Newham Council

The actions we track

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

  3.43Supporting

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

  2.54Supporting

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

  1.74Supporting

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

  1.44Supporting

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

  1.13Supporting

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

  0.93Supporting

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

  0.51Supporting

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

  0.36Supporting

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Co-design culturally inclusive menus (incl. plant-based options)

  0.00Neutral

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral