Empowering ESG Champions: Introductory Training on ISO 20400 – Sustainable Procurement
Description
Mfon Essien invites you to a specially curated knowledge session for ESG Champions: an introductory course on ISO 20400:2017 – Sustainable Procurement Guidelines — the global benchmark for integrating sustainability into procurement and sourcing decisions.
This session is designed for ESG professionals, procurement teams, and sustainability advocates who are ready to rethink sourcing not just as a cost center — but as a core driver of impact, resilience, and strategic value.
Why this course matters – and why you should attend:
• Understand the core principles of ISO 20400, and how they support sustainable development, responsible sourcing, and corporate ESG goals.
• Recognize procurement as a risk management tool — one that identifies, assesses, and mitigates third-party risks across environmental, social, governance, and reputational dimensions.
• Strengthen supplier due diligence practices, including assessing labor conditions, human rights compliance, and environmental performance.
• Map and manage supply chain sustainability risks, especially in fragile or informal economies where visibility and control may be limited.
• Develop a structured approach to responsible sourcing, integrating life-cycle thinking, cost of ownership, and long-term value creation.
• Promote supplier engagement and capacity building, ensuring alignment with your organization’s sustainability and impact objectives.
• Enhance resilience against global disruptions, such as climate-related events, geopolitical instability, and social unrest.
• Foster transparency and traceability across tiered supply chains, enabling better reporting and stakeholder confidence.
• Support inclusive economic development through local sourcing, SME participation, and gender-equitable procurement practices.
• Align your procurement practices with evolving ESG disclosure requirements, global frameworks (like the UN SDGs and OECD Guidelines), and investor expectations.
Join us and learn how to use procurement to build supply chains that are not only efficient — but ethical, inclusive, and future-fit.
