Global Distributors Collective (GDC) participated in an insightful session at AFS Forum 2026 featuring Practical Action, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, and BASE Foundation.

The Global Distributors Collective (GDC) is a collective of last mile distributors around the world. We are dedicated to supporting distributors to help them reach millions of underserved customers with beneficial products, and to developing the last mile distribution sector as a whole. The GDC has over 300 members in 60+ countries, who have collectively reached circa. 40 million people in last mile households with products such as solar lights and home systems, improved cookstoves, productive use appliances, water filters and agriculture inputs. The GDC is hosted by Practical Action, alongside strategic and implementing partner Bopinc.