2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council's corporate plan include a net zero target and make tackling the climate emergency one of its main priorities?

Question code
4.1a
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Net Zero Embedded in Corporate Plan
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if climate action (alternatively called sustainability or environment) is listed as one of the council's core priorities or equivalent. It must have its own heading or section and a net zero target date must be referenced.

The net zero target date must clearly be an area-wide target, either the UK Government's national target, the devolved nation's target or the council's area-wide net zero target.

Clarifications

A corporate plan is a business planning document that sets out the council's future priorities and objectives to help ensure that the council manages its resources effectively.

For County Councils the document is called a (Strategic) Economic Plan

We will accept other language for target dates, such as carbon neutrality.

Wording such as net zero, without a specific target date, is not valid for a mark.

Question performance

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Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

county councils

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councils scored higher in 2025
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councils scored lower in 2025

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Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Devon County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Kent County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria