand Davé Catalina Pislaru
Global Head, Sustainable Technical Lead, decisionLab Senior Project Manager Drive
Development & Corporate Sustainability, CSR Europe
Responsibility; Co-chair,
Responsible Steel
Guest Lecturers
Dr Cath Tayleur David Buxton David Lawrence
Senior Programme Manager, Co-founder, DSE consulting Senior Associate, CISL; Independent
CISL and decisionLab Consultant, Supply Chains
Doroteya Vladimirova Dr Emily Shuckburgh Feriel Zerouki
Director, Regenerative Business Director, University of Cambridge Senior Vice President,
Models Programme, IfM; Carbon Neutral Futures Initiative; International Relations,
Fellow, CISL Reader in Environmental Data de Beers Group
Science, Department of Computer
Science and Technology
Fiona Solomon Dr Jemma Green Louise Nicholls
CEO, Aluminium Stewardship Co-founder and Chairman, Retail and Supply Chain Consultant
Initiative Power Ledger
Nancy Bocken Paul Lister Dame Polly Courtice
Professor in Sustainable Responsible for Primark’s Founder and Director,
Business, Lund University Ethical Trade and Environmental CISL
Sustainability Team
Purvi Shah Ramon Arratia Sonya Bhonsle
Senior Manager, Senior Associate, CISL; Sustainability Global Head of Supply Chain
Ethical initiatives, and Public Affairs Director, Ball Program, CDP
de Beers Group Beverage Packaging Europe
Guest Lecturers
Stefan Crets Tara Norton Tony Juniper
Executive Director and Facilitator Managing Director, Environmentalist; Fellow, CISL
of Drive Sustainability, CSR Europe Supply Chain, BSR
William Day Zoë Arden
Sustainability Advisor, Associate Director, CISL
PwC; Fellow, CISL
Your success team
GetSmarter, with whom CISL is collaborating to deliver this online course, provides a personalised
approach to online education that ensures you’re supported throughout your learning journey.
Head Tutor
A subject expert who’ll guide you through content-related challenges.
Success Advisor
Your one-on-one support available during University hours (8am–5pm GMT/BST)
to resolve technical and administrative challenges.
Global success team
Available 24/7 to solve your tech-related and administrative queries and concerns
A powerful collaboration
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is collaborating with GetSmarter, a
2U, Inc. brand, to provide an interactive and supported learning experience, equipping you to lead with impact
in a changing business world.
What is CISL?
The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is an institution within the University of Cambridge
that strives to challenge, inform and support leaders from business and policy to deliver change towards
sustainability. CISL helps influential individuals, major organisations and whole sectors develop strategies
that reconcile profitability and sustainability and to work collaboratively with their peers not only to develop
solutions to shared challenges but also catalyse real systems change.
What is GetSmarter?
GetSmarter, a 2U, Inc. brand, partners with the world’s leading universities to select, design and deliver
premium online short courses with a data-driven focus on learning gain.
Technology meets academic rigour in our people-mediated model which enables lifelong learners across the
globe to obtain industry-relevant skills that are certified by the world’s most reputable academic institutions.
Earn a certificate
of completion
Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll earn a certificate of completion from a world-leading sustainability
institution, the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued
with a certificate of completion from CISL you will need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook.
The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.
Your certificate of completion will be issued in your legal name and couriered to you at no additional cost. All
certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of the University.
This course is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service, and may be applicable
to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies.
The course has an estimated 80 hours of learning.
Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is upon you. CISL and GetSmarter accept no
responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.
The US supply chain
contains 37% of all jobs,
employing 44 million people.
These jobs account for much
of the innovation activity in the
economy.*
*Harvard Business Review (Mar, 2018).
How you’ll learn
Every course is broken down into manageable, weekly modules, designed to accelerate your learning process
through diverse learning activities:
• Work through your downloadable and online instructional material
• Interact with your peers and learning facilitators through weekly class-wide forums and reviewed small
group discussions
• Enjoy a wide range of interactive content, including video lectures, infographics, live polls, and more
• Investigate rich, real-world case studies
• Apply what you learn each week to quizzes and ongoing project submissions, culminating in an action
plan for implementing sustainability and resilience into your supply chains
Technical requirements
Basic requirements
In order to complete a course, you’ll need a current email account and access to a computer and the internet,
as well as a PDF Reader. You may need to view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and read and create
documents in Microsoft Word or Excel.
Browser requirements
We recommend that you use Google Chrome as your internet browser when accessing the Online Campus.
Although this is not a requirement, we have found that this browser performs best for ease of access to course
material. This browser can be downloaded here.
Additional requirements
Certain courses may require additional software and resources. These additional software and resource
requirements will be communicated to you upon registration and/or at the beginning of the course. Please note
that Google, Vimeo, and YouTube may be used in our course delivery, and if these services are blocked in your
jurisdiction, you may have difficulty in accessing course content. Please check with a Course Consultant before
registering for this course if you have any concerns about this affecting your experience with the Online Campus.
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Sustainable
Supply Chain
Management
Online short course
Build resilience into your supply chain and drive
sustainable transformation in your organisation.
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