Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Criteria met if the combined authority has provided more than 30 green skills adult education courses in the last three academic years.
This is the total number of adult education courses that the combined authority advertises as Green Skills or Green Jobs that they have funded, in part of partial. If the combined authority classifies them as a green job/skill, then they will be counted.
This includes courses related to the building of or maintaining of residential homes or commercial buildings as well as other Green Skills, such as in relation to Electric Vehicles, Digital Skills, Education, Biodiversity and Conservation management and others.
Any accredited course is valid for a point. There is no minimum length of the course required to be valid for the point.
Courses that are part of a Skills Bootcamp are valid. This question is not limited to Skills Bootcamps courses only, other courses are valid.
Green Jobs and Greens Skills are ones that contribute to preserving or restoring the environment. They have a focus on either reducing carbon emissions, improving energy and raw materials efficiency, protecting and restoring nature, minimising waste and pollution, adapting to the effects of climate change or making similar environmental improvements.
Green Jobs and Skills can be in traditional sectors such as manufacturing and construction, or in new, emerging green sectors such as renewable energy and energy efficiency. Sustainability managers in businesses, green transport officers and thermal heating specialists are all examples of green jobs.
Definitions from International Labour Organisation and Friends of the Earth.
The courses can be free.
Combined Authorities
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 1/1 | -- | |
| Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Midlands Combined Authority | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
Greater London Authority
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tees Valley Combined Authority
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West of England Combined Authority
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |