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Fintech start-up Coop Exchange hits £10m valuation in pre-seed funding round

Canadian insurer Co-operators led the investment, putting in over CA$2m to acquire a 12.4% stake

Fairtrade Coffee Standard update aims to tackle deforestation

The updated standard includes a provision that sets the deforestation cut-off date at 1 January 2014

Interview: Jeroen Douglas, new director general, International Cooperative Alliance

'We are in a world that is volatile, complex and ambiguous ... I think co-ops can…

Preparations under way for 2025 International Year of Cooperatives

The year-long celebration could be launched during the ICA Global Conference in New Delhi in November

European housing co-ops honoured at World Habitat Awards

Prizes went to a Swiss student housing co-op and a German affordable co-op estate

Applications open for International Credit Union Development Educators class of 2024

The cohort will be recognised at the 2024 World Credit Union Conference in Boston, USA

World’s top 300 co-operatives had a joint turnover of US$2.4tn in 2021

The figures were confirmed in the 2023 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor, released today by…

Starbucks sued for false advertising over sourcing from co-ops and coffee farms with alleged rights abuses

Starbucks says it plans to 'aggressively defend against the asserted claims'

Global credit union body calls for proportionality in digital regulation

The update, from the World Council of Credit Unions, aims to help credit unions prepare for…

First keynote speakers announced for World Credit Union Conference

Management expert Erica Dhawan and digital innovation strategist Shawn Kanungo will share insights with delegates

Artisans Cooperative: Makers making their own marketplace

'There are a lot of people with various diversities, differences, disabilities, and everyone is accepted and…

Research fellowships offered on co-op principles in the digital economy

The year-long fellowship is offered by the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy, at the New…