Cooperatives

Central organisation for the co-operative movement in the UK. We work to promote the co-operative alternative across many sectors of the economy from high street consumer-owned co-operatives to pubs and football clubs, healthcare to agriculture, credit unions to community owned shops.

General information on European cooperatives; members site includes forum, message boards, articles, and coop chat. Consumer Co-operatives are enterprises owned by consumers, acting mainly in food retail. Their overall turnover amounts to more than €70 billion, with 30,000 points of sale and 300,000 employees.

ICA is an independent, non-governmental association which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide.

The Kansas Cooperative Council is a voluntary trade association representing all forms of cooperatively structured businesses in Kansas. Trade association for cooperatives in Kansas, with information on benefits and programs.

Contains general information on American cooperative businesses, a co-op events calendar, and NCBA membership information. NCBA is the nation’s oldest and largest national membership association, representing cooperatives of all types and in all industries.

The association encourages, promotes and advances cooperative enterprise, with resources for people wanting to start a co-op. The Association gathers and disseminates information to members on cooperative issues and developments in New Zealand and around the world.

An alliance provides governmental affairs, public relations, education and technical services. The largest statewide association of its kind, Cooperative Network is committed to building Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s cooperative businesses serving more than 600 member-cooperatives.

Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. Green America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982.