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  • Corporate Performance Report Quarter 3 2025/26

Corporate Performance Report Quarter 3 2025 to 2026

Purpose and recommendations

This paper presents the third quarterly corporate performance report of this fiscal year, covering the period October 2025 – December 2025. This is the second year of our Corporate Plan.

In our Annual Operating Plan 2025/26, we set out a refreshed corporate performance measurement framework. This outlined a suite of performance measures aligned to our corporate plan priorities. We will use these performance measures to assess our progress in delivering this plan throughout the year. 

The Agency Board is asked to:

  • Discuss and note the Agency’s performance against the measures set out in the Annual Operating Plan 2025/26. This includes delivering against 14 key results in Q3 (two ahead of schedule), and that we are forecasting partial delivery against four OKRs by the end of this year with reasons noted.  

Authors: Helen Hine, Senior Business Consultant - Performance Reporting and Planning; Susan Deakin, Senior Business Consultant - Performance Reporting and Planning; and Darren McKay, Performance Manager.

Corporate Leadership Team (CLT) Sponsor: Kirsty Campbell, Chief Officer Governance, Performance and Engagement.

Date: 13 February 2026

1. Introduction

1.1. We introduced a revised performance measurement framework, as part of the Annual Operating Plan 2025/26 development, which strengthens where we expect to see impact in year and better quantifies what success looks like.

1.2. At the end of each quarter, we provide a corporate performance report to describe our progress towards achieving the performance measures set out in the Annual Operating Plan 2025/26. The attached report summarises our performance for quarter two.

2. Overview

2.1. We have refreshed our corporate performance report in line with our revised performance measurement framework. We now quantify and describe progress against our agreed OKRs and KPIs, aligned to each of our Corporate Plan priority themes as well as several key milestones (when relevant).

2.2. We have used good practice for reporting OKRs and have followed the principles for performance reporting set out in the Scottish Government Framework Agreement for SEPA and the Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM). We also considered feedback from the Board Performance Champion.

2.3. We have kept this performance report concise and factual and have detailed progress over the quarter.

2.4. We will ensure all text, graphs, colours, images, and tables used in the report are accessible for publication.

2.5. Colleague consultation and engagement: The Head of Environmental & Regulatory Legal reviewed the paper. Comments provided by CLT have also been actioned. 

3. Recommendations

3.1. The Agency Board is asked to discuss and note the Agency’s performance against the measures set out in the Annual Operating Plan 2025/26. This includes delivering against 14 key results in Q3 (two ahead of schedule), and that we are forecasting partial delivery against four OKRs by the end of this year with reasons noted.

Read the Corporate Performance Report for quarter 3 (MS Word, 406 kB)