Business Update

January 2025 – important changes at Green Pioneer

We have made the difficult decision to cease the distribution of other brands, and will instead focus our time and energy on our own labels, ReSpiin and A Slice of Green.

We have been in this market for 17 years and feel that the time is right to adapt to the challenges that we now face. Low margins, ever increasing costs and falling sales have made trading increasingly difficult. We’re seeing several brands available in mainstream retailers – which is of course is the right thing to get sustainable products out into as many hands as possible.

At the same time, we have to be realistic about the much wider distribution of the brands we sell, and our position has been particularly affected by the growth of the B2B marketplaces. We’re proud to have been the first partner many of our brands have worked with, and we know we have helped them launch and grow their businesses. Whilst we have never tied them into restrictive agreements, supporting them in their growth, it has meant that we now face a lot of competition from other platforms/distributors for almost all of the brands we sell.

Our focus over the next few months will be to continue trading as usual while we sell stock through. We do have incoming deliveries from U-Konserve, LunchBots and Bambu over the next couple of months as well as two new launches from ReSpiin, so there is plenty going on.

Some slower lines have been reduced this morning, so please visit the reductions section on the website to review all of the offers. This will be an evolving situation, and I’ll make sure I keep the greenpioneerstockists instagram account and website updated as we go along.

We want to thank you all for working with us over the years to help bring sustainability to more people around Europe, and look forward to that continuing as we move into the next phase of Green Pioneer.

Charity & Will

Brand Availability Information

&Sisters
You can find their products sold through Faire, Suma and CLF.

Abeego
Abeego unfortunately ceased trading in 2024.

Bambu
Bambu is a US based company, and at the moment don't have plans to find another European based distributor. However they'd be happy to help any European customers from their US stocks. You can apply to be a direct stockist here.

Coffeenotes
You can find their products on Faire or on their own website.

EcoCoconut
You can find their products sold through EcoLiving.

Helleo
Helleo is based in Crete, Greece, and you can email founder Manos on info@helleo.gr.

Hunu
Hunu are US based but do keep stock in the UK. You can apply to become a direct stockist here: https://www.wearehunu.com/wholesale.

Keep Leaf
Keep Leaf is a Canadian company. They are looking for another distributor in Europe, but in the meantime can be contacted through their website: https://keepleaf.com/pages/wholesale.

LunchBots
LunchBots are owned by a US company O2C Brands - their sales manager Federico Tobar can be contacted on: FTobar@o2cbrands.com. O2C Brands also own U-Konserve.

MACK
You can find their products sold through Faire and Green Bridge Distribution.

Neat
You can find their products sold through EcoLiving, or buy directly from them: https://neatclean.com/pages/wholesale.

Oakdale Bees
You can find their products sold through Faire.

Qwetch
Qwetch is based in France, and are going to be dealing with orders from their French warehouse for now. You can contact them by email to order@qwetch.com and they will send a newsletter with a direct link to set up B2B new customer access. MOQ will be €400.

Sale of the Earth
You can find their products sold through Faire and a wide range of distributors including CLF.

Seep
You can find their products sold through Faire a range of distributors including CLF.

Shower Blocks
You can find their products sold through Faire a range of distributors including CLF and Green Bridge Distribution.

Simple Living Eco
You can co-founder Diane directly by email: simplelivingecowholesale@gmail.com.

Ten and Co.
Ten and Co. unfortunately ceased trading in 2024.

The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things is based in Dublin, and founder Benoit would be very happy to supply any retailers directly from there. You can contact him by email on benoit@thenatureofthings.ie.

The Powder Shampoo
The Powder Shampoo are singapore based, but do keep stock in the UK. You can sign up for a direct wholesale account here: https://www.thepowdershampoo.com/pages/wholesale-registration-form.

Truthbrush
You can find their products on Faire or on their own website.

U-Konserve
U-Konserve are owned by a US company O2C Brands - their sales manager Federico Tobar can be contacted on: FTobar@o2cbrands.com. O2C Brands also own LunchBots.

VENT for Change
You can find their products on Faire or on their own website.