L’opportunité d’un nouveau type de société à vocation sociale : la société coopérative d’intérêt collectif

A collective initiative for innovation was launched by the Confédération générale des Scop (CGScop) in spring 2000 to accompany the development phase of the collective interest cooperative company. This initiative provided continuous stimulus to the thinking that went into creating the collective interest cooperative company. The idea of societal added-value, beyond the expression of collective interest, and the definition of a company purpose related to community development needs have emerged and raised new questions about the management of multi-partner cooperatives. Presenting this initiative, Lucile Manoury also points out the implications of multi-partner management of power and, in particular, the need for statutory, regulatory and legal guidelines. Lastly, she shows that the issue of social utility and its recognition go far beyond the discussion on the collective interest cooperative company.