In 2000, the ICA Board established the Rochdale Pioneers Award. The purpose of this Award is to recognise a person or, under special circumstances a cooperative organisation, having contributed to innovative and financially sustainable cooperative activities that have significantly benefited their membership.
2001
Dr. Verghese Kurien
(India)
2003
Francisco Luis Jiménez Arcila
(Colombia)
Lloyd Wilkinson
(UK)
2005
Hans Dahlberg
(Sweden)
Yehudah Paz
(Israel)
Ian MacPherson
(Canada)
2007
Esther Gicheru
(Kenya)
Pr. Ungku A. Aziz
(Malaysia)
Francisco Ceballo Herrero
(Spain)
2009
Ivano Barberini
(Italy)
2011
Lee Jong-koo
(Korea)
Pr. Florencio Eguía Villaseñor
(Mexico)
2012
Roberto Rodrigues
(Brazil)
2013
Plunkett Foundation
(United Kingdom)
2015
Dame Pauline Green
(United Kingdom)
2017
(Spain)
2019
Howard Brodsky and Kim Byeong-won
(United States and Republic of Korea)
