BRC Climate Action Summit

This event is intended for professionals in the retail industry.

Scope 3 emissions remain the single biggest barrier to UK retail meeting its 2030 climate commitments — and they cannot be solved by individual businesses acting alone.

During London Climate Action Week, Tackling Scope 3 Together brings together Retail Sustainability Leads for a focused, outcomes-driven day to move beyond ambition and best practice, and into collective action.

Grounded in the BRC Climate Action Roadmap and the Retail Net Zero Stocktake 2025, the summit will examine where progress is falling short, what will shape the next five years, and where collaboration, both within subsectors and across retail, is now essential.

The day culminates in the cocreation of a Draft 2030 Retail Scope 3 Action Charter, setting out shared priorities and next-step actions for the sector.

Headline speakers

• Tracey Banks, Climate Action Roadmap Programme Manager, British Retail Consortium
• Helen Dickinson OBE, CEO of British Retail Consortium
• Mike Barry, Co-Founder of Planetary Alliance, ex-Director of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer
• Wayne Hubbard, Circular Economy Expert and Speaker
• More to be announced.

Agenda

Setting the context

• Why Scope 3 is the defining challenge for UK retail
• What the Retail Net Zero Stocktake 2025 tells us about progress and gaps
• Why fragmented action is no longer sufficient

Looking ahead

• Deep dives into the five BRC decarbonisation pathways
• The future signals (2025–2030) that will reshape retail operations, logistics, supply chains and products
• Where collaboration will be unavoidable

Designing collaboration

• Subsector collaboration labs to identify shared challenges and solutions
• A cross-retail plenary workshop to prioritise issues and design collective initiatives
• Drafting a 2030 Retail Scope 3 Action Charter