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Governance

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What are the pathways to becoming a member-nominated director at the Co-op Group?

As this year's applications open we speak to MND Paul Chandler

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…

Meet … Silena Dominy from Southern Co-operative

'We’re advancing our governance and looking at how we bring our ethical compass across everything we…

NZ dairy co-op Fonterra names new chair

Farmer director Peter McBride takes over from John Monaghan, who retires in November

Annual general meetings: What are UK retail societies doing?

Societies are either postponing their meetings or hosting them online, in accordance with the Covid-19 lockdown

Covid-19 is posing governance challenges

A number of co-ops have had to postpone their AGMs while others are hosting virtual meetings

New governance code for UK co-ops

Co-operatives UK has developed a new code that can be used by co-ops of every type…

Meet… Olly Young, director at Chelsmford Star

We speak to the youngest director to ever serve on the board at the Essex-based retail…

New governance code for co-ops in Sweden

'We're now increasing transparency even further and making it clearer how co-operative and mutual enterprises actually…

Why is Unicorn Grocery using sociocracy principles in governance?

A workshop at the Ways Forward conference in Manchester discussed how the model can be used…

New set of governance principles for Australia’s co-ops and mutuals

Apex body BCCM has drawn up the document after an 18 month consultation

Investigation ordered into the downfall of the Cyprus Co-operative Bank

The crisis has brought street protests and calls for ministerial resignations