2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council have a sustainable food strategy?

Question code
7.4a
Section
Waste Reduction & Food
Topic
Food Strategy
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the strategy or work plan covers the whole council area (sometimes called place-based) and includes sections on sustainable food or the climate impacts of food.
The strategy must cover 6 months or more.

Clarifications

The strategy is not valid for a mark if it only focuses on council only operations, or only focuses on healthy eating and obesity.

Question performance by council type

Points distribution county councils

0 points

13 county councils

1 point

8 county 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 county councils

55
councils scored higher in 2025
00
councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence county councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Devon County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

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

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found