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Show filtersNIMBYism, co-operatives and Germany’s Energy Transition
The number of energy co-operatives in Germany has grown from eight to over 800 in a…
Social innovation and the social and solidarity economy
Simel Esim and Waltteri Katajamaki from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Cooperatives Unit look at the importance…
Co-op housing honoured in UNESCO award for Le Corbusier buildings
As Unesco adds 17 buildings by Le Corbusier to its list of World Heritage sites, David…
Nepal celebrates National Co-operative Day
On 2 April Nepal celebrated its annual National Co-operative Day, recognising the three million people affiliated…
How is Fairtrade helping cocoa farmers?
The global demand for chocolate is predicted to rise by 30% by 2020, to more than…
A co-operative vision for public services
How can we build an economy for people, not profit? It can be done from the…
Co-op Group moves to reassure drivers over outsourcing plans
The Co-operative Group has written to 1,000 of its UK distribution drivers, after receiving notification from…
There’s no conflict of interest, Pippa Wicks tells tribunal
The Co-operative Group’s interim chief operating officer (COO) denied conflict of interest at an employment tribunal,…
When big co-ops fail
The international co-operative movement has seen a series of catastrophic failures of large scale co-operatives in…
List of top 100 co-ops in USA released
The National Cooperative Bank (NCB) in America has released its annual NCB Co-op 100 list. The…
Italy’s new co-op giant should remember its rich history
Italy has a long and successful tradition of co-operative enterprise. The first co-operatives began in the…
