BCP Council

The actions we track

• Endorse/Adopt Plant-Based Treaty (motion/committee decision)

  7.00Supporting

• Require overseas programme screening that explicitly advances a plant-based food transition (Plant-Based Treaty aligned)

  6.00Supporting

• Adopt plant-forward / plant-based procurement policy

  4.00Supporting

• Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock land

  3.46Supporting

• Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targets

  2.75Supporting

• Public awareness campaigns for food transition (reduce meat/dairy, plant-rich)

  2.74Supporting

• Shift land ownership/control into community hands for green space, reforestation, and community food gardens (asset transfer/CLTs/right-to-buy where applicable)

  1.29Supporting

• Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)

  1.11Supporting

• Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)

  0.65Supporting

• Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)

  0.30Supporting

• Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)

  0.20Supporting

• Advocate for fiscal measures to discourage high-carbon meat/dairy and fund plant-based transition support

  0.00Neutral

• Catering contract specifications require plant-based default options and minimum plant-based share

  0.00Neutral

• Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)

  0.00Neutral

• Community cooking & food skills programmes (plant-based cooking)

  0.00Neutral

• Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop land

  0.00Neutral

• Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)

  0.00Neutral

• Designate and convert Marine Protected Areas into fully protected no-take / HPMA zones

  0.00Neutral

• Dietary guidelines updated to recommend reduced meat/dairy and plant-based food shift

  0.00Neutral

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  0.00Neutral

• Endorse Plant-Based Treaty / commit to national plant-based food transition

  0.00Neutral

• Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein crops

  0.00Neutral

• Green bonds and transition finance for plant-based food system shift

  0.00Neutral

• Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reporting

  0.00Neutral

• Integrate plant-based nutrition into JSNA / public health strategy

  0.00Neutral

• Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chains

  0.00Neutral

• Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council land

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & events

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based default / meat-free days in school meals (with dairy alternatives) and procurement alignment

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based default in school meals; revise school food standards to require plant-based options

  0.00Neutral

• Prioritize plant-based/vegan traders in markets & licensing

  0.00Neutral

• Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)

  0.00Neutral

• Reform farm subsidies and agri-environment schemes to reward reduced livestock density and shift to horticulture/plant-protein crops

  0.00Neutral

• Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)

  0.00Neutral

• Staff training on inclusive catering (cultural diets, vegan/vegetarian)

  0.00Neutral

• Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offerings

  0.00Neutral

• Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public catering

  0.00Neutral