Seikatsu Club Co-op Federation
Submitted 112,957 signatures to the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment calling for an end to nuclear power, decarbonization, and 80% renewable energy
Approximately 200 members of the Diet, including former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and union members participated in the in-house meeting. ……
The Seikatsu Club Business Federation Consumers’ Co-operative Union (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Shoichi Murakami, hereinafter referred to as Seikatsu Club) held an in-house meeting at the House of Representatives Second Member Building on February 6, 2024. When the Basic Energy Plan is scheduled to be revised in 2024, union members will sign a petition calling for 80% elimination of nuclear power, decarbonization, and renewable energy (hereinafter referred to as “renewable energy”) in order to realize a sustainable society. We collected 112,957 brushstrokes. We have submitted this signature to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment. Approximately 200 people, including Seikatsu Club members and related organizations, attended the meeting. Ten members of the Diet, including former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, attended, and we received powerful comments such as, “I am convinced that all electricity can be supplied with renewable energy even without nuclear power plants,” and “I want to do my best together with everyone.” After the rally, a standing action was held outside the venue.
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・Date and time: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 14:00-15:40
・Venue: House of Representatives Second Members’ Hall, 1st basement floor, Conference Room 1
・Sponsor: Seikatsu Club Energy Business Federation/Seikatsu Club Business Federation Consumers Cooperative Union
・Number of participants: 189 people (108 on-site participants (including 10 Diet members and 4 parliamentary secretaries), 81 online participants)
·program
1. Opening speech: Energy Policy Proposal Campaign Executive Committee Chair Megumi Sano (Seikatsu Club Kanagawa Vice Chair)
2. Speech by guest:
・Mr. Nobuto Hosaka, Mayor of Setagaya Ward
・Climate Integrate Representative Director Ms. Jinko Hirata
・Fridays For Future Tokyo Ms. Meri Ohara Ms. Ri Takesako
3. Speech by Seikatsu Club related organizations:
・Ryoji Gogawa, Shigemo Fisheries Cooperative Association
・Shinji Suzuki, Kodari Farm Ltd.
・JA Shonai Midori Yuza Town Joint Development Rice Subcommittee Mr. Tsuneki Ikeda
4. Reading and submission of main text of signature
5. Closing speech: Energy Policy Proposal Campaign Vice Executive Committee Chairman Kazumi Kase (Seikatsu Club Tokyo Chairman) 6. Standing action outside the venue after the meeting
-Messages from the speakers-
■Nobuto Hosaka, Mayor of Setagaya Ward
We give classes on climate change at elementary schools, and children also participate in adult meetings at the Setagaya Children’s Climate Conference. The children particularly reacted to the statement “Children are not immature adults” in the “Setagaya Ward
Educational Guidelines,” and the discussion became lively. Although the ward is promoting inter-municipal cooperation in renewable energy, there are many misconceptions that hinder the transition to renewable energy. I would like to see a thorough discussion about how dangerous nuclear power plants are in Japan, a country prone to earthquakes, and how unsustainable they are.
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I try to live as plastic-free as possible, but I felt angry that I was the only one making efforts to reduce plastic. That’s why I think it’s wonderful to have friends who can raise their voices together. I am active in the hope that when people I care about are affected by climate change, I don’t want to regret it, thinking, “I wish I had spoken up back then.” There are some things that can only be done through politics, so I have high hopes for all the members of Congress who came here to promote the elimination of nuclear power and renewable energy.
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Energy Policy Proposal Campaign Executive Committee Chair Megumi Sano (Seikatsu Club Kanagawa Vice-Chairman)
In 2023, it will be extremely hot, and we can no longer ignore climate change, which is becoming more serious year by year. Now is the time to accelerate the transition to renewable energy. The Noto Peninsula earthquake once again reminded us that Japan is a country prone to earthquakes. I think this is a warning from nature, telling us to take nuclear power seriously this time. I believe that the realization of a sustainable society will become a reality if each of us independently moves, connects, and engages in activities.
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After the in-hospital assembly, a standing action was held outside the venue, with 40 volunteers participating.
They chanted the original call created by the executive committee, “Let’s change, let’s change energy, let’s change our future with electricity, let’s change, let’s change with renewable energy, let’s change and stop the climate crisis,” and expressed our thoughts.
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Seikatsu Club is a consumer cooperative association with approximately 420,000 members and is comprised of 33 local consumer cooperatives in 21 prefectures. The business amount is approximately 100 billion yen. We practice a sustainable lifestyle through group purchasing activities that consider safety and health from production to disposal. In addition, workers’ collectives have now been established as a result of the activities of the Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-op, and have expanded to more than 300 groups, mainly in each organization area, creating projects necessary for the community, such as welfare and creating a place to live.
Nowadays, we work together with all the people involved with Seikatsu Club, including determined producers, to create products that transcend regions and generations.
We are promoting “Local SDGs” that expand the circle of circulation and coexistence. Through this initiative, food (F),
We aim to realize a sustainable society that is self-sufficient and circulating in energy (E) and welfare (C).
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-Worldwide evaluation-
1989 Received “THE RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARD” Honorary Award (*Also called “Another Nobel Prize”)
1995 Received the “We People: 50 Communities Award” from “Friends of the United Nations” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations.
-Domestic-
1999 Developed ultra-light milk bottle Good Design Award
2006 Greenpeace Japan “True Food Special Award”
2007 R-bottle activities (bottle reuse network) received the Minister of the Environment Award
2009 “Food Action Nippon Award 2009” Excellence Award Winner 2010 Food Action Nippon Award 2010 Manufacturing, Distribution and Systems Category Winner (for increasing self-sufficiency by 14.5 billion kilocalories through the supply of domestically produced consumer goods)
2013 Oricon Customer Satisfaction (R) Survey Food delivery service Metropolitan area/Kinki 1st place
2013 Food Action Nippon Award 2013 Winner “The Power of Eating” Campaign 2014 Food Action Nippon Award Winner 2014 Contribution to improving food self-sufficiency rate through “Seikatsu Club’s healthy food design ‘Biosapo'”
2014 Oricon Customer Satisfaction (R) Survey: 1st place in the Tokyo metropolitan area for food delivery services
2015 Oricon Customer Satisfaction (R) Survey Food delivery service Metropolitan area/Kinki 1st place
2015 -Book selection meeting- won the 8th Japan Women’s University Department of Home Economics Award
2016 Oricon Customer Satisfaction (R) Survey Food delivery service Kinki 1st place
2018 70th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Consumer Cooperative Law Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Award 2018 6th Ministry of the Environment Good Life Award Excellence Award (NPO/Voluntary
Organization Category)
2020 Oricon Customer Satisfaction (R) Survey: Food delivery service ranked 1st in the Tokyo metropolitan area
2021 Oricon Customer Satisfaction (R) Survey Food delivery service Metropolitan area/Kinki 1st place
2022 Oricon Customer Satisfaction (R) Survey Food delivery service 1st place in Tokyo metropolitan area/Tokai/Kinki
2022 10th Ministry of the Environment Good Life Awards “Minister of the Environment Award Excellence Award”
2023 Oricon Customer Satisfaction (R) Survey: 1st place in the Tokyo metropolitan area for food delivery services
2023 Winner of the 1st Sotokoto Wellbeing Award 2023
2023 “Simple Style Award 2023” Service/Space Category Special Award More details about this release:
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