Sine Zenith produces and distributes bissap. This is a juice made from hibiscus flowers. The beverage is a time honored tradition in Senegal and the cooperative uses artisanal methods of production.
A flow of member benefits
We sell plumbing gear to plumbers who are mainly our members, each with an equal vote. That’s the succinct description of the Plumber Supplies Co-operative (PSC) given by Tony Rogic, its general manager, sales. And it applied equally well when the co-operative was formed back in 1955. At that time Australian tradespeople faced a post-war […]
Plumbers’ Supplies Co-operative Ltd.
Plumbers Supplies Co-operative (PSC) sells plumbing gear to plumbers, many of whom are members. Customers of the co-operative obtain extra financial benefits – discounted prices, a rebate based on the volume of their purchases and an annual dividend based on the size of their shareholding.
Fonterra Cooperative Group
Fonterra is a global, co-operatively-owned company with its roots firmly planted in New Zealands rich land, working to unlock every drop of goodness from the 22 billion litres of milk we collect each year and sharing it with the world. Fonterra is owned by about 10,500 farmer shareholders.
A hope to feed nine billion by 2050
Paul Hazen recalls attending a members meeting of the local electric distribution co-operative back in the late 1970s. Up for debate was the shutting down of its nuclear power plant. The floor was divided and loudly so. The resolution was voted down and consequently the members moved on to the next agenda item – […]
Working Together to Kill Zombies
Die2Nite is a computer game about zombies. But it is also, according to one review, an interactive piece of social commentary, in which you join 39 other players in a town repeatedly beset upon by the living dead. Its your choice whether or not to help the community or live (and die) alone. With its […]
Motion Twin
Motion Twin is a worker-run cooperative developing browser-based computer games. Every member has an equal share in the company as well as the right to vote on all decisions regardless of their seniority or qualifications. We like to work in an environment that respects and provides equal rights for all. At Motion-Twin, there is no […]
Bring on the buzz! – Meet the City Bee Association, Copenhagen, Denmark
“We make the city buzz with life!” Bybi (City Bee) works with social organisations, businesses and 3 million bees to improve the urban environment and unlock the social and economic benefits of sustainable beekeeping and honey production in Copenhagen. Bybi is a social co-operative enterprise. The profits Bybi make are reinvested in the association’s social […]
National Cooperative Bank
NCB, FSB (NCB), a federally- charted savings bank is the only bank in the United States dedicated to delivering nationwide banking products and solutions to cooperatives and other member-owned organizations throughout the country. Serving both rural and urban neighborhoods, NCB is a leader in supplying grocery, health care, education and housing solutions to the nations […]
Co-operatives drive “real economy” and provide solution to crisis
Dame Pauline Green tells national conference one billion people can’t be wrong Paris, France. 4 October 2012; Co-operative enterprises are a lynchpin in the “real economy” and co-operative banks stabilise and ensure against market failures, said Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance, today. Yet while more than one million people from around […]