The roles of Consumer Coops in 21 century

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The roles of Consumer Co-ops in 21 century

• Contribution to the development of Civil
  Society in Japan

Shugo Ogura President JCCU
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CONTENTS

• 1. Outline of Japanese
• Consumer Co-ops
• 2. Our Campaign for
• Food Safety
• 3. Our Goals

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1.Outline of Japanese Consumer Co-ops

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Membership 22 million Total Population
130million
30 of all households join consumer co-ops
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Total Turnover 3.3 trillion yen
27 billion
Market Share (Food) 5.6
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Three Features of Co-op

• 1. Non-Store Operation System

2. Co-op Brand Products
3. Member Participation in the Co-op Business
management
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2. Our Campaign for Food Safety

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Food Safety Problems
Food Additives
Agricultural Chemicals
New Problems
GM Food
Dioxins
Endocrine Disruptors
Mad Cow Diseases
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Co-ops Own Initiatives

• Additive Free Co-op Products
• Direct transaction from Farmers
• Own Inspection and and labeling

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Two Basic Problems

• Old and ill-equipped law

• No rights of consumers
• in policy-making
• process

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Participation in CODEX
Thanks to ICA
We learned new approaches
Proposal for laws
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Our Campaign

• 13.73 mil. signatures in a petition to revise the
  Food Sanitation Law
• Support of politicians

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Our Campaign
Succeeded in

• Revision of the Food Sanitation Law
• New Basic Law for Food Safety

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Equal Partnership
Citizens Consumers
Government
Producers Manufacturers Retailers
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Factors of Our Success 1
Timely activities to eat safe foods
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Factors of Our Success 3
Constructive campaign approach
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Factors of Our Success 4
Empowerment of members
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Factors of Our Success 5
Understanding of politicians and officials
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Consumer Co-ops
Business activities
Social activities
Trust of Large Numbers of Consumers
SUCCESS
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3.Our Goals
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Consumer policies for 21st century
Consumer Rights
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Economic Development

• Citizen-centred
• Standpoint of consumer

CO-OP
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Equal Partnership
Citizens Consumers
Government
Producers Manufacturers Retailers
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Our Goals
Economic Development
Social Development
Democratic Development of Japanese society
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Thank you for your kind attention!