Apply by Feb. 1, 2010: GBC Awards for Excellence in Business Action on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
Review of applications for this year's GBC awards for excellence in business action on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria is now underway - but there's still time to apply.
Why should you apply?
Get recognition and visibility for your impact on disease among influentials and corporate stakeholders.
• Awards will be presented at a high-profile event in Washington, D.C. on June 8, 2010.
• Recognition will be given in six categories. Each category will have one winner, as well as commendations for other outstanding entries.
• You will receive an emblem, and GBC will highlight your successes among our elite global health network of top executives and other leaders.
Winning or commended programs become a model for others to follow.
• Your program will be included in our knowledge-sharing hub and in workshops around the world.
Get free expert feedback and advice for improvements.
• Our panel of judges is comprised of business leaders, top experts and NGO representatives, and officials from governments and funding agencies.
Join us in Washington, D.C. and be recognized before an extraordinary convergence of leaders from governments, foundations and multilaterals.
• Winning programs will be honored with a presentation at an awards ceremony on June 8, 2010, a gathering of some of the world's top leaders in global health and economic development. Past awards presenters and speakers have included:
- Bill Clinton
- Ban Ki-moon
- Fareed Zakaria
- Nicholas Kristof
- Sir Richard Branson
- Angelina Jolie
- Jamie Foxx
- Dikembe Mutombo
2010 Key Dates, at a glance:
Submission Deadline:
February 1, 2010
Notification to winning and commended companies:
April 30, 2010
2010 AWARDS CATEGORIES
ELIGIBILITY
JUDGING & NOTIFICATION PROCESS
WINNING & COMMENDED COMPANY BENEFITS
APPLICATION FEE & SUBMISSION
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2010 AWARDS CATEGORIES
Awards will be granted in the six categories listed below; each category is open to business programs addressing one or more of the diseases. Please note that companies may submit multiple programs for consideration (for example, a workplace HIV/AIDS program and a community malaria intervention); however, separate applications must be submitted for each, and a single program may only be submitted in one category.
GBC Business Excellence Award: Workplace
Awarded to a company for combating HIV/AIDS, TB and/or malaria through a comprehensive workforce-focused program. Applications will also be welcomed from programs that incorporate interventions for two or more of the diseases, as well as programs in which the disease interventions are part of a comprehensive wellness approach.
GBC Business Excellence Award: Community Investment
Awarded to a company that expands HIV/AIDS, TB and/or malaria interventions beyond its own workforce and operations to reach the broader community. Applications will be welcomed from company-implemented intervention programs as well as philanthropic initiatives having a community focus.
GBC Business Excellence Award: Core Competence
Awarded to a company that best applies its core business skills, networks, markets or other strategic assets to address HIV/AIDS, TB or malaria, or a combination. Companies must demonstrate how their program goes above and beyond the company's core profit-making business (even if that business itself generates positive social impact).
GBC Business Excellence Award: Women & Girls
Awarded to a program that directly addresses the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and/or girls, that involves women, or that directly confronts the gender inequalities that drive the epidemics. Girls and women need not be the sole focus of the program.
GBC Business Excellence Award: Performance Measurement
Awarded to a company that has actively developed an HIV/AIDS, TB or malaria program with a notably robust monitoring evaluation component. Preference will be given to programs where the evaluation has already identified impact and results.
GBC Business Excellence Award: Partnership & Collective Action
Awarded to two or more companies working together and/or companies working with co-investment partners on HIV/AIDS, TB or malaria, or a combination. Applications will be accepted from one company applying on behalf of a group if all participating companies/partners agree.
ELIGIBILITY
The Coalition's Business Excellence Awards are restricted to for-profit companies. Although implementing and convening partners such as NGOs and national business coalitions are vital for the success of company programs, applications will only be accepted from the companies themselves. Applicants are not required to be Coalition members and those who have not previously applied are encouraged to do so. Applications should be submitted for programs and initiatives that are currently being implemented.
JUDGING AND NOTIFICATION PROCESS
An expert panel of judges will review all applications and determine the winners of the 2010 GBC Business Excellence Awards. The panel will be comprised of GBC member company representatives, previous award winners, representatives from international HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria organizations with scientific and public health expertise, government officials and individuals affected by these diseases.
The 2010 Judging Panel currently includes:
Multilateral and National Government Health/Development Officials
- Oren Ginzburg, Country Programs Policy Manager, The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Michael Macdonald, Malaria Advisor, US Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Executive Director, Roll Back Malaria Partnership
- Constance Bart-Plange, Program Manager, National Malaria Control Program, Ghana
- Dr. Lindiwe Mvusi, Manager, National Tuberculosis Control Programme, South Africa Department of Health
- Dr. Mario C. Raviglione, Director, Stop TB, World Health Organization
Foundation, NGO and Academic Experts
- Susana Pinheiro, Invited Professor of Business Sustainability, The Lisbon MBA, New University of Lisbon
- Paul Thorn, Project Director, Tuberculosis Survival Project
- William Brieger, Professor, Senior Malaria Specialist, Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins University
- Julie Barrett O'Brien, Vice President, Communications & Knowledge Exchange at Management Sciences for Health
GBC Member Company and other Private Sector Representatives
- Jean-Francois de Lavison, President, Ahimsa Partners
- Steve Knowles, Malaria Control Program Manager, AngloGold Ashanti Limited
- David McMurry, Manager, Global Public Health and Special Projects, Chevron Corporation
- Angela Wasunna, Director, Worldwide Public Affairs and Policy, Pfizer Inc
- Joy Beckett, HIV/AIDS Manager, De Beers
- Peter Roach, Vice President, Durex Network, SSL International plc
- Dr. Hellen Magutu, Program Manager, Kenya HIV/AIDS Private Sector Business Council
In order to maintain transparency and impartiality, company programs will be evaluated solely on the strength of the submitted application. Judges will not reference any prior knowledge of company programs when making their decisions. Companies are encouraged, therefore, to submit applications of high quality that clearly articulate the breadth and depth of their program.
All applicants will be notified of judges' decision no later than April 30, 2010.
WINNING AND COMMENDED COMPANY BENEFITS
Winning companies will receive:
- A trophy award to be presented at the awards dinner in Washington, D.C., in June 2010
- A multimedia case study package, suitable for internal communications
- Support with additional internal communications to stakeholders
- Support with external media relations promoting the winning program
- Profiling among GBC government, donor and NGO partners
- Program profile published in conference publication
- Inclusion in Coalition online workspaces and case study database
- Award highlighted in a major international publication
- Opportunity to showcase company program in Business Excellence conference exhibition hall
- Opportunity to submit photographs for display during conference and/or dinner receptions
Commended companies will receive:
- Recognition at the awards dinner in Washington, D.C. in June 2010
- A multimedia case study package, suitable for internal communications
- Support with additional internal communications to stakeholders
- Profiling among GBC government, donor and NGO partners
- Program profile published in conference publication
- Inclusion in Coalition online workspaces and case study database
- Opportunity to showcase company program in Business Excellence conference exhibition hall
- Opportunity to submit photographsfor display during conference and/or dinner receptions
Note: GBC asks that applicants pay particular attention to the written content that is submitted; it will be edited for clarity and consistency but will inform print publications that the Coalition will disseminate to a wide audience. All submitted content becomes the property of GBC and by entering, companies acknowledge the Coalition's right to disseminate such information as appropriate to publicize the Business Excellence Awards and highlight outstanding company programs.
APPLICATION FEE & SUBMISSION
All applications must be received by February 1, 2010.
Please note that all submissions and awards-related correspondence should be directed to GBC's head office in New York-no submissions will be accepted at GBC regional offices.
- Completed and signed application forms emailed to awards@gbcimpact.org, or faxed to +1 646.417.6752.
Application fee:
- There is no application fee for GBC members.
- There is a US$350 fee for non-members who wish to apply.
- To pay by credit card, please click here and follow the instructions.
- To pay by check or money order, please make payable to GLOBAL BUSINESS COALITION ON HIV/AIDS, TB & MALARIA, and mail to:
GBC Business Excellence Awards
110 William Street, SUITE 1800
New York, NY 10038
If you have further questions regarding the awards process, please contact Casey Levine-Beard at awards@gbcimpact.org
or +1 212.584.1651.
