Understanding Scope 3 and the Procurement Opportunity

This course represents a sample of modules from the Scope 3 Procurement Training: Turning Climate Ambition into Action, by Equipoise.​

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The first three modules introduce the foundations of Scope 3 emissions and the critical role procurement plays in tackling supply chain decarbonization. Learners explore the fundamentals of climate change, understand how carbon emissions occur across the value chain, and examine why Scope 3 emissions are often the largest share of a company’s footprint.​

Turning climate ambition into action: Scope 3 training

These modules also highlights the growing expectations placed on procurement teams to address these emissions, driven by net-zero commitments, regulatory pressures, and stakeholder demands. By the end of the modules, learners will understand the basics of Scope 3 accounting, the strategic importance of procurement in reducing value-chain emissions, and the opportunity for procurement professionals to become key drivers of corporate climate action​

Course curriculum

The first three modules are:

 

Module 1.1 – Climate Fundamentals for Procurers

Module 1.2 – The Role of Procurement in Climate Action

Module 1.3 – Procurement Framework for Scope 3 Decarbonisation

 

Target audience

  • Procurement, Sustainability, and ESG professionals
  • Supply chain transformation leads
  • Any professionals responsible for implementing climate strategies through procurement

    • Course duration

    1 hour

    Course authors

    Equipoise, with support by the Scope 3 Peer Group

    Learning objectives

    These three modules introduce the fundamentals of climate changeand Scope 3 emissions, with a focus on the role procurement plays inaddressing supply chain emissions.​

    Learners explore how emissions occur across the value chain, why Scope 3 often represents the largest share of a company’s carbon footprint, and why procurement teams are central to achieving corporate climate targets.

    Pricing

    Pricing
    Number of licenses Price (Swiss Francs)
    1 CHF 50 (excl. VAT)

    Included for WBCSD members opting in for ‘Full Access’​