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Looking to do your #Christmas shopping? Here's part two of our ethical gift guide, with items from the Ethical Shop and the Co-op Heritage Trust
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Ethical Christmas gift guide for co-operators: part 2
Part two of our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide includes a range of items from the Ethical Shop and the Co-operative Heritage Trust
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December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Looking to do your #Christmas shopping? Here's part two of our ethical gift guide, with items from the Ethical Shop and the Co-op Heritage Trust
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Check out the #coops and CICs celebrated at Social Enterprise UK’s Festival of Hope
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Co-ops and CICs celebrated at Social Enterprise UK’s Festival of Hope
A number of co-ops and community interest companies (CIC) have picked up prizes at the Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) Awards
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December 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Check out the #coops and CICs celebrated at Social Enterprise UK’s Festival of Hope
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#socents #neweconomy
Expanded robot tech at logistics centre, electronic shelf edge labelling, in-store digital comm screens: latest #retail innovations at Co-op Norway #coops
Coop Norway expands robot tech at its Oslo logistics centre
New logistics technology, electronic shelf edge labelling and digital communication screen rollouts for Coop Norway
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December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
With #bereavement #education added to curriculum, England's Central Co-op and funeral director John Adams issue white paper guidance for policymakers and educators
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Central Co-op releases white paper on bereavement education
Central Co-op document on bereavement education includes guidance and evidence for educators, policymakers and the funeral profession
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December 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
With #bereavement #education added to curriculum, England's Central Co-op and funeral director John Adams issue white paper guidance for policymakers and educators
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#coops
'Our vision is to support the doubling of the #cooperative and #mutual #economy in #Australia'
Melina Morrison of the Business Council of #Coops and #Mutuals on the national sector impact report
Melina Morrison of the Business Council of #Coops and #Mutuals on the national sector impact report
Australia's top 100 co-ops post $47.7bn in revenue, says apex report
The first Impact Report from the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals found the co-ops employ more than 94,000 people
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December 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
'Our vision is to support the doubling of the #cooperative and #mutual #economy in #Australia'
Melina Morrison of the Business Council of #Coops and #Mutuals on the national sector impact report
Melina Morrison of the Business Council of #Coops and #Mutuals on the national sector impact report
Australia’s top 100 #coops and #mutuals post $47.7bn in revenue, says sector impact report from apex BCCM
Australia's top 100 co-ops post $47.7bn in revenue, says apex report
The first Impact Report from the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals found the co-ops employ more than 94,000 people
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December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New Zealand’s Co-op Bank pays customers $7.225m over excessive fees, following Commerce Commission investigation
New Zealand's Co-op Bank pays customers $7.225m over excessive fees
New Zealand’s Co-op Bank has admitted breaches of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act and repaid customers NZ$7.225m
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December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New Zealand’s Co-op Bank pays customers $7.225m over excessive fees, following Commerce Commission investigation
Obituary: Alban D’Amours, former director of the International #Cooperative Alliance and president of Desjardins Group
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In memory of Alban D’Amours
The global co-operative movement is remembering Alban D’Amours, the former International Cooperative Alliance director who died on 9 November 2025, aged 85. Born on 9 July 1940 in Sainte-Françoise, Qu...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Obituary: Alban D’Amours, former director of the International #Cooperative Alliance and president of Desjardins Group
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Western Australian grain co-op CBH Group sells 50% stake in south east Asia's Interflour $169m as it looks to focus on domestic growth plan
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CBH Group sells 50% Interflour stake for $169m
Australian agri co-op CBH Group has sold its 50% stake in southeast Asian grain processor Interflour Group for AU$169m
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December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Western Australian grain co-op CBH Group sells 50% stake in south east Asia's Interflour $169m as it looks to focus on domestic growth plan
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International Year of #Cooperatives closes at World Summit for Social Development, with #coops recognised as social and solidarity economy leaders and UN considering an IYC every 10 years
International Year closes at World Summit for Social Development
The closing event of the International Year of Cooperatives, held at Doha, celebrated 12 months of co-operative action and activity
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December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
International Year of #Cooperatives closes at World Summit for Social Development, with #coops recognised as social and solidarity economy leaders and UN considering an IYC every 10 years
#Coops gather ahead of World Social Summit at Doha to launch tools to ‘build a better world’
Co-ops gather ahead of Doha to launch tools to 'build a better world'
Co-operators met in Doha to launch three tools designed to help co-operators continue to ‘Build a Better World’
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December 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#Coops gather ahead of World Social Summit at Doha to launch tools to ‘build a better world’
We speak to Mohamed Zouaou, president of agri-co-op Coopérative Agricole Ikherrazen - 'not just an economic project, but a true story of collective struggle and youthful determination’ #coops
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Meet ... Mohamed Zouaou, president, Coopérative Agricole Ikherrazen
'Ikhrazn is not just an economic project, but a true story of collective struggle and youthful determination'
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December 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We speak to Mohamed Zouaou, president of agri-co-op Coopérative Agricole Ikherrazen - 'not just an economic project, but a true story of collective struggle and youthful determination’ #coops
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Regulatory reform for #creditunions, #buildingsocieties and other #mutuals, and a new unit for mutuals at the FCA: UK regulators look for ways to grow the #coops and other member-owned sectors
UK regulators promise reforms to help grow financial mutuals sector
Regulators issue report on country’s finance mutuals, with recommendations for ways to ease the start-up process and reduce admin costs
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December 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Regulatory reform for #creditunions, #buildingsocieties and other #mutuals, and a new unit for mutuals at the FCA: UK regulators look for ways to grow the #coops and other member-owned sectors
Success in the Wales Care Awards for North Wales Music Co-op and social housing co-op Pobl Group
Founder of Welsh music tuition co-op wins Wales Care Award
A music tuition co-operative and social landlord co-op were among the winners at the Wales Care Awards 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Success in the Wales Care Awards for North Wales Music Co-op and social housing co-op Pobl Group
UN Development Program rants $792,000 in relief funding for Lebanese #coops damaged in conflict with Israel
UN grants $792,000 in relief funding for Lebanese co-ops
UN Development Program outlines four support packages for Lebanese co-ops affected by the conflict with Israel
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December 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
UN Development Program rants $792,000 in relief funding for Lebanese #coops damaged in conflict with Israel
Demutualisation on the cards for Bodegas Sonsierra, second largest wine co-op in Spain's #Rioja region #coops
Demutualisation on the cards for Rioja’s second largest co-op
The first bottled wine co-op in Spain's Rioja region is to demutualise and become a limited company managed by shareholders
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December 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A #Mondragon of the North? Co-operative Party calls to strengthen Scottish Community Wealth Building bill
Co-op Party calls to strengthen Scottish Community Wealth Building bill
Could Scottish community wealth building legislation going up before MSPs help create a Mondragon of the north?
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December 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A #Mondragon of the North? Co-operative Party calls to strengthen Scottish Community Wealth Building bill
Young Cooperative, one of the oldest active #coops in #Saskatchewan, is dissolving and merging operations fellow Federated Coops member Riverbend
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One of Saskatchewan's oldest co-operatives votes on dissolution
Young Cooperative, one of the oldest co-ops in Saskatchewan, is to dissolve and merge operations into fellow Federated member Riverbend
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December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Young Cooperative, one of the oldest active #coops in #Saskatchewan, is dissolving and merging operations fellow Federated Coops member Riverbend
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#retail
Vietnam #Cooperative Alliance runs two-day training session to help the country’s #coops access European single market
Vietnamese co-ops look to digital tools to chase EU trade
The Vietnam Cooperative Alliance has run a two-day training session to help the country’s co-ops access the European single market
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December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Vietnam #Cooperative Alliance runs two-day training session to help the country’s #coops access European single market
UK #retail #coops merger: Central and Midcounties members ‘overwhelmingly’ approve creation of a society with more than 13,000 colleagues, a million members and 500 stores
Central and Midcounties merger 'overwhelmingly' approved
Members will now vote on a new name, ahead of legal completion in January
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December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Nebraska-based #farmer-owned grain co-op Central Valley Ag reports $35.2m profit and sets out capital investments, community support efforts and training in annual report
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#coops #agriculture
US farm co-op Central Valley Ag reports $35.2m profit
Farmer-owned Central Valley Ag (CVA) co-op, based in York, Nebraska, has reported US$35.2m on sales of $1.93bn for the year to 25 August.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Nebraska-based #farmer-owned grain co-op Central Valley Ag reports $35.2m profit and sets out capital investments, community support efforts and training in annual report
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#coops #agriculture
International Labour Organisation works with Lebanese government #coops department to teach #cooperative leaders how to tackle #childlabour
ILO works with co-ops to tackle child labour in Lebanon
International Labour Organisation works with Lebanese government to deliver training on the role of co-ops in eliminating child labour
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December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
International Labour Organisation works with Lebanese government #coops department to teach #cooperative leaders how to tackle #childlabour
With populist politics and Reform on the rise, can #coops solutions and community wealth building offer an alternative? Report from the Co-op Party conference
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Can community wealth-building help address Reform’s rise?
Report from the recent Co-op Party conference, with speakers from the Co-op Group, BSA and Usdaw and a look at community wealth building
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December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
With populist politics and Reform on the rise, can #coops solutions and community wealth building offer an alternative? Report from the Co-op Party conference
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Channel Islands Co-operative has had its net-zero greenhouse emissions targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) #coops #climate #climatechange
Channel Islands Co-op's climate targets win backing of SBTi
Channel Islands Co-operative has had its net-zero greenhouse emissions targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
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November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Channel Islands Co-operative has had its net-zero greenhouse emissions targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) #coops #climate #climatechange