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Episode 43: Kati Ohens, CEO & Founder @ Plantcraft
Kati describes her unique story and how she went from digital entrepreneur to plant-based food start-up. Its a fascinating journey and has lead to a brand mission which no-one can argue with.
Welcome to the Planet Driven Brands Podcast™, we really hope you enjoy our show.
We are about changing the world, one brand at a time.
It may sound a little pretentious but it is a real belief. We know brands have positive impacts on consumers and we want to bottle that!
We will highlight brands as drivers for change and the role they play as influencers.
Planet Driven Brands™ will have a better purpose, a better reason-to-be, that will impact positively on the world in which we live.
Planet Driven Brands™ are simply ‘out of this world’ – and so is this Podcast!
We will be talking to brand owners, their agencies and influencers to give us their perspective on the planet and their impact on it.
It will challenge us all to do better, to BE better!
Our aim is to get both sides of the story, and to be as impartial as we can, but our aim is the recovery of the Planet and so it should be for everyone!
The guests who have agreed to talk to us are very exciting and as soon as we can share their names, we will.
The Planet Driven Brands Podcast™ is the brainchild of Nic Jones and will be in partnership with The Planets Agency.
TPA is a partnership of consultants and communications experts. We build ‘Planet Driven’ brands.
We’ll be hearing from some of those experts during this series. We will give you the chance to question them and their beliefs
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Episode 41: Jason Gibb, Founder @ Bread & Jam
Jason is on a mission to help people. His story of how he got to start and run the Bread & Jam food & drink festival, is fascinating. From Tv producer to olive oil producer and onwards…it’s a great story and one told through the lens of how he is helping the Planet!
Episode 40: Zoe Binning, Welsh Wedding Consultant & Co-Founder @ Wild Roots Kitchen
Zoe talks about how weddings need to move from single-use to a more sustainable model and how she has set up a plan-based kitchen to help move the service industry in this direction.
Episode 39: Jim Holland, Co-Founder & CEO @ Rewards.Earth
Jim describes how he is building a sustainable rewards programme, saving the planet one tree at a time!
Episode 38: Brad Vanstone, Founder @ Willicroft
Brad discusses the art of developing Plant-Based cheese and how his methods are steeped in the traditions old methods learned growing up on a dairy farm. Furthermore he describes how his business has taken on a remarkable CEO – Mother Earth!
Episode 37: Jane Asscher, CEO & Founding Partner @ 23Red
Jane is a pioneer of purpose led, sustainable agencies having started 23REd over 20 years ago. Here she takes us through her story and how times have changed. Some brands have led, but others have dragged their heals, either way we need to face the reality of where we are now.
Episode 36: Emeline Fellus, FReSH Director @ World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Emeline is a global leader in sustainable diets. Here she describes how we need systemic change to help the planet and it’s population and to change our eating habits.
Episode 35: Dr Daniel Stewart, Co-Founder & CEO @ ViridiCO2
Dr Danial Stwart has an amazing vision; one which takes Carbon Dioxide and converts it into everyday items. In this podcast he explains how this is even possible – It’ll blow your mind!
Episode 34: Geraldine Stark, CEO and Founder @ Refarm’d
Geraldine discusses her passion for the transformation of dairy farming and demonstrates how Refarm’d will assist everyone within that supply chain to create a better system for a better world.
Episode 33: Jason Ash, Founder @ YoungPlanet Enterprises
Jason shares with us his passion for reducing waste and how his platform, YoungPlanet is achieving this. The story is insightful, charming and instructive as he awakens the collborative to the art of giving!
Episode 32: Sarah Scudder, President @ Real Sourcing Network LLC
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Sarah is a ‘super expert’ on sourcing packaging and how it will become more sustainable. As she says: “People are realising how much waste is being generated when they see a stack of packaging material and a stack of boxes sitting on their dining room table!”
Episode 31: Amanda Rolat, Founder @ Bramble
Amanda Rolat shares her story of how she went from lawyer to vegan pet food entrepreneur. And its all thanks to her beloved Harry!
Episode 30: Andy Cording, Marketing Director @ Hexcite Group
Andy Cording talks about sustainability in the retail environment and how brands and retailers are stepping up their game. As he says: “We’ve got to create spaces within our retail environments to tell the sustainability story as accurately as possible in a way that is relevant and exciting to consumers!”
Episode 29: Belal Habib, Head of Global Brand Owner Collaboration @ Siegwerk
Belal Habib chats to the Planet’s Agency about Circularity withinb the packaging industry. As he says: “Let’s put our hands up and not blame just one particular industry for this issue that we’re in. We’re all in it together!”
Episode 28: Che Green, Co-Founder @ The Moonshot Collaborative
Che is a consumer insights guru and here he gives us the benefit of his huge experience with people and brands. As he says: “Absolutely the responsibility is on brands to move in a more sustainable direction, but many of them are not going to do that without the consumer impetus there, and the consumer sentiment being behind these changes.”
Episode 27: Sarah Luiz, Founder of Positive Impact Entrepreneurs
Sarah Luiz discusses the systemic changes needed to build better, more innovative businesses and rallies around our need to tackle waste.
Episode 26: Claire Smith, Vegan Entrepreneur & Impact Investor @ Beyond
Claire is a leader in the sustainable, plant-based, ethical investment community.
Today we capture her journey, through investment banking to set up the fast growing Beyond group.
Episode 25: Andrew Ely @ Ely Advisory Services
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Andrew Ely. Andrew has over 5 years experience with the sales and marketing of plant-based brands into UK and EU retail. He spent most of that time bringing Green & Gold to the UK, establishing and growing it – it also explains his passion for oats! Andrew shares his wisdom with...
Episode 24: Bobi Carley, Head of Media and Diversity & Inclusion Lead @ ISBA
Bobi is a highly experienced media and advertising professional who I have had the pleasure of knowing for over 25 years!
Bobi is now heading up media at advertisers representative group ISBA and most interestingly for us, she is also the lead on diversity and inclusion, which within the advertising industry has been a particular ‘conundrum’ for many years. Here Bobi tackles the issues head on!
Episode 23: Mike Ward, Head of Marketing @ Singular.Live
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Mike Ward. Mike heads up marketing for a fascinating ‘intelligent overlay’ platform, Singular.Live Here Mike leads us through this technology and explains how it is adding to the sustainability strides being made within live broadcast. He highlights areas that desperately needed to change and explains how broadcasters lead by Sky are...
Episode 22: David Benzaquen, Founder @ Mission: Plant & Moonshot Collaborative
Planet Driven Brands Podcast David Benzaquen. David is a global leader in the plant-based food market. Mission: Plant is a holding company advancing the plant-based foods industry with strategic investments and consulting services. David has literally been one of the key catalysts in the growth of plant-based food in the USA over the last decade....
Episode 21: Helena Mansell-Stopher, Founder & CEO @ Products of Change
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Helena Mansell-Stopher. Helena is a leader in the world of licensing and is a firm believer this huge category can win in a drive to sustainability and a circular economy. Helena describes her journey through National Geographic and how it led her to set up Products of Change. She is passionate...
Episode 20: Dorothy Shaver, Global Marketing Sustainability Lead @ Unilever & Board Member @ Food for Climate League
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Dorothy Shaver. Dorothy is a global leader in plant-based, sustainable food and is absolutely committed to making as big a difference to the planet as she can. She works in the foremost with sustainability of the Knorr brand at Unilever, but is also actively involved with the Food for Climate League,...
Episode 19: Glenn Goodwin, Founder & Creative Director @ Kitchin.app
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Glenn Goodwin. Glenn is an experienced creative director and a keen advocate of the need to reduce waste. His journey has taken him through designing packaging for big brands, onto producing for ‘voice of Science’ Facing Future.TV and then, after delving into the bins at the back of supermarkets, he has...
Episode 18: Peter Miles, Founder & CEO @ eHempHouse UK Ltd
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Peter Miles. Peter is a serial entrepreneur, with many successful businesses under his belt. Now he is also a serious evangelist… …an evangelist for Hemp. Let this podcast take you to a fascinating world of a most fascinating plant, which is rich in history and in possibilities. Hemp is the ‘original’...
Episode 17: Victor Sanchez, Co-founder & CEO @ SyncRTC Inc & MashMeGroup S.L.
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Victor Sanchez. Victor, by his own admission, is a ‘tech geek’ and this was the foundation on which he has built a world-class sustainable solution in Ed-Tech with the Mashme.io Room of The Future platform Remote learning and corporate training environments have moved on leaps and bounds in the last 5...
Episode 16: Elin Roberts, Co-Founder & Head of Marketing @ Better Nature
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Elin Roberts. Elin is leading the brand building for Better Nature Foods as they transition from start-up, through crowdfunding and scale-up. Here she shares her mission and the road to building a brand that is “genuinely engaging and relatable” In this podcast we learn how Better Nature started and the journey...
Episode 15: Alain De Rauw, Director @ Plan Toys Europe.
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Alain De Rauw. Alain is an experienced leader in the world of toys and a Director of Plan Toys. He is leading the promotion of sustainability within a category which comes under intense scrutiny for it’s overuse of plastic. In this podcast Alastair shares with us what I reckon is the...
Episode 14: Alastair Paton, Managing Partner @ August Leadership.
Planet Driven Brands Podcast Alastair Paton Alastair is an experienced leadership and executive search professional who is the managing partner of August Leadership. In this podcast Alastair lays out where businesses are currently in regards their own leadership on sustainability. Our journey takes us from the boardroom to the affects of remote working on company...
Episode 42: Euan Jarvie, EMEA President @ IRI Worldwide
Euan has over 30 years leading client service agencies. No-one understands better how societal and cultural shifts are required and the role this industry can play. However he warns that this is not an easy shift for anyone. A must listen if you’re a fan of “Contribution not commentary”.