Employee ownership
Workers participate in the value they help create through shares, trusts, or ownership plans.
A global platform for shared ownership
Build and share value at the same time.
We make ownership models easier to understand, verify and grow. More people can share in the value they help create.
Barcelona, September 17. New York City, October 1.
The idea
Who owns it changes who benefits.
Ownership shapes how wealth is built, how decisions are made, and whose interests endure. The Ownership Economy brings many credible models into one legible framework.
See how the platform worksCooperatives
Members jointly own and govern an enterprise built to serve their shared needs.
Community wealth
Local assets and institutions are structured to keep value circulating within communities.
Steward ownership
Control and economic rights are designed to protect purpose beyond a single generation.
Connected models
Infrastructure turns participation into shared value.
InfrastructureParticipationShared value
Digital networks
Participants coordinate value and decision making through distributed protocols and platforms.
Public ownership
Assets are governed for broad public benefit through transparent, accountable institutions.
Ownership certification
Verify how ownership works.
Independent review gives investors, employees, partners and customers evidence they can use.
Self-assessment
Benchmark your ownership structure, governance, and culture.
Documentation
Submit the essential evidence through a secure review process.
Verification
An independent verifier reviews practice, not only intention.
Launch
Receive your profile, badge, and communication rights.
Explore certification
Clear criteria. Confidential review. A credible result.
Company index
Ownership in practice.
Compare economic rights, control and governance across industries and jurisdictions.
BRM
Operating companyOperating business
Bob's Red Mill
Milwaukie, Oregon
A food manufacturer included for its fully employee-owned capital structure. The record does not treat employee ownership as proof of employee control.
- Ownership structure
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
EE
Operating companyOperating business
Equal Exchange
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
A worker cooperative where economic participation, membership and voting rights are tied to the worker-owner role.
- Ownership structure
- Worker cooperative
JLP
Operating companyOperating business
John Lewis Partnership
London, United Kingdom
A retail company group whose shares are held by a trustee for employees, with a written constitution that allocates authority across three governing bodies.
- Ownership structure
- Employee beneficiary trust
The platform
Put ownership into practice.
Membership gives credible organizations visibility, informed peers, aligned capital and practical support.
- A trusted public profile
- Introductions across the network
- Member access and event benefits
- Clearer diligence for partners
Join us in 2026
Two cities. Two programs.
Choose the gathering that fits your work.
Barcelona
Ownership Economy Day
ECOSYSTEM Summit
New York City
Flagship gathering
Ownership Economy Summit
Why ownership matters
What ownership changes.
“Employee share ownership can chip away at inequality by putting significant wealth in the hands of the working middle class.”
Joseph BlasiRutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership & Profit Sharing
“The way people can really have a stable economic base is through ownership.”
Alison LinganeOwnership Capital Lab / Project Equity
“I want resident ownership to be available to every homeowner group in the country that wants to buy their community.”
Paul BradleyFounder, ROC USA
Field notes
Who owns what, and why it matters.
The Burger Chain That Chose Its WorkersWhat changes when a familiar business treats workers as owners rather than only employees?
The Community-Owned Battery Behind the Clean Energy FutureLocal energy infrastructure offers a practical test of who shares in the upside of transition.
Food Rescue Becomes Community InfrastructureA community resource becomes more resilient when the people relying on it help govern it.Choose your next step
Attend a summit or verify your model.
Meet the field in Barcelona or New York, or put your ownership structure through independent review.