Seikatsu Club Consumers' Co-operative Union

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.

Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative Union
Native name
生活クラブ事業連合生活協同組合連合会
TypeCooperative federation
Founded1965 (1965)
Headquarters,
Area served
Japan
Key people
Koichi Kato, Chairperson; Yoshiyuki Fukuoka, Executive Director
Websiteseikatsuclub.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

  • 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

  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.
  3. "Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative". The Right Livelihood Award. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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