ifc against aids protecting people and profitability bangkok, september 12, 2005
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IFC Against AIDSProtecting People and Profitability
Bangkok, September 12, 2005
Why does IFC take AIDS seriously? What is the “business case”? Risk factors for private sector operations What can companies do? “IFC Against AIDS” Apollo Tyres program in India
Session OutlineSession Outline
Reputation risk Financial impact Threat to company’s viability
The Business Case: The Business Case: Three categories of risksThree categories of risks
The Reputation RiskThe Reputation Risk
The Financial Risk:The Financial Risk:Impact on the Bottom LineImpact on the Bottom Line
Medical and other benefits costs Absenteeism and lower productivity Labor turnover, recruitment and training costs Loss of experienced personnel Impacts on the enabling environment Shrinking markets
Harvard Business Review, February 2003:
The annual "AIDS tax" on business was as much as 5.9% of the corporations' labor costs
Workplace AIDS programs would reduce this “AIDS tax” by as much as 40.4%
The Financial Risk:The Financial Risk:Impact on the Bottom LineImpact on the Bottom Line
Chilanga, Zambia’s largest cement factory saw a 15-fold increase in funeral-related absenteeism between 1992 and 1995.
Source: Bloom et al. 2001
Source: Galloway et al. 1998
A major industrial company based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa recorded a 31% increase in the number of ill-health retirements between 1995 and 1997; of these retirements, 17% of them were due to AIDS.
The Financial Risk:The Financial Risk:Impact on the Bottom LineImpact on the Bottom Line
Risk to the Viability of Small Risk to the Viability of Small EnterprisesEnterprises
A study of 209 small businesses in South Africa identified HIV/AIDS as one of the three main factors that cause nearly 80% of South African start-up SMEs to fail every year
Source: S. Eeden et al. – 2001
Risk factors for private sector Risk factors for private sector operationsoperations
Workforce separated from families for long periods of time: Transportation, mining, construction, agribusiness Migrant labor, seasonal labor
Transit areas Employees’ salaries higher than surrounding
community The company relies on key jobs/individuals Large workforce
What can companies do? What can companies do?
Getting started and organized: the foundations of a program
Awareness, education and prevention in the workplace
HIV/AIDS in clinical settings and occupational health and safety
Partnerships and community outreach Monitoring and evaluation
Getting started and Getting started and organizedorganized
HIV/AIDS Action Plan – categories of interventions
Status ()
Description of interventions having taken place
Senior management support Senior Management supports the program Budget f or HI V/ AI DS program allocated
HI V/ AI DS focal point/ coordinator
Focal point/ coordinator selected and appointed
AI DS steering committee AI DS steering committee established and active
Assessment of program conditions
The assessment f ramework has been draf ted Assessment started Assessment completed
HI V/ AI DS Action Plan I n draf t Adopted by the steering committee and company management Monthly/ Quarterly evaluation and review performed
HI V/ AI DS Policy Policy draf ted and finalized Senior Management has endorsed the policy Policy promoted at all levels in the workplace
Service provider NGO/ Service provider appointed
Awareness, education and Awareness, education and preventionpreventionHIV/AIDS Action Plan – categories of interventions
Status ()
Description of interventions having taken place
Awareness and education
Tools f or awareness, e.g. posters, leaflets and other written materials are in place Talks by a PLWA (person living with HI V/ AI DS), videos and drama performances are available and/ or taking place Small group information and training sessions are taking place with employees HI V/ AI DS training is part of new employee orientation (induction program) Management (senior/ operational) has received a specific information session
Knowledge, Attitudes
Practices and Behavior (KAPB) surveys
I f the KAPB survey is to be professionally administered: service provider hired First survey planned; questionnaires draf ted First survey completed Analysis completed and subsequent actions defined with timelines, and use of subsequent survey(s)
Prevention through condoms
Condoms (male and female) are available and accessible to all employees
Prevention through peer education
Peer educators selected and trained Peer educators are active: a calendar of events and topics is established, events are varied, and a retention plan f or peer educators is in place
HIV/AIDS in clinical settings and HIV/AIDS in clinical settings and OH&SOH&SHIV/AIDS Action Plan – categories of interventions
Status ()
Description of interventions having taken place
Training of clinical staff
Some staff members trained All clinical staff trained Continuing education attended regularly by clinical staff
Trained HI V/ AI DS counselors within the medical staff
At least one trained counselor available in the company’s clinic One trained counselor available at each clinic’s location Counselor(s) involved in community activities
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)
Procedure reviewed and/ or in draf t Appropriate procedure f ormally adopted Training f or implementation of procedures and installment of appropriate First Aid Kits
Partnerships and community Partnerships and community outreachoutreachHIV/AIDS Action Plan – categories of interventions
Status ()
Description of interventions having taken place
Partnerships (with other businesses, employer associations, NGOs or government programs)
Potential partner(s) identified Company formed partnerships with other players to share knowledge and resources The partnership involves a common work program
Commemorate World AI DS Day - December 1st
World AI DS Day activities open to employees’ f amilies World AI DS Day activities also open to the wider community
Addressing high risk groups/ vulnerable groups
High-risk/ vulnerable groups identified Program for these groups elaborated Program reaches the high-risk group and is implemented
Monitoring and evaluationMonitoring and evaluation
HIV/AIDS Action Plan – categories of interventions
Status ()
Description of interventions having taken place
Monitoring and evaluation tools
Monitoring and evaluation tools are in place to measure HI V/ AI DS interventions
IFC Against AIDSIFC Against AIDS
Awareness Guidance
Training
Financing
Goal: Accelerate the involvement of private sector in the fight against AIDS
IFC Against AIDSIFC Against AIDS
Serving IFC clients Focus on sub-saharan Africa and India
About 25 projects in Africa 152 companies trained in Africa One program in India (four companies to date)
Development in Russia and China
Intranet websiteIntranet website
External websiteExternal website
IFC Against AIDSIFC Against AIDS
http://www.ifc.org/ifcagainstaids
Sabine Durier - Program Leader Tel: +1-202-473-4176, Email: [email protected]
Gillette Conner - Program Officer Tel: +1-202-473-4040, Email: [email protected]
Tish Enslin - Program Officer (Johannesburg) Tel: +27-11-731-3062, Email: [email protected]
Noleen Dube - Program Officer (Johannesburg) Tel: +27-11-731-3059, Email: [email protected]
Martin Lutalo - Program AnalystTel: +1-202-458-1406, Email: [email protected]
Bojan Ermanoski - Program AssistantTel: +1-202-473-5578, Email: [email protected]
“It is inevitable that a firm doing business in the developing world will pay for AIDS. It is just a question of when and how much.”
Lee Smith
Former President, Levi Strauss International