In our July xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Lord Deben and Mike Berners-Lee to explore how we can encourage greater truthfulness in public discourse.

This event will take place in London with the option of joining via Zoom.

The Rt. Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, is the founder and Chairman of Sancroft International, a consultancy that advises both businesses and investors on all areas of Sustainability and ESG.

Between 2012 and 2023 he was Chairman of the UK’s Independent Climate Change Committee. Lord Deben was also the UK’s longest serving Secretary of State for the Environment (1993-97) having previously been Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. His sixteen years of top-level ministerial experience also include Minister for London, Employment Minister, and Paymaster General in HM Treasury. Lord Deben is currently Chairman of Valpak Ltd and of PIMFA, the trade body representing financial advisers and wealth managers.

Throughout his political, business, and personal life Lord Deben has consistently championed an accord between sustainability and business sense.

Mike Berners-Lee is a leading expert in carbon metrics for organisations and the author of two books, There is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years, How Bad Are Bananas? The carbon footprint of everything, and co-author of The Burning Question.

Mike is a professor at Lancaster University’s Environment Centre, where his research includes carbon metrics and sustainable food systems.

He is also the founder of Small World Consulting (SWC), an associate company of Lancaster University, which works with organisations from small businesses to the biggest tech giants.