Energy

A Cumbrian energy co-operative has announced plans to make energy from farm muck and help boost the region’s farming economy.


Co-operative Financial Services is backing legal action by the Beaver Lake Cree Nation to stop expansion of ecologically disastrous tar sand developments.

Co-op shoppers are being urged to sign an online pledge to help transform lives in Africa. 


The Co-operative Group has won the longest running and one of the most prestigious environmental awards in the UK. It received the top prize at the Business Commit-ment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Awards from Environment Minister David Milliband at a ceremony in London.

Investing in biofuels could backfire on companies according to Co-operative Insurance. The society says that while it supports the use of the environmentally-friendly fuel it is concerned about the potential environmental and social dangers if growth continues at its current rate. 

TWO major societies have signed agreements with Scottish Power and Scottish & Southern to generate "green" electricity for all outlets from October. Midcounties Co-op and Plymouth and South West Co-op announced their initiatives in line with the Government's longer-term aim of reducing CO2 emissions by 60 per cent. The green energy will come from small scale hydro and wind generators, landfill gases whereby the methane is burned to form energy and also from biomass where ...

CO-OPERATIVE Financial Services has won the EDF Energy Environmental Impact Award at Business in the Community's Awards for Excellence 2006 for taking initiative to tackle climate change. The award - in association with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment - is presented to companies that demonstrate excellence in tackling material environmental impacts and showing how these have been integrated into business processes.