From Purpose to Practice

In this episode of the Blue Earth Podcast, Guy Hayler speaks with Chris Bellamy, founder of Yanaa, about challenging the sports nutrition industry and making real food the future of performance nutrition. Chris shares the personal experience behind the business, its early traction of over 100,000 pouches sold, and its ambition to take real food nutrition beyond elite sport and into everyday life.

How could connecting the people who manage our land with those who depend on it help Britain build water resilience?Recorded at Blue Earth Summit 2026, this conversation brings together Anna Swaithes, Chief Sustainability Officer at The Crown Estate, Dave Caygill, Co-Director of FloodAction Coalition, and Harry Bowell, Executive Director of Land and Nature at the National Trust.Together, they explore the connections between the condition of our landscapes, the security of our livelihoods and the agreements needed to protect both. From flood risk and drought to water availability and regional growth, they discuss how decisions taken upstream can affect communities, businesses and infrastructure miles away.Drawing on examples including Connecting the Culm in Devon and the National Trust’s river restoration work, the speakers consider who pays when benefits are shared, what farmers need to commit to change, and why promising projects can take years to reach the ground.A conversation about the partnerships, funding and long-term commitments that could turn shared interest in water resilience into action.

In this episode, Guy Hayler speaks with Charlie Carter, Chief Operating Officer at Vertical Meadow, about rethinking living walls and bringing biodiversity back into our urban environments.From its innovative seed-grown technology and partnerships with The Crown Estate and Canary Wharf Group, to the commercial opportunity in permanent green facades and data centres, Charlie shares how Vertical Meadow is building a scalable business with nature at its core.A conversation about innovation, commercial growth and transforming the way we design and build our cities.

In this episode of the Blue Earth Podcast, Guy Hayler speaks with Jodie Cariss, founder of Self Space, about rethinking how we access mental health support. From building a business without a business plan to delivering over 150,000 therapy sessions and partnering with more than 150 organisations, Jodie shares how Self Space is making therapy more accessible, transforming workplace wellbeing and building a new approach to mental health for individuals and businesses alike.

What does it take to build a consumer brand around products made to last?In this episode of the Blue Earth Ventures podcast, we explore the story of MONC, the London-based eyewear brand combining craftsmanship, eye care and repair.From its beginnings as an online business to opening two London stores, MONC has spent the past decade developing an approach to eyewear centred on quality and long-term customer relationships. We discuss small-batch production, the decision to bring eye care into the business and what comes next as the brand looks to grow in the UK and beyond.Listen in for a conversation about building a considered consumer brand and the choices that come with scaling it.

India’s electric vehicle market is accelerating, but limited access to home charging remains a major obstacle. In this episode, Hopcharge founder Arjun Singh joins Guy to explain how the company’s mobile, storage-powered charging network brings energy directly to EV owners.Arjun discusses Hopcharge’s partnership with Tata.EV, its expansion plans and the Virtual Power Grid technology behind the business. They also explore why EV charging is only the beginning of Hopcharge’s ambition to transform how energy is distributed in India and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Permia Sensing CEO Efrem de Paiva joins Guy Hayler to explore how AI, bioacoustics, satellite imagery and drone data are helping farmers detect threats earlier, improve yields and use resources more efficiently. They discuss the company’s origins, its work across millions of trees and its ambition to create a smarter, more resilient future for tropical agriculture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by Blue Earth’s Guy Hayler, this conversation brings together Kate Williams, CEO of 1% for the Planet; Phil Hails-Smith, Managing Partner at Joelson; and Gideon Bright, founder and CEO of dryrobe®. They explore how businesses can move beyond good intentions by embedding purpose into their governance, culture and financial commitments. From committing 1% of revenue to formalising founder-led impact, the discussion examines accountability, trust, commercial growth and how purpose can endure through investment, expansion and changes in ownership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For millions of people living in flats, rooftop solar has remained out of reach, not because the technology does not work, but because the energy system was never designed for them. In this episode, Reg Platt, Founder of Emergent Energy and a member of Blue Earth Ventures, shares how more than two decades working across climate campaigning, energy policy and regulation led him to one of the biggest barriers holding back the clean energy transition: outdated market structures. Reg explains how Emergent Energy is enabling residents in multi-occupancy buildings to buy locally generated solar power directly, reducing household bills while creating a stronger commercial case for building owners to invest in decarbonisation.We explore the company’s five-year journey working with Ofgem to help unlock regulatory change, the challenges of funding a business dependent on rewriting the rules, and its landmark project with Hackney Council, which is now delivering locally generated electricity to around 750 residents across 28 buildings.The conversation also looks beyond rooftop solar to the future of local energy, where buildings can generate, store, trade and intelligently manage electricity, helping to create a cleaner, cheaper and fairer energy system.This is a story about persistence, policy change and building an energy transition that works for everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ocean is one of the world's most valuable natural assets, yet it remains one of the least funded.In this episode of the Blue Earth Podcast, Guy Hayler sits down with Kirsty Schneeberger MBE, Founder and CEO of Athena Blue, to explore how she's building the financial infrastructure needed to unlock investment into ocean restoration and regeneration.Drawing on experience spanning the Paris Climate Agreement, biodiversity conservation, philanthropy and climate finance, Kirsty shares why she left a successful career to launch Athena Blue, the challenges of fundraising while building a startup, and how better capital allocation could transform the future of the blue economy.Together, they discuss blue carbon, nature finance, seagrass restoration, investor readiness, and why businesses are increasingly viewing ocean health as a critical risk and opportunity.If you're interested in climate innovation, ocean investment, entrepreneurship, or the future of nature finance, this is a conversation you won't want to miss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.