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Politics & Legal

ICA looks at questions around national co-op law

February 5, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Federations and co-op apexes

Opinion: Co-operation, global politics and dangerous times

February 5, 2026
Co-operative News
Peter Hunt of Mutuo warns the co-op movement to tread carefully when it comes to undemocratic regimes
Federations and co-op apexes

Cicopa launches study of global industrial and service co-op sector

February 4, 2026
Miles Hadfield
The network represents an estimated 52,767 co-ops, employing over 2.1 million workers
Credit Unions

Abcul and BSA urge reform to drive credit union and building society growth

February 4, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Agriculture

Grain co-op Openfield reports £50k annual profit

February 4, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Federations and co-op apexes

Meet… Giuseppe Guerini, president of Cooperatives Europe

February 3, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Equality

Community land trusts: Building a different kind of wealth

February 3, 2026
Alice Toomer-McAlpine

What is Co-op News and what do we do?

Co-op News is a magazine and news website about and for the global co-op movement

We connect, challenge and champion co-ops and co-operators around the world, through fair and objective journalism, and open and honest comment and debate. We are published by the Co-operative Press co-operative and are fully accountable to our members. To join and become a member-owner of Co-op News, find out more here.

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Development

Kenya’s Co-op University plans solar development to supply grid

February 5, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Community business

Government must do more to save community pubs, warns Plunkett UK

February 5, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Federations and co-op apexes

Cooperazione Trentina turns 130 – and looks to its future

February 5, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Retail

Co-op Group plans 18 new stores and openings in first quarter

February 4, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Banking and Insurance

Triodos becomes the first international bank to secure Fair Tax Mark

February 4, 2026
Alice Toomer-McAlpine
Fairtrade

Revolver Co‑operative tops Ethical Consumer rankings for coffee and tea

February 2, 2026
Rebecca Harvey

Spotlight: Co-operation in times of displacement

Community business

PINF Forum explores the future of independent local news

November 4, 2025
Anca Voinea
Development

Securing livelihoods while preserving Palestine’s art of embroidery 

August 11, 2025
Anca Voinea
Development

Britain’s co-op sector is lagging behind – so what can it learn from abroad?

July 30, 2025
Anca Voinea

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Editor’s pick

Education

Shaping co-operative leaders through co-operative academic education

November 13, 2025
Anca Voinea
Pursuing a postgraduate degree while working full-time can be both challenging and rewarding, something graduates of the International Centre for Co-operative Management (ICCM) at Saint Mary’s University know too well. …
Agriculture

Why co-operatives are key to climate and development

November 13, 2025
Co-operative News
By Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of ITC, and Fátima Torres, president of the UNICAFES Confederation

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