50 Best UK Sustainability Podcasts

1. Outrage + Optimism

Face the climate crisis head on, but understand that we have the power to solve this. From former UN Chief Christiana Figueres and the team who brought you the Paris Agreement, this podcast about issues and politics will inform you, inspire you and help you realize that this is the most exciting time in history to be alive.
Podcast outrageandoptimism.org
Producer/Network Global Optimism
Email ****@globaloptimism.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Twitter Followers 10KInstagram Followers 19K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 45 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Innovation Forum podcast

Innovation Forum hosts a weekly podcast along with regular interviews with business leaders in sustainability. Each week, we summarise the latest sustainability news and announcements, and get the views of leading experts on business critical issues. Widely regarded as one of the best sustainability podcasts around, stay tuned for regular insights, debate and analysis.
Podcast innovationforum.co.uk
Producer/Network Innovation Forum
Email ****@innovation-forum.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 3.1K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 24 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. AJ Climate Champions

Brought to you by the Architects' Journal. AJ sustainability editor Hattie Hartman and architect George Morgan talk to changemakers and innovators who are transforming architecture by designing in ways that respect planetary boundaries. In association with ACAN, the Architects Climate Action Network.
Podcast architectsjournal.podbean.com
Host Mary Douglas
Producer/Network Architects’ Journal
Email ****@emap.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 32.3KTwitter Followers 343KInstagram Followers 133.3K Frequency 8 episodes/year Avg Length 40 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
Play Get Email Contact

4. Transformers

An essential podcast that intelligently covers topics regarding climate solutions, government policies, and economic stability. The episodes feature notable guests who are extremely knowledgable in their respective fields in governance and or sustainability. A must-listen for conscientious individuals who seek to learn more about global innovations that benefit our shared future.
Podcast kajembren.org
Producer/Network Kaj Embren
Email ****@embren.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 80.9KInstagram Followers 1K Frequency 4 episodes/year Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

5. Constructive Voices

The Constructive Voices Podcast is all about inspiring change within the construction industry. Television builder, Peter Finn, is our man on the ground who injects his decades of construction experience with his unique sense of humor into the topics he covers.
Podcast constructive-voices.com
Hosts Jackie De Burca, Peter Finn, Henry McDonald, Steve Randall
Producer/Network Peter Finn, Henry McDonald, Steve Randall, Jackie De Burca
Email ****@cwa-europe.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.2KTwitter Followers 3.1KInstagram Followers 1.9K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

6. Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives Podcast

The RSP Podcast is a thought-provoking series where we dive deep into sustainable finance. From ESG investing to impact investing and sustainable leadership, we're on a journey to leverage data and intelligence to make better business decisions. The future is open. Join us as we move forward together to shape it.
Podcast lseg.com
Producer/Network LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
Email ****@refinitiv.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 10.5KTwitter Followers 26.6KInstagram Followers 7K Frequency 16 episodes/year Avg Length 25 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. Investing for Impact

We are the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, backed by the UK Government.With over 75 years' experience, we are a trusted investment partner to businesses in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. We invest to create productive, sustainable and inclusive economic outcomes for those that need our capital the most and who want to build better lives for themselves and their communities.We currently partner with over 1,000 businesses, working with our investees to help them succeed and grow impactful businesses.
Podcast audioboom.com
Host British International Investment
Producer/Network British International Investment
Email ****@bii.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 18K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 27 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. The Edie Podcast

Edie is an industry-leading, purpose-driven business media brand that empowers sustainability, energy and environmental professionals of all levels to make business more sustainable through award-winning content and events.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Producer/Network edie.net
Apple Rating 3.2 / 5Facebook Followers 2.2KTwitter Followers 26KInstagram Followers 842 Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 37 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
Play Get Email Contact

9. The ISO Show

Blackmores is a pioneering consultancy firm with a distinctive approach to working with our clients to achieve and sustain high standards in Quality, Risk and Environmental Management. We'll be posting podcasts discussing ISO standards here!
Podcast blackmoresuk.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Twitter Followers 134 Frequency 4 episodes/month Avg Length 26 min Since Feb 2019 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. The RSSB Podcast

Reducing Railway Risk: a series about many aspects of running the GB railway, and how its contributors work to deliver a better, safer railway.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network RSSB
Email ****@rssb.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 9.5K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 15 min Since Apr 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. Sustainable Wine

Sustainable Wine interviews actors from across the wine value chain, mostly winemakers and growers, on key sustainability issues in the wine industry. Head over to for more news and analyses on sustainability in wine, winemaking and circular economy.
Podcast sustainablewine.co.uk
Producer/Network Sustainable Wine
Email ****@sustainablewine.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 100Twitter Followers 5.5KInstagram Followers 847 Frequency 7 episodes/quarter Avg Length 23 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

12. The Sustainability Agenda

The Sustainability Agenda is a weekly podcast exploring today's biggest sustainability questions. Leading sustainability thinkers offer their views on the biggest sustainability challenges, share the latest thinking, identify what's working and what needs to change and think about the future of sustainability.
Podcast thesustainabilityagenda.com
Producer/Network Fergal Byrne
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 61 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. A Sustainable Future

What can we do to build a more sustainable world? Each episode features a thought leader discussing an aspect of sustainability - its origin, evolution, and relevance today - with Jason Mitchell, Co-Head of Responsible Investment at Man Group.
Podcast man.com
Producer/Network Man Group
Email ****@man.com
Twitter Followers 30.5KInstagram Followers 1.3K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 48 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

14. The EY Sustainability Matters podcast

The EY Sustainability Matters podcast explores sustainability as a business issue. Hosted by EY's Chris Hagler, the series offers insights on key business risks and opportunities, through an environmental, social, governance and sustainability lens.
Podcast ey.com
Producer/Network EY
Email ****@ey.com
Facebook Followers 548.7KTwitter Followers 341.6K Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. Net Zero Heating Show

The Net Zero Heating Show is the podcast from Grant UK that explores all things renewables and sustainable in domestic home heating. Members of the Grant Team have been joined by expert guests from the heat pump and renewables sector to discuss the topics that really matter to heating installers and engineers.
Podcast grantuknetzeroheatingshow.buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network Grant UK
Email ****@grantuk.com
Facebook Followers 3KTwitter Followers 11.1KInstagram Followers 4.7K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

16. Speaking of Sustainability...

Speaking of Sustainability is a podcast focusing on biodiversity and sustainability. Over the next few episodes we will be discussing these themes with special guests educated in environmentalism, either through education or first hand experience. The Trust for Sustainable Living is a charity working to help achieve a sustainable future through global education and empowerment.
Podcast speakingofsustainability.podbean.com
Producer/Network Trust For Sustainable Living
Email ****@trustforsustainableliving.org
Facebook Followers 580Twitter Followers 2.6K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 42 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

17. Where Does It Come From? How our 'stuff' impacts people and planet

This podcast will share Interviews with amazing people who have made it their life goals to make a difference - creating businesses, campaigns, and writing books to help us understand these impacts and make better choices going forward. Host Jo Salter, social entrepreneur and founder of ethical clothing business Where Does It Come From? encourages them to tell their story so they can inspire us with the challenges they've faced, the impact they've had, and their big why.
Podcast wheredoesitcomefrom.podbean.com
Host Jo Salter
Producer/Network Jo Salter
Email ****@wheredoesitcomefrom.co.uk
Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 48 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. Innovation for sustainability

These interviews were originally conducted for a module in the Masters in Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy, and Transitions. The interviews are with people who are putting innovation for sustainability into practice. We wanted to give students the grit under the fingernails of real experience.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network David Bent
Email ****@ucl.ac.uk
Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

19. Women In Sustainability

Join our host Emily Fripp, Founding Director of Efeca for this new podcast series and platform for women's voices in sustainability. Together we'll help celebrate and elevate the perspectives and work of women, showcasing the role that women play in supporting sustainable livelihoods, climate change mitigation, and the creation of sustainable.
Podcast women-in-sustainability.fireside.fm
Email ****@efeca.com
Twitter Followers 840 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 30 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

20. Sustainability Solved

The Green Element podcast aims to promote and inspire sustainability in business. Every week we will interview a new business and talk about how it's embedding sustainability into it's culture and operations. This podcast is aimed at business owners, managers and anyone committed to making sustainable change inside of their organisation. We want you to have a business that's not just the best in the world but also is the best FOR the world!
Podcast greenelement.co.uk
Email ****@greenelement.co.uk
Facebook Followers 290Twitter Followers 1.4KInstagram Followers 620 Frequency 1 episode/month Listen on YouTube Get Email Contact

21. Project 17

Seventeen 17-year-olds tell us what they want from the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 563.6KInstagram Followers 448.6K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

22. Sustainable(ish)

If you feel like you're drowning in plastic and need to use a small child to jump up and down on top of your black bin each fortnight to get the lid to shut, or you want to save the planet but you're exhausted at the very idea, then this is the podcast for you!Sustianable(ish) isn't about austerity, or deprivation, or needing to live off grid in a yurt (although if that's your bag you're also very welcome!) - it's about you, and me, and the power of our actions. The small tweaks we can make, the baby steps, and how they add up to change the world.
Podcast asustainablelife.co.uk
Host Jen Gale
Producer/Network Jen Gale
Email ****@sustainableish.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 15.6KTwitter Followers 10.9KInstagram Followers 6.6K Frequency 14 episodes/year Avg Length 63 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

23. Sustainability Champions

We highlight the people, ideas, and innovations protecting and healing the planet. Here you will find our podcast episodes where we interview sustainability champions as well as articles about the many positive changes happening right now all over the world to make us more sustainable.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Daniel Hartz
Email ****@sustainabilitychampions.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 122Instagram Followers 115.2K Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

24. The Financing Our Future Podcast

A podcast that looks at ways to make sustainable business, business as usual.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 3.6K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

25. Pretty Good Business

Welcome to Pretty Good Business, the podcast all about businesses that are making a difference. In each episode, we will talk with green companies founders that are putting sustainability at the core of their businesses. We'll ask them about the ups, the downs and some tips on how we build a sustainable business.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Alessia Armenise
Email ****@prettyslow.life
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 794Twitter Followers 93Instagram Followers 1.5K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 35 min Since Oct 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

26. The Climate of Sport

Hello and welcome to The Climate of Sport Podcast. Join our host Claire Poole to get the inside track on all things sustainability and climate action in the world of sport. Every week she is joined by special guests, who are leaders in the global sport and sustainability movement, to talk about industry news and goings on, and get their insights and opinions. Subscribe and download now, and join us on the journey. #TheClimateOfSport #SportPositive
Podcast sportpositive.org
Email ****@sportpositivesummit.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 171Twitter Followers 2.1KInstagram Followers 1.3K Frequency 11 episodes/year Avg Length 42 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

27. BASF Agricultural Solutions UK

Innovating to help protect and enhance crop yields, helping farmers to grow sustainably!
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network BASF Agricultural Solutions UK
Email ****@basf.com
Apple Rating 4 / 5Facebook Followers 2.2MTwitter Followers 5KInstagram Followers 3.2K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

28. Alfa Energy Group's Podcast

The Resonance is a podcast from the Alfa Energy Group wherein we discuss energy markets, prices, supply, geopolitics, and other factors that influence business energy users.
Podcast alfaenergygroup.com
Producer/Network Alfa Energy Group (an Edison Energy company)
Email ****@alfaenergy.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.6KTwitter Followers 4.7KInstagram Followers 283 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

29. Where Ideas Launch

Where Ideas Launch is Inspired by everyday people who do extraordinary things, and influence thousands, maybe even millions with the insights they bring and work that they do. We all need to access our creative genius in solving some of the worlds more complex challenges. We need to innovate sustainable solutions for every human activity which opens up immense opportunities. This podcast explores modern-day innovation in the age of sustainability. I'll interview some of the most prolific thinkers, creators, and educators on their journey to create sustainable incomes and businesses.
Podcast whereideaslaunch.libsyn.com
Producer/Network Katherine Ann Byam
Email ****@dieple.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 395Twitter Followers 54Instagram Followers 2.1K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

30. Greening Defence

The Greening Defence podcast investigates the ways in which the UK defense sector is working to respond to the challenges and evolving security risks from the effects of climate change. In collaboration with our partners at the Conflict and Environment Observatory, this RUSI podcast brings together key figures from across defense, industry, and academia to discuss how the various military sectors are approaching the issue, how policy is evolving, whether technology might hold the answer, and what cultural changes are required to ensure success.
Podcast rusi.org
Producer/Network Royal United Services Institute
Email ****@rusi.org
Facebook Followers 31.6KTwitter Followers 129.7K Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact