DESERT ISLAND SUSTAINABILITY RISKS

Welcome to our Desert Island Sustainability Risks podcast series, where we ask top business thinkers to explore how their sustainability journeys have been influenced by personal experiences, events, writing and even music.

We discover:

  • 3 fascinating insights from their sustainability journeys
  • Their 1 must-read book
  • Their 1 must-have sustainable product/brand
  • Their number 1 feelgood anthem

2025 PODCASTS

Jonathon Porritt

Book: Hope In The Dark, Rebecca Solnit

Brand/Product: Coffee, not high street, with origin obsessively researched

Anthem: Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell

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2024 PODCASTS

Jon Khoo

Book: All We Can Save, Johnson & Wilkinson

Brand/Product: Paynter Jackets

Anthem: Tender, Blur

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Fiona Salmon

Book: The Sustainable Business Book

Brand/Product: Ocean Bottle

Anthem: Blinding Lights, The Weeknd

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Jon Howard

Book: Finding The Mother Tree

Brand/Product: The Green Roasting Tin

Anthem: It’s The End Of The World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)

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Alexis Eyre

Book: Doughnut Economics + Ultra Processed People

Brand/Product: Ffern Perfume

Anthem: Take It Easy

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Jonathan Withey

Book: The Wizard & The Prophet

Brand/Product: Sustainable brands don’t really exist!

Anthem: I Like Birds

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Elle Chartres

Book: Sustainable Advertising

Brand/Product: Chilly’s Bottle

Anthem: Crazy in Love

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James Shoreland

Book: The End of Poverty

Brand/Product: My apartment

Anthem: Under Pressure

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Grace Greensitt

Book: Rebel Ideas

Brand/Product: YETI coffee mug

Anthem: Dancing in the Moonlight

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Tommie Eaton

Book: Do Big Small Things

Brand/Product: @BambuuBrush

Anthem: Something Just Like This

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Sue Williams

Book: Net Positive

Brand/Product: Suri toothbrush

Anthem: Love Shack

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Laura Chase

Book: Sustainable Marketing

Brand/Product: Tony’s Chocolonely

Anthem: A Sky Full of Stars

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Matt Grey

Book: The Future We Choose

Brand/Product: Anything built to last

Anthem: Otomo

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Stephanie Hall

Book: There is No Planet B

Brand/Product: Caudalie skincare

Anthem: Invisible Touch

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Rosie Kitson

Book: Braiding Sweetgrass

Brand/Product: Nature herself

Anthem: Feeling Good

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Sally Beck

Book: The Sustainable Business Book

Brand/Product: Tap water

Anthem: Don’t Stop Me Now

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Shaunagh Duncan

Book: Hot Money

Brand/Product: My bicycle

Anthem: Soul Kitchen

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2024 ANTHEMS

All noises by Kevin Duncan – click to listen.

Can you guess who chose what?