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Collaboration among Sustainability Procurement and Supply Chain
VCARE Academy is the world's first knowledge body, established with its primary focus on the value chain. VCARE Academy’s aim is to focus on driving 100 percent practical and operational education, teaching both the WHAT and HOW of supply chain operations.
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Program Overview
Transforming The Careers of Supply Chain Professionals & Assisting Organizations Transform Their Supply Chains into Value Chains
Who Should Attend
Individuals who are active in corporate sustainability, procurement, and supply chain process improvement projects.
Organizations that seek competitiveness by fostering collaboration among all company sustainability projects.
Professionals engaged in corporate sustainability programs working with the suppliers.
Procurement professionals who want to learn more about incorporating sustainable practices into their day-to-day work.
Operations, production, and manufacturing professionals seeking organizational sustainability skills.
Learn how collaboration is being used to promote organizational sustainability in all areas of business.
Program Objective
Sustainable procurement is the practice of making buying decisions that meet an organization's needs for goods and services in a way that is good for both the organization and society as a whole, minimizing its impact on the environment and the stakeholders involved in the organization's sustainability program. Sustainable procurement’s role in a sustainable corporation is expanding beyond cost savings to a program that provides optimization to drive strategy, innovation, collaboration, and organizational sustainability in an effort to increase overall business value.
Module 01
Programs Operated Separately
1.1 Sustainability use in procurement
1.2 Underuse of sustainability by suppliers
1.3 Storytelling in corporate sustainability
1.4 Understanding organizational sustainability
1.5 Moving to mandatory sustainability
1.6 Planning for compliance and success
Module 02
Collaboration Improves Effectiveness
2.1 Understanding sustainable procurement
2.2 Changes in organizational sustainability
2.3 Suppliers accountable for sustainability
2.4 Integrate and collaborate
2.5 Self-declaration of integrated program
2.6 Self-determination for operational success
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Learning Outcomes
Understanding the procurement process
The Framework to establish a formal sustainable procurement process
Enabling sustainable procurement to work with organizational sustainability
Sharing sustainable procurement activities with supply chain teams
Create collaborative processes within sustainability, procurement, and the supply chain
Collaboration as a lifecycle framework and improving business relationships
Program Benefits
Understand what sustainable procurement contributes to all that are involved
Develop a sustainable procurement process for the organization and collaborative processes for all participants
Organizing the procurement process around organizational sustainability and ESG
Joint reporting to stakeholders and the International Sustainability Standards Board
Program Formats
The program is offered in two formats: Mini Master Class and Master Class, which enable learners to unlock their potential educational and professional opportunities. The program's two formats give participants the freedom to learn and advance their careers, regardless of their prior experience. It also gives them more choices to find one that fits their learning style, budget, and career goals.
Program Includes
Both programs have the same program outline, but the differences between a Mini-Master class and a Master class are based on the duration, depth of knowledge, information, examples, discussions, and mode of examination.
Mini-Master Class
Availability
Yes—Launched in September 2022
About
The Mini-Master Class is perfect for professionals who want to build their concepts, frameworks, and familiarity with approaches in as little time as possible without spending a lot of time, money, or resources.
Duration Online OnDemand Classes
2.3 hours of education with an online on-demand lectures
Study Hour
The average rational study hour for online instructor-led recorded classes is 6–9 hours approx., depending upon the background and current knowledge of the professional.
Certificate
On successful completion, you will receive a Mini-Master Class certificate with verifiable credentials.
A certificate is valid for a lifetime
Awards Digital Badge
Upon completion, you will be awarded a digital badge that can be shared across all social media platforms and promotes recognition for your accomplishment.
Assessment
Each sub-module and module has a quiz in Mini Master Class
Passing Grade
Passing criteria is a 70% score on all quizzes
CMP Points
75 (CMP) Certification Maintenance Points towards VCARE Academy certifications
Access Duration
Once registered and paid, on-demand learning centre access is provided, which is valid for 15 days to complete the training
The cost of a Mini-Master
USD 85 + 6.5% PYMT Fees
Payment Method
Online payment via debit card, credit card, or PayPal
Discount
The Capacity Building Initiative is available for students and professionals. Contact support via LIVE Chat or WhatsApp to find out if you are eligible.
Discount Policy
Discounted seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration Status
Master Class
Availability
No—it will be launched in April 2023
About
The Master Class has three times as many insights as the Mini Master Class and a much more advanced and detailed knowledge base.
Duration Online OnDemand Classes
5 – 8 hours of education with an online on-demand lectures
Study Hour
The average rational study hour for online instructor-led recorded classes is 12–24 hours approx., depending upon the background and current knowledge of the professional.
Certificate
On successful completion, you will receive a Master Class certificate with verifiable credentials
A certificate is valid for a lifetime
Awards Digital Badge
Upon completion, you will be awarded a digital badge that can be shared across all social media platforms and promotes recognition for your accomplishment.
Assessment
The final exam consists of 20 multiple-choice questions with a 30-minute duration and is conducted in an online iProctored environment.
1 Exam Retake is Free-of-Charge if Unsuccessful in first attempt
Passing Grade
Passing criteria is a 70% score on the final exam
CMP Points
150 (CMP) Certification Maintenance Points towards VCARE Academy certifications
Access Duration
Once registered and paid, on-demand learning centre access is provided, which is valid for 30 days to complete the training
The cost of a Master Class
It will be announced in February 2023
Payment Method
Online payment via debit card, credit card, or PayPal
Discount
The Capacity Building Initiative will be launched in April 2023
Discount Policy
Discounted seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration Status
Awarded Digital Badge
Upon completion, you will be awarded a digital badge that can be shared across all social media platforms and promotes recognition for your accomplishment.
Certificate of Completion
On successful completion, you will receive a certificate with verifiable credentials and it will be valid for a lifetime.
Request an In-House Session
The program is available in an online LIVE format for companies with large teams. Please contact support@vcare.international to explore the possibility of scheduling an in-house session for your organization.
Companies with group registration in an online OnDemand program are eligible for a corporate discount.
Program Instructor
Dr. Robert B. Pojasek
PhD.
Sustainability Legend
Sustainability Instructor
Harvard University School of Continuing Education
2002 - 2021
Optimization Industrial Processes Lecturer
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1996 - 2011
Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecturer
Tufts University
1988 - 1996
Awarded the Petra T. Shattuck
Excellence in Teaching Award at Harvard University
June 2008
Dr. Pojasek is best known for his use of the international “high-level structure” that is used to integrate international standards for use at the corporation, its operating facilities, and the suppliers to operate a risk management and sustainability system. Having worked for one of the largest ISO standards advisory and certification, SAI Global (Sydney), he became certified in competency-based training to work with corporations, their large customers, the operating facilities and the suppliers to manage the ‘effect of uncertainty’ in their risk management program. He recently wrote on his experience with formal risk management programs in a book, entitled, “How New Risk Management Helps Leaders Master Uncertainty.” Dr. Pojasek used the high-level structure to improve the gate-to-gate process effectiveness and resource efficiency across supply chains in up to 30 countries. He is the author of “Organizational Risk Management and Sustainability: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide” that is used as a text in the on-line, action learning organizational sustainability course at Harvard University. He has taught that course for the past 18 years and was recognized with the receipt of the “Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Award. He taught process improvement and resource productivity at Tufts University and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Pojasek has had a long career in the areas of ethical training and implementation of management system standards (used more than 40 international standards) to create effective processes, efficient operations, and efficacious strategy. He used value stream diagrams to help key people to manage change and to create leading indicators to foster manufacturing excellence. His process improvement methods were presented in his book, “Making the Business Case for EHS” and won an APEX Award for the best “how-to” book in 2005.
For the past four decades, Dr. Pojasek has worked at more than 500 facilities in almost every North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) category. He has been called upon to evaluate the adequacy of materials use and process waste management for particular points in time. Dr. Pojasek has worked in all ten regions of the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and has served for eight years on its Science Advisory Board. He has experience in a number of countries including: Canada, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Brazil, South Africa, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, France, Sweden, and Romania. He has litigation experience including involvement in the negotiation and conduct of Supplemental Environmental Programs (SEPs) in regulatory enforcement cases.
The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability was created in 2020 to collect approximately 100 published papers, 15 books, 30 training programs, and information from his college courses. Starting in the fall of 2020, the Center will be offering continuing education courses and action learning training courses to its members. Many of the participants in the Center’s initial programs are former students of Dr. Pojasek along with some of his clients. Competency-based training programs will be offered in companies to bring together the manufacturing excellence methods that Dr. Pojasek has pioneered or improved.
Books
Organizational Risk Management and Sustainability - Practical Step-by-Step Guide
Making the Business Case for Environmental Health & Safety
An Organizational Guide to Pollution Prevention
Awards
APEX Best Column Award - Environmental Quality Management Journal, 2009
Pollution Prevention Champion Award, National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, 2008
Meritorious Service to Pollution Prevention, Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable, 2008
APEX Best Column Award - Environmental Quality Management Journal, 2007
APEX Best How-to Book "Making the Business Case for EHS", 2006
Outstanding Contribution to Pollution Prevention, American Institute for Pollution Prevention, 1994