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  • Business

    Green light for Swiss Coop takeover of German drinks company

    The European Commission says it does not raise competition concerns

    4 years ago
  • Banking and Insurance

    New documentary tells the story of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

    The 45 minute documentary pays tribute to the founder of co-operative banking

    5 years ago
  • Energy

    Citizen’s wind projects favoured in Germany’s drive for renewable energy

    Regulators have run a competitive awards system to grant licences to generate more than 1GW

    6 years ago
  • Economy

    B20 final recommendations highlight co-ops’ potential in employment, SMEs growth and education

    The B20's final set of policy recommendations to the G20 includes mentions of how the co-op model can contribute in different sectors

    6 years ago
  • Economy

    Europe, renewables and the future of community energy

    In its recently released Clean Energy Package, the European Commission finally acknowledged that energy communities – such as co-operatives – have a major role to play in Europe’s energy transition. On 30 November, 2016, the...

    6 years ago
  • Economy

    Book review: How Germany’s energy revolution solves more than just climate change

    The first chapter of Energy Democracy is titled ‘Energiewende: The Solution to More Problems than Climate Change’. This sets the tone of the book – for the success of Germany’s energy transition (‘Energiewende’) project lies...

    6 years ago
  • Banking and Insurance

    How should co-operative banks deal with the negative rates dilemma?

    A small German co-operative bank, Raiffeisenbank Gmund, has introduced a negative interest rate on deposits. Well, not all deposits. Just large ones. Very large ones, in fact. The little bank, in picturesque Tegernsee in the Bavarian...

    6 years ago
  • Community involvement is key to successful renewable energy projects, Dr Andreas Wieg tells delegates at the 2016 Community Energy Conference
    Community

    NIMBYism, co-operatives and Germany’s Energy Transition

    The number of energy co-operatives in Germany has grown from eight to over 800 in a decade – the sector has 160,000 members and now accounts for 10% of all German co-ops. One of the reasons...

    7 years ago
  • Community

    Food share co-op in Berlin faces closure

    A co-operative in Berlin aims to stop food waste in the city through a simple initiative of sharing food – but it faces a stiff challenge to keep running. Foodsharing began in 2012. Every day,...

    7 years ago
  • Energy

    The highs and lows of community energy across Europe

    As the great and the good of Europe’s community energy movement gathered in Paris at COP21. There was a palpable sense of optimism given the successful development of the Paris Agreement, and the encouragement this...

    7 years ago
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