The AIDS Accountability Workplace Scorecard Phillipa Tucker Senior Researcher

AAI Projects

AAI believes that strong and accountable leadership is necessary to ensure effective responses to HIV and related health challenges. We do this by increasing transparency, promoting dialogue and supporting action to improve the response. Needs-driven, evidence-based research and advocacy that measures performance against the commitments that have been made by govts. AAI Basic Strategy

This document sets the international human rights standard for the response to HIV and AIDS in the workplace But, the Recom. will only lead to the desired results through rigorous follow up mechanisms. So what do we use as a commitment for business? Measuring accountability in the workplace

The AIDS Accountability Workplace Scorecard thus aims to assess the implementation of the Recom. in the workplace, so as to  Stimulate improved HIV and AIDS workplace programmes in the countries and sectors most exposed to the disease, and  Ultimately improve health conditions for employees, their families and communities AAI Workplace Scorecard Objectives

1. Self-administered questionnaire (signed by management, worker representative and HIV coordinator) 2. Validation (interview, visit, desk research) 3. Ranking analysis against benchmarks 4. Recommendations 5. Publishing of ranking (voluntary) Data collection and analysis

Scorecard structure

Rankings according to workplace size:  Small: 1-50 employees  Medium: employees  Large: >250 employees  Global/regional programmes Rankings  Global and regional programmes; the higher the rate of the workforce in countries with generalized epidemics, the more will be expected.  The four elements of the Workplace Scorecard are weighted equally.

 Gavin George, HEARD, University of KwaZulu- Natal  ILO  International Trade Union Confederation  SABCOHA  Global Business Coalition on Health  Swedish Workplace HIV/Aids Programme  Norges Bank  SANS  UN Global Compact Stakeholder consultation

“The Workplace Scorecard offers us the opportunity to continue to improve our workplace HIV and AIDS efforts, to share best practices, improve transparency and encourage greater participation of other organizations around the world to establish a new global standard for addressing HIV and AIDS in the workplace.” Paurvi Bhatt, Levi Strauss & Co. Business benefit

“The emphasis on the workplace is especially important, and trade unions representing workers around the world will be ready and willing to make the most effective use of the scorecard, as part of the ongoing determination of the union movement to tackle HIV and AIDS,” Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the 175-million- member International Trade Union Confederation Labour benefit

 an accessible means to monitor the performance of workplace programmes  benchmarks at sector, industry and country level against which to judge your workplace performance  common framework for discussion and good practice  sharing Benefits for labour and business

 March to July,  8 MNCs representing extraction, manufacturing, services and wholesale and retail trade: Levis, AngloAmerican, Ford, Heineken, SABMilller  Improved scorecard launched in August, Pilot study

 Engage more workplaces  Introduce the scorecard to SMEs and trade unions  Publish rankings  Launch an investor toolkit  Evaluate 1st phase implementation Next steps

The AIDS Accountability Workplace Scorecard Phillipa Tucker Senior Researcher