6 March 2012 | NRECA
International Co-operative Alliance President Calls on Electric Co-ops to Make the Public Case for Values-led, Member-owned Cooperative Businesses
Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance, in a keynote address to the 2012 NRECA Annual Meeting, called on electric cooperatives nationwide to educate the public about the cooperative business model, a model “based on human need, not human greed.” Noting that cooperatives employ more than one billion people worldwide, Dame Green drew a sharp contrast between a business model concerned with maximizing profits for distant shareholders and member-owned, not-for-profit cooperatives.
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