2024 in review: Headlines from the co-op world

A look back over some of the stories affecting the co-op sector during another turbulent year

2024 End of Year Q&A: Agnès Mathis

Director, Cooperatives Europe

2024 End of Year Q&A: Melina Morrison

CEO, Australia’s Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM)

2024 End of Year Q&A: Esteban Kelly

Executive director, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

2024 End of Year Q&A: Liz Green

CEO, International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF)

2024 End of Year Q&A: Dr Chandrapal Singh Yadav 

President, ICA Asia and Pacific

2024 End of Year Q&A: Rose Marley 

CEO, Co-operatives UK

Fund for International Co-operative Development launched by UK co-ops

Image: Paul Gerrard, Rose Marley, Debbie Robinson, Sarah Alldred and Peter Westall at the lunch of…

Canadian co-operatives respond to government’s Fall statement

The economic statement includes a $36099m injection into the Federal Community Housing Initiative, news welcomed by…

East of England Co-op CEO, Doug Field, steps down 

Chief operating officer Andy Rigby has been appointed to the top role for an interim 12-month…

Agri co-ops warn EU’s trade deal with Mercosur countries will hurt farmers

Copa and Cogeca warn that low-cost imports and weaker production standards in South America will undercut…

Next year’s additions named for the US Cooperative Hall of Fame

The 2025 inductees are: Lori Capouch, Randy Lee, Tom Webb, and Estelle Witherspoon