There are approximately 3 million cooperatives around the world, and at least 12 percent of the global population is a member. Cooperatives employ 10% of the working population and provide $2,146 billion in sales revenue from the 300 largest cooperatives and mutuals. These businesses also build and maintain the essential infrastructure and services that every community requires (World Cooperative Monitor).
Cooperatives are businesses that operate according to a set of shared beliefs and ideals. Cooperatives foster long-term visions for economic growth, social development, and environmental responsibility through self-help and empowerment, reinvesting in their communities, and caring about the well-being of people and the world in which we live.
at Catalysing Change Week 2024: Cooperatives as Agents of Systems Change Building the social innovation sector at Catalysing Change Week 2024: