The cost of borrowing – credit unions as an alternative to unethical sources of finance

As the hard times get harder, action is being taken to keep financially vulnerable people out…

How co-operatives are mitigating the effects of climate change

The Global Innovation Co-op Summit explored the movement’s role in transitioning to the circular economy and…

Co-op Group acts to strengthen balance sheet as economic turmoil hits half-year profits

Pre-tax profits fell from £44m to £7m but CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq said 'we have great confidence…

Global Innovation Co-op Summit explores co-op solutions to global challenges

The event, hosted by Crédit Agricole, saw delegates from around the world best practice on sustainability…

Co-ops and climate justice: Preview of October’s Ways Forward 2022

More than 150 co-operators are due to gather in Manchester to discuss community-led responses to the…

Co-ops tackle the energy crisis by leading a retrofit revolution

'The UK’s homes and buildings are among the least efficient in Europe, which is making the…

Southern Co-op joins Somerset Wildlife Trust as corporate member

The move comes a few weeks after the retailer was given the Queen's Award for Enterprise…

Australia’s mutuals fund hands out the first flood recovery grants to 21 organisations

Funding focuses on 'local member-based organisations, including co-ops, because they foster trusted networks that are crucial…

Politics Rewired: A tech co-op offering a new way of organising

We chat to Priya Chatwani, a worker-owner at the US co-op

Southern Co-op in face-off with privacy campaigners over security software

Big Brother Watch has submitted a formal complaint over facial recognition tech but the co-op says…

Co-op Data Club: Using principle 6 to solve the capital conundrum

A new venture from Oliver Sylvester-Bradley of the Open Co-op and Leo Sammallahti of VME Coop

CoTech: IT collaboration to build new technology

'The mood over the last few years on the back of the 2019 election and the…