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How are retail co-ops helping to protect the environment?

We look at what co-operative retailers are doing to tackle environmental issues

Midcounties Co-operative to mark World Environment Day with community clean-ups

Around 460 people have already committed to taking part, including colleagues, members, schools and charities

Co-operative banks set out priorities for greening the financial sector

The sector reaffirmed its commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change

Bee saviour sugar cards give energy boost to exhausted bees

The group behind the initiative – which has had help from Midcounties – is setting up…

Irish credit unions roll out energy-efficiency scheme for households

The scheme is delivered by CUDA's Solutions Centre alongside sustainability and retrofit experts

Southern Co-op rolls out compostable carrier bag

The retailer is offering the bag in 75 of its stores where the local authority collects…

Welsh community groups can bag share of new £1m Co-op Foundation fund

Money is available for projects which make community spaces more environmentally sustainable

CTRLShift summit to explore pathways for social, economic and environmental change

The event will take place on 8-10 May and builds on last year’s summit in Wigan

Desjardins Group reports on contribution to SDGs

The finance co-op has made commitments on climate change and is supporting community projects

Midcounties Co-op launches awareness drive to cut plastic pollution

The society wants to encourage collective action from shoppers to tackle the problem of waste

Compostable carrier bags made available to all Greater Manchester retailers

The Green Carrier Scheme builds on the Co-op Group's collaboration with Oldham Council

Desjardins removes certain single-use plastic products

In three months the group avoided the purchase of 30,000 plastic water bottles