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Publications Published on 31 August 2017

Tranformation and impacts of the French publishing sector

This is the result of our new study “Tranformation and impacts of the French publishing sector”. This study investigates the social and environmental impacts of the paper and book production industries in the backstage of our (…)

Publications Published on 12 August 2017

Beyond Transparency: Investigating the New Extractive Industry Disclosures

The reporting of payments to governments by mining, oil & gas companies is a significant step forward in terms of transparency in a notoriously opaque sector. Nevertheless, while the stated objective of these measures is to (…)

Publications Published on 15 May 2017

New Study: “The Big Squeeze”

Bananas are a major staple as well as an important cash crop in developing countries, providing farmers with a regular income throughout the year. About 15-20% of global banana production is exported, mainly from Latin America and (…)

Publications Published on 2 June 2016

Foul Play – How Sponsors Bench Textile Workers

Just a few days ahead of the Euro 2016 opening, the new report written by Basic for the French the Clean Clothes Campaign, Le Collectif Ethique sur l’Etiquette, unravels the economic model of major sport brands’ and analyses (…)

Publications Published on 27 May 2016

New Study: “The Dark Side of Chocolate”

The ever-expanding chocolate market fostered the emergence of industrial empires in cocoa processing and chocolate manufacturing. However, it is unsustainable both for producers and the environment. The standardisation and (…)

Publications Published on 1 December 2015

COP 21 : can transnational companies save the climate ?

You can read here the article of the Guardian published on December 1st, 2015. French Corporations and COP21: beyond slogans, questionable actions and results French corporations chose to communicate strongly about the (…)

Publications Published on 10 November 2015

The human cost of cheap bananas

Our new report “Banana value chains in Europe and the consequences of Unfair Trading Practices” commissioned by Banana Link and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office FTAO demonstrates that banana workers and small farmers in developing (…)

Event Published on 20 November 2014

Who’s got the power?

On Tuesday, November 18th, Fair Trade Advocacy, Traidcraft, Fairtrade Deutschland and the French Fairtrade Platform launched their new campaign on the concentration of power in agricultural value chains, based on a research (…)

Publications Published on 16 March 2014

Britain’s Bruising Banana wars, a Fairtrade Foundation report based on a study conducted by BASIC

On February 24th 2013, the Fairtrade Foundation’s new policy report “Britain’s Bruising Banana Wars” was released, based on a study we conducted in partnership with the NGO Banana Link between September and (…)