Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative Union, Japan

Category of Activity

Environment and Sustainable Development

Brief Description

Originally started in an effort to save money on milk purchases, the cooperative has become a formidable commercial enterprise serving over 200,000 households. It promotes a comprehensive economic strategy to create self-managed lifestyles. Seikatsu Clubs are dedicated to the environment, empowerment of women and improvement of workers conditions. They refuse to handle products detrimental to the environment or human health and oppose wasteful lifestyles. Seikatsu shows that consumers can work for a society that is harmonious with nature by "taking action from the home".

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Contact Information

Shigeki Maruyama
Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative Union
3-2-28 Mikasaka Setagaya-Ku
Tokyo, Japan
Tel. #: 81 3 3706 0036
Fax #: 81 3 3427 9401