Exclusive member benefits
We’ve partnered with selected suppliers to benefit your bottom line and develop your people!
Exclusive to Cooperative Business NZ members, these benefits provide generous discounts and buying rates on software, executive recruitment, H&S and HR services, the MVM © co-op and mutual impact measurement framework and sustainability strategy programmes. Plus, we’re bringing new development opportunities to you, your team and your members.
Exclusive Membership Offers
Exclusive Orchestra software offer - member dividend distribution and engagement solution
If you’re managing your member dividends with a spreadsheet, Sharesies Business’ Orchestra solution could be right for you. Ensure fair, transparent, and hassle-free dividend distributions plus strengthen trust and engagement with your members. Easily and transparently manage multiple share classes, ownership changes and dividend calculations, while staying compliant.
Cooperative Business NZ Full Members have access to an exclusive value packed offer:
Free onboarding, including auditing and digitising the register, onto Orchestra for a fixed fee of $199 per month for the first 12 months: for Cooperative Business NZ Full Members where the cooperative is less than 5 years old and is not currently using Orchestra
15% off standard per shareholder pricing and $500 off standard onboarding pricing: for Cooperative Business NZ Full Members not currently using Orchestra and where the cooperative is more than 5 years old.
15% off standard per shareholder pricing: for Cooperative Business NZ Full Members currently using Orchestra.
Exclusive recruitment, Human Resources and Health and Safety services offer
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want tBrannigans is an experienced consultancy specialising in executive and governance search and selection, human resources and H&S consulting from its offices in Christchurch, Queenstown, Nelson, Wellington and Auckland.
Cooperative Business NZ Full Members AND their members, where members are businesses, have access to an exclusive value packed offer:
Reduced recruitment fees: Enjoy a discounted recruitment rate of 15% (reduced from 17%) of the base salary for executive roles. For example, when placing an executive role with a base salary of $200k, CBNZ Full Members will save $4k.
Lower hourly rates: Access Brannigans' expertise in recruitment, HR, and Health & Safety at a reduced rate of $250 + GST per hour (reduced from $280 + GST).
Mutual Value Measurement Framework© (MVM)
One of the greatest challenges for cooperatives and mutuals is to be able to quantify and articulate the value that your businesses create. Often the financial metrics of corporate success are not easily applied when there is a mutual business purpose.
MVM© is the first methodology for impact measurement designed with and by co-ops and mutuals, and the world’s first accredited framework for measuring this total value. It helps co-ops, mutuals and member-owned firms articulate their mutual value through a set of common dimensions and shared language. By viewing the organisation through the lens of mutual value, co-ops and mutuals can systematically identify, measure and report on the value they create.
Cooperative Business NZ Full Members have access to the BCCM member MVM© licence and accreditation discount.
Sustainability strategy for co-ops and mutuals – 3 module programme
An online and face-to-face internationally accredited training programme to assist co-ops and mutuals to develop effective sustainability strategies responding to compliance pressures, consumer and market demands and to the net zero imperative.
The course is delivered in three modules: Foundation, Action and Transformation. Each module comprises:
four hours of 15-20 minute tutorials and presentations
Is supported by 2-3 hours of self-directed learning with guided readings and practical exercises
Features one live 2 hour tutor-led workshop per module
Guides participants to build on and develop their sustainability strategy document.
Cooperative Business NZ Full Member discount is available for single user, 2-5 user and 6-10 user licences.
Development
Co-operative Scholarship Fund
In partnership with Brannigans, for every permanent, full-time or board appointment Brannigans carries out for a Cooperative Business NZ Full Member, they will contribute $1,000 to a Scholarship Fund.
Administered by Cooperative Business NZ, this fund will support co-operative initiatives to enhance the leadership capability of members.
Board Observer Role for Annual Emerging Leader
award winner
Governance plays a vital role in the ongoing success of co-ops, and building the governance skills of a new generation of people looking to join co-op and mutual boards is critical. Board observer roles are an excellent way for future directors to learn the skills for a successful governance career.
Each year Full, Provisional and Corporate Associate Members are eligible to nominate an emerging leader for the Emerging Leader of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual aged 35 and under who is making their mark within their member organisation.
It aims to recognise contribution through innovation, driving best practice, collaboration or co-operation.
From 2024, the winner of the Emerging Leader of the Year award is also invited to join the Cooperative Business NZ board as a Board Observer for the following calendar year, to develop their governance skills and deepen their cooperative networks. The 2024 Emerging Leader of the Year winner and 2025 Board Observer was Ashleigh Buchanan, Operations Manager People Capabilities at Southern Cross Health Society.
Governance Development Programme
Run by Partner, Mayfield Group, this is Mayfield’s flagship six-month programme, with highly experienced facilitators, contributors, and coaches equip participants with the key skills needed to make more effective contributions on a board. This Governance Development Programme is suitable for both current and aspiring directors, and senior leaders.
The programme is structured around the four core themes of governance: risk, legal, strategy, and finance - the essentials you need to take the next step in your governance journey.