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Reports and Surveys

• The Convergence of Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (PDF)
  March 2005
  Corporate governance reform efforts of the past decade have bumped into decade-old efforts to mainstream social and environment responsibility of corporations and a growing awareness that firms’ off balance sheet environmental and social impacts can have tangible financial consequences. This encounter has fueled a debate regarding the degree and nature of convergence between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. To that end the Canadian Co-operative Association, interested in promoting good governance and social responsibility practices to its member co-operatives, sponsored Coro Strandberg of Strandberg Consulting to conduct an international thought-leaders study on this convergence issue.
  
  
• Towards Excellence: National Report on Credit Union and Co-operative Governance Practices
  September 2004 ($)
  This joint report by the Canadian Co-operative Association and Brown Governance Inc. includes data from over 400 Canadian co-ops and credit unions and provides the first and only national picture of Canadian co-operative board practices. The full national report includes data on co-operatives from different sectors (such as credit unions, retail, and agricultural co-operatives).
  
  
• Measuring Up: National Report on Credit Union Governance Practices
  September 2004 ($)
  This joint report by the Canadian Co-operative Association and Brown Governance Inc. includes data from over 200 Canadian credit unions and provides the first and only national picture of Canadian credit union board practices. Measuring Up allows credit unions to compare their governance practices with peers of a similar size as the report compares directorship practices between credit unions of different asset size. Data on corporate sector practices are also included, allowing credit unions to see how their governance practices either lead or lag the corporate sector.
  
  
• Strengthening The Dialogue: Member Consultation and Communication in Co-operatives and Credit Unions (PDF)
  As follow-up to the discussions sparked at the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) 2001 National Congress, Mountain Equipment Co-op, together with CCA and Solstice Consulting, conducted a survey to deepen co-operatives’ collective understanding of the practical means to improve member engagement.