Le Basic – Bureau d'Analyse Sociétale pour une Information Citoyenne

Our project

Help identify the economic models of tomorrow

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Our job

Generate and disseminate information and analysis on the impacts and societal costs of our models of production and consumption

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Societal costs

All direct and indirect expenses and losses, present and future, suffered by third persons, the general public and the society in general as a result of the social, sanitary and environmental impacts of the models of production and consumption.

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Featured news

Published on June 23rd 2018

Ripe for change: Ending human suffering in supermarket supply chains

Published on June 11th 2018

Foul Play: Sponsors leave workers (still) on the sidelines

Published on December 04th 2017

On the growing importance of retailers in agro-food chains: impacts on the sustainability of farming systems

Published on November 27th 2017

The societal impacts of South African wine & grapes value chains

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Our activities

1

Improve accessibility, transparency and understanding of information on the main social and environmental issues related to modes of production and consumption

2

Strengthen the expertise of civil society organisations and public decision-makers on value chains and societal costs

3

Develop an innovative research framework to analyse value chains and societal costs and their links with the socio-economic context at the local and national levels.

4

…while conducting complementary activities related to our projects (creating web videos and infographics, developing databases and IT tools…)

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Our ecosystem

civil society

think tank, networks, foundation

universities

medias

Our whole ecosystem

Open Ressources

Basic develops the project « Open Resources », a collaborative web platform on the environmental, health and social impacts of economic sectors.