The United Nations (UN) released the official logo of the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025) last month.
The logo aligns well with the IYC2025 theme, “Cooperatives Build a Better World” which highlights how the cooperative model is an essential solution to overcome many global challenges and plays an important role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The logo illustrates people around the world connecting with each other to build a better world. It consists of three colours inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals graphic identity: red represents society, blue represents the economy, and green represents the environment. Together, this represents the contributions cooperatives make towards sustainable development.
Any non-UN entity wishing to use the logo must review the logo guidelines and apply for approval to the COPAC Secretariat. The process to get the approval can take one to two weeks after which the entities will receive the link to download the logo. There is no charge to download the logo. All instructions are available here.
The logo is available in all six official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish as well as Hindi. One can also request to translate the logo into additional languages by emailing the Secretariat at copac@copac.coop.
Any further questions can be directed to copac@copac.coop or social@un.org.
The official launch of the IYC2025 will be held on 25 November 2024 in New Delhi, India during the ICA Global Cooperative Conference.
