Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Criteria met if climate action (alternatively called sustainability or environment) is listed as one of the council's core priorities or equivalent. It must have its own heading or section and a net zero target date must be referenced.
The net zero target date must clearly be an area-wide target, either the UK Government's national target, the devolved nation's target or the council's area-wide net zero target.
A mid-term Financial Plan is a plan (often covering four years) which sets out the council's commitment to provide services that meet the needs of people locally and that represent value for money within the overall resources available to the council.
We will accept other language for target dates, such as carbon neutrality.
Wording such as net zero, without a specific target date, is not valid for a mark.
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.
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Derbyshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Gloucestershire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Kent County Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Norfolk County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Oxfordshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Surrey County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Devon County Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Sussex County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Essex County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hampshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Lancashire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Leicestershire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Lincolnshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Nottinghamshire County Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Staffordshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Suffolk County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Warwickshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Sussex County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Worcestershire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |