Effective CBAM Supplier Coms (Workshop)
Fri, 21 Nov
|Virtual Event Using Zoom
Join us for this four-hour hands-on virtual online workshop. Design the perfect communication and information strategy to convince your overseas suppliers to provide accurate, complete and timely CO2e data for your CBAM report.
Time & Location
21 Nov 2025, 09:00 – 13:00 GMT
Virtual Event Using Zoom
About the event
The "Effective CBAM Supplier Communication Workshop" is a four-hour public hands-on workshop in which participants design an effective communication and information strategy for their overseas suppliers of CBAM goods. By the end of this workshop, you will walk away with your self-designed strategy for communicating effectively with suppliers on your exact CBAM requirements. Explore best-practice communication strategies and effective methods to pass information and knowledge to suppliers to convince them to supply you with the correct CBAM information.
Objectives of the Workshops
- Deliver practical CBAM workshops to suppliers with minimal disruption using ready-made materials.
- Communicate CBAM requirements using the provided templates and draft letters.
- Counter common objections from suppliers regarding CBAM.
- Modify contracts to include CBAM requirements using suggested legal language.
- Create a centralised hub for suppliers to access CBAM-related information.
- Design a CBAM helpline to offer expert assistance to suppliers without affecting your operations.
- Explain the EU CBAM Excel template to suppliers and guide them through its completion step by step.
- Advise suppliers on accurately measuring carbon emissions and understand the methods yourself.
- Explore how to engage with third-party verifiers for effective CBAM compliance.
Prerequisites
Completion of our workshop "CBAM Fundamentals" or similar experience with CBAM. We will assume prior knowledge.
Who will benefit most from this workshop?
- Marketing and Communication Professionals: To persuade foreign suppliers to provide CBAM emission data through effective messaging and communication strategies.
- Lawyers: To create legal frameworks and communicate CBAM requirements to foreign suppliers, ensuring they submit necessary emission information.
- Senior Leadership: To oversee and drive the strategic implementation of CBAM, ensuring that the organisation effectively communicates with and convinces foreign suppliers to provide necessary emission data.
- Buyers and Procurement Staff: To negotiate with foreign suppliers and secure the provision of CBAM emission data for compliance.
- Sales Representatives in Foreign Countries: To explain CBAM requirements to international clients and convince them to provide the necessary emission information.
- Customs Managers: To enforce CBAM at borders and ensure foreign suppliers submit accurate emission data.
- Import and Export Professionals: To facilitate communication with foreign suppliers about submitting CBAM emission data.
- Customs Agents: Ensure foreign suppliers provide CBAM emission information during customs inspections.
- Advisors and Consultants: To guide organisations in persuading foreign suppliers to submit CBAM emission data.
- Supply Chain Managers: Coordinate with foreign suppliers to obtain CBAM emission data and ensure compliance.
- Quality Assurance Managers: Ensure foreign suppliers provide accurate CBAM emission data and understand its regulatory impact.
- Customer Service Teams: To address inquiries from foreign suppliers about submitting CBAM emission information.
What We Will Cover in This Workshop
This is not a training course on CBAM; it is a hands-on workshop. We will develop a tailored communication and information strategy that you can use to inform international suppliers of CBAM goods requirements and convince them to supply the CBAM CO2e data that you need for your CBAM report filings. By the end of the workshop, you will have crafted your strategy for effectively conveying CBAM requirements to suppliers. Discover best practices and effective methods for sharing information and persuading suppliers to provide the correct CBAM data. In particular, we will:
- Live Demo: Learn how to design and deliver a straightforward CBAM workshop to your suppliers without impacting your daily operations, plus access ready-made workshop materials to use with your suppliers right away (saving you time)
- Communication Strategies: Learn effective methods, access ready-made templates, and draft letters to communicate CBAM requirements clearly and accurately.
- Handling Opposition: Introduce a cheat sheet to address and overcome common objections to CBAM.
- Legal Matters: Get suggestions on how to modify contracts to incorporate CBAM requirements, including legal language recommendations.
- Information Hub Setup: Establish a simple "information hub" for suppliers to access all relevant CBAM information.
- CBAM Helpline: Utilise our CBAM helpline for supplier queries without disrupting your daily business.
- EU CBAM Excel Template: We will go through detailed guidance on using the EU Commission's CBAM Excel template for reporting carbon emissions.
- Measuring Carbon Emissions: Understand methods for measuring carbon emissions effectively, including where they occur and how they can be measured.
- Third-Party Verifiers: Let's get insights on working with third-party verifiers.
- Q&A Session: This opportunity to ask questions and receive personalised advice from industry experts.
What You Will Walk Away With
Participants will receive the following:
- The full slide deck used
- A selection of ready-made video materials on CBAM that you can share with your suppliers right away
- CBAM templates that you can easily modify to fit your company
- Draft letters to communicate CBAM requirements clearly and accurately to your foreign suppliers.
- A cheat sheet to address and overcome common objections to CBAM.
- Legal language suggestions for modifying contracts to include CBAM requirements.
- A guide to establishing a simple "information hub" for suppliers to access all relevant CBAM information.
- CBAM Helpline: Details on setting up or utilising our existing CBAM helpline for supplier queries.
- The latest EU CBAM Excel Template
Trainer/Instructor
Arne Mielken, Customs & Global Trade Expert, or an experienced customs and global trade professional partner with extensive practical knowledge. To learn more about your instructor, please review his biography/CV at https://www.customsmanager.org/resume-bio-arne-mielken.
Expected Outcomes of the Workshop
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- You can design and deliver straightforward CBAM workshops to your suppliers and/or use our ready-made materials.
- You will have effective methods, ready-made templates, and draft letters to clearly and accurately communicate CBAM requirements to your suppliers.
- Using the cheat sheet, you can address and overcome common objections to CBAM from suppliers.
- You feel confident suggesting legal language for modifying contracts to include CBAM requirements.
- You can establish a simple "information hub" for your suppliers to access all relevant CBAM information.
- You will understand how to use a CBAM helpline to handle supplier queries.
- You can understand and explain the EU CBAM Excel Template to suppliers.
- You can advise suppliers of methods for effectively measuring carbon emissions.
- You will gain insights into working with third-party verifiers to ensure CBAM compliance.
- You will get your questions answered.
Are the times and dates not suitable for you and your company?
Call +44 79 13 650 183 or email info@customsmanager.org to discuss your requirements.
Do you prefer an in-house workshop?
Call +44 79 13 650 183 or email info@customsmanager.org to discuss your requirements. We are delighted to accommodate you.
Booking and Practical Details:
- Workshop Format: Online, using Zoom (Please ensure your Zoom is updated with the latest version)
- Workshop Duration: 4 Hours
- Workshop Dates: Various
- Booking: Use the online form, call +44 79 13 650 183, or email info@customsmanager.org
- Terms and Conditions: Our terms and conditions cover these; please review them before signing up.
Tickets
Standard Admission
£350.00Tax: +£70.00 VAT+£10.50 service fee
Total
£0.00