Co-op News

Report from the recent conference of the Confederation of Co-operative Housing, which discussed the potential of the #coops model to offer solutions in the face of the #housingcrisis, a growing problem for a world already facing #climatechange - as well as a political polarisation which is making #cooperatives look increasingly 'counter-cultural'. Delegates also looked internal issues for the sector, around tenant satisfaction, governance and regulation https://lnkd.in/efbjz3vW

The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) has announced @Dr Udai Shanker Awasthi, of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) as the winner of the 2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award.

Scotmid Co-operative has announced two COO appointments, with Brian Boyle taking on the #retail division and Nick McLaughlin stepping into a newly created role at #funerals

Lincolnshire Co-op has reported a 6.1% growth in turnover but rising costs, including energy prices and the Living Wage, brought a 10.5% drop in trading surplus to £10.8m, in its annual results to September

The stresses and pressures of content moderation are a new labour rights issue in the growing platform economy. Can the #cooperative model offer an answer? It's just one of the issues debated at the Digital Africa Rising conference in Mombasa, organised by the The Platform Cooperativism Consortium - an event which highlighted the work of #plaformcoops such as Zenzeleni Wi-Fi, a care services platform in South Africa, Tanzania’s Enyorata platform which helps women build credit histories, and Kerala Food Platform in India. Consortium director Trebor Scholz writes from the event and shares his thoughts here https://lnkd.in/dprsma-9

The global #cooperative movement has today kicked off the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) in New Delhi, India. The launch came at the start of the global conference of the International Cooperative Alliance, which has gathered 3,000 delegates from more than 100 countries Check our report from the event, with speeches from UN secretary general António Guterres, the leaders of India, Fiji and Bhutan, and leading co-operators. #coops https://lnkd.in/dyMgYhZJ

Cooperative Business New Zealand, the national apex for New Zealand’s #coops and #mutuals, announced its annual awards in Christchurch on 13 November. Click here to read about the winners https://lnkd.in/edvcA6a4

HM Treasury writes to regulators Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority for update on #coops and #mutuals landscape, and calls for evidence on #creditunions common bond, following up chancellor Rt Hon Rachel Reeves's #MansionHouse speech https://lnkd.in/eYbGKyjq

US credit union Navy Federal – the world's largest – has been ordered to pay a total of $95m in refunds and penalties for charging illegal overdraft fees to its customers between 2017 and 2022.

GO-OP Train Co-operative has been given the green light from regulators to run the UK's first co-operative #railway services, between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare from the end of 2025. #coops #transport