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…
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…
Charity Christmas cards: how much do charities get?
The amount that charities receive from the sale of charity Christmas cards varies greatly between retailers,…
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…
Investing in the co-operative movement
If you are looking to support the wider co-operative movement, you could join the ranks of…
Hitler’s hit list: co-operatives and co-operators during wartime
Adolf Hitler’s hatred and intolerance of sections of society is well documented, but less known is the…
Member economic participation: turning co-operative supporters into co-operative investors
The path to member economic participation, one of the core co-operative principles, never did run smooth.…
The Marcora Law: an effective tool of active employment policy
Camillo De Berardinis, managing director of CFI, (Cooperazione Finanza Impresa – Cooperation Finance Enterprise), looks at how the Marcora…
The co-operative disadvantage: Why the movement needs a level playing field
Who would voluntarily choose to be a co-operative or a community benefit society? Or – to…
The lesson behind the Austrian co-op banking disaster
Many European countries have co-operative banks. Germany’s Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken are perhaps the best-known, but France,…