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East of England to sell food after Best Before date to cut food waste

The retailer is also using sales data to improve its stocking methods and cut down on…

Heart of England Co-op hands out Christmas hampers to local pensioners

The society’s Pamper with a Hamper campaign distributes goodies to 200 nominees in its trading area

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

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

Review: Ethical Business Cultures in Emerging Markets

A collection of essays which look at emerging markets such as the BRICS, and ask how…

Co-op Group comes to the rescue as Costcutter’s supplier P&H collapses

The Group will supply 2,200 outlets in the retail network from next spring, and is looking…

Employee Ownership Awards praise sector’s top performing businesses

The Employee Ownership Association held the ceremony at its annual conference, with Rochdale Boroughwide Housing among…

Snapshots in time: Looking back at 12 early examples of co-operation

Ed Mayo from Co-operatives UK has just published a history of co-operation – and finds cases…

What do Quaker and co-operative businesses have in common?

'The Rochdale Principles bear more than a passing resemblance to the Quaker testimonies, which are equality,…

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…

Community First Credit Union passes the $1bn mark

'Our sustainable expansion demonstrates confident support from our members. We have backed this up with consistent…

Community-owned Hastings Pier enters administration

The award-winning project, which restored the fire-damaged site and reopened it last year, hit financial difficulties…