Tag: co-op

Co-op’s solar power project set to turbo charge its own green energy supply

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has announced its ambitions to install solar panels on a target of up to 700 sites across its food, funeralcare and logistic portfolio across the UK over the next three years. As part of its journey to increase the amount of renewable power that it directly procures, Co-op is aiming to deliver 30,000 MWh generation of solar energy – which is enough to power the equivalent of around 12,500 homes – through the installation of up to 76,000 solar panels. Additionally, adding the solar panels across the consumer co-operative’s…

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Co-op Launches National Inclusion Campaign to Highlight the Power of Co-operation

Stuart Mitchell

To mark National Inclusion Week in September, Co-op have launched a new national outdoor and social media campaign which champions communities and the diversity that makes them special, alongside a new Social Mobility, Inclusion and Belonging strategy. The campaign, featuring manifesto-style poster mega banners in Manchester and Liverpool has a bold, brand point of view, stating that while ‘Hate Divides Communities. Co-operation builds them’. Reinforcing Co-op’s cooperative values and investment in supporting community causes that are important to its member-owners. The outdoor campaign focuses on high traffic, city centre areas…

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1 in 4 young people struggle to access healthy food choices in their communities

Stuart Mitchell

A new report has laid bare the significant challenges that children and young people face in finding and affording nutritious food outside of traditional home or school environments. Almost a quarter of young people (23%) say they struggle to access healthy food choices in their community. Over 45,000 young people shared their views for a new report from Co-op and Barnardo’s which reveals how young people are struggling to find and afford nutritious food outside of home or school. Co-op and Barnardo’s will present the report and urgent recommendations to…

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CO-OP Extends Fairtrade Roses Commitment In Retail First

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has become the first UK retailer to move its entire range of fresh cut roses to be 100% Fairtrade, in a major milestone marking the 30th year anniversary of the Fairtrade mark.   The leading convenience retailer is the largest seller of Fairtrade flowers in the UK, selling more than 71 million Fairtrade stems in 2023.  The roses, which are sourced from Fairtrade farms from Kenya and Ecuador reaffirm Co-op’s commitment to Fairtrade, alongside an ongoing dedication to high quality, premium flowers.  In celebration of Fairtrade’s 30th anniversary, a new…

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Can the UK become a nation of co-operators? – Co-op unveils bold new brand platform

Stuart Mitchell

The 180-year-old original and world’s first successful cooperative, The Co-op Group, launches one of its biggest ever campaigns to encourage the UK into a nation of co-operators, whereby the benefits both financially and socially of a cooperative business model are explained and embraced. The ‘Owned by You. Right By You’ campaign is launched as a new survey* reveals that over 50% of consumers admit they don’t understand what it means when a business is a co-operative or a mutual and two fifths (42%) admit they don’t understand what constitutes a…

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