Cooperative business models have long offered a unique method for organising economic activity by placing democratic control, shared ownership, and community benefit at the heart of enterprise. In the ...

A business cooperative is a private group of small businesses that opt to pool their resources to benefit all members. This is not the same as multiple brands operating under a parent company; it is a ...

As Tom Adams, co-founder of Adams & Chittenden Scientific Glass, started planning his exit into retirement, he knew what he didn’t want to happen. Twenty-six years earlier, Adams was a production ...

Sierra Allen, 21-year-old barista, had just ended their shift at Baltimore’s Common Ground Cafe on July 2, 2023, when a co-worker texted them the shocking news: Owner Michael Krupp was unceremoniously ...

Our French startup Digicoop is a remote-first worker cooperative. We started the company in 2015, based on our shared values and passion for technology. The goal was simple: make good products that ...

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Ethical and sustainable practices are central to The Co-operative Bank, which gets involved in a variety of social and economic campaigns. With free or discounted tech for invoicing and payments, as ...

Amul is often seen as proof that when small producers unite, they can compete with large corporations, and Bharat Taxi wants ...

The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation has unveiled the island’s first stand-alone Co-operative Business Policy, setting the stage for new legislation to support member-owned, for-profit ...