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Meet … Chris Maher, general manager of BriarPatch

'The challenge is to keep educating people, keep telling the co-op story, let them know what…

How co-operatives can make the move into integrated reporting

For the Community Impact Index 2017, we look at how Canada’s The Co-operators has joined the…

UK co-ops raise £136k in flood and hurricane appeal

Co-operatives UK launched the fundraising drive to give on-the-ground support for co-ops and credit unions

National Cooperative Business Association appoints president and chief executive

Doug O’Brien takes over from Judy Ziewacz, who retires on 31 December

Organic farm co-op aims to be world’s largest food producer to use 100% renewable energy

Organic Valley is creating a solar partnership that is set to increase overall usage in Wisconsin…

Powered by principle six: How electric co-ops join forces to maintain growth

The latest in a series of alliances forged by Texas Electric Cooperatives shows how collaboration can…

First ever conference of co-operatives held in northern Syria

'Support for new co-operatives has played a vital role in the transition to a new democratic…

Tea farmers at Australia’s Mangrove Mountain are forming a co-op

A government grant has been awarded in a bid to encourage the co-op model and establish…

Rabobank launches $1bn programme to support sustainable food production

The three-year Kickstart Food project ties in with efforts by the UN to ensure the world…

Research paper looks at resolution issues for financial co-operatives

The study looks at fundamentals faced by financial co-ops when they adapt resolution tools developed for…

Taking steps to meet the long-term needs of refugees

Europe is facing its biggest displacement of people since the Second World War and attention is…

Study reveals Canadian co-op sector’s work on climate change disclosure

All the organisations surveyed made some form of disclosure but campaigners say there is room for…