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Australia’s co-op sector responds to bushfire tragedy

Sector bodies for co-ops, credit unions and mutuals are urging people to donate and offering support…

New plastic pledge by Co-op Group on its own-brand packaging

Measures include the rollout of a scheme to collect film from food packaging

Community wind farm share offer achieves £1.5m target

Members of Auchrobert wind farm in South Lanarkshire are expected to retain a 5% return over…

Scotmid Co-operative opens refill station at Edinburgh store

Scottish households generate around 224,000 tonnes of plastic waste each year

Calgary Co-op to remove plastic bags in 2020

The retailer will also continue to work with partners and suppliers to research new packaging options…

Co-ops step in to help Japan recover after typhoons Hagibis and Faxai

Consumer, financial, insurance and forestry co-ops have all responded to the disasters

Barbados co-op sector urged to help island go carbon-free

The member-led model can engage people in the transition, which will help fight climate change and…

US co-op grocers respond to Amazon fires by increasing reforestation investment

NCG's programmes have facilitated the planting and conservation of nearly two million trees in the Amazon

Midcounties Co-operative introduces compostable bags

The bags - developed by the Co-op Group with Oldham Council – can be used as…

Outdoor retail co-op REI to close its stores for Black Friday

The retailer has also boosted its efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its operations

Double awards success for Ecology Building Society

Judges for the Finance for the Future Awards praised Ecology’s member-led mutual model, work on improving…

Lincolnshire Co-op raises £159k for green causes

'Now more than ever, our green spaces are an important value and bring people together in…