What IPBC ALLIANCE does

IPBC ALLIANCE (legal name: Alliance pour le GIECO) is a French non-profit coalition established to support the GIECO (Groupe International d'Experts sur les Changements de comportement / International Panel on Behavior Change), the world's first global scientific panel dedicated to behavioral change, modeled structurally on the IPCC. Founded in 2020 by a six-scientist collective, the GIECO has mobilized more than 1,200 signatories from over 70 academic disciplines across 76 countries, producing a 400+ page Tome 1 scientific report in English (July 2025) and a French summary (July 2026) on behavioral drivers and barriers across ecological, economic, social, health, digital, educational, professional, institutional, and cultural transitions. The Alliance operationalizes this research by recruiting individual citizens, enterprise decision-makers (e.g., CITEO, CHEUVREUX NOTAIRES, LSDH, YLIOS), institutions, foundations, and civil society organizations into a formal membership coalition that supports dissemination, fundraising, and field-level needs assessment.

The organization runs a donation- and membership-based revenue model with no commercial product sales. Individual supporters contribute through suggested donation tiers (€100–€3,000, tax-deductible in France); enterprises sign either a simplified convention (€100–€10,000) or full convention (€10,000+), with bespoke communication strategies at the higher tier. All donations are collected and tax-receipted by the mandated Fonds IME (Institut de Médecine Environnementale), a fonds de dotation founded in 2016 by Dr. Jacques Fradin, which serves as the Alliance's financial fiduciary. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: the GIECO's scientific coordinators (Stéphane La Branche, Jacques Fradin) speak at conferences (négaWatt, Oisans Project), host webinars (with Université du Facteur Humain, Comité 21 Grand Ouest, 2tonnes), and appear in earned media (B Smart TV, podcasts, press). Distribution is primarily digital — website, LinkedIn, newsletter, downloadable PDFs of the report — supplemented by integration into CSR Europe's Social Green Deal work program for EU-level policy reach. There is no proprietary technology product; the underlying platform is a Wix-hosted website with DocuSign-based onboarding and online donation processing.

Name

IPBC ALLIANCE

Legal name

Alliance pour le GIECO

Website

https://alliancepourlegieco.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IPBC ALLIANCE is a French non-profit coalition that funds, disseminates, and operationalizes the GIECO (International Panel on Behavior Change), a global scientific body of 1,200+ experts across 70+ disciplines, serving individuals, enterprises, institutions, and civil society organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Behavioral Science Research Coalition

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Professional Organizations (81392), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Research Collaboration & Joint Labs (International Partnerships) (EDAIABAC)

Keywords

• Behavioral science research
• Scientific consensus reports
• Environmental transition coalition
• Nonprofit scientific organization
• Interdisciplinary research coalition

Headquarters

HQ city

Serbannes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual membership contributions and donations: Individual members and supporters make financial contributions to the GIECO via the Alliance. Donations are collected and tax-deducted through the mandated Fonds IME (Institut de Médecine Environnementale). After French tax deduction, a €100 donation costs the individual €33–40 depending on their profile.
2. Corporate and organizational membership (mécénat/sponsorship): Enterprise members, institutions, foundations, and other organizations join the Alliance via signed conventions (simplified or full version) and contribute financially with a minimum donation of €100 (for enterprises). Donations are tax-deductible in France. Membership tiers include simplified convention (€100–€10,000) and full convention (€10,000+), with bespoke communication strategies for larger contributors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

IPBC ALLIANCE is a non-profit support organization that produces and disseminates interdisciplinary scientific knowledge on the drivers of behavioral change and non-change across ecological, economic, social, organizational, and cultural transitions. It operates a membership and donation platform (linked to the Fonds de Dotation IME) that lets individuals, enterprises, institutions, and foundations financially support the GIECO scientific panel and receive access to scientific reports, summary documents, webinars, and a multi-stakeholder coalition network.

Product overview

IPBC ALLIANCE (Alliance pour le GIECO) is a non-profit coalition supporting the GIECO (International Panel on Behavior Change), an international scientific expert group on behavioral change. Rather than a technology product company, the organization offers scientific publications (the GIECO Report series), a membership program enabling stakeholders to support and participate in behavioral change research, and educational webinars. The core product is the GIECO Report on behavioral change drivers, supported by French summaries and webinar content. The membership platform allows individuals and organizations to contribute financially or through志愿服务.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GIECO Report Tome 1 — Drivers of Behavioral Change and Non-Change in Transition Times A 400+ page interdisciplinary scientific synthesis report, the first core publication of the GIECO panel, downloadable free of charge from the alliance's website for scientists, enterprises, institutions, and the general public.
• French Summary of the GIECO Report (Tome 1) A French-language synthesis of the GIECO Report Tome 1, designed to make the panel's scientific findings on behavioral change accessible to the general public, institutions, and enterprises.
• GIECO COVID-19 Thematic Report The panel's first thematic scientific report, focused on the behavioral, social, and organizational dimensions of the COVID-19 crisis, released in 2021.
• Alliance Membership Program (Convention de soutien) The alliance's flagship coalition offering, under which enterprises, institutions, foundations, and individuals sign a Convention de soutien (Simplified Convention €100–€10,000 or Full Convention €10,000+) to fund the GIECO panel and engage with its scientific community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,200+ scientists and experts from 70+ disciplines and 76 countries have signed the GIECO manifesto
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• CSR Europe (The European Business Network for Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe GIECO is now an integral part of CSR Europe's work program. GIECO members contribute to transforming the European Green Deal into a Social Green Deal by placing the Human Factor at the center of European industrial transformation strategy toward carbon neutrality, ecological viability, and social equity. This involves developing position papers and participating in policy discussions across all actors and their differentiated capacities to adapt and contribute to transition efforts.
• Fonds IME (Institut de Médecine Environnementale)coreOthersThe Fonds IME, a 'Fonds de Dotation' (endowment fund) founded in 2016 by Dr. Jacques Fradin, is mandated by the GIECO-IPBC to manage all donations at 100%. IME is authorized to receive tax-deductible donations, donations, and legacies on behalf of the GIECO. It issues official tax receipts to all donors by post and email.
• Université du Facteur HumainsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Université du Facteur Humain partners with the GIECO to host webinars presenting the first GIECO scientific report, featuring Jacques Fradin and Amélie Rouvin. This partnership enables outreach to the association's membership base of behavioral science and Human Factor practitioners.
• Comité 21 Grand OuestminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Comité 21 Grand Ouest organized a webinar on November 4, 2025 featuring Stéphane La Branche, the GIECO's scientific coordinator, as a speaker. This partnership extends the GIECO's reach to the French sustainable development network.
• 2tonnesminorGTM or Marketing Partner2tonnes co-hosted a webinar titled 'Parler climat et carbone en 2025 : est-ce bien raisonnable?' with Stéphane La Branche (GIECO), Audrey Guillon (Nos Gestes Climat), Damien Cahen (Parlons Climat), and Gabrielle Piot (2tonnes). A replay is available on the Watch.getcontrast.io platform.
• Institut et Association négaWattsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerA partnership with the Institut and Association négaWatt was established to present the Human Factor and the GIECO's work at the 16th Université d'Automne négaWatt (October 6–7, 2023), reaching an audience of sustainability professionals and practitioners.
• Oisans ProjectminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Oisans Project collective invited Stéphane La Branche, GIECO's scientific coordinator, to give a conference on April 13, 2024 in Bourg d'Oisans on taking the Human Factor into account to facilitate an inevitable transition driven by climate change.
• B Smart TVsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerGIECO scientific coordinator Stéphane La Branche and Alliance member Amélie Rouvin appeared on the B Smart TV program 'Smart Impact' (May 9, 2025) to discuss behavioral change in the ecological transition, reaching a business-oriented television audience.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• 2tonnes: French non-profit running climate awareness workshops and webinars aimed at helping individuals understand emissions reduction. Comparable as a French behavioral-change-adjacent climate communication organization with whom the Alliance co-hosts webinars, though focused on individual carbon literacy rather than systemic research.

Direct peers

• IDDRI (Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales): Paris-based independent think tank producing policy-oriented research on sustainable development and ecological transition. Comparable as a French research institution bridging interdisciplinary science with corporate and policy stakeholders, though more established and policy-focused.
• Carbone 4: French consultancy and think tank specializing in climate strategy, energy transition, and low-carbon advisory for corporates and territories. Comparable as a French mission-driven organization helping enterprises operationalize ecological transition with scientific underpinnings, though with a paid-services business model.
• CSR Europe: European business network for corporate sustainability and responsibility, integrating the GIECO into its Social Green Deal work program. Comparable as a multi-stakeholder sustainability coalition influencing EU policy, and a direct partner of the Alliance.
• The Shift Project: French non-profit think tank focused on ecological and energy transition, producing influential reports and convening experts and corporate members. Directly comparable as a French mission-driven organization producing transition research with multi-stakeholder support, though focused on energy/climate rather than behavioral science.
• Comité 21: French network for sustainable development organizations, hosting webinars and connecting public/private actors around transition topics. Comparable as a membership-based sustainability convener in France with whom the Alliance already partners on webinars.
• négaWatt Association: French non-profit association producing scenario-based research on energy transition and convening practitioners through the Université d'Automne and similar events. Comparable as a French scientific coalition supporting ecological transition with a multi-stakeholder membership model — and an active Alliance partner.

Broad incumbents

• European Climate Foundation: Major European philanthropic foundation funding climate and transition-related research, advocacy, and convening across the continent. Comparable as a funder and convener of transition science with multi-stakeholder reach, though philanthropic-grant funded at much larger scale.
• IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change): International scientific panel that explicitly inspired the GIECO's structure and mandate, producing consensus reports on climate change. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary international scientific panel model, but vastly larger, intergovernmental, and climate-focused rather than behavioral.

Regional players

• B&L Evolution: European sustainability and energy consultancy producing research and advisory for public and private actors on transition. Comparable as a research-driven organization connecting interdisciplinary expertise with corporate sustainability strategy, operating more broadly across Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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