Businesses celebrate being proudly employee owned

Today the movement celebrates Employee Ownership Day

Cooperatives Europe elects new president

Petar Stefanov has laid out his 12 pillars for the development of the European co-op movement

Co-operators recognised in King’s Birthday Honours list

Leaders from across the social economy have been honoured this year

Building societies and first-time buyers

There is innovation within the sector, but change is needed to address the current challenges, says…

US electric co-op apex bags $4m grant for cybersecurity initiative

The project will give electric co-ops new tools to detect, respond to and recover from cyber…

Irish credit unions back new finance scheme for social housing

'This is a positive return back to members to say, this is what we’re using your…

Fairtrade International introduces due diligence standards

The updated standards reflect new laws on human rights and environmental sustainability

Woccu urges G20 to support proportional financial regulation

Proportional regulation is a "critical factor” for financial inclusion, says the credit union body

Financial education across the credit union movement

'One of the defining factors that differentiates us from banks in particular is that we have…

NCBA Clusa launches $15m food security project with Timor Leste

The project will work with 27 farmers’ groups in the municipalities of Aileu, Ainaro, Dili and…

Co-ops of the Americas championed at UN FAO conference

ACI Americas has signed an agreement with Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide (CCW) to leverage access to new…

East of England Co-op reduces trading losses by £1.6m

The retailer is “on track to return to profit,” says CEO