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Co-op College moves to unstaffed model and online legacy

College chair Chris Jardine talks to Co-op News about the sad end of an era for…

UN declares International Year of Co-operatives every 10 years

General Assembly adopts resolution to recognise the global importance of co-ops - and makes plans to…

On the trail of the new social economy: Coop-Sapporo, May 2025

Henry Mintzberg and Masako Fujii take a tour of Coop-Sapporo, an affiliation of social enterprises on the…

Meryem Women’s Cooperative: A look at Turkey’s first green SSE co-op

The co-op aims to empower women 'who have been pushed out of life' with employment opportunities…

Why co-operatives are built to deal with crisis

Zuraidah Hoffman looks at the emergency response by co-ops to severe weather and floods in Jamaica,…

Reshaping Fairtrade rules to fit producer needs 

We catch up with Marike Runneboom de Peña from Fairtrade International about moves to update its…

Molly Scott Cato: Green Party is a good match for co-op movement

James Hawksworth talks to the co-operator and former MEP about the shifting UK political landscape

Sector report on UK community energy highlights role of co-ops

Nick Milton takes a look at the annual report from Community Energy England

Co-ops should step up the fight for our future

Chris Packham – naturalist, campaigner, author and television presenter – on co-ops and the environment

2025 in review: Co-op stories from the year

A selection of some of the news we've carried over the past 12 months

Ethical Christmas gift guide for co-operators: part 2

Part two of our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide includes a range of items from the Ethical…

Central Co-op and Midcounties in discussions around landmark merger

If approved, the combined society would unite over one million members, 13,000 colleagues and annual sales of £1.8bn