Editing Cooperative (section)

==== Co-op Marque and domain ====
[[File:Blue international co-op marque.png|thumb|The Co-op Marque, a symbol used by co-operatives internationally]]
Since 2002, [[International Cooperative Alliance|ICA]] cooperatives and [[World Council of Credit Unions|WOCCU]] [[credit union]]s could be distinguished by use of a [[.coop]] domain. In 2014, ICA introduced the Global Cooperative Marque<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://identity.coop/|title = Coop Marque|website = Coop Identity|publisher = International Cooperative Alliance|access-date = 23 February 2016|archive-date = 5 November 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191105190533/https://identity.coop/|url-status = live}}</ref> for use by ICAs<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://ica.coop/en/co-operatives-adopt-co-operative-marque|title = Co-operatives, adopt the Co-operative Marque|website = Co-op Marque|publisher = International Co-operative Alliance.|access-date = 23 February 2016|archive-date = 7 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160307112053/http://ica.coop/en/co-operatives-adopt-co-operative-marque|url-status = live}}</ref> Cooperative members and by WOCCU's Credit Union members so they can be further identified<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://ica.coop/en/blueprint-themes/identity|title = Coop Identity|website = Coop Marque|publisher = International Cooperative Alliance|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160223090657/http://ica.coop/en/blueprint-themes/identity|archive-date = 23 February 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> by their coop [[ethical consumerism]] label. The marque is used today by thousands of cooperatives in more than a hundred countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.domains.coop/co-operative-identity/marque-register/|title = Coop Marque Register|website = Domains.Coop|publisher = International Cooperative Alliance|access-date = 23 February 2016|archive-date = 9 April 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180409235911/http://www.domains.coop/co-operative-identity/marque-register/|url-status = live}}</ref>

The .coop domain and Co-operative Marque were designed as a new symbol of the global cooperative movement and its collective identity in the digital age. The Co-operative Marque and domain is reserved just for co-operatives, credit unions and organisations that support co-operatives; is distinguished by its ethical badge that subscribes to the seven ICA Cooperative Principles and Co-op Values. Co-ops can be identified on the Internet through the use of the .coop [[gTLD|suffix of internet addresses]]. Organizations using .coop domain names must adhere to the basic co-op values.