Beyond Big Business

Beyond Big Business: Bringing Workplace programmes to Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Despite the fact that more and more large organizations are responding to the HIV/AIDS business threat by implementing workplace programes, the same cannot be said for majority of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

In October 2005, the GHI launched the "Beyond Big Business" partnership involving 5 pioneering multinational companies across Africa - Eskom, Heineken, Standard Chartered Bank, Unilever and Volkswagen with the support of UNAIDS and the Swedish International Development Agency.

The large companies in the pilot programme worked with the GHI to engage select SMEs along their supply and distribution chains in the implementation of HIV/AIDS workplace programmes. In twelve months the pilot alone reached approximately 50,000 people and its scale up has the potential to reach 1 million people in Africa. The GHI documented all programme learnings and based on them developed tools to aid other companies that are keen to engage in this approach which can be accessed using the links below. Today over 10 companies are involved.

If your company is interested in joining the fight against HIV/AIDS in the workplace, please contact the GHI directly on globalhealth@weforum.org.

Beyond Big Business
 
 Report:
 Are Your Suppliers and Distributors Ready to Fight HIV/AIDS?
  

 Guidelines:
 Executive summary of Guidelines
 Guidelines to support your Suppliers and Distributors against HIV/AIDS
 CD-ROM Tools_Case Studies_Contacts


 Company Case Studies and Updates: 
 Pilot Update Jan 2007
 Eskom
 Unilever

 Media Related Documents:
 Beyond Big Business Launch Press Release
 Standard Chartered Bank Press Release
 A Helping Hand (Article from Perspective, African Journal on HIV/AIDS, Issue 12/2006)