2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the councils' procurement policy require tenders to take action to reduce waste, carbon emissions or other environmental actions?

Question code
4.6b
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Procurement
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Medium

Criteria

Two-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the council has a mandatory requirement for tenders to do any of the following:
- Demonstrate how they will meet energy efficiency requirements or minimise energy consumption.
- Demonstrate how they will minimise waste in their products and services. This could be through recycled, natural, biodegradable or renewable materials being used, through not using single use plastic or other non-recyclable materials or through ensuring products and services last for as long as possible.

Second tier criteria met if the council's procurement policy includes any of the following:
- The council aims to source low or zero carbon energy wherever possible.
- The council aims to phase out the use of fossil fuels from their council fleet.
- The council references the waste hierarchy in its policy, for example by stating that it encourages the councils to consider if repeat procurement requests are always needed.

Clarifications

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Question performance

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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
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Brighton and Hove City Council
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Bristol City Council
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City of Edinburgh Council
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City of London
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Inverclyde Council
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London Borough of Ealing2/2
London Borough of Hackney
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London Borough of Islington
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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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London Borough of Wandsworth
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Manchester City Council
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North Somerset Council
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Northumberland Council
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
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Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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Glasgow City Council
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London Borough of Brent
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London Borough of Haringey
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London Borough of Lewisham
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London Borough of Merton
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London Borough of Southwark
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North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
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Nottingham City Council
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Plymouth City Council
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Southampton City Council
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Telford & Wrekin Council
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The Highland Council
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Vale of Glamorgan Council
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West Berkshire Council
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Wolverhampton City Council
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Angus Council
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Bath and North East Somerset Council
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Bedford Borough Council
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Birmingham City Council
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Blackpool Borough Council
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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
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Bridgend County Borough Council
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Buckinghamshire Council
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
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Caerphilly County Borough Council
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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Cardiff Council
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Carmarthenshire County Council
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Central Bedfordshire Council
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Ceredigion County Council
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Cheshire West and Chester Council
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City of York Council
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Clackmannanshire Council
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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Conwy County Borough Council
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Cornwall Council (Unitary)
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Coventry City Council
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Cumberland Council
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Darlington Borough Council
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Derby City Council
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Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
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Dorset Council
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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Dundee City Council
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Durham County Council
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East Ayrshire Council
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East Dunbartonshire Council
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East Lothian Council
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East Renfrewshire Council
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East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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Fife Council
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Flintshire County Council
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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
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Gwynedd County Council
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Halton Borough Council
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Hartlepool Borough Council
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Herefordshire Council
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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
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Kirklees Council
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Leeds City Council
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Leicester City Council
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Liverpool City Council
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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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London Borough of Barnet
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London Borough of Bexley
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London Borough of Bromley
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London Borough of Camden
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London Borough of Croydon
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London Borough of Enfield
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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London Borough of Havering
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London Borough of Hounslow
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London Borough of Newham
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London Borough of Redbridge
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London Borough of Sutton
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Luton Borough Council
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Medway Council
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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
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Middlesbrough Borough Council
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Midlothian Council
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Milton Keynes
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Monmouthshire County Council
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
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Newport City Council
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North Ayrshire Council
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North East Lincolnshire Council
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North Lanarkshire Council
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North Lincolnshire Council
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North Northamptonshire Council
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North Yorkshire Council
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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Orkney Islands Council
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Pembrokeshire County Council
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Perth and Kinross Council
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Peterborough City Council
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Portsmouth City Council
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Powys County Council
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Reading Borough Council
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Redcar and Cleveland Council
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Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Royal Borough of Greenwich
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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Rutland County Council
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Salford City Council
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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
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Scottish Borders Council
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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
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Sheffield City Council
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Shetland Islands Council
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Shropshire Council - Unitary
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Slough Borough Council
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
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Somerset Council
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South Ayrshire Council
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Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
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South Gloucestershire Council
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South Lanarkshire Council
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St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
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Stirling Council
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council
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Sunderland City Council
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Swansea City Council
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Swindon Borough Council
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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
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The Moray Council
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Thurrock Council
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Torbay Council
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Torfaen County Borough Council
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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
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Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
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Warrington Borough Council
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West Dunbartonshire Council
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West Lothian Council
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Westmorland and Furness Council
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West Northamptonshire Council
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
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Wiltshire Council
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Wirral Council
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Wokingham Borough Council
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Wrexham County Borough Council
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