Netherlands
Netherlands
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AgricultureDutch 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’
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AgricultureLessons 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
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EconomyEurope, 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...
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AgricultureRabobank 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...
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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,...
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Banking and InsuranceKeeping 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...
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Regional OrganisationsTop 100 Dutch co-operatives revealed
The Dutch Cooperative Council has released a list of its top 100 co-operatives.
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AgricultureRabobank aims to collect 5,000 statements in support of co-ops
The international banking co-operative, Rabobank, is aiming to collect over 5,000 statements about the values of co-operatives for its new internet forum. Contributors are being challenged to answer two questions on co-operatives and sustainability in...
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Business
Big thanks to these co-ops
The ICA would like to extend warm and sincere thanks to the following co-operatives from all around the world who have all donated to the ICA’s Global Appeal for the International Year of Co-operatives: Belarussian...
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Banking and Insurance
We’ve come a long way together
Today marks ICMIF’s 90th anniversary. On April, 25, 1922, 12 delegates from five insurance cooperatives met in the offices of the Lega Cooperativa in Rome. Mr Joseph Lemaire, Chief Executive of La Prévoyance Sociale in...