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DemocracyCo-op Group annual meeting looks at achievements and aspirations
In opening his first annual meeting as chief executive, Steve Murrells said the Co-op Group has made membership meaningful again. “Last year we announced that our Co-op was back to being Co-op. We are back...
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BusinessCo-op Group to donate funds from all bottled water sold to the One Foundation, AGM told
The Group has been working with the One Foundation on projects to deliver water sanitation and hygiene projects to Kenya and Malawi
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DemocracyMotions for Co-op Group AGM include political funding, modern slavery and executive pay
Resolutions include calls to narrow pay ratios in the company, to continue links with the Co-op Party, and to support developing world producers after Brexit
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DemocracyCo-op members asked to vote in the run-up to AGM
The Co-operative Group is inviting members to help shape the business by voting on motions put to its annual general meeting, the election of member nominated directors (MNDs) and local representatives for the members’ council....
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BusinessWhat have co-ops been doing on International Women’s Day?
The International Co-operative Alliance has published a statement highlighting how “the world of labour is a crucial scenario for the development of women and men in which wide gaps and gender disparities persist”. Women are...
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DemocracyInternational Women’s Day 2017
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “Be Bold For Change” – but how is the co-operative movement taking up the baton? Equality is one of the core values of the co-operative movement and...
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CommunityHow can co-operative women be bold for change?
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “Be Bold For Change” … we asked four co-operative women how the co-op movement – and women co-operators – can make this happen… Dr. Chiyoge B. Sifa...
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BusinessWhat is the relationship between employee engagement and productivity?
Wide-ranging research into the links between employee engagement and higher productivity will be presented at the Co-operative Retail Conference next month. The event, which brings leaders from the UK’s consumer-owned retail co-ops to Stratford-upon-Avon on 3-5 March, will see Unai Elorza,...
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DemocracyDonald Trump government urged to back co-ops in overseas development
The US Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) has written to US president Donald Trump highlighting why co-ops should keep their important role in the country’s foreign policy. OCDC brings together organisations committed to promoting co-operatives and sustainable international...
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DemocracyMutual Guarantee Societies Bill passes first reading in Parliament
A ten-minute rule bill to make provisions for the creation of mutual guarantee societies has passed the first reading in Parliament. The law would enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to form mutual guarantee societies...