Value Chain Mapping Analysis & Report

Part 1: Introduction

You should introduce the organisation (considering who they operate for, who their stakeholders are, and why they do what they do). Also outline the purpose of the report and the scope of the report.

Part 2: Value Chain Map

Students are required to map 4 (four) SDGs, including your chosen target/s, on the value chain of an organisation. Select the value chain that is appropriate for your organisation. You will see three options within the template document, service, product or hybrid, choose one. In Module 6 and workshop 6, we discuss how to map SDGs and your chosen target/s along the value chain using the United Nations Global Compact document.

For the SDGs and your chosen target/s that your organisation has a positive impact on, students are required to map them above the value chain, corresponding with the relevant stage of the value chain. For the SDGs and your chosen target/s that your organisation has a negative impact on, you will map them below the value chain, corresponding with the relevant stage of the value chain. You can map multiple SDGs with your chosen targets at the same place in the value chain, and an SDG with your chosen target/s may contribute both positively and negatively by your chosen organisation.

Part 3: Analysis of SDGs

After you have done your visual mapping of the SDGs with your chosen target/s along the value chain, it is important to offer some justification for why you have mapped that particular SDG in that location on the value chain. Students are required to to outline why you have mapped the SDGs in those locations and use research to support your justification. You can use industry wide research to inform you. You should consider the SDG targets in your analysis.

Part 4: Recommendations

Offer recommendations on how the company can improve by addressing both (a) how to increase its positive impacts on the SDGs with your chosen target/s and (b) decrease its negative impact on the SDGs with your chosen target/s. You may wish to refer to leading companies and suggest adopting similar strategies.