London Borough of Islington
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#23 of 69London Borough of Islington has passed 8 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 1 earlier commitment has not been reaffirmed in over 2 years. Insufficient public-facing documents to assess communications vs delivery alignment. No public forum or petition data found — pressure cannot be assessed. The trajectory is improving — more recent decisions support plant-based transition than older ones.
Total impact score
19.64
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
11
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
1.79
Meetings processed: 3265 · Evidence spans: 40
Behaviour profile
Active
↗ Improving · ⚠ 1 stale commitment
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GreenWash alignment
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Public claims vs formal delivery
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Public pressure
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Public demand vs council response
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Data coverage·632 meetings·2026 docs·last: Dec 2026
Council behaviour profile
Active⚠
1 commitment not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)· last seen Mar 2023
- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition0 signals
- Commitments dropped
Based on formal council meeting records
Alignment: Actions vs Public Claims
Insufficient dataFewer than 2 public-facing documents found — not enough data to compute an alignment index.
Based on 0 public-facing documents
Public Pressure vs Council Response
Insufficient dataNo public forum or petition documents found — not enough data to measure public pressure.
Based on 0 public pressure documents (public forum packs, petitions)
Scored actions
Click an action to see scoring breakdown and evidence snippets.
| Action | Category | Stance | Body | Mentions | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipaction 16View action page → | Inter-Council Collaboration | Supporting | — | 2 | 16 Jan 2025 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CouncilEnvironment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny CommitteeExecutive+2 | 37 | 10 Mar 2026 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | — | 1 | 03 Mar 2025 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Supporting | CouncilEnvironment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny CommitteeExecutive+1 | 46 | 27 Nov 2025 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Environment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny Committee | 2 | 10 Mar 2026 |
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)action 65View action page → | Food Access & Justice: PBT Redirect | Supporting | Executivethe CommitteeThe Committee | 5 | 14 Apr 2026 |
Reform farm subsidies and agri-environment schemes to reward reduced livestock density and shift to horticulture/plant-protein cropsaction 27View action page → | National Advocacy | Supporting | Environment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny CommitteeExecutiveOverview and Scrutiny Committee+1 | 11 | 10 Mar 2026 |
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Supporting | Council | 1 | 02 Mar 2023 |
Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targetsaction 58View action page → | Climate Adaptation & Nature-Based Solutions: RESTORE | Neutral | — | 2 | 25 Sep 2025 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Neutral | CouncilEnvironment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny CommitteePlanning Committee | 8 | 25 Sep 2025 |
Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offeringsaction 48View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Neutral | — | 2 | 25 Sep 2025 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred5 docs25 Sep 2025
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)Deferred4 docs25 Sep 2025
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)Proposed2 docs11 Dec 2025
Detected by pattern matching in agendas, work programmes, and meeting records. Confidence ≥ 0.55 · ≥ 2 documents · not yet showing as formally supported.
Data last published: 13 Jun 2026, 03:41 BST· pbt_v2
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