Sheffield City Council

The actions we track

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

  5.00Supporting

• Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnership

  5.00Supporting

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

  4.00Supporting

• Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)

  4.00Supporting

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

  4.00Supporting

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

  3.68Supporting

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

  3.00Supporting

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

  1.56Supporting

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

  1.43Supporting

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

  0.24Supporting

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

  0.00Neutral

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  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

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Targeted plant-based food voucher / cash-first support to reduce food insecurity

  0.00Neutral