The Scottish Government Net Zero Directorates are a group of Directorates of the Scottish Government. The group was created in July 2021, with Agriculture & Rural Economy, Marine (formerly known as Marine Scotland), Energy & Climate Change, Environment & Forestry, Transport Scotland, Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry moving from the Economy Directorates.
The individual Directorates within the DG (Director-General) Net Zero family (the Net Zero Directorates) report to the Director-General, Roy Brannen.[1]
There is no direct relationship between Ministers and the Directorates. However, the activities of the Directorates include those under the purview of the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy, Mairi McAllan MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop MSP and the Cabinet Secretary for Land Reform, Rural Affairs and Islands Mairi Gougeon MSP. They are supported in their work by the Minister for Energy and the Environment, the Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights and the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity.
The overarching Scottish Government Directorates were preceded by similar structures called "Departments" that no longer exist (although the word is still sometimes erroneously used in this context).[2] As an overarching unit, the Net Zero Directorates incorporate a number of individual Directorates entitled:
The Directorates are responsible for three agencies:
The Directorates also sponsor several non-departmental public bodies including:
and share with the UK Government and other administrations in sponsorship of the Sea Fish Industry Authority, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board and the British Wool Marketing Board.
Before the creation of the Net Zero Directorates in June 2021, the group of directorates were part of the Environment Directorates. Prior to 2007, the work had been carried out by the old Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD).