BCCM releases inaugural Impact Report for 2025

25 November 2025

• The Impact Report reflects priorities and achievements shaped by ongoing engagement with BCCM members
• In the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives, the report showcases the sector’s collective strength and renewed ambition

The Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) has released its inaugural Impact Report, highlighting a year of progress and renewed ambition for Australia’s co-operative and mutual sector. The report reflects the priorities and achievements shaped by ongoing engagement with BCCM members over the past year.

Reflecting the spirit of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives, the Impact Report shows how BCCM has worked alongside its members to advance regulatory reform and support co-operatives and mutuals in critical areas such as housing, care, energy and more. The sector’s collective strength is evident, with the top 100 co-operatives and mutuals posting $47.7 billion in revenue and managing $235.8 billion in assets, while directly employing over 94,000 Australians.

Melina Morrison, CEO BCCM, said, “This year, we have celebrated the unique and increasingly essential value that our members and the broader co-operative and mutual movement deliver to Australia’s economy and communities. Our vision is to support the doubling of the co-operative and mutual economy in Australia because we believe that co-operatives and mutuals are a better way to build real wealth for more Australians. With the energy and commitment of the movement behind us, I am truly excited by the prospects for the BCCM and its members to help shape a more prosperous and fairer Australia.”

Rohan Mead, Chair BCCM, said, “I am both pleased and privileged to reflect on a year of very significant achievement and activity for BCCM, and also a period that witnessed the development of strong and valuable prospects for the future, both locally and internationally. The BCCM’s international linkages have proved very effective, with our sector returning from the Mutual Growth Tour to Europe with expanded considerations for growth and development, along with improved understandings of alternative regulatory approaches. The achievements in the 2025 financial year are a strong endorsement of the dedication and diligence of our small and highly effective team, led by our CEO Melina Morrison. This team looks forward to continuing this effectiveness in advancing the interests of members in the year ahead.”

Throughout the year, BCCM’s advocacy and engagement with government and regulators led to tangible outcomes, including the extension of the Care Together program with additional Commonwealth funding and recognition of co-operatives in national housing and supermarket policy discussions. BCCM’s commitment to walking alongside First Nations co-operatives and mutuals was strengthened through new leadership initiatives and partnerships, while international connections were deepened through the Mutual Growth Tour to Europe.

Read the full BCCM Impact Report FY25

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