Stakeholder Events

Bishop Partridge Hall, Church House Conference Centre - London
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Registration at 10:00 AM)
Friday, 16 March, 2012
Hosted by the Sustainable Consumption Institute, The University of Manchester

We want to focus on what research tells us about how we can influence consumer behaviour to make it more sustainable; we have arranged brief presentations from 4 speakers:

Geoffrey Beattie, SCI Associate Professor, will speak about his about some of the psychological work he’s been doing on assessing consumers’ attitudes to environmental issues (for example differences between explicit and implicit attitudes)

David Evans, SCI Lecturer and Research Fellow, will talk about his ethnographic research that went in to people’s homes to explore the stories that lie behind the startling amount of food that is currently wasted by UK household.

Helen Fleming, Climate Change Director, Tesco will focus on consumers - the barriers they face to reduce their carbon footprint, and how Tesco are working to overcome these barriers through information, price promotions and working with their suppliers; and

Owen Gibbons, Executive Adviser, WWF-UK will present "From Footprint to Mindprint: engaging values for environmental behaviour change"

Professor Alistair Ulph, SCI Director, will Chair a Question and Answer session following the presentations. The session will be followed by lunch.

10:00 AM Coffee/tea and Registration
10:30 AM Welcome and Introduction - Alistair Ulph
10:35 AM "Understanding the systems of the human mind in order to combat climate change" - Geoffrey Beattie
10:50 AM "Crossing the threshold: why do households waste food and what can we do about it?" - David Evans
11:05 AM "Consumers - the barriers they face in reducing their emissions, and how Tesco is working to help overcome them" - Helen Fleming
11:20 AM "From Footprint to Mindprint: engaging values for environmental behaviour change" - Owen Gibbons
11:35 Q & A Session - Chair, Alistair Ulph
LUNCH

The SCI will provide a written summary of discussion and access to presentations following this event. To register online, please visit http://sci16march.eventbrite.com .