Tools Conference

Tools to Measure Co-operative Performance and Impact

CEARC co-hosted with the Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network (MCDRN) in 2014 to organize an international conference focued on how and why co-operatives assess their performance and impacts on society.

The outcomes from the conference were examined at the ICA Research Conference conference in Croatia (www.ICA2014.coop). Conference organizers, in collaboration with the Centre of the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan, have published a free book "Co-operatives for Sustainable Communities". order here.

Conference Program (opens in new window)‌

Measuring the Co-operative Difference: Community Impact and Member Engagement... (opens in new window)‌ (Final Report pdf)

Presentations are listed alphabetically by author.

Andreaus, Michele - Integrated Accountability System (opens in new window)

Brown, L, Hicks, E; Leclerc A; Jackson-Wood, S - Sustainability and Planning Scorecard (opens in new window)

Carini, Chiara - The World Co-operative Monitoring Project (opens in new window)

Christiansen, Russ - Co-operative Sustainability Scorecard (opens in new window)

Dumont, Melanie - Co-operative Identity and Survival Rate and Data Collections and Statistics (opens in new window)

ElYoussef, Hanan - Blueprint Strategy (opens in new window)

Glas, Mariano - Cooperativa Obrera (opens in new window)

Gordon Nembhard, Jessica - Measuring Community Impact of Co-operatives (opens in new window)

Guy, Denyse -

Herbert, Yuill - Sustainability Reporting and Co-operatives (opens in new window)

Hewitt, Myrna - Values Based Banking (opens in new window)

Hough, Peter - The Co-op Index: Walk the Talk (opens in new window)

Marino, Manuel - Co-operative Social Audit and Certification (opens in new window)

McInnis, Anne-Marie

McNamara, John - Social Audit - Creating Structures on the Cheap (opens in new window)

Martin, Kate

Novkovic, Sonja - Co-operative Performance: What to Measure and Why (opens in new window)

Simmons, Richard

Sparreboom, Theo - Statistical Information Challenges (opens in new window)

Strube, Martin - Assessing the Quality of a Democracy (opens in new window)

Yuill, Bob - Loyalty - Participation - Communication (opens in new window)

Westwood, Joanne - Integrated Reporting (opens in new window)