Criteria is met if there are multiple staff members employed on 3 days a week or more to be working on the combined authority's Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects equating to a given % of the overall staff team.
Data is not currently available to benchmark the exact % of staff that are working on implementing their Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects that will be valid for the points. This will be published with the complete methodology when the Scorecard results are published.
Staff is defined as all directly employed combined authority staff (excluding sub/contractors and agency staff). We accept contractors for the role of biodiversity planning officer as long as they are equivalent to 3 days or more a week.