Climate Action Roadmap Showcase

The Climate Action Roadmap Showcase celebrates the achievements of retailers in putting their company and the industry on the path to Net Zero. It focuses on the reduction of carbon emissions, the advancement of sustainability objectives (such as reducing waste or improving recycling), and the improvement in the impact firms have on nature.

Climate Action Roadmap Showcase 2023

The 2023 Showcase launched on the 24^th April 2023, with submissions closing in July. Our independent judging panel then selected the best entries in each category, with winners announced on 2^nd November at a celebratory event during the BRC’s Climate Action Week.

This year’s Showcase was open to all signatories of the Climate Action Roadmap, a commitment and framework by the retail industry to move itself and its supply chains to Net Zero by 2040. Categories were:

1. Tackling carbon emissions in the supply chain

2. Reducing emissions in transport and logistics

3. Reducing waste

4. Driving towards net zero properties

5. Changing consumer behaviour

Judges for the 2023 Showcase included:

• Nick Beighton – Chief Executive of MatchesFashion

• Bea Elliott – Retail and Sustainability Consultant, IBM Consulting

• James Harman – Business Development and Retail Specialist, Mitsubishi Electric

• Lindsay Hooper – Executive Director of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

• Hugh Jones – Managing Director at Carbon Trust

• Steve Kenzie – Executive Director at the UN Global Compact Network, UK

• Matt Mace – Content Editor at Edie

• Seb Munden – Chair of WRAP

• Toni Pearce – Interim Director of Advocacy at WWF

• Baroness Kate Parminter – Chair of Lords Select Committee on Climate Change

For any information, or to chat further about the Showcase, please contact Nicki Hunt or Tom Holder.

Climate Action Roadmap Showcase 2022

In 2022, we held the inaugural Showcase, receiving over 40 submissions across five categories. These submissions looked at amazing initiatives taking place over the last two years by retailers, big and small.

Winning entrants spanned the breadth of the industry, from supermarket giants to smaller brands. Their initiatives, along with many others submitted to the Showcase, have helped to reduce carbon emissions by tens of thousands of tonnes since 2020.

You can read an overview of each of the entries below:

• Tackling carbon emissions in the supply chain

• Reducing emissions in transport and logistics

• Reducing waste

• Driving towards net zero properties

• Changing consumer behaviour