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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…

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…

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…

How can co-operatives contribute to the future of work?

With increasing challenges brought by demographic changes, technological developments, globalisation or climate change, the world of…

Report features twenty best practices from Latin American co-operatives

Cooperatives Europe has released a new report that showcases 20 of the best co-operative practices from…

Saigon co-operative makes top 10 Asia Pacific retailers list

A retail co-operative from Ho Chi Minh City has been included in a list of the…

Time to extend the seven co-operative principles?

The seven co-operative principles were last updated and formally adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance in…

Co-operative record label goes national

A Southampton recording co-operative is gaining a national presence, having signed artists in Manchester, Liverpool, Bournemouth and…

Co-operatives make for a happy place to work

Co-operatives are businesses run by the people, for the people; so it makes sense that all…