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Show filtersRegistration open for 2023 World Credit Union Conference
The conference is hosted by the World Council of Credit Unions and the Canadian Credit Union…
USDA awards NCBA-Clusa $23.3m for five-year Peru project
The scheme is run through the US government's Food for Progress Program, aimed at strengthening national…
The New School’s quest for community self-governance
After a strike over pay and conditions at a New York City university, Trebor Scholz from…
US agri co-op giant CHS details its latest moves on sustainability
The report points to actions including wastewater recycling, responsible soybean sourcing and the monitoring of climate…
Swoboda works with Caribbean credit unions to strengthen their governance
'This partnership presents an exciting opportunity for collaboration as we encourage and maintain the precedence for…
Co-ops and cultural heritage: Mondiacult 2022
A UNESCO event looked at how the co-op sector can help the world towards the Sustainable…
Canada’s housing co-ops beat the market on affordability, report shows
A study of rents in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa and found the difference is…
Co-ops among the world’s top female-friendly companies
Forbes magazine’s list features Desjardins Group, John Lewis Partnership, Unipol Group, Crédit Agricole and Crédit Mutuel
Canadian co-ops apex responds to government’s fall statement
The Fall Economic Statement includes measures on the green economy, job creation, energy, housing and tax
NCBA CLUSA leads $15m project for climate-smart agriculture in Puerto Rico
The scheme is part of a USDA programme to help producers around the world adopt practices…
Impact Conference looks at co-ops as engines of local development
The event, organised by US apex NCBA CLUSA, looked at projects in Africa and heard updates…