Learning outcomes:

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Explain Scope 3 emissions categories, their relevance to procurement decisions, and their contribution to an organisation's overall carbon footprint

• Identify high-impact Scope 3 hotspots in the supply chain and prioritise emissions reduction opportunities by materiality and feasibility

• Assess CBAM requirements, affected product categories, and their cost and compliance implications for sourcing and supplier decisions

• Apply ISO 20400 principles to embed sustainability into sourcing workflows, supplier evaluation, and contracting decisions

• Engage suppliers to collect, validate, and improve emissions data in support of Scope 3 measurement and reduction objectives

• Develop a sustainable procurement implementation roadmap that balances sustainability objectives with cost, quality, and supply chain resilience

Business Outcomes:

• Procurement Teams That Operationalise Sustainability — Internal capability to embed sustainability criteria into daily sourcing decisions, supplier scorecards, and contract terms

• Quantified Scope 3 and CBAM Exposure Management — Organisations develop structured approaches to identify, measure, and reduce carbon-related cost and compliance risk in their supply chains before regulatory and cost pressures intensify

• More Consistent Sustainability Criteria in RFPs and Supplier Scorecards — Procurement processes reflect sustainability requirements systematically rather than selectively, improving comparability across sourcing decisions and supplier performance data

• Stronger Cross-Functional Alignment — Procurement, sustainability, and finance teams operate with shared Scope 3 and CBAM frameworks, reducing the coordination gaps that produce inconsistent sustainability reporting and missed reduction opportunities

• Improved Sustainability Disclosure Evidence — Active Scope 3 data collection and supplier engagement generate the documentation trails that strengthen the credibility and completeness of sustainability reports and disclosures

Purpose: This programme equips procurement managers and senior practitioners with the strategic context, analytical tools, and practical frameworks to manage Scope 3 emissions, CBAM exposure, and sustainable procurement implementation.

1. Procurement in a Net-Zero Economy

• How procurement's role is changing

• Why Scope 3 dominates corporate carbon footprints and how procurement decisions drive them

• Key Scope 3 categories linked to procurement

• ISO 20400 core principles

• What credible sustainable procurement commitment looks like to regulators and investors

2. CBAM & Its Strategic and Operational Implications

• What CBAM is, its timeline, and which products and sectors are affected

• How CBAM translates carbon exposure into cost and compliance risk

• CBAM reporting requirements, embedded emissions documentation, and data obligations

• Procurement decisions that reduce CBAM exposure

3. Measuring and Managing Scope 3 in Procurement

• Scope 3 measurement methodologies

• Data quality challenges, estimation approaches, and practical workarounds

• Prioritising supplier engagement by emissions materiality and procurement influence

• Ethical sourcing and human rights considerations in supplier engagement

• Group discussion: mapping Scope 3 categories to a representative procurement portfolio

4. Implementing Sustainable Procurement: ISO 20400 and Practical Tools

• Embedding ISO 20400 into sourcing workflows

• Roles and responsibilities for sustainable procurement implementation

• Supplier scorecards: structure, sustainability metrics, and practical scoring approaches

• Group discussion: applying a 5% sustainability weighting to a live sourcing decision

• Balancing sustainability objectives with cost, quality, and supply chain resilience trade-offs

• Aligning procurement, sustainability, and finance teams 

5. Case Study & Group Presentation

• Applied case study: participants work through a Scope 3 and CBAM procurement scenario in groups

• Group debrief: key decisions, trade-offs, and lessons identified

6. Implementation Roadmap and Closing

• Structuring an implementation roadmap: immediate actions, medium-term priorities, and system integration

• Common barriers to implementation and how to address them organisationally

• How today's learning connects to sustainability reporting and disclosure evidence

• Closing Q & A

Participants leave with working-level capability across the three critical dimensions of sustainable procurement — Scope 3 measurement and supplier engagement, CBAM cost and compliance management, and ISO 20400-aligned sourcing practice.