Bristol City Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#2 of 69Bristol City Council has passed 18 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 10 earlier commitments have 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 regressing — fewer recent decisions support plant-based transition than in prior years.
Total impact score
49.28
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
28
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
1.76
Meetings processed: 4578 · Evidence spans: 63
Behaviour profile
Active
↘ Regressing · ⚠ 10 stale commitments
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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·1208 meetings·4194 docs·last: Mar 2027
Council behaviour profile
Active⚠
10 commitments not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Green bonds and transition finance for plant-based food system shift· last seen Jul 2022
- Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)· last seen Nov 2022
- Plant-based default / meat-free days in school meals (with dairy alternatives) and procurement alignment· last seen Nov 2022
- Plant-based options standards for social care, care homes & NHS settings· last seen Nov 2022
- Deforestation-free supply chains: no ecosystem clearing for animal farming; mandatory trade deal clauses· last seen Dec 2022
- Endorse/Adopt Plant-Based Treaty (motion/committee decision)· last seen Dec 2022
- Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)· last seen Dec 2022
- Prioritize plant-based/vegan traders in markets & licensing· last seen Dec 2022
- Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offerings· last seen Dec 2022
- Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public catering· last seen Dec 2022
- 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 1 public-facing document
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Endorse/Adopt Plant-Based Treaty (motion/committee decision)action 6View action page → | Governance & Strategy | Supporting | CouncilFull CouncilProposed by: Jos ClarkProposed by: Brown | 2 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Cabinet and again by the Transport & Connectivity Policy Committeethis spending was not allocated by a Policy CommitteeStrategy and Resources Policy Committee | 4 | 17 Jul 2026 |
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipaction 16View action page → | Inter-Council Collaboration | Supporting | CouncilHealth Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee of Public Health and Communities Policy Committee)Strategy and Resources Policy CommitteeProposed by: Brown | 4 | 04 Mar 2025 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Children and Young People Policy CommitteeEconomy and Skills Policy CommitteeEnvironment and Sustainability Policy Committee+5 | 100 | 31 Mar 2027 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Full CouncilPublic Health and Communities Policy CommitteeProposed by: Jos Clark | 2 | 10 Oct 2025 |
Plant-based default / meat-free days in school meals (with dairy alternatives) and procurement alignmentaction 41View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Supporting | CouncilProposed by: Brown | 1 | 08 Nov 2022 |
Plant-based options standards for social care, care homes & NHS settingsaction 42View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Supporting | CouncilProposed by: Brown | 1 | 08 Nov 2022 |
Prioritize plant-based/vegan traders in markets & licensingaction 32View action page → | Planning & Regulation | Supporting | Full CouncilProposed by: Jos Clark | 1 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | Children and Young People Policy CommitteeCouncilEconomy and Skills Policy CommitteeProposed by: King DateProposed by: Brown+5 | 35 | 26 Mar 2026 |
Deforestation-free supply chains: no ecosystem clearing for animal farming; mandatory trade deal clausesaction 71View action page → | Land Use & Deforestation: PBT Relinquish | Supporting | Full CouncilProposed by: Jos Clark | 1 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Green bonds and transition finance for plant-based food system shiftaction 69View action page → | Finance & Investment: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CouncilFull CouncilProposed by: King DateProposed by: Brown | 4 | 05 Jul 2022 |
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingaction 64View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CouncilEnvironment and Sustainability Policy CommitteeFull CouncilProposed by: BrownProposed by: Jos Clark | 4 | 26 Sep 2024 |
Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offeringsaction 48View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Supporting | Councillor Andrew Brown be appointed as Chair of the Audit CommitteeFull Councilthe allocation of CommitteeProposed by: DyerCheney+2 | 2 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public cateringaction 49View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Supporting | Full CouncilProposed by: Jos Clark | 1 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)action 65View action page → | Food Access & Justice: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CouncilProposed by: Brown | 1 | 08 Nov 2022 |
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 | Children and Young People Policy CommitteeEconomy and Skills Policy CommitteeEnvironment and Sustainability Policy Committee+5 | 29 | 13 Apr 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 | Full CouncilPublic Health and Communities Policy Committee | 4 | 23 Aug 2024 |
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Supporting | CouncilFull CouncilProposed by: BrownProposed by: Jos Clark | 2 | 22 Dec 2022 |
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 | Environment and Sustainability Policy CommitteeTransport & Connectivity Policy Committee | 3 | 26 Mar 2026 |
Community cooking & food skills programmes (plant-based cooking)action 44View action page → | Public Engagement & Education | Neutral | Full Council | 1 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | Environment and Sustainability Policy CommitteeFull CouncilPublic Health and Communities Policy Committee | 5 | 10 Oct 2025 |
Integrate plant-based nutrition into JSNA / public health strategyaction 13View action page → | Health & Equity Integration | Neutral | Public Health and Communities Policy Committee | 1 | 23 Aug 2024 |
Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & eventsaction 31View action page → | Planning & Regulation | Neutral | Public Health and Communities Policy Committee | 1 | 23 Aug 2024 |
Plant-based default in school meals; revise school food standards to require plant-based optionsaction 29View action page → | National Advocacy | Neutral | Children and Young People Policy Committee | 2 | 22 Jan 2026 |
Plant-based pledges & public challenges (Veganuary, Meat Free Monday)action 10View action page → | Governance & Strategy | Neutral | Full Council | 3 | 11 Jul 2023 |
Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)action 36View action page → | Planning & Regulation: RELINQUISH | Neutral | Economy and Skills Policy Committee | 1 | 22 Sep 2025 |
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 | Full CouncilPublic Health and Communities Policy Committee | 2 | 20 Mar 2026 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | Children and Young People Policy CommitteeEconomy and Skills Policy CommitteeEnvironment and Sustainability Policy Committee+2 | 27 | 31 Mar 2027 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedRegional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipDeferred2 docs04 Mar 2025
Planning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred2 docs26 Mar 2026
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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