Like a team of super heroes, the members of the Lluke coop respond to the needs of communities and cooperatives throughout Chile. Each member of the consulting group offers their own individual expertise and creative problem solving skills. Their work focuses on energy saving and community improvement and results in job growth and more socially […]
Becoming a Coop
Dan Rosenberg and Addie Rose Holland are the proud owners of Real Pickles in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Real pickles produces raw naturally fermented pickles made from local, organic and sustainably farmed produce. Every year, Dan and Addie purchase about 100,000 pounds of certified organic vegetables within a 50 mile radius and transform it into six different […]
Closing the Gender Gap in Cooperative Banking
Italy lags behind almost every other European country when it comes to womens employment. Employment rates for men are more than 20 percentage points higher than those for women. And women represent only 4 percent of company board members, the second-lowest rate in Western Europe, even though on average Italian women are better educated than […]
Korean Students Learn from the BSC
In August 2012, Students from Korea University and Yeonsae University visited the Berkeley Student Cooperative as part of a two-week tour of American student cooperatives. Students at these schools in Seoul plan to form housing cooperatives to lower living costs, and visited the North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) headquarters, the BSC, the Santa Barbara […]
One Bean at a Time
Ever wonder where Starbucks delicious coffee comes from? Some of Starbucks rare and exquisite coffee comes from Sidama, Ethiopia, where Ferro Cooperatives gourmet coffee is known to be Starbucks eighth Black Apron Exclusive. Other Ethiopian cooperatives coffees were inspired by the Ferro Cooperative and have created their own coffee which received universal acclaim for its […]
The Co-operative Group
The Co-operative Group is the UKs largest mutual business, owned not by private shareholders but by over six million consumers. It is the UKs fifth biggest food retailer, the leading convenience store operator and a major financial services provider, operating The Co-operative Bank, Britannia and The Co-operative Insurance. Among its other businesses are the number […]
First Milk the UK’s dairy cooperative owned by British farmers
What does co-operation mean to First Milk? Through our members, partners and joint ventures, co-operation means working with like-minded organizations who share our ambitions, passion and sustainability beliefs. At the core of everything First Milk does, is the drive to make returns back to its farmer members, and drive a sustainable future for them and […]
Intelligent and sustainable financial futures
eDOC Innovations is a multi-owned credit union service organization, or CUSO. There are many service organizations throughout the nation that operate a cooperative business model and atmosphere to service the crucial business model of credit unions. eDOC Innovations was founded in 1992 and had humble beginnings, starting in a spare office of a credit union. […]
Consum takes a broad view
In a year when Spain turned to the Eurozone for bailout assistance, there has been one sector of the Spanish economy which is inspiring in troubled times. At Consum, one of Spain’s biggest cooperatives and one of the most significant retail cooperatives in Europe, profits rose in the past year when most of the rest […]
Co-operative Support Services ( CSS Ireland)
Co-operative Support Services (CSS) is a social enterprise development agency serving the diverse communities of island of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Its work is focused on development and support for democratically managed models of enterprise to meet the needs of local communities. The key function of CSS is the promotion, development and support of co-operative/social […]