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$4.4bn awarded to rural electric co-ops for clean energy

The $9.7bn New Era fund is part of Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

Co-op names feature in new year’s gongs for 2024

Former Labour / Co-op MP and PCC Alun Michael was given the OBE, and MBEs went…

Coventry Building Society completes takeover of the Co-op Bank

The deal returns the 152-year-old bank to mutual ownership after it was sold to private investors…

International Year of Cooperatives website goes live

'We call on co-operators worldwide to share their pride for what co-operatives are doing to build…

2024 in review: Headlines from the co-op world

A look back over some of the stories affecting the co-op sector during another turbulent year

Fund for International Co-operative Development launched by UK co-ops

Image: Paul Gerrard, Rose Marley, Debbie Robinson, Sarah Alldred and Peter Westall at the lunch of…

Runninghour Co-op marks 10th anniversary of inclusivity run

Sng Ler Jun reports on the Co-operative Runninghour

Global agri co-op CHS shares progress on sustainability goals

2024 saw CHS complete its first Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas inventory

Canadian co-operatives respond to government’s Fall statement

The economic statement includes a $36099m injection into the Federal Community Housing Initiative, news welcomed by…

£2.6m fundraiser launched by UK’s first co-op train operator

Go-op, which aims to run rail services between Swindon and Taunton by May 2026, is looking…

UN adopts second resolution on SSE’s role in sustainable development

The text is the second SSE resolution adopted by the United Nations

Devolution plan brings right to buy – and a shake-up for some co-op councils

Co-op Party chair Jim McMahon welcomed 'a significant step forward for the community power agenda'