This study analyses the economic evolution of the synthetic pesticides sector and the value creation model of its main leaders, then investigates the environmental and health impacts that it generates on society, and ends with a calculation of the associated societal costs which are compared to the benefits generated by the sector’s players.

Based on the data process and analytical framework developed to investigate the CAC40 companies, BASIC has conducted in 2020 and 2021 a study on the DAX 30 companies in order to investigate their value distribution and their corporate governance models, and confront them with the need to address the current major environmental and social issues, invest in the ecological transition and reduce economic inequalities.

BASIC’s study highlights the multiple and still partly uncertain consequences of the development and dissemination of digital tools in food value chains, which are likely to disrupt all the players from the provision of agricultural inputs and services to the final consumption of food products.

In order to better inform consumers and public decision-makers, BASIC, together with Greenpeace and the WWF, has developed an innovative methodology to evaluate the potential impact of sustainability labels in the food sector, and has applied it to 15 of them present on the French market.

Based on the agricultural sector decarbonization pathway defined by the French government in its National Low Carbon Strategy, IDDRI and BASIC have developed two food system transition scenarios, both targeting the same decarbonization objectives, via two contrasting trajectories in terms of political dynamics and economic strategies of private actors. This study assesses the results in terms of agricultural jobs, industrial jobs, farmers’ income and food prices for consumers.

This study aims to identify the public and private funding – subsidies, economic support measures, taxation, loans, insurance, etc. – associated with maintaining the use of pesticides in France, or reducing it.  This research is based on a large literature review, an innovative quantitative analysis at farm level (based on the Farm Accountancy Data Network), as well as on interviews farmers, cooperatives and experts. The results obtained have been complemented with a comparative analysis between France and other European countries in order to support the development of public policy recommendations.

BASIC has developed a database that consolidates all available data on French Official Development Assistance (ODA) in order to analyze the publicly available information on French public financial support to the agricultural sector in developing countries according to three main research themes:

• Agroecological transition
• Reduction of gender inequalities
• Poverty alleviation
• Fight against climate change

Study that measures the environmental benefits of vegetarian menus in school canteens, one year after the entry into force of the EGAlim law, which has imposed the introduction of vegetarian menus.

This study investigates the French market of dark and milk chocolate tablets, as well as confectionery bars and breakfast cocoa powder sold in supermarket stores – made of cocoa beans grown in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Ecuador, and Cameroon to provide better insight into the distribution of value, costs, tax and margins along the different stages of the cocoa and chocolate chain.

This study investigates the distribution of value created by the companies listed in the French CAC 40 since the last financial crisis (2009-2018) and the changes that have happened over the period as a result of:
– the influence of the search for profitability and revenues of shareholders,
– the integration of social and environmental concerns in the companies’ business model, in particular to fight the increase of inequalities and climate change

Analysis of the business model of the company and estimations of the detailed distribution of value, costs and benefits for a typical hoodie sold by the brand (from cotton cultivation up to the end consumer in France)

Study that identifies and analyses the methodologies and data sources that enable to estimate the costs of environmental externalities throughout the life cycle of food products, and which can be integrated into public tenders of school catering.

Analysis of the structure and distribution of value along the chain of rice produced in three countries: Pakistan, Viet Nam and Nepal

Study of two fair trade and organic value chains (dairy and field crops) in France.

Study on the distribution of value in the coffee sector and its social and environmental impacts from production in Colombia, Peru and Ethiopia to consumption in France.

This reports provides first estimates of the hidden societal costs of 5 French forms listed on the CAC 40 index: Total, EDF, Michelin, Renault, Sanofi

Study on the inequality of value distribution for food products sourced from the Global South, and the consequences on small farmers and workers (main report)

Study on the inequality of value distribution for food products sourced from the Global South, and the consequences on small farmers and workers (country and sectoral reports)

Enriched analysis of the economic model of major sport brands and its social impact on working conditions in their supply chains.

This report analyses the activities of CAC 40 companies since 2009 in terms of profits distribution, wage inequalities, tax revenues and tax evasion

This report syntheses the transversal analysis of the 3 parts of the “study on the economical and social stakes of the French food sector”.

This third part of the “study on the economical and social stakes of the French food sector” investigates the impacts of the sustainable initiatives (organic, geographical indications, fair trade, direct farm purchases, food relocation plans of local authorities) on the creation and distribution of value in French food chains.

This second part of the “study on the economical and social stakes of the French food sector” investigates the distribution of value in the sector and its drivers.

This first part of the “study on the economical and social stakes of the French food sector” investigates the drivers of the value creation in France.

Study of wine and grape value chains from South Africa to Germany, and their impacts on workers and the environment

Analysis of new extractive industries disclosures. Two case studies on the activities of the French oil company Total in Angola and the French uranium giant Areva in Niger.

Analysis of the New Zealand’s banana market and its impacts on the sustainability of global banana production

Analysis of the economic model of major sport brands and its social impact on working conditions in their supply chains.

Meta-analysis of the Conventional, Sustainable and Fair Trade Cocoa Chains and their Impacts on Society.

Analysis of Pineaple and Banana Value Chains from Costa Rica and Ecuador to Germany, and their impacts on workers and the environment.

Die Mitverantwortung deutscher Supermärkte für menschenunwürdige Zustände in der Ananas- und Bananenproduktion in Costa Rica und Ecuador.

When bankers rob the banks … How white-collar deliquency fosters financial crises …
Analysis and possible solutions from the latest book written by Aurore Lalucq and  K. William Black (Editions Charles Leopold Mayer)

Assessment of the greenhouse gas reduction policies implemented by key French sponsors of the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) held in Paris in December 2015

Analysis of the banana value chains in 12 countries of the European Union, their related social and environmental impacts, and the consequences of unfair trading practices in the sector.

Video based on the report “Who’s Got the Power?”

Meta-analysis on the concentration of power in agricultural chains, and its impacts on farmers, workers and the environment

Study of the Banana value chains in Germany and its impacts on small farmers and workers in Ecuador and Colombia.

Video based on the report on the Societal Costs of the French Dairy Industry

Study of the banana value chains in the United Kingdom and the impacts of the price war between retailers on small farmers and workers in Latin America

Study of the French Dairy Industry, its social and environmental impacts, ad the related costs shifted on society.