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    Amsterdam city council allocates funding for housing co-op projects

    The council thinks co-ops can help to address the lack of affordable housing

    8 months ago
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    European blueberry co-op brings together Dutch and German growers

    'It was a long-cherished wish to group ourselves and to take care of our own sales'

    2 years ago
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    Dutch dairy co-op to pay farmers a premium for hitting sustainability standards

    FrieslandCampina’s new Top Dairy range will reward farmers who meet targets on biodiversity, animal welfare and carbon emissions

    3 years ago
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    Keynote speakers announced for this year’s ICA research conference

    Wiebe Draijer from Rabobank, Simel Esim from the ILO and Prof Murray Fulton from the University of Saskatchewan will address delegates

    3 years ago
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    Dutch dairy co-op to install solar panels on 310 farm rooftops

    Chief executive Roelof Joosten says he wants the agricultural sector to ‘play an even more important role in the energy transition’

    3 years ago
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    Lessons from the Netherlands: Dilemmas of old and new co-ops

    Co-op News speaks to Arjen van Nuland, chief executive of the Netherlands Co-operative Council, about the challenges facing the sector in his country

    3 years ago
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    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...

    4 years ago
  • Agriculture

    Rabobank offering financial support for projects in rural areas

    Dutch financial co-operative Rabobank is giving grants and loans for projects in rural areas. The financial support is offered through the Rabobank Foundation, established in 1973 to help other co-ops and member-based organisations achieve sustainable economic...

    5 years ago
  • New governance code for co-operatives in the Netherlands

    The Dutch National Cooperative Council (NCR) has released a new governance code that co-ops can use to modify management structures as well as to improve day-to-day management and supervision. NCR published its first governance code in 2005,...

    5 years ago
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    Keeping values in international co-operatives

    Arnold Kuijpers, executive vice president of the Dutch co-operative bank Rabobank, tackled the issue of his bank’s damaging LIBOR scandal head-on in comments made to delegates at the International Summit of Cooperatives in Quebec.  The...

    6 years ago
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