BRC Climate Action Week: Drinks Reception and Keynote Address
This event is restricted to CEOs or their designated delegates of BRC's retail members.
This year’s Climate Action Week Keynote address will be delivered by David Halpern, President Emeritus, Behavioural Insights Team (formerly the Government’s Nudge Unit). David will explore the retail customer experience in a changing climate and retail industry’s role in achieving a Net Zero society. He brings insight on consumer attitudes towards Net Zero, trends in behaviour and the evolving impact of climate change on retail customer experience.
Before the address, there is the opportunity for networking with peers across the industry at the drinks reception.
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David Halpern CBE
President Emeritus, Behavioural Insights Team
David Halpern CBE is President Emeritus at the Behavioural Insights Team having previously been the team’s CEO from launch of the company (2010-2023) and President & Founding Director (2023-2024).
Prior to BIT, David was the first Research Director of the Institute for Government and between 2001 and 2007 was the Chief Analyst at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. David was also appointed as the What Works National Advisor in July 2013, a position he held until 2022 through which he led efforts to improve the use of evidence across the UK government.
Before entering government, David held tenure at Cambridge and posts at Oxford and Harvard. He has written several books and papers on areas relating to behavioural insights and well-being, including Social Capital (2005), the Hidden Wealth of Nations (2010), Online Harms and Manipulation (2019) and co-author of the MINDSPACE report. In 2015, David wrote a book about the team entitled Inside the Nudge Unit: How Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference.
David was awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours in January 2023 for Public Service in his role as What Works National Adviser.