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The State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI): An Opportunity to Grow Employee Ownership?
Could SSBCI 2.0 provide the capital to begin to significantly redistribute business ownership?
Continue ReadingDenver’s Center for Community Wealth Building Accelerates Growth of Worker Cooperatives
Kaiser Permanente has awarded Denver’s Center for Community Wealth Building (CCWB) $360,000 for a three-year initiative to launch six to nine new cooperatives.
Continue ReadingPatagonia “Exits to Climate”
A win for capitalism but a mixed bag for stakeholder governance.
Continue ReadingSSBCI TA Grant Applications Due in October
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is now soliciting applications for technical assistance grants,.
Continue ReadingEmployee Ownership Finds Its Way into Federal Legislation
The recently passed CHIPS and Science Act is one of several federal bills that could advance employee ownership.
Continue ReadingKaiser Permanente Pilots Community Wealth Building Strategy Focused on Employee Ownership Conversions
One of the country’s largest health systems has launched a unique initiative focused on transitioning their suppliers to employee ownership.
Continue ReadingIs Your Co-op Measuring Its Social Capital?
Co-ops don’t always show an immediate financial return, but that doesn’t mean they are failing.
Continue ReadingWill Equity Shares Improve Outcomes for Workers?
This seems like a time of messy growth for employee ownership.
Continue ReadingUK Announces Surge in Employee-Owned Businesses
Number of employee-owned businesses doubled since 2020
Continue ReadingCan ESOPs Help Recreate Social Trust in America?
Increased economic security and participation at work could strengthen democracy.
Continue ReadingApis & Heritage Brings Justice Lens to ESOP Transitions
Fund completes its first two deals, impacting 150-plus workers
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