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Nominations open for two worldwide credit union awards

The 2023 Digital Growth Award and the 2023 Distinguished Service Award will be presented at the…

Fellowship call from the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

'Our goal is to create a body of knowledge that advances platform ownership and democratic governance…

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…

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…

Worker co-ops welcome the California Employee Ownership Act

The act, which facilitates the worker buyout option for business succession, was signed into law by…

Electric co-ops urge government to boost domestic production of distribution transformers

The sector warns that the current shortage of distribution transformers poses ‘an unacceptable risk to the…

Credit unions welcome court ruling of CFPB funding as unconstitutional

Funding for the regulatory body, created in 2011 as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, bypassed Congress…

Top 100 co-ops in the US have joint turnover of $255bn

The largest co-ops came from agriculture, grocery, hardware and lumber and finance sectors

Five US co-ops to share $170,000 in grants for development projects

The funding, from Capital Impact Partners and the National Cooperative Bank, will benefit low income areas…