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Mugshot challenge launched to mark International Credit Union Day

The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions has launched a call to action

Co-operatives back International Fairtrade Charter

Around 250 organisations back the charter, including the International Co-operative Alliance

Co-ops participate in first ever G20 Insurance Forum

Four ICMIF members were represented at the forum

Travelling the world to find a new co-operative commonwealth

'Constructing a commonwealth means insisting on principles while tolerating compromise'

Ethical Shop launches direct market for global farmers

The site is hosting Global Farmers’ Market in partnership with gebana, a German-based organisation which works…

Woccu wants reduced capital requirements for credit unions around the world

The organisation wants to reduce Basel III’s capital requirements for issuers, clearers and users of interest-rate…

Coffee co-op scoops prestigious taste awards

'The credit goes to the farmers and their co-operatives who care deeply about the products –…

Book review: Finding co-operation’s selfish gene

This model is based on the assumption that each agent acts autonomously and keeps to themselves…

Book review: We have values – but how do we act on them?

There's some useful lessons for the co-op movement in this look at values in action

Oxfam report highlights role of co-ops in empowering small-scale farmers

'Small-scale farmers benefit from higher shares of the end-consumer price where they are organised in co-ops'

Q&A: Defining co-op values in the current environment

We speak to Dolly Goh from SNCF, Murray Fulton from the Centre for the Study of…

Co-op values in the modern world

'It is your commitment to co-operative culture that makes you part of the wider co-op movement'