Featured campaign Tell the government: put co-ops at the heart of sustainable international development
22nd November 2018 The UN’s goals for eliminating poverty are as relevant at home as they are abroad Preet Gill Labour & Co-operative MP for Birmingham Edgbaston and Shadow Minister for International Development The UN's sustinable development goals show that development is not just something done to people and countries 'over there', but that we must work to address people’s needs in the UK as well as across the world.
12th June 2018 To build a more equal world, we need a renewed emphasis on co-operative development Preet Gill Labour & Co-operative MP for Birmingham Edgbaston and Shadow Minister for International Development We know that co-operatives can help to deliver a fairer global economy, which is why under the next Labour government, DfID will make place a new emphasis on developing and supporting co-operative enterprises around the world.
20th March 2018 Why I’m Making the Move to a Fairtrade Workplace Claudia Beamish Member of the Scottish Parliament on the South of Scotland list and Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change
7th March 2018 Campaign success: Sainsbury’s told to stop advertising ‘Fairly Traded’ non-Fairtrade tea Ben West Communications & Digital Officer Sainsbury's supermarket has been ordered to stop using the misleading 'Fairly Traded' label in adverts for its own-brand tea, in a campaign victory for Co-operative Party MPs, activists and campaigners this Fairtrade Fortnight.
9th November 2017 With ‘fairly traded’ tea, Sainsbury’s is pouring its own reputation down the drain Anna Heard With its 'fairly traded' tea, the supermarket seems intent on ruining its own well-earned reputation as a leader on Fairtrade
19th October 2017 Tackling global poverty means challenging a broken economic system Kate Osamor Labour & Co-operative MP for Edmonton Under the next Labour Government, the Department for International Development will be tasked explicitly with reducing inequality, the Shadow International Development Secretary said in her speech to Co-operative Party Centenary Conference.
3rd August 2016 Co-op councillors demand suppliers pay their fair share of tax Emma Hoddinott Local Government Officer Co-operative councillors in Salford and Durham tighten procurement rules to ensure suppliers are transparent in their tax affairs
11th March 2016 Co-operative Party Celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight Co-operative Party It's Fairtrade Fortnight, and up and down the country, the Party's members, local branches and our elected representatives have been marking the occasion...
9th March 2016 There’s enough food in the world for us all – let’s ensure everyone earns enough to afford it. Stephen Twigg Labour and Co-operative MP for Liverpool West Derby This Fairtrade Fortnight, we stand ready to support the continued development of fairtrade - just as the co-operative movement has done for over 20 years now.
17th March 2015 Backing fairtrade footballs in Glasgow Richard McCready Political Officer People often question what difference being a ‘Co-operative Council’ makes. Glasgow City Council has a very interesting answer to that question especially in relation to promoting a fairtrade sports goods co-operative.
17th April 2013 Tell David Cameron to Make Food Fair at the G8 Summit Martin Tiedemann During Fairtrade Fortnight, the Make Food Fair campaign was launched by the Fairtrade Foundation.
8th March 2013 Another Tory MP thwarts Private Members’ Bill that has cross-party support Martin Tiedemann Labour & Co-operative MP Mark Hendrick’s Private Members’ Bill sought to enshrine in law the cross-party commitment to spend 0.7 percent of gross national income on official development assistance.
28th February 2013 Event – Kibbutz, Commune, and Co-operative: Can we learn from the Israeli experience? Martin Tiedemann
20th June 2012 Mark Hendrick MP: The people snared in poverty’s grip can’t afford inaction Mark Hendrick Labour and Co-operative MP for Preston
19th June 2012 Once again it falls to Labour to provide leadership – Mark Hendrick MP to table Private Member’s Bill on 0.7% Martin Tiedemann
11th September 2009 Douglas Alexander: International development is both a moral cause and a common cause Douglas Alexander MP
8th March 2008 Fighting the banana wars Martin Tiedemann As Fairtrade Fortnight draws to a close, a new book by Harriet Lamb, head of the UK Fairtrade Foundation, tells the story of Fairtrade and the difference it is making.
24th October 2007 Water for water, it’s child’s play Martin Tiedemann The Co-op has launched the UK's first own-label ethical water.
21st September 2007 Co-op Conference photo diary Martin Tiedemann A short recap of of the Co-operative Party Annual Conference.
7th March 2007 An Equal Exchange between North and South Martin Tiedemann The second case study produced by the Co-operative Party as part of its campaign on Ethical and Fair Trade concerns Equal Exchange. Equal Exchange UK was founded in 1979, and Equal Exchange US in 1986. Both are worker co-ops established to create a new approach to trade, a model that engages consumers and builds honest and fair trade relationships through co-operative principles.
2nd March 2007 Co-op coffee on film Part 2 Martin Tiedemann As Fairtrade Fortnight continues, we receive offers of more and more promotional material. A particularly welcome item in the post was a DVD from the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign: Coffee - Take It Fairly: Stories of Nicaraguan women fairtrade producers. Three women of Los Alpes near Jinotega, north Nicaragua, members of the SOPPEXCCA co-op, tell their stories.
24th February 2007 Co-op coffee on film Part 1 Martin Tiedemann A few weeks ago the Co-operative Party premiered a new film about global coffee production in a screening at Parliament. The movie, Black Gold, features Tadesse Meskela, the general manager of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union in Ethopia. Tadesse himself was able to join us and the film makers for the screening in London, as well as a reception at Number 10 and a debate for members with Hilary Benn MP in Wakefield.
A co-operative plan for a Britain where power and wealth are sharedThe Co-operative Party's policy platform in advance of the 2017 General Election