Made with welfare workplaces

Goods produced in partnership with workplaces employing people with disabilities.

How it works

Japan operates a system of employment support workplaces (Type A and Type B) for people with disabilities. A significant amount of food and household goods production and packing happens in them. Wages in Type B workplaces have long been low, which means that creating a sales channel is itself a form of support.

That puts two questions on the same product: is it good, and does the partnership mean something? For a buyer, the useful test is whether the chain runs “buy it because it is good, and support follows” rather than the other way round.

What to check

Which workplace performs which step
Whether the product's quality is described on its own terms
Whether there is any explanation of pricing or how it reaches wages
Whether the relationship is ongoing or a one-off project