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New US co-op development strategy to be discussed at Impact Conference

Coop Impact – organised by sector body NCBA Clusa – runs from 5-9 October

World Cooperative Congress to take place in Seoul in December 2021

The event had been scheduled by the International Cooperative Alliance for November 2020 but was postponed…

Interview: John Holdsclaw of the US National Cooperative Bank

We catch up ahead of his speech at the UKSCS conference about CDFIs, co-op development and…

Sale of leading Canadian co-op MEC prompts campaign to save it

Nearly 70,000 people have signed a petition to scrap a deal selling Mountain Equipment Co-op to…

US energy co-op plans small-scale nuclear reactors

The Utah-based energy supplier wants to build 12 small-scale reactors developed by Oregon's NuScale Power, as…

Co-ops and adversity: Examples from Australia

Melina Morrison of apex body BCCM looks to examples in Canada and from Australia's past to…

US co-ops respond as Hurricane Laura hits coast

Electric co-ops in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas are scrambling to restore power to members

Credit unions present their priorities to US presidential candidates

The sector outlined its concerns and expectations from the two candidates

US outdoor gear co-op REI to sell HQ

The retailer is looking to reallocate resources and switch to decentralised homeworking in the aftermath of…

NCBA Clusa highlights global projects for International Youth Day

The US apex body gave updates on development projects in Senegal, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Niger

Covid brings more churn to the dairy co-op sector

How has the pandemic affected an already turbulent market?

Building a new economy: Covid and the finances of key co-op sectors

Snapshots from the agriculture, community energy and tech sectors