Here is the report Ariane Burgess MSP references above:

Restoring Nature to Deliver a Just Transition to Net Zero - A holistic agenda for scaling up investment in woodlands and peatlands.

By @hannawheatley.bsky.social & @lmacfarlane.bsky.social

www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

Community Wealth Building succeeds when policy, practice and movements are interlaced - at community, local and national levels.

⬇️ To learn more, download From Ambition to Action: Scaling Up Community Wealth Building in Scotland

www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

13/13

If done well, the Community Wealth Building Bill could mark a decisive shift in Scotland’s economic direction, and set a precedent beyond our borders.

But passing legislation does not ensure delivery of CWB.

It’s the start of a longer journey.

12/13

The report sets out recommendations to go beyond the Bill, including:

📦 Expanding progressive procurement
🔄 Growing plural ownership
🌳 Democratising land ownership
💷 Strengthening community finance
👷 Advancing fair work and just labour markets

11/13

To advance CWB in Scotland, three elements must move together:

➡️ Practice on the ground
➡️ Networks and movement-building
➡️ Policy and legislation

10/13

🗝️ CWB is about practice, not just policy.

Legislation should unlock the potential of local strategies to maximise impact. Central government must enable decentralised decision-making.

9/13

Our report highlights key areas where the CWB Bill falls short:

🟡 Ambiguity over whether CWB is a core economic development duty
🟡 Limited clarity on resourcing, support, and implementation
🟡The risk of centralisation, dilution and contradictory policy signals.

8/13

The new Community Wealth Building Bill takes this further by:

🗓️ Requiring national & local CWB statements & action plans
📔 Embedding CWB in public sector planning
📕 Creating statutory guidance for implementation

A significant step, but incomplete.

7/13

Scotland’s CWB journey is already underway. Inspired by Cleveland and Preston, @north-ayrshire.bsky.social became Scotland’s first CWB council in 2020.

Since then, councils across the country have embraced a model that shifts wealth, ownership and control of assets into communities.

6/13

CWB has been shaped by practice, from @democracycollab.bsky.social to @clesthinkdo.bsky.social & centres on 5 pillars:

🌳 Socially just use of land & property
🔄 Plural ownership
💷 Making financial power work for local places
👷 Fair employment & just labour markets
📦 Progressive procurement

5/13

But legislation alone won’t deliver the full potential of community wealth building.

To succeed, Scotland’s approach must be rooted in the traditions CWB comes from:

➡️ Economic democracy
➡️ Democratic ownership
➡️ Bold asset-based economic & social movements that build power from the ground up

4/13

If implemented with conviction, the Bill could confront Scotland’s deepest economic failures head-on:

⚖️ Persistent inequality
🚸 Child poverty
💸 An extractive investment model that benefits distant shareholders, not local places

3/13

In March, the Scottish Government introduced the world’s first Community Wealth Building Bill - an attempt to hardwire this economic model into law.

The first nation to do this, it is an ambitious move, and rightly so.

2/13