2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Is the council working in partnership with local businesses to encourage decarbonisation?

Question code
6.10
Section
Collaboration & Engagement
Topic
Partnerships - Businesses
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council provides support or free tailored advice to businesses in the local area to decarbonise, including through collaborative measures with local businesses, other local authorities, or via the Local Enterprise Partnership.

Clarifications

Examples of support for businesses to decarbonise include funding environmental audits for businesses, free training such as carbon literacy training, or grants to support businesses to decarbonise their properties.

This can include initiatives with other councils including county and district partnerships, provided that the council signposts this work from their website. This question will include schemes that have been available at some point since 1st January 2023, in order to include funds released in waves that may not be open at the time of marking.

Question performance by council type

Points distribution Northern Irish councils

0 points

4 Northern Irish councils

1 point

7 Northern Irish councils

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Rising and falling Northern Irish councils

33
councils scored higher in 2025
11
councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence Northern Irish councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Belfast City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Mid Ulster District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found