From Data to Decarbonisation: Leveraging supplier data to advance Scope 3 performance
This event is targeted at sustainability and ESG leaders, as well as data and reporting professionals responsible for supplier data management, sustainability reporting, and regulatory compliance.
This event is exclusive to BRC Retail Members
As retailers face increasing pressure to measure, report and reduce Scope 3 emissions, the accessibility and quality of supplier data has become a critical challenge.
This interactive workshop, delivered in partnership with BearingPoint, will bring together sustainability, ESG and data professionals to explore how businesses can:
- Strengthen data collection processes
- Bolster supplier engagement
- Move beyond the compliance and reporting baseline to examine how supplier data can support better business decision-making and decarbonisation outcomes
Through expert insights, peer discussion, and interactive workshops, attendees will gain a practical understanding of the minimum supplier data requirements needed today, technology-enabled strategies for improving data quality and supplier engagement, and examples of how leading organisations are transforming data inputs into actionable decarbonisation insights.
The day will conclude with a collaborative discussion on emerging themes, shared challenges and priority actions for both individual businesses and the wider retail sector.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Gain a clearer understanding of where your business sits on the supplier data maturity journey.
- Consolidate a view of the minimum supplier data needed today and how this may evolve.
- Explore practical approaches for improving supplier participation and data quality.
- Hear examples of how leading organisations are turning supplier data into business value.
- Create a prioritised set of actions to take forward within your own business and across the wider BRC community.
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Agenda
- 09:30 - 10:00 | Arrival and Welcome
Welcome to BRC and an opportunity for networking with members. - 10:00 - 10:15 | Introduction
Opening session outlining the objectives and structure for the day ahead, with an introduction to BearingPoint. - 10:15 - 10:30 | Context-setting: Understanding the Challenge
BearingPoint share a consolidated view of the challenges facing retailers, recognising that organisations are at different stages of maturity. - 10:30 – 11:00 | Presentation: Technology Partnering
Explore how partnering with technology platforms can accelerate progress and address common reporting and reduction challenges. - 11:00 - 12:00 | Workshop 1: Scope 3 Data Focus – Closing the Gap to Accuracy
The first workshop will focus on the data requirements and solutions available to advance Scope 3 reporting. - 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch and Networking
Opportunity to network and reflect on the first workshop. - 13:00 - 14:30 | Workshop 2: From Data Inputs to Decarbonisation Insight
The second workshop will focus on how organisations can utilise data to gain management decision-making insight on business decarbonisation lever. - 14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee Break
Short networking and reflection break before the remaining sessions. - 15:00 – 15:45 | Forum Outputs and Emerging Themes
Opportunity to share key takeaways, challenges and opportunities identified during the forum sessions and agree any actions or areas requiring further support for members. - 15:45 - 16:00 | Closing Reflections and Next Steps
Summary of outputs from the day and the BRC’s role in supporting members moving forward. - From 16:00 | Optional Networking
Informal opportunity for attendees to continue discussions, build connections and explore opportunities for collaboration.
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Meet the Speakers
Lou Sherry
Senior Policy Executive - Sustainability | BRC
Lou leads on environmental and ethical sourcing policy and the BRC's Plan for Nature programme.
Claire Wallis
Consumer Goods and Retail Director - BearingPoint
Claire leads BearingPoint’s UK Consumer Goods and Retail practice and works with retailers to shape and deliver practical, commercially focused transformation. Her background spans leading retail organisations including Tesco, Boots and B&Q, giving her a broad understanding of the operational and commercial realities facing the sector.
Claire will bring a retailer’s lens to the discussion, helping members explore how supplier data can become more than a reporting requirement, supporting better decisions, stronger supplier engagement and clearer progress on Scope 3 ambitions.
Richard Walters
Senior Manager, Sustainability Practice - BearingPoint
Richard leads BearingPoint's UK Sustainability Practice for the Consumer Goods and Retail sector. He brings experience spanning retail, manufacturing and agriculture, helping organisations respond to evolving sustainability challenges while delivering practical business outcomes.
Working closely with retailers and consumer businesses, Richard supports organisations in strengthening supplier engagement, improving sustainability performance and turning complex data into meaningful insight.
Through his involvement with the BRC Climate Action Roadmap, he brings first-hand experience of the opportunities and challenges facing retailers on the journey to net zero.
Florent Duval
Senior Manager – BearingPoint
Florent is leading BearingPoint’s sustainability digital transformation expertise. He supports players across all industries, including retail in reaching their Net Zero targets by deploying digital solutions to assess their carbon footprint, define and implement action plans to cut GHG emissions. He has successfully deployed ESG performance solutions at more than 30 clients.
Florent will bring lessons learned from numerous projects to illustrate how retailers can leverage an ESG performance platform to better understand their ESG impacts and how to address their own challenges to be able to do so.
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