Greener Together – the co-operative way (www.greenertogether.coop) is an ambitious and dynamic project. The core focus is to engage, support and provide the means to share lifestyle changes that reduce members’ and customers’ environmental impact in the areas of energy, waste and personal transport. The Project enables member organisations of Co-operatives UK (www.cooperatives-uk.coop), the Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH) (www.cch.coop) and the Plunkett Foundation (www.plunkett.co.uk) to work with their members and customers in achieving greener behaviour.
Greener Together aims to help people to live in a more sustainable way. It does this by focusing on the small actions we can each take in our daily lives towards achieving bigger changes in the wider world. Many member organisations are already doing great things to encourage their members to live in a more sustainable way. The Greener Together project builds upon this success and helps to strengthen relationships’ between organisations and their members’.
Co-operatives and community owned enterprises bring people together to meet common needs. We believe that people working together, sharing ideas and good practice brings about a greater impact than people working individually or in isolation. Through working with their members and networks, co-operatives can collectively really make a difference.
Working with over 50 member organisations across 5 sectors Greener Together creates a virtual space for over 3,600 individuals develop forming a community of support advice and greener living.
Co-operatives UK is the member owned and led trade association for all types of co‑operative enterprise throughout the UK. It is the strategic voice for co-operation and works to increase awareness and understanding of co-operative values and principles, supports the development and growth of new co-operatives and helps existing co-operatives to achieve high performance levels and good governance. It is a focal point for the sector and a forum for innovation and best practice. Co-operatives UK represents co-operative enterprise throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
