About Us
ACT! is a self-funding project of Cooperatives Europe and this website (http://actonclimate.coop/) is part of the on-line presence for co-operatives and their members working together to 'Address the Climate Threat'. © 2009 Cooperatives Europe asbl, All rights reserved.
ACT! was launched at the Cooperatives Europe asbl General Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria on 21 June 2009
ACT! is administered by a very small team with its Principal, Bob Burlton and project staff member Richard Mason ( on secondment from the Co-operative Group (UK)) with support from Ray Collins, responsible for Communications at Cooperatives Europe.
Contacts for ACT!
bobburlton.climatethreat@coopseurope.coop
richardmason.climatethreat@coopseurope.coop
Tel: + 32 2 743 10 33
Background
Some co-operatives are already doing many things to address the climate threat, but usually on their own. ACT! was launched to encourage more co-operatives to be like the leaders and do more and to do it together within a framework. This way, the co-operative economy will have more impact and will also achieve recognition for its contribution.
What will ACT! try to do?
- Provide a European framework to encourage co-operatives to do more:-
- to reduce their own energy consumption and carbon emissions
- to inform, educate and motivate their members and workers to reduce their own consumption and emissions
- to lobby politicians to do the right things, especially in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December 2009
ACT! will provide information and guidance to help co-operative enterprises to do these things not only more easily but more effectively, and with maximum impact from doing them together.
- Lobby and campaign with the EU institutions, and seek funding The EU sets many laws and targets that directly affect many of our co-operatives and their members (recognising that some countries represented in Co-operatives Europe are not members of the EU). The EU will be an important contributor at the Copenhagen Conference, it is therefore vital that our collective voice is heard by, and has an impact on, our political leaders.
Cooperatives Europe is the business representative organisation for co-operative enterprises from across Europe and as such is the European Regional organisation of the International Co-operative Alliance (http://ica.coop/). Cooperatives Europe asbl is a non-profit association under Belgian law.
It represents 171 individual co-operative organisations
- From 37 countries out of 42 countries of the European Region
- From 6 European Sector Organisations out of 7
Representing a force for economic and social change of
- 250,000 co-operative enterprises
- 160 million members
- 5.4 million Jobs
Contact Cooperatives Europe:
Cooperatives Europe asbl,
European Cooperatives House
Ave Milcamps, 105
1030 Bruxelles
Tel: + 32 2 743-10 33
Fax: + 32 2 743 10 39
office@coopseurope.coop