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Obituary: Johnston Birchall, a scholar and champion for the co-op movement

The Stirling University professor spent 30 years studying the movement, including an important report on co-op…

OCDC research highlights the co-operative difference in four countries

The report looks at co-ops in Kenya, Peru, Philippines and Poland

TED Talk on co-operatives reaches half a million views

Themed - The case for co-ops, the invisible giant of the economy - the talk focused…

World Credit Union Day to focus on building financial health

Credit unions will celebrate ICU Day 2021 on Thursday, 21 October

Co-operatives intensify efforts to tackle Covid-19 in India and Nepal

Co-operatives in India and across the world are making a difference with a range of initiatives

Fairtrade Covid-19 fund supports 500,000 farmers and their co-ops

The fund has been used to implement immediate health and safety measures and address economic recovery…

CU leaders call for proportionality language in G20 Leaders’ Declaration

CUNA and WOCCU wrote to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in advance of the release the…

New Internationalist offers community shares to fund its Covid-19 recovery

The co-op aims to increase resilience by welcoming more subscriber numbers

Insurance mutuals look at the co-op approach to disaster risk

ICMIF has teamed up with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on the report

Community business across Europe stepped up to Covid-19 crisis, says Locality research

Actions include mental health support, digital innovation, food distribution and public health messaging to counter fake…

Democracy, you’re on mute: A co-op alternative to Zoom

The Online Meeting Cooperative use open source software, with hardware powered by renewable energy

New drive for co-op democracy from the members up

Members for Cooperation wants to encourage the movement to do more to grow its ownership models…