Sustainability Report 2009 - The Co-operative

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Delivering value Trade and business association memberships The Co-operative supports the right of businesses to collectively voice concerns and seek to influence public policy, and has membership of a number of trade and business associations. In taking the broadest view of transparency in respect of public policy activities, it seeks to disclose all principal memberships, subscription fees and donations to trade and business associations, and other organisations involved in seeking to influence public policy or business practices. Trade and business association membership fees and donations 2009 Membership and co-operation Toxic Fuels campaign website. The campaign was launched at a CFS and WWF-UK protest outside the Canadian Embassy in London, in early 2009. Name Amount Co-operatives UK £1,079,998 NPA Services (National Pharmacy Association) (left in 2009) £300,000 Co-operative Employers Association £275,000 Business in the Community (BITC) £229,164 Building Society Association £202,098 Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) £160,000 Economic impact Employees Customers In an in-store poll, over 500,000 Co-operative customers said they support reserves to protect marine life (page 81). National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) £154,009 Council of Mortgage Lenders £129,120 Royal Pharmaceutical Society for Great Britain £127,176 British Security Industry Association £124,279 British Retail Consortium (BRC) £89,564 Company Chemists Association £85,005 The Law Society £48,365 European Community of Consumer Co-operatives (Euro Co-op) £38,624 International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) £34,000 Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL) £32,131 Association of British Insurers (ABI) £30,979 Public policy Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) £30,000 British Banking Association (BBA) £28,401 European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) £26,500 Corporate Executive Board £22,218 International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) IGD Services (Grocery Information, Insight and Best Practice) £20,797 £18,976 Information Security Forum £18,301 Association of Mutual and Insurance Co-operatives £16,503 Employers’ Forum on Disability £13,336 Plan Bee campaign website. By December 2009, over 3,300 people had signed The Co-operative’s petition urging Government to review the impact of pesticides on bees. Scottish Grocer Federation £12,900 Professional Planning Forum £12,776 Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) £10,820 Communicate Mutuality (MUTUO) £10,000 The Wine & Spirit Trade Association £10,000 114 The Co-operative Group Sustainability Report 2009
Trade and business association membership fees and donations 2009 continued Name Amount Forum for the Future £10,000 Finance and Leasing Association £8,566 Institute of Social & Ethical Accountability (AccountAbility) £7,000 Combined Heat and Power Association £6,600 Scottish Renewables Forum £5,980 ClimateWise £5,750 National Farmers Union (England) £5,591 Renewable Energy Association £5,400 Scottish Renewable Energy Association £5,200 UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF) £5,000 Demographics User Group £4,712 Fresh Potato Suppliers Association £4,150 The Corporate Citizenship Company £4,099 Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) £3,175 Social Enterprise Coalition £2,875 British Institute of Funeral Directors £2,443 Guild of Travel Management £2,400 Country Land and Business Association £2,377 Enterprise Forum Ltd £2,300 Employers Forum on Age £2,300 Corporate Responsibility Group £1,925 British Food Importers and Distributors Association £1,632 British Institute of Facilities Management £1,276 Federation of Burial and Cremation Authority £1,259 National Farmers Union (Scotland) £1,241 British Retail Consortium Palm Oil £1,149 Total £3,495,440 Political donations The Co-operative is a significant supporter of The Co-operative Party (The Party), which was created in 1917 by the UK Co-operative Movement in order to promote its Values and Principles. The Party works to raise awareness of the benefits of the co-operative and mutual models, and to influence Government towards support for more co-operative action. The Party has representation in both Houses of Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly of Wales and the Greater London Assembly, and, additionally, has over 350 local councillors 4 . In 2009, an overall financial contribution of £676,000 (2008: £646,000) was made to The Party in respect of the annual subscription and support for Party Councils. An in-kind donation of £5,000 (2008: £6,000) was also made in the form of the provision of office space and use of a telephone. Furthermore, donations of £63,090 were made directly to The Labour Party and miscellaneous expenditure was incurred in support of The Labour Party at local, regional and national levels, amounting to £7,000 (2008: £12,000). CFS and ethical finance The Co-operative Asset Management engagement – political donations The non-disclosure of political donations and trade association spending is fast becoming a significant socially responsible investment issue and is the subject of independent shareholder resolutions tabled at annual general meetings. During 2008, there were 27 resolutions calling for such disclosure at the general meetings of investee companies. The Co-operative Asset Management (TCAM) voted in support of all of these resolutions. Accompanying notes 1 AccountAbility (2005) Towards responsible lobbying – leadership and public policy. 2 SustainAbility (2007) Coming in from the cold: public affairs and corporate responsibility. 3 SustainAbility describes ‘integrated’ lobbying as: ‘Systems exist to manage and disclose lobbying and public policy activities. The company probably discusses policy positions on several material issues in some depth. There is an explicit link made between corporate Values and Principles, core business decision-making, processes and a company’s approach to public policy. There is likely, for example, to be evidence of decision-making process leading from basic Values and Principles to specific business objectives and lobbying that supports these objectives.’ 4 www.party.coop Delivering value Membership and co-operation Economic impact Employees Customers Public policy The Co-operative Group Sustainability Report 2009 115
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