A SOCIAL BRAND and a SOCIAL FRANCHISOR for SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS in TOURISM Workers-owned cooperatives managing hotels, hostels, SPECIAL PLACES in order to develop self-determination, self-management, social promotion, the active participation of users and clients . Every Le Mat is special and unique but there is a shared Le Mat quality! Le Mats general mission is to […]
Le Mat – consortium of social co-operatives
Le Mat is a social co-operative (Corsortium) of social co-operatives. Up from our local pratices all over Italy creating jobs in many different branches and working for a more sustainable and inclusive community we developed all together a brand standing for responsible, inclusive and community tourism. LE MAT – SPECIAL PLACES, SPECIAL PEOPLE, SPECIAL VALUES. […]
Farda Coop
Iran Oilseeds & Vegetable Oil Processing Factories Cooperative: Iran Oilseeds & Vegetable Oil Processing Factories Cooperative (that is referred to as Farda Co-op) was established on 20 May 2006. It has 26 shareholders from vegetable oil factories in Iran. The 26 shareholders consist 93 percent of Iran’s vegetable oil industry and 81 percent of Iran’s […]
HSV Supporters Club
Across Europe, the system of co-operation seen in the supporter ownership of football clubs in Germany is an example to many supporters across the continent who follow clubs that are blighted by debt, badly run, and refuse supporters influence over the game they love. But even in Germany the fans have had to campaign […]
HSV Supporters Club
The HSV Supporters Club (HSV SC) is the first official fan department at a German football club.
The single voice of a cooperative
A civil war raged in Guatemala from 1960 to 1996 – the longest civil war in Latin America’s history. In the Ixil Triangle, where Oikocredit project partner Asociación Chajulense (Chajul) operates today, thousands of civilians were killed, tortured or disappeared. The victims were predominantly Mayan descendants. Today, the coffee and honey farmers of Chajul – made […]
Koperativa Mpambolin-Ambanivolo Mananara (KOMAM)
The tropical rainforest of the remote Mananara-Nord Biosphere Reserve in northeast Madagascar is rich in biodiversity, with 13 different lemur species alone. Here, villagers are helping to protect the environment by using traditional, low-impact methods to produce vanilla, growing the orchids at the base of large trees in the forest. The traditional production process for […]
Koperativa Mpambolin-Ambanivolo Mananara (KOMAM)
Growers of vanilla and cloves in a biosphere reserve have united together to sell and market their spices.
Seward Co-op
Seward Co-op opened in 1972 in Minneapolis, MN. At first, we were run by a core group of volunteers and had a small selection of products. Despite challenges in the early ’80s, membership and sales began to increase after adopting a general management structure. Seward reincorporated as a consumer co-op, patronage refunds were introduced and […]
It All Began Around a Kitchen Table…
As a Co-operative, Organic Meadow provides a unique opportunity for organic farmers to collectively store, process and market organically-grown products including organic milk, organic dairy products, organic eggs and organic grains. Our goal is to unite small family farms under one brand, letting them share in the benefits of our marketing efforts. Organic Meadow is […]