2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

According to the council's own reporting, have the council's own greenhouse gas emissions reduced since 2019?

Question code
4.3b
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Emission data reduction
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
High

Criteria

Four-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if, using the councils' own reporting mechanisms, there has been a reduction of scope 1 and 2 emissions when comparing 2019 to 2022 (or financial years 2018/19 to 2022/23) data equal to or greater than 5% and lower than 10%.

Second tier criteria met if the emissions reduction has been greater than or equal to 10% and lower than 20%,

Third-tier criteria met if the reduction has been greater than or equal to 20% and lower than 40%.

Fourth-tier criteria met if the emission reduction has been greater than or equal to 40%.

We recognise that there is currently no standard way that all councils use to report on emissions. We will score councils' own calculations, despite the differences, as long as they fulfill the requirements in 3a.

Clarifications

Exact emission figures must be published so we are able to calculate/verify the decrease. For example, a stand alone overall percentage decrease number or a graph where you can’t read the actual figures is not valid.

Scope 1 emissions are greenhouse gas emissions that an organisation owns or controls directly, such as fuel burnt from council vehicles.

Scope 2 emissions are greenhouse gas emissions that an organisation produces indirectly when they purchase and use energy, such as the emissions created from the electricity the council buys to heat its offices.

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Essex County Council
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4/4
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4/4
Cambridgeshire County Council
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3/4
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▲ 3

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3/4
Derbyshire County Council
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3/4
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3/4
Devon County Council
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3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

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3/4
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

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3/4
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
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3/4
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
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3/4
Leicestershire County Council
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2/4
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2/4
West Sussex County Council
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2/4
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/4
Gloucestershire County Council
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0/4
2023 Difference
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0/4No emissions data from 2019 and 2022
Hampshire County Council
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0/4
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/4No emissions data from 2019 and 2022
Hertfordshire County Council
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0/4
2023 Difference
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0/4Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Kent County Council
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0/4
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0/4Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lancashire County Council
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0/4
2023 Difference
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0/4Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottinghamshire County Council
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0/4
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/4Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire County Council
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0/4
2023 Difference
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0/4Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warwickshire County Council
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0/4
2023 Difference
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0/4Evidence doesn't meet criteria