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India’s #coops minister Amit Shah has officially opened a new sulphuric acid plant built by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative in Paradip, Odisha
www.thenews.coop/new-iffco-pl...
Conference Call:
This year’s Solidarity AI conference reaches beyond platform co-ops to the broader ecosystem across the digital stack. In Bangkok, we'll decenter the US-centric AI conversation and amplify voices from the majority world. Apply and help spread the word. platform.coop/blog/call-fo...
Hawaii's Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has received the green light for a new solar-plus-storage project on Kaua’i
#coops #energy #renewables #solarpower #cleanenergy
www.thenews.coop/solar-plant-...
With the right conditions, community businesses can help build an economy that works for people & planet, give communities a greater say in the decisions that affect them, & support people to make meaningful connections within a community they can rely on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14XUwJCDPVU
There is an under-explored opportunity to develop small business co-ops in the UK, highlighted in our co-operative growth plan. Hope government can learn from the example of South Korea
www.uk.coop/PolicyPlanFo...
As Community Shares Scotland programme passes tenth anniversary, a report from @democraticfinance.bsky.social shows it has supported 70 share offers collectively raising £21.8m from over 21,468 investor members.
#coops #communitybusiness
www.thenews.coop/marking-a-de...
In this video, we sit down with Izak Smit, CEO of PPS (South Africa), as part of the Cooperatives and Mutuals Leadership Circle #CM50 video interview series.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-CS...
Learn more: cm50.coop
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Lincolnshire Co-op’s Community Champions scheme has launched a fundraising drive for food banks across Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, and South Yorkshire
www.thenews.coop/lincolnshire...
Members of retail apex Euro Coop met in Brussels this month and met with MEPs at the European Parliament to discuss issues around sustainability and ethical supply chains.
www.thenews.coop/european-ret...
South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups is running a support programme for small #coops, offering joint funding to help them grow.
www.thenews.coop/south-korea-...
European energy co-op federation REScoop has welcomed the European Commission’s proposals on citizen-owned local renewables, but calls for stronger ‘enforcement safeguards’.
#coops #renewables
www.thenews.coop/rescoop-give...
EU-Mercosur deal, fertiliser imports, threats to wool and rice production: agri #coops body Copa and Cogeca outline policy concerns to European Commission
www.thenews.coop/mercosur-dea...
⏰ Final call for submissions!
If you’ve been meaning to share a brilliant piece of cooperative innovation, now’s the moment.
Submissions for the Cooperative Councils Innovation Network Case Study Pack close at Noon today.
🔗 Submit here: www.councils.coop/case-studies...
Last year in Colombo, the 12th Asia-Pacific Cooperative Forum brought leaders together to discuss finance, policy, and storytelling for stronger cooperatives.
📄 Read the report:
icaap.coop/wp-content/u...
#CoopsBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025
We welcomed more than 250 participants from across the globe for the launch of the Legal Framework Analysis (LFA) for Cooperatives 2.0!
🔗 Read the note: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
📽️ Watch the webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA0Q...
#Coops4Dev🌍 #Law4Coops #Cooperatives #CooperativeLaw
As Community Shares Scotland programme passes tenth anniversary, a report from @democraticfinance.bsky.social shows it has supported 70 share offers collectively raising £21.8m from over 21,468 investor members.
#coops #communitybusiness
www.thenews.coop/marking-a-de...
Lincolnshire Co-op’s Community Champions scheme has launched a fundraising drive for food banks across Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, and South Yorkshire
www.thenews.coop/lincolnshire...
Lack of awareness of #coops model and access to finance high on list of sector leaders' concerns in Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives survey
www.thenews.coop/canadian-co-...
'We’re sitting in a world of increasing division, so what are we going to do about it as a co-op movement?'
Report on Future Co-ops, which looked at #populism, shifting party allegiances, #farright attacks on #netzero and power of participatory democracy
#coops
www.thenews.coop/future-co-op...
Hawaii's Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has received the green light for a new solar-plus-storage project on Kaua’i
#coops #energy #renewables #solarpower #cleanenergy
www.thenews.coop/solar-plant-...
UK Society for Co-operative Studies holds its conference in Birmingham in May, looking at #coops, societal challenges and plans to double the mutual economy, with speakers Giuseppe Guerini, Cooperatives Europe and Dominic Kendal Ward, Co-op Group. More details here
www.thenews.coop/ukscs-confer...
#Coops explicitly using the language of class politics appear to be the exception rather than the rule. With equity and solidarity core #cooperative values, how does class factor into the UK's co-op landscape?
www.thenews.coop/where-does-t...
India’s #coops minister Amit Shah has officially opened a new sulphuric acid plant built by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative in Paradip, Odisha
www.thenews.coop/new-iffco-pl...
Registration has opened for the International Symposium on Cooperative Financial Institutions, organised by the International Cooperative Banking Association (ICBA)
www.thenews.coop/internationa...
Co-operators met in Birmingham for Future Co-ops, organised by Co-operative Futures, where issues of #populism and loss of trust led an agenda on how the #coops movement can challenge the #farright and reclaim power for communities.
@coopfutures.bsky.social
www.thenews.coop/future-co-op...
UK Society for Co-operative Studies holds its conference in Birmingham in May, looking at #coops, societal challenges and plans to double the mutual economy, with speakers Giuseppe Guerini, Cooperatives Europe and Dominic Kendal Ward, Co-op Group. More details here
www.thenews.coop/ukscs-confer...
We catch up with A Revolting Class (Arc), which works with #coops and other social change groups looking to better understand class issues in the UK
www.thenews.coop/where-does-t...
Lack of awareness of #coops model and access to finance high on list of sector leaders' concerns in Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives survey
www.thenews.coop/canadian-co-...
‘#Creditunions are fulfilling their mission of serving people of modest means, who banks are not interested in servicing’
New data from America's Credit Unions in how the sector services people 'left behind' by the banks
#coops #financialinclusion #ethicalfinance
www.thenews.coop/americas-cre...
Community-owned care works. 🏠
Paul Davies MP highlights the success of Co-operative Care Colne Valley: a model for ethical, not-for-profit home care.
We're committed to doubling the size of the co-op sector to share this impact nationwide. 🐝