Seikatsu Club Consumers' Co-operative Union

Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative Union
Cooperative federation
Founded 1965 (1965)
Headquarters Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
 Japan
Key people
 Koichi Kato, Chairperson; Yoshiyuki Fukuoka, Executive Director
Website seikatsuclub.coop

The Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative Union (SCCCU) is a Japanese federation of consumer co-operatives headquartered in Tokyo. The co-operative was formed in 1965 and has 307,000 members, most of whom are women. SCCCU is divided into groups of households who order food collectively. SCCCU offers only 3000 products, and mostly staple foods. As the co-operative is concerned with food safety, it buys organic food and shuns 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 councilors.

SCCCU received a Right Livelihood Award in 1989.

Member co-operatives

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, Dorothy Goldin. Initiatives in feminism, environmentalism and action. Alternatives. 1 April 1995.
  2. ↑ 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.

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