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

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Blaby District Council
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Bolsover District Council
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Brentwood Borough Council
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Broxtowe Borough Council
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Cambridge City Council
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Cheltenham Borough Council
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Chesterfield Borough Council
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Chorley Council
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Dacorum Council
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Eastbourne Borough Council
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East Hampshire District Council
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East Staffordshire Borough Council
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Elmbridge Borough Council
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Exeter City Council
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Fenland District Council
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Forest of Dean District Council
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Gloucester City Council
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Gravesham Borough Council
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Guildford Borough Council
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Harlow Council
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Hart District Council
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Havant Borough Council
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Hertsmere Borough Council
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High Peak Borough Council
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Horsham District Council
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1/1
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Lewes District Council
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1/1
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Lichfield District Council
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Maidstone Borough Council
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1/1
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Maldon District Council
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1/1
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Malvern Hills District Council
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Melton Borough Council
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Mid Sussex District Council
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Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council
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1/1▲ 1
North Hertfordshire District Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
North Kesteven District Council
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1/1
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Norwich City Council
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1/1
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Oxford City Council
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1/1
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Rochford District Council
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1/1
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Rother District Council
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1/1
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South Kesteven District Council
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1/1
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South Oxfordshire District Council
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1/1
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Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
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1/1
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Stroud District Council
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Tewkesbury Borough Council
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1/1
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Uttlesford District Council
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1/1
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Vale of White Horse District Council
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1/1
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Waverley Borough Council
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West Devon Borough Council
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1/1
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Winchester City Council
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1/1
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Worthing Borough Council
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Amber Valley Borough Council
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Arun District Council
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Ashfield District Council
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Ashford Borough Council
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Babergh District Council
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Basildon Borough Council
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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
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Bassetlaw District Council
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Borough of Broxbourne
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Boston Borough Council
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Braintree District Council
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Breckland District Council
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Broadland District Council
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Bromsgrove District Council
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Burnley Borough Council
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Cannock Chase District Council
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Canterbury City Council
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Castle Point Borough Council
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Charnwood Borough Council
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Chelmsford City Council
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Cherwell District Council
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Chichester District Council
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City of Lincoln Council
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Colchester Borough Council
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Cotswold District Council
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Crawley Borough Council
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Dartford Borough Council
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Derbyshire Dales District Council
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Dover District Council
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East Cambridgeshire District Council
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East Devon District Council
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East Hertfordshire District Council
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Eastleigh Borough Council
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East Lindsey District Council
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East Suffolk Council
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Epping Forest District Council
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Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
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Erewash Borough Council
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Fareham Borough Council
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Folkestone and Hythe District Council
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Fylde Borough Council
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Gedling Borough Council
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Gosport Borough Council
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Great Yarmouth Borough Council
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Harborough District Council
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Hastings Borough Council
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Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
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Huntingdonshire District Council
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Hyndburn Borough Council
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Ipswich Borough Council
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King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
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Lancaster City Council
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Mansfield District Council
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Mid Devon District Council
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Mid Suffolk District Council
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Mole Valley District Council
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Newark and Sherwood District Council
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New Forest District Council
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North Devon Council
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North East Derbyshire District Council
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North Norfolk District Council
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North Warwickshire Borough Council
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0/1▼ -1No evidence found
North West Leicestershire District Council
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Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
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Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
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Pendle Borough Council
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Preston City Council
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Redditch Borough Council
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
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Ribble Valley Borough Council
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Rossendale Borough Council
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Rugby Borough Council
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Runnymede Borough Council
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Rushcliffe Borough Council
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Rushmoor Borough Council
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Sevenoaks District Council
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South Cambridgeshire District Council
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South Derbyshire District Council
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South Hams District Council
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South Holland District Council
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South Norfolk District Council
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South Ribble Borough Council
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South Staffordshire Council
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Spelthorne Borough Council
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Stafford Borough Council
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0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
St Albans City and District Council
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0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stevenage Borough Council
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Stratford-on-Avon District Council
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0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey Heath Borough Council
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0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Swale Borough Council
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0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Tamworth Borough Council
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Tandridge District Council
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Teignbridge District Council
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Tendring District Council
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Test Valley Borough Council
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Thanet District Council
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Three Rivers District Council
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Three Rivers District Council
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Three Rivers District Council
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Three Rivers District Council
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Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
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Torridge District Council
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Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
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Warwick District Council
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Watford Borough Council
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Wealden District Council
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Welwyn Hatfield Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Lancashire Borough Council
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West Lindsey District Council
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West Oxfordshire District Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Suffolk Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Woking Borough Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Worcester City Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wychavon District Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wyre Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wyre Forest District Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria