The Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative Union (SCCCU; Japanese: 生活クラブ事業連合生活協同組合連合会, romanized: Seikatsu kurabu jigyō rengō Seikatsukyōdōkumiai rengō-kai) is a Japanese federation of consumer co-operatives headquartered in Tokyo. It was formed in 1965 and has 307,000 members, most of whom are women.
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Native name | 生活クラブ事業連合生活協同組合連合会 |
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| Company type | Cooperative federation |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Koichi Kato, Chairperson; Yoshiyuki Fukuoka, Executive Director |
| Website | seikatsuclub.coop |
SCCCU is divided into groups of households who order food collectively and offers only 3,000 products, and mostly staple foods. As the co-operative federation is concerned with food safety, it buys organic food and shuns those generated from genetically modified organisms.[1] SCCCU also produces its own milk and biodegradable soap.[2]
In 1979, SCCCU started running candidates for political office through the Tokyo Seikatsusha Network and now has over 100 members who serve as local councillors.
The federation received a Right Livelihood Award in 1989 "for creating the most successful, sustainable model of production and consumption in the industrialised world."[3]
Member co-operatives edit
- 23Ku Minami ("23 Wards South") Seikatsu Club
- Kawasaki Seikatsu Club
- Kita Tokyo("North Tokyo") Seikatsu Club
- Sagami Seikatsu Club Fukushi ("Welfare") Club
- Seikatsu Club Aichi
- Seikatsu Club Aomori
- Seikatsu Club Chiba
- Seikatsu Club Fukushima Co-operative
- Seikatsu Club Gunma
- Seikatsu Club Hokkaido
- Seikatsu Club Ibaraki
- Seikatsu Club Iwate
- Seikatsu Club Kanagawa
- Seikatsu Club Kyoto L･Co-op
- Seikatsu Club Nagano
- Seikatsu Club Nara
- Seikatsu Club Osaka
- Seikatsu Club Saitama
- Seikatsu Club Shizuoka
- Seikatsu Club Tochigi
- Seikatsu Club Tokyo
- Seikatsu Club Yamagata Co-operative
- Seikatsu Club Yamanashi
- Syonan Seikatsu Club
- Tama Kita("Tama North") Seikatsu Club
- Tama Minami ("Tama South") Seikatsu Club
- Yokohama Kita("Yokohama North") Seikatsu Club
- Yokohama Minami ("Yokohama South") Seikatsu Club
References edit
- ^ Rosenberg, Dorothy Goldin. Initiatives in feminism, environmentalism and action. Alternatives. 1 April 1995.
- ^ MacLeod, Andrew. The shopping club: members of a consumer co-op discover that their buying power can ensure ethical, affordable and healthy choices. Briarpatch. 1 December 2002.
- ^ "Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative". The Right Livelihood Award. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
External links edit
- Official website
- Portrait on Right Livelihood Award[permanent dead link]