Cardiff Council
Walescouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#22 of 69Cardiff Council has passed 9 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 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
20.10
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
18
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
1.12
Meetings processed: 8706 · Evidence spans: 83
Behaviour profile
Active
↗ Improving
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GreenWash alignment
–
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·1861 meetings·4865 docs·last: Apr 2027
Council behaviour profile
Active- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition0 signals
- Commitments dropped0 actions
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 | Environmental Scrutiny CommitteeFull Council | 4 | 11 Sep 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 | CabinetCouncilthe Independent Remuneration PanelProposed by: Adrian RobsonAndrea Gibson+3 | 129 | 28 May 2026 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Supporting | CabinetEnvironmental Scrutiny CommitteePlanning Committee | 19 | 30 Jan 2025 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetEnvironmental Scrutiny CommitteeFull Council+1 | 48 | 26 Mar 2026 |
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingaction 64View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CabinetEnvironmental Scrutiny Committee | 5 | 18 Jul 2024 |
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)action 67View action page → | Agricultural Policy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | Cabinet | 1 | 18 Dec 2025 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetEnvironmental Scrutiny CommitteeFull Council+1 | 13 | 04 Feb 2026 |
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)action 20View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Cabinet | 3 | 18 Dec 2025 |
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 | CabinetEnvironmental Scrutiny CommitteeFull Council+1 | 32 | 19 Mar 2026 |
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 | CabinetPlanning Committee | 5 | 18 Dec 2025 |
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)action 54View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Planning Committee | 3 | 04 Jun 2026 |
Dietary guidelines updated to recommend reduced meat/dairy and plant-based food shiftaction 26View action page → | National Advocacy | Neutral | Full Council | 1 | 21 Jul 2022 |
Education in schools to reduce animal-based food consumption (curriculum/resources/programmes)action 68View action page → | Public Engagement & Education: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Full Council | 1 | 28 Nov 2024 |
Green bonds and transition finance for plant-based food system shiftaction 69View action page → | Finance & Investment: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Environmental Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 24 Feb 2026 |
Integrate plant-based nutrition into JSNA / public health strategyaction 13View action page → | Health & Equity Integration | Neutral | Environmental Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 13 Oct 2022 |
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council landaction 53View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Environmental Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 15 Jan 2026 |
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Neutral | Full Council | 3 | 28 Nov 2024 |
Shift land ownership/control into community hands for green space, reforestation, and community food gardens (asset transfer/CLTs/right-to-buy where applicable)action 62View action page → | Community Land & Ownership: RESTORE | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 31 Mar 2023 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedDeclare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)Proposed12 docs26 Mar 2026
Planning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred2 docs09 Oct 2025
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)Proposed2 docs12 Jan 2023
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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