As the apex organisation for co-operatives globally the Alliance is involved in and leads on some significant business activity including:
.coop - The single brand that co-operatives can use to highlight their point of difference from investor-led businesses or other types of organisation is using the .coop domain.
Global Development Co-operative – a key global legacy of the co-operative movement from IYC 2012 is the creation of the GDC which aims to support co-operative businesses in developing countries by raising USD 50m to provide access to low cost loans for capital and infrastructure projects, find out more here.