2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the council launched a Climate Bond, Community Municipal Investment or equivalent?

Question code
4.10b
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Funding sources
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Medium

Criteria

Criteria met if the council has launched a Climate Bond, Community Municipal Investment or equivalent of any amount as a way to raise funds for climate action that the council is delivering.

Clarifications

A Climate Bond or Community Municipal Investment are bonds or loans issued by the council's corporate body and administered by a regulated crowdfunding platform. They allow local authorities to raise funds for specific projects through the public investing their money, from as little as £5, through a crowdfunding model.

Marked using data provided by the Green Finance Institute - https://www.greenfinanceinstitute.co.uk/programmes/ceeb/lcbs/

Question performance by council type

Points distribution county councils

0 points

20 county councils

1 point

1 county council

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 county councils

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councils scored higher in 2025
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councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence county councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Devon County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found