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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

Co-op councils head to Mondragon for lessons in economic revival

The CCIN took a two-day study visit to the world-leading worker co-op federation to see if…

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…

Co-op Group pledges £50k for community support through festive sandwich sales

The money will go to the retailer's charity Co-op Foundation to help 'build fairer and more…

Citizen Network Osk: A new co-op for a new world of connections

Responding to global crisis with 'a network of people and trust, which is values-based, and works…

Coop Italia removes 42 tons of plastic from the sea

The retailer launched the project three years ago, using a combination of trash-eating gadgets, drones and…

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…

Pay dispute at Co-op Group coffin factory continues after second week’s strike action

The strike comes after members of Unite at the Co-op Funeralcare site in Glasgow rejected a…

Retail co-ops criticise ‘bias’ in EU consultation on new genomic techniques

Euro Coop joined 39 other organisations to argue that the European Commission's survey lacked transparency and…

COP27: Fair Trade organisations launch urgent call for ‘inclusive climate solutions’

'It is urgent to untap the potential of worldwide smallholder farmers, producers and artisans to contribute…

Obituary: John Anderson (1943-2022)

John Anderson, a lifelong co-operator, has died at the age of 79