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Do the SDGs matter for co-op businesses?

The business case for engaging with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals

Midcounties Co-op partners with OLIO to address food waste

The food-sharing app means leftover food, and other items, can be given away to neighbours or…

How can UK co-ops help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

Midcounties and the Co-op Group are among the UK co-operatives pledging to contribute to the SDGs

How are co-ops helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

Co-operatives have a role to play in achieving the goals - and telling their members about…

Can everyday participation reshape the way co-operatives work?

'We help organisations think of people as citizens, not consumers'

Fledgling platform co-ops share experiences at Unfound accelerator event

Apex body Co-operatives UK and community organisation Stir to Action are working on the development project

How Italian co-ops are fighting the mafia through sustainable agriculture

Across Italy social and agricultural co-ops are bringing back prosperity and dignity to territories with a…

Central England Co-op launches food bank appeal to address children’s holiday hunger

Figures show an increased demand for support over the summer when free school meals are not…

Chelmsford Star wins national award for community impact

A third of the society’s turnover is reinvested into the Essex economy in some way

Danilo Salerno is the new regional director of Cooperatives of the Americas

Mr Salerno, who was working as director of Coopermondo, starts the role on 15 June

IFFCO launches iMandi, a new app for farmer owners

The platform offers farmers in remote areas access to better deals on inputs, equipment and services

Southern Co-op aims to align its strategic plans to the SDGs

'As a membership organisation and consumer-facing business, we have an amazing opportunity to help with broadening…