2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the combined authority have an environmental investment fund that small and medium-sized enterprises and/or the public sector can use?

Question code
4.11
Section
Governance & Finance (CA)
Topic
Funding sources
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
High

Criteria

Point awarded if the combined authority has established a community climate action fund by attracting external investment or similar, provided the following criteria are met:
- The fund is at least £100k or higher
- The financing of the fund has come from attracting external investment
The fund is accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises and/or the public sector
- More general community or environment funds will be awarded if they specify that climate change projects will be supported.

To account for funding released in stages, the point will be awarded if the funding or support has been offered since 1st January 2022.

Clarifications

This is a ring-fenced fund that a combined authority has created by attracting external investment to spend on climate action locally, either in partnership with a local council, or directly by other public sector bodies.
A fund created only with existing combined authority funds or only from government funding is not valid for a point.

The criteria must clearly be about environmental action projects and those who apply must complete some sort of application to define their planned climate action activities.

Question performance

Points distribution Combined Authorities

0 points

5 Combined Authorities

1 point

4 Combined Authorities

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Rising and falling Combined Authorities

22
councils scored higher in 2025
11
councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence Combined Authorities

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Greater London Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
West of England Combined Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
West Midlands Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria