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EU plans to tackle waste packaging meets mixed response from the co-op sector

Co-op retailers welcomed the move but agri co-op apex Copa Cogeca was more critical, viewing some…

Co-ops respond to EU’s plans to boost its social economy

Spcial Economy Europe, Euricse and Cooperatives Europe are among the organisations which helped develop the pathway

USDA awards NCBA-Clusa $23.3m for five-year Peru project

The scheme is run through the US government's Food for Progress Program, aimed at strengthening national…

Co-op Legal Services partners with Co-op Bank to offer its customers specialist support

The Co-op Group subsidiary will offer services including probate, estate planning and wills

Co-op Party report makes a series of recommendations for the future of education

'Already we are seeing the emergence of a new way of doing things ... this contribution…

Cwmpas CEO Derek Walker is leaving to take up Welsh youth development role

Walker, who oversaw the organisation's rebrand from the Wales Co-operative Centre, has been appointed future generations…

Woccu welcomes G20 leaders’ position on financial inclusion

Woccu says credit unions can play a critical role in reducing inequalities around the world

Co-op councils mark their tenth anniversary with a look at community wealth strategies

Delegates from the Co-operative Councils Innovation Network discusses ways to drive growth and build their local…

ICA Governance Committee launches enquiry into General Assembly election

The enquiry follows a dispute over the validity of 64 board-at-large election ballots where delegates mistakenly…

Co-op Party says more clarity is needed on growth after Hunt budget

'We got little in terms of commitments, little in terms of clarity, little in terms of…

Irish government to start work on new legislation for its co-op sector

Ministers say the bill will make it easier to set up and invest in co-operatives and…

UAE’s new co-op law comes into effect in December

The government hopes the reforms will boost the sector's contribution to GDP and grow its membership