Sustainable Supply Chain Foundations Course

Disclaimer: This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

Supply chains touch everything you buy — your coffee, your clothes, your phone — and they're where the vast majority of a company's environmental and social impact actually hides. That's why "sustainable supply chain" skills, now supercharged by AI, have become one of the fastest-growing, most in-demand capabilities in business today.

This course is your friendly, jargon-free starting point. In seven short modules of narrated, illustrated video lessons, you'll go from "what even is a supply chain?" to confidently explaining how products move through the world, where their impact comes from, and how to make them more sustainable — with a little help from AI.

We learn through real stories and everyday examples: we follow a cup of coffee across the world, picture the supply chain as a relay race, unpack the t-shirt on your back, and look at real events like the Suez Canal blockage. Every term is explained the first time it appears, so you're never left behind.

The second half is where it gets exciting. You'll meet artificial intelligence in plain English, then actually use AI assistants — writing effective prompts, researching suppliers and materials, summarizing long sustainability reports in seconds, and building your own reusable sustainability checklist. You'll finish with a hands-on capstone project: a complete sustainability assessment of a real product you choose.

No background in business, sustainability, or technology is required. If you've ever bought something, you already know enough to begin.

By the end, you'll have the vocabulary, the frameworks, and the practical AI skills to take your first confident steps into a sustainability or supply-chain role — and a clear path to go deeper.