2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council have a sustainable procurement policy that includes an area wide net zero target and makes tackling the climate emergency one of its main priorities?

Question code
4.6a
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Procurement
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council has a stand alone environmental or sustainable procurement policy, or a complete section on Sustainable or Responsible Procurement, Climate Change or Action or something similar within their procurement policy that makes explicit reference to the council's Climate Action Plan and clearly includes an area-wide net zero target date.

Clarifications

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

Question performance by council type

Points distribution county councils

0 points

17 county councils

1 point

4 county councils

This question was introduced in the 2025 Action Scorecards and has no historical data for comparison.

Scores and evidence county councils

CouncilScoreEvidence
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference

Evidence

1/1
Leicestershire County Council1/1
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference

Evidence

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

Evidence

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