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Co-op insurance clean cookstove programme reduces CO2 emissions in Ghana

All policies are carbon offset for customers, at no extra cost

SHRUB co-op wins Climate Challenge Fund Award

The co-op currently has over 330 members, with 1,000 people using the shop regularly and 3,800…

Fonterra launches environment plan to improve waterways

By 2025 all of its farmers will have a farm environmental plan as part of their…

Illinois food co-op is named ‘Best Small Business in America’

The community grocery won the $10,000 from Rubicon Global, which works with small firms to develop…

How to play a role in building a sustainable future

In her keynote speech, Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland warned the world faces serious challenges when it…

Organic farm co-op aims to be world’s largest food producer to use 100% renewable energy

Organic Valley is creating a solar partnership that is set to increase overall usage in Wisconsin…

Midcounties funeral business offers ‘envionmentally friendly’ coffin

The coffins, made in Gloucester by LifeArt, use waste and offcut forestry wood and produce lower…

Rabobank launches $1bn programme to support sustainable food production

The three-year Kickstart Food project ties in with efforts by the UN to ensure the world…

Study reveals Canadian co-op sector’s work on climate change disclosure

All the organisations surveyed made some form of disclosure but campaigners say there is room for…

Dutch dairy co-op to install solar panels on 310 farm rooftops

Chief executive Roelof Joosten says he wants the agricultural sector to ‘play an even more important…

Carbon Trust re-awards sustainability standards to Central England Co-op

Since 2010, the society has reduced its total carbon footprint by 35.8 % with efficiency measures…

Agri co-ops join initiative to address land abandonment in Valencia

A number of co-op federations are members of a group set up by the Ministry of…