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Co-operatives Using Sociocracy

A Co-operatives UK page highlighting co-ops that have implemented sociocracy, including Equal Care Co-operative, Outlandish, Unicorn Grocery, VME, and others.

Source: Co-operatives UKAdded June 12, 2026Published 2021
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Real examples make sociocracy easier to evaluate for co-ops that want to see how other organizations have adapted the model.

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Co-op boards and members looking for peer examples before redesigning governance.

This page is useful because it shows sociocracy is not only theoretical. It gives a quick landscape of cooperative implementations across worker, platform, and multi-stakeholder contexts.

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