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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]
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