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Consumers want Social Enterprise Mark

Consumers are crying out for a Fairtrade-style charter mark to help them identify social enterprises, according to a survey by ICM Research.
March 25 2009

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Energy co-op plans to use farm waste

A Cumbrian energy co-operative has announced plans to make energy from farm muck and help boost the region’s farming economy.
June 10 2009

Co-op Fortnight proposal to be debated at Congress 2009

A PROPOSAL for an annual ‘Co-operative Fortnight’ — similar to Fairtrade Fortnight — will be debated at Congress 2009 at the Beaumont House Hotel, Old Windsor, over the weekend of June 26 to 28.
May 17 2009

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Venezuelan oil fields owned by the nationalised PDVSA oil company that supports community projects across the country

How oil supports Venezuela's co-op movement

As Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez celebrates his tenth year in office, opinion both internationally and within the Latin American country remains divided as to the success of his revolutionary socialist project.
February 28 2009

Ireland’s building societies are teetering on the brink

Something is rotten in the state of Ireland. Specifically, something is very rotten in the Republic’s banks. And, just for once (for good reason), I include the country’s last two building societies within the definition of ‘banks’.
February 04 2009