This event is exclusive to BRC Retail Members and by invitation only.
This workshop will explore how the BRC & Mondra Coalition can support non-food & drink retail sub-sectors, particularly General Merchandise (GM), in scaling product carbon footprinting. The session aims to engage relevant stakeholders for fact-finding, collaboration, and actionable insights.
In Partnership with
THE EVENT IS DESIGNED TO HELP MEMBERS:
- Deliver a ‘Discovery’ workshop focused on how the BRC–Mondra Coalition could enable product carbon footprinting at scale for non-food and drink retail sub-sectors, with a focus on GM.
- Facilitate fact-finding around current partnerships, systems in use (e.g. Carbon Trust for Tesco), and identify opportunities to unlock progress for GM suppliers.
- Enable discussion on interoperability between data providers and the coalition to support Scope 3 emissions data completion.
- Bring together coalition members and partners with GM portfolios to share perspectives and challenges.
- Build consensus on next steps and collective ownership of future activity in product footprinting.
AGENDA
Welcome & Introductions
- Opening remarks, purpose, and desired outputs.
- Participant introductions.
Presentations
- BRC overview and coalition objectives for the GM sector.
- Mondra’s perspective on enabling carbon footprinting at scale.
- Science session (booked), including guided discussion questions.
Data & Interoperability
- Panel or breakout on data providers (e.g. Carbon Trust), unlocking GM challenges, and achieving interoperability for Scope 3 reporting.
- Tesco’s experience and potential collaboration opportunities.
Breakouts & Fact-Finding
- Group discussions to explore existing partnerships, challenges, and opportunities for alignment.
- Address complexities caused by varied systems and consider unified or interoperable approaches.
Summary & Next Steps
- Collate feedback and identify key themes and consensus areas.
- Assign follow-up actions and outline next steps for coalition engagement with the GM sector.
Meet the Speakers

Tom Holden
Chief Product Officer, Mondra

Tracey Banks
Climate Action Programme Manager | BRC
Tracey leads on BRC’s Climate Action Roadmap work to galvanise and accelerate the retail industry’s commitment to deliver Net Zero by 2040. Prior to BRC, Tracey founded a circular retail business which ran a refill delivery service to tackle the problem of grocery packaging waste. Previously, Tracey has spent most of her career in project / programme management roles in Retail, Banking and Consulting, leading ecommerce, digital and governance transformation.
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