The Ministry of Labor, under the leadership of Yolanda Díaz (Sumar), aims to ensure that customers know whether their bank invests in fossil fuels, weapons, or violates human rights. This regulation of social economy and ethical finance institutions is intended to help regulate these institutions. Sources within the Ministry of Labor confirm that they have reached an agreement with the Ministry of Economy to expedite the draft royal decree on "promotion and development of social economy and ethical finance institutions," which has been open for public comment. The next step is to obtain the necessary reports, after which the legislation can be submitted to the Council of Ministers and subsequently to the Congress of Deputies. Therefore, the approval timeline remains entirely open.

In Barcelona, ​​the cooperative production company Responsabilidad Social Audiovisual (CREARSA) and the La Carbonera bookstore in Poble-sec. In Camp de Tarragona, the Contrapunt musicians' cooperative. In the Alt Pirineu and Aran regions, a good handful of agri-food cooperatives. In Catalonia, hundreds of projects have, at one time or another, taken advantage of the services offered by cooperative athenaeums. They are support offices but also economic revitalization centers, meeting spaces, and think tanks. Since 2016, they have acted as local antennas for a socioeconomic model that seeks to strengthen the economy rooted in the region, with collective, democratic, and transformative projects. Next year will mark ten years since this program was launched with the support of the Department of Business and Labor. During this time, it has generated a 45% increase in the number of registered cooperatives in Catalonia, as shown by the Registry of Cooperatives of Catalonia.

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