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PLENTY Mercantile: Purpose-Screened Retail in Oklahoma City

PLENTY Mercantile is a B Corp retailer in Oklahoma City that screens every product against its own environmental and social Purchasing Principles, across three stores, a wholesale line and an event venue.

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What PLENTY Mercantile actually does

PLENTY Mercantile is a Certified B Corp curated lifestyle and gift retailer in Oklahoma City, running three physical locations, an online shop, a wholesale line for other independent retailers, and an event venue. Every product carried has to clear the company’s own “Purchasing Principles” — a self-imposed environmental and social footprint screen — before it makes the shelf.

Where the curation shows up

  • Retail: Automobile Alley flagship, First National Center and Will Rogers World Airport locations, sourcing local and regional suppliers to cut freight impact
  • Wholesale: a dedicated line supplying other independent retailers with vetted, purpose-screened products
  • Events: “The Venue at Plenty,” a rooftop space inside a reused historic building

Proof, not just claims

83.0B Impact Score
3Oklahoma City locations
2012founded

The flagship store runs on solar energy and occupies a reused historic building rather than new construction. Product lines include Sacred Meadow Sheep Tallow skincare, and the airport location operates through retail partner Paradies Lagardère.

Why this belongs on a sustainability directory

Retail is usually where sustainability claims get diluted — a green label on an otherwise unscreened shelf. PLENTY Mercantile inverts that by making every buying decision, from vendor to wholesale partner, pass a written purchasing standard first, directly supporting SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production). Reuse of a historic building for its flagship and its stated support for women-, family- and Native American-owned suppliers connect to SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).

Frequently asked questions

Where is PLENTY Mercantile based, and who does it serve?

PLENTY Mercantile is based in Oklahoma City, USA, with three locations plus an online shop and wholesale line, serving local shoppers, gift buyers, event clients and other independent retailers.

Which SDGs does PLENTY Mercantile support, and how?

SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) through its Purchasing Principles screening every product carried, SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) via historic building reuse and local sourcing, and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) by supporting women-, family- and Native American-owned suppliers.

How is PLENTY Mercantile verified as a sustainability project?

PLENTY Mercantile is a Certified B Corp with a B Impact Score of 83.0, meeting B Lab’s standards for social and environmental performance.

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Arnaud Michel, founder of Keys for Tomorrow
About the curator

Arnaud Michel is the founder and curator of Keys for Tomorrow. In 2014, his master’s thesis on community currencies and sustainable development won the Prix Recherche at Belgium’s Prix de l’Économie Sociale; the research was later published as Ecological Economics (Elsevier, 2015). He curates this directory to the same standard, cross-checking every project against established certification bodies and directories — including B Corp, 1% for the Planet, and Solar Impulse Foundation — alongside direct research into each project’s own record. Connect on LinkedIn.

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