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Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 16, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“Pledge to do what is within our powers, to work towards making Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council carbon neutral by 2030, taking into account both production and consumption emissions.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Climate Change Strategy 2020–2021

Climate Strategy · PDF · · Whole Area

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Climate Plan Scorecard

This council’s climate plans as of 20th September 2021 were assessed and scored by trained Climate Emergency UK volunteers, as part of the Council Climate Plan Scorecards project.

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SectionHinckley and Bosworth Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score15%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
3/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
1/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
1/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
5/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
1/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

484.6 ktCO2

Total 2019 emissions

4.3 tCO2

per person

1.6 ktCO2

per km2

7%

Commercial

35%

Domestic

22%

Industry

1%

Public Sector

35%

Transport

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities.

These councils are the most similar to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in terms of emissions profile, deprivation, rural/urban population density, and geographical nearness. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Central Bedfordshire Council83%No2030March 5, 2019
Staffordshire County Council83%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Warwickshire County Council82%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Gloucestershire County Council82%Yes2030May 15, 2019
Leicestershire County Council81%No2030May 15, 2019
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council80%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Tewkesbury Borough Council80%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
Worcestershire County Council79%Yes2030July 15, 2021
North Hertfordshire District Council79%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Gedling Borough Council78%Yes2030Nov. 20, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in terms of their emissions profile, based on the latest data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Maldon District Council93%No2030Feb. 4, 2021
Stroud District Council92%No2030Dec. 13, 2018
Caerphilly County Borough Council91%Yes2030June 4, 2019
East Suffolk Council90%No2030July 24, 2019
Pendle Borough Council86%Yes2030July 11, 2019
East Devon District Council86%Yes2040July 24, 2019
North Somerset Council85%Yes2030Feb. 19, 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council85%Yes2030May 21, 2019
South Ribble Borough Council84%Yes2030July 24, 2019
East Sussex County Council84%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019

These councils grographically border or overlap with Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
North West Leicestershire District Council97%Yes2030June 25, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council97%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Blaby District Council97%Yes2030No
North Warwickshire Borough Council95%No2030Oct. 22, 2019
Rugby Borough Council95%No2030July 18, 2019
Charnwood Borough Council95%Yes2030No

These councils are the most similar to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in high deprivation, medium deprivation, and low deprivation neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council98%Yes2025July 18, 2019
South Staffordshire Council97%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019
Hertfordshire County Council97%Yes2030July 16, 2019
New Forest District Council96%NoNo targetNov. 6, 2021
North West Leicestershire District Council96%Yes2030June 25, 2019
Dacorum Council95%Yes2050July 17, 2019
Tewkesbury Borough Council95%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council95%No2030No
Huntingdonshire District Council94%No2040No
Broadland District Council94%No2050No

These councils are the most similar to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in urban, rural, and highly rural neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Lichfield District Council97%NoNo targetDec. 10, 2019
Dover District Council96%Yes2030Nov. 4, 2019
Isle of Wight Council96%No2030July 24, 2019
Tandridge District Council95%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2020
Wyre Council95%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Buckinghamshire Council95%No2050No
Wrexham County Borough Council95%No2030Sept. 25, 2019
West Northamptonshire Council94%NoNo targetNo
Hart District Council94%Yes2040Sept. 1, 2019
North Northamptonshire Council94%No2030July 28, 2021

Powers & Responsibilities

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:

Council buildings and staff

Climate actions might include:

  • making council offices more energy efficient
  • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
  • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    Environmental health

    Climate actions might include:

    • reducing industrial emissions through air quality enforcement
    • bringing up insulation and energy efficiency standards through enforcement of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and Decent Homes Standard 2000, for cold and damp conditions in private rental and social housing

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Planning and building control

    Climate actions might include:

    • imposing reasonable requirements that new developments comply with energy efficiency standards and get a proportion of their energy from local, renewable sources (Planning and Energy Act, 2008)
    • incorporating additional energy performance standards into their Local Plan, for new works that require planning permission
    • using Area Action Plans to guide development proposals towards lower carbon emissions or more cycling and walking routes, for example
    • enforcing legislation that requires private rental properties to be of Energy Efficiency Rating E or above (Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2015)
    • funding energy efficiency improvements on existing homes, through initiatives such as Green Homes Grants

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Housing

    Climate actions might include:

    • setting energy standards above building regulations (Planning and Energy Act, 2008)
    • enabling housing associations to improve the energy efficiency of their housing stock through loans
    • where councils operate their own social housing, prioritising energy efficiency – for example, by requiring Passivhaus standard for newly built schemes

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Spending, procuring, and investing

    Climate actions might include:

    • embedding carbon impact assessment as part of the council’s budgeting and financial accountability process
    • utilising Public Works Loan Board loans or the Business Rates Retention Scheme to invest in emissions-reducing capital projects that otherwise wouldn’t get funded
    • specifying low carbon equipment and practices when procuring for relevant services from suppliers
    • prioritising positive environmental impacts during procurement, through the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
    Waste collection

    Climate actions might include:

    • establishing ‘Joint Waste Solutions’ with neighbouring councils, to get more value out of waste, recycling, and street cleaning contracts
    • running marketing campaigns to encourage residential recycling, reuse, and waste minimisation

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Read more about English local authority powers in the UK100 Power Shift report.

    More about this council

    hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk
    Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.
    Friends of the Earth ‘Near You’ tool
    Discover climate groups in this area, data about Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/hinckley-and-bosworth-borough-council/ [Accessed 25 Jun 2022].

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