The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) is a co-operative umbrella organisation that promotes strong, sustainable and commercial co-operative business models. ICOS member co-operatives collectively have over 150,000 individual members, have 12,000 employees in Ireland (a further 24,000 abroad) and combined turnover of €10 billion. Our mission is; Generating leadership, competitiveness and value through stronger co-operation and world class service

Within ICOS we aim to embrace the pioneering, innovative and tenacious spirit of our founding members to help strengthen our co-operatives operating in today’s commercial and competitive world. Our core values are; vision, leadership and value

Vision – As the umbrella organisation representing many of Ireland’s co-operatives, ICOS has a responsibility to sense the future, innovate and help evolve the co-operative movement to help meet the needs of its members and the needs of the market place.

Leadership – ICOS is a unifying voice for Irish co-operatives. It is imperative for ICOS to show strong leadership, direction and maintain sustainable business growth in a globally competitive marketplace.

Value – ICOS has an obligation to deliver tangible value to its members. There is a pre-requisite for ICOS to educate its members on the value of the co-operative, encourage and develop the next generations of co-op leaders to ensure sustainability, better governance and self-responsibility.