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History:
The Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (MILKFED) came into life in the year 1973 to improve dairy farming in the state of Punjab.
The primary aim was to provide a lucrative milk market to the state milk producers by value addition and marketing of produce. Another of its objective was to provide technical inputs for the enhancement of milk production.
Though the federation was registered quite earlier, it came into its real form in the year 1983 when the milk plants of the former Punjab Dairy Development Corporation Limited were granted to the Cooperative Sector under Operation Flood.
Vision:
To become the most admired brand in the dairy sector and vibrant cooperative institution in the country, facilitating inclusive growth.
Mission:
Ensuring prosperity to the milk producers’ by ensuring milk procurement at remunerative prices around the year coupled with providing quality extension services for enhancing milk production as well as reducing costs. Ensuring quality processing of milk and production of milk products in a clean, hygienic manner and making them available to the consumers at reasonable prices through excellence in marketing.
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History:
In 1972, a group of neighbours in Northwest Portland joined together to sell groceries out of a little store on 23rd Avenue. Their mission was to provide their community with a place to buy good quality groceries that couldn’t be found in regular supermarkets.
Even though this first grocery store was small, the impact of people coming together to provide for themselves, and their community was immense. Over the year our store has moved a few times, is now owned by over 10,000 people, and is still committed to providing the finest quality wholesome foods for our community.
Services:
Food Front Cooperative Grocery helps to connect members of the co-op and the public to an alternative supply chain built upon the seven Cooperative Principles. Food front Cooperative aims to be thriving, sustainable cooperative grocery store in which all are welcome and remains free of all forms of discrimination. Membership is voluntary.
Food Front Cooperative is owned by its members. Members help to shape cooperative policy and elect representatives that are accountable to the membership. Members have voting rights defined as one membership, one vote. As a thriving cooperative business in the heart of Portland’s Northwest District, Food Front promotes and builds long – term relationships with local producers and vendors, allowing vendors sustained representation in the marketplace ensuring local products remain abundant. Food Front strives to be healthy and affordable.
Food Front is committed to an open, approachable, and inclusive workplace that priorities care for employees. Management aims to hear and be responsive to employee’s needs, incorporating feedback into workplace policies and practices while having open – book management. Employees shall have access to timely information.
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1,851 members – 5 counties served – 2,677 miles of line!
During the depths of the Great Depression, American voters and politicians began to think of rural electrification as a good policy. Many government officials and social reformers believed that electricity had contributed greatly to improving the quality of urban life and that the lack of electricity in rural areas deepened the gap between urban and rural Americans.
The federal government began to take concrete steps to bring electricity to rural areas shortly after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President in 1932. The first big federal electrification project was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), created in 1933. The new agency had multiple objectives: to build hydroelectric power-generating stations, transmit electricity to remote areas of the South, and foster economic development in rural communities.
By executive order of President Roosevelt, the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was created in 1935. The REA was established with one objective: to bring electricity to farms. The $5 billion Emergency Relief Act passed by Congress in 1935 included $100 million for the construction of rural electric transmission lines. The REA administrator, Morris Llewellyn Cooke, had hoped to use the money for low-interest loans to existing private utilities for building transmission lines in rural areas, but the utilities were not interested. In 1936, Congress took the REA out of the domain of federal relief programs and made it an independent federal agency, and Cooke focused the agency’s attention on creating rural electric cooperative.
Services:
Our mission is to provide reliable electric service to members at a competitive price. It is also the co-op’s mission to continually seek ways to expand the customer base to benefit the overall economic condition of the cooperative service territory. It is the mission to accomplish this with a highly trained and efficient staff in conjunction with a well-informed membership.
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Caja Popular León Franco was founded on June 9, 1965, after having concluded the third stage of the missions in the City of Rioverde S.L.P., under the direction of Priest Juvenal Martínez Lara. The Society is named “León Franco” in honor of Father León Franco Cisneros, Director of the Mission.
The capital with which the cooperative began its operations was for the amount of $731.55 with a total of 43 founding members, who were mostly dedicated to cutting oranges. Initially, the cooperative provided its services in a room attached to the parish, in which it remained until January 12, 1977. Later, the address changed to rented premises on Hidalgo Street in this city.
With the passage of time and with the support material and morale of its partners, it was possible to build the first of its own premises, located on Madero Street in this city of Rioverde. The cooperative, with the support of its members, began to open branches that mostly occupied rented homes. The Madero branch was the main office until 1994 when the building located on Centenario Street in this city of Rioverde was acquired, where the Headquarters Office is currently located.
Services:
To be a Financial Cooperative Society, which meets all the expectations of the population through efficient resources and competitive excellence, with attachment to cooperative principles.
Mutual aid inspires the rest of the values and also the principles of cooperation. Helping is providing cooperation to those who need it and, in our case, it is reciprocal, waiting for the contribution of others because it has already offered its own. Mutual aid involves thinking about partners, being empathetic to their needs and aspirations, which encourages the spirit of service. That is why it opposes all forms of selfishness, the anti-value that induces the leaders and employees of the cooperative to procure only profits, personal or group.
We are a reliable Cooperative Society that provides products and services quality financial institutions, through committed staff, raising the level of life of our partners and contributing to the socio-economic development of the region.
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History:
La Capona Llibreria is partnered with The Cooperative Combinates, which is a work and social initiative cooperative that was born in 2017 in Tarragona. Its objective is to achieve everyday transformations and, through social projects, dynamization and communication. All this, with education, feminism and environmentalism as transversal tools. It has the areas of Commercial, Educational and Social Action and Communication, and has also coordinated and directed cultural projects of high interest in the territory.
Services:
Since its creation, La Capona Llibreria has been a socializing cultural hub at the service of the city and its people, a model of close trade and a reference with the logic of the common good. From here, Combinates wants to follow this path and we understand that the construction of a consumer group combines the speed necessary to reopen and the essential structure to have a long look with citizen involvement.
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Co-op Energy is the alternative choice in the energy market, providing good value, simplicity and transparency. We are committed to offering our customers fair energy prices and source our energy from local suppliers all over.
When choosing Co-op Energy, you can trust that we will produce 100% renewable energy from small-scale, community solar, wind, and hydro farms. Our customers also have the option of choosing our Community Power Tariff – the only tariff in the UK which is powered solely by 100% renewable energy from small scale community solar, wind, and hydro farms across the UK. the
Services:
We believe in Community Power. Community Power energy is becoming increasingly more popular as our society moves towards a greener way of life. Local community action groups across the UK tend to involved with projects that promote green and sustainable living. These projects range from fitting new solar panels across communities to investing and organizing the production of new wind. There are so many reasons why this type of power production is key to paving the way for a greener and brighter future. Not just for our communities but for ourselves, our families and the future of the planet. Our Community Power tariff works directly with renewable energy sources like these, which mean that as a customer you have peace of mind knowing there is full transparency over your sustainability choice, as well as knowing that the money you spend for your service.
A greener future is in your hands!
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History:
Tai Sacco Society Limited is located in Kenya. Having been voted under the ‘Best Managed Saccos in Kenya’ category, we are the leading deposits taking Savings and Credit Society with over 30 years of operation. It was incepted and registered in 1992 as a Bosa Activity under the name Kiambu Tea Growers Sacco. In January 1999, the Sacco opened its FOSA Activity in Gothenburg town. In its urge to diversify and grow its customer base, the Sacco changed its name to Tai Sacco Society Limited in 2009.
Rebranding:
In 2009, Kiambu Tea Growers Society Limited was rebranded to Tai Sacco Society Limited. This rebranding was necessitated by our growth in customer base which had continued to grow and thus the need for a more encompassing name was felt. The common bond was opened, and we no longer served Tea farmers only; civil servants, dairy farmers, coffee farmers, horticultural and floricultural farmers, business community, transport industry and much more have curved in.
The name Tai is borrowed from Swahili Language which means an Eagle. An Eagle is well known for its conspicuous character and values. On realizing that our behaviour and character are similar, we declared to become an Eagle.
Services:
Our vision is to be the ultimate financial partner of choice that transforms lives in Kenya. Also, to transform the lives of our members socially and economically through provision of timely and innovative financial solutions.
Today, Tai Sacco Society Limited has continued to enjoy tremendous growth in membership and geographical coverage which has become a strong superimposed pillar that supports all–inclusive membership.
Core Values:
Teamwork, Reliability, Integrity, Creativity and Innovation, Excellence, Professionalism (TRICEP)
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History:
Caja Buenos Aires, S.C. de A.P. de R.L. de C.V. is a Savings and Loan Cooperative Society that was born on November 26, 1968, thanks to the idea and vision of 24 people from the Catholic Action of the Santa Cecilia Church in Monterrey, N.L., thus beginning the history of this great cooperative.
Through its over 50 years of life, the cooperative has gone through changes and transformations that have become benefits and improvements for members. Currently, the Fund has 37 branches strategically distributed in the 12 most important municipalities of Nuevo León and has extended its services to the State of Tamaulipas and Tabasco.
In Caja Buenos Aires, there are no clients, only members, who in turn elect representatives to play a managerial role, in which their main task is to keep the finances of the cooperative on track and inform all members each year, in the Ordinary General Assembly, about the work plans and budget of the same.
Services:
Our mission is to contribute to human development through the provision of financial and social products and services, strengthening the responsibility and dignity of the people involved with our Cooperative Enterprise.
Our vision:
Consolidate ourselves as a competitive Cooperative Company with human quality, which respects current regulations, through programs and support products focused on satisfying the needs of our Members, Managers and Collaborators.
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History:
Established in 2022, Kongsi Co-op has been striving to build a harmonious three-folding society through its vision, missions, values, and principles.
Kongsi Co-op started humbly with a group of concerned consumers who wanted more organic and biodynamic products and services to fill the community’s needs for quality local supplies. Kongsi Co-op has since been looking for the optimal operating model to fulfil their daily grocery needs. Kongsi Co-op hopes to reach out to more producers and consumers who share the same values and favour supporting the local circular economy.
Services:
Kongsi Co-op connects people, soil, and nature to co-create a harmonious ecosystem.
Kongsi Co-op is concerned with relationships and community building as much as with factors of production, consumption, distribution, workforces, social well-being, environment ecosystem, and finance. Relationships here include not only our relations to fellow human beings but also to mother earth’s nature. We believed in this production side of an economic life that is imbued with social responsibility.
By collating eco-friendly and safe products or services and operating in a co-purchase mode, the profits generated will be utilized for both member and community development, thereby achieving a co-winning circular economy.
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History:
CASE is a co-operatively run social enterprise and was established in embryonic form in 1982, and formally incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in April 1984 as the Leicester and County Co-operative Development Agency (better known as Leicester CDA, a name which some of our long-standing clients still use when referring to us).
The agency changed its name to CASE to reflect the fact that we deliver beyond the boundaries of the county and to promote that we are a resource and development agency for all forms of social enterprise.
For 34 years our role has been to support the development of social enterprise, primarily throughout Leicestershire, but also across East Midlands and beyond. We have links with various European countries through our support programs and our experiences in promoting diversity and equality has resulted in work in Italy and the Netherlands.
Services:
Our service is tailored to be relevant to each client’s needs, considering different levels of business experience, cultural and language differences. Each client is given a toolkit of information relevant to their social enterprise which builds as the business develops, ending as a substantial aid for future reference.
Our development officers have attained SFEDI social enterprise delivery standards and are highly experienced and qualified trainers. All CASE advisers have experience of running their own businesses including multi-site convenience stores, a social enterprise community bookshop and a prize-winning community public house.
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History:
The largest cooperative organisation in Nigeria with diverse business interests across the Southwest Region of Nigeria. Our operational headquarters is located within the metropolitan city of Ibadan. Our businesses include manufacturing, packaging, hospitality, travels and tours, corporate security, hygiene services, agriculture, real estate, oil and gas as well as managing credit to co-operators in both formal and informal sectors.
Odua Cooperative Conglomerate Limited is one of the most diversified cooperative organisations in Africa, the umbrella of all cooperative movements in the Southwest of Nigeria. It is the largest in Nigeria. It has its precursor in the old cooperative union of Western Nigeria (C.U.W.N ) which emerged in 1952.
Our Vision:
To be the preferred investment institution in Nigeria and in the Southwest in particular.
Our mission:
To promote and strengthen the cooperative movement in the South West of Nigeria.
Initiate and promote economic empowerment of members at the grass roots, according to cooperative values and principles.
Achieve and sustain superior financial returns through increasing business and economic activities.
Improve the quality and speed of action in all aspects of operations, professionalism and productivity of staff.
Create an environment of mutual respect, frankness and trust where initiative and performance are recognized and rewarded.
Sustain the knowledge and love of our products and services among staff.
Be driven by the zeal to do the right thing at the right time for customers and other stakeholders.
To be driven in all aspects of the operations.
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History:
The Sonian Forest is Europe’s greatest urban forest. Sonian Wood Coop works exclusively with this noble material – grown, designed and made in Brussels.
Dedicated to sustainable design and traditional craft skills, our workshop in the heart of Brussels produces custom-designed and custom-built furniture and other woodworking projects.
The Sonian Forest is a formidable source of beech flooring. The wood produced by this forest is the fruit of centuries of hard work. The amazing intrinsic qualities of local beech wood include beautiful color variations and a smooth finish compatible with frequent skin contact.
The Sonian Wood Coop is established as a cooperative company under Belgian law. We are a social and democratic enterprise and this is reflected in our statues: all members of the cooperative have equal voting rights in our general assembly (the principle of “one member, one voice”) and the pay out of dividends and variations in share prices are strictly limited.
Services:
The mission of the Sonian Wood Coop is to relocate the transformation of the wood from the Sonian Forest. We closely cooperate with different partners along the value chain and organise the sustainable production of local high-quality wood products. From the purchase of standing trees to the final use in architecture or design projects, our job is to make sure that all steps along the way are as sustainable, local, and qualitative as possible.
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