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Co-ops help Brazilian waste pickers build climate resilience, study shows

Co-op workers were able to take preventive action against impact of extreme weather, a report from…

Fairtrade Foundation launches fairer incomes campaign ahead of International Coffee Day

Fairtrade has raised its minimum price for coffee to $1.80 per pound as climate change increases…

Cooperar connects Argentine diplomats with world’s co-ops

The national apex arranged meetings between the country's ambassadors and foreign co-op leaders to mark the…

World’s first diversity and inclusion social bond launched by a co-op in Ecuador

Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Jardín Azuayo says the move is in line with its founding…

Woccu looks to next three years of its USAID-backed inclusion programme

The Economic Inclusion Project has supported over 100,000 Venezuelan migrants since 2020

Brazilian co-operators visit CHS farm to learn about US agriculture

Tracy Jones, a director at the agri co-op giant, gave the delegation a two-hour tour of…

Fairtrade and retail: How farmers benefit from your purchases

As producers struggle with input cost inflation and climate change, Fairtrade is more vital than ever

A co-op solution to securing better livelihoods for waste pickers

Of the 20 million waste pickers around the world, only four million are in formal employment:…

Brazilian co-ops to explore producing green hydrogen from animal waste

The potential total production capacity is around 275 tonnes of hydrogen energy per day

Electric co-ops work to keep power on as wildfires break out across Chile

Electricity infrastructure has been affected by the disaster, which has killed 24 people and destroyed 1,000…

Colombian government takes steps to include co-ops in public procurement

National sector apex Confecoop welcomed a decree which says public contracts should be tailored to participation…

Unimed launches new digital services for patients in Florianópolis

The Brazilian medical co-op has teamed up with HPE to introduce new technology as part of…