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UK’s first virtually plastic-free homes to be run by housing co-op

Pioneer Housing Co-op will provide 12 new homes in Worcestershire using a low-carbon manufacturing facility

Coop Norway reduces food waste through partnership with Too Good to Go

The move is part of the retailer’s plans to reduce food waste by 30% by 2025,…

Stitched Up co-op welcomes fast fashion study

Learning how clothes are made has a “transformative” effect on people’s relationship with fast fashion, the…

Co-op Group expands trials of its tech recycling partnership

The retailer is working with tech-recirculation start-up Spring to allow customers to sell unwanted gadgets so…

US co-ops respond to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act

The historic climate legislation includes electric co-operative policy priorities to help the country with its clean…

Co-op Credit Union offers affordable electric transport loans to Midcounties colleagues

The deal, which will help staff buy Silence scooters, is part of the co-op movement's efforts…

How co-ops offer hope to future generations

A report from Co-operatives UK sets out the issues of concern to the country's youth –…

Big Solar Co-op launches share offer for rooftop projects in Birmingham

The co-op is setting up a pipeline of projects with an ambitious target of 1000kW of…

Waste bread from Co-op Group suppliers turned to beer under new partnership

Hazy Pale Ale, from Toast brewery, will use half a tonne of surplus bread instead of…

Central England Co-op to fit Smartcool energy saving tech as part of its climate plan

The retrofit systems achieved kWh savings of more than 25% during trials at four of the…

Fairtrade partnership deploys satellite monitoring tool to combat deforestation

The project will strengthen co-operatives’ access to risk management data, enabling them to maintain access to…

Carbon Co-op launches planning toolkit for community-led energy

The toolkit aims to support community-led energy planning and prompt discussion of a just transition to…