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Big Solar Co-op launches share offer for rooftop projects in Birmingham

The co-op is setting up a pipeline of projects with an ambitious target of 1000kW of…

Waste bread from Co-op Group suppliers turned to beer under new partnership

Hazy Pale Ale, from Toast brewery, will use half a tonne of surplus bread instead of…

Central England Co-op to fit Smartcool energy saving tech as part of its climate plan

The retrofit systems achieved kWh savings of more than 25% during trials at four of the…

Fairtrade partnership deploys satellite monitoring tool to combat deforestation

The project will strengthen co-operatives’ access to risk management data, enabling them to maintain access to…

Carbon Co-op launches planning toolkit for community-led energy

The toolkit aims to support community-led energy planning and prompt discussion of a just transition to…

Zimbabwe fishing co-op facing challenges from environmental crisis

Global heating, overfishing and decreased rainfall has led to reduced catches

Southern Co-op teams up with Too Good To Go on food waste

The latest initiative is part of a range of measures to move food from recycling and…

Co-op Foundation’s Carbon Innovation Fund partners announced

£1.3m has been awarded to 14 projects working to fight carbon emissions

Crédit Agricole moves towards a phase-out of gas and oil finance

Campaigners welcome the announcement but say there is more to do if the bank is to…

Major UK energy network operator pledges support for energy co-ops

Western Power Distribution, which serves 8 million households, is hiring four community energy engineers to help…

Serbian energy co-op launches crowdfunder for two mountain solar plants

Elektropionir co-op hopes the move will help decentralise energy production and drive citizen involvement in the…

Scottish co-op ANM continues eco-drive with new EV charging points

The auctioneering co-op also operates a solar and biomass heating system and is working to manage…