Supply Chain Critical to Success Against Pandemics
Dr. Neeraj Mistry, GBC Vice President for Knowledge, Evaluation and Performance, discusses how reaching the "critical mass" needed to reverse the expansion of the AIDS, TB and malaria epidemics depends, in part, on our ability to engage smaller companies in the supply chain, and offers guidance on how to achieve this.
Reaching Critical Mass Key To Winning Fight
To Maximize Impact, Effective Multinationals Engage Supply Chain
Business Action Plan for Smaller Companies
Best Practices in the Private Sector
Dottie Hatcher, Senior Director of Social Responsibility at Gap Inc.
Protecting Workforce Fundamental to Gap's Response
Industry Collaboration on Supply Chain Challenges
Leveraging Expert Knowledge
SUPPLY CHAIN CAN KEEP MILLIONS HEALTHY
Small and medium-sized businesses employ 80 percent of the world's workers, but most do not have workplace health programs to protect employees from global epidemics. By engaging these companies, the business community will be fully mobilized against HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria – and will increase its ability to achieve the critical mass needed to roll back the epidemic. GBC’s existing network of multinational companies provides an excellent platform from which to engage the supply chain, and exponentially increase the number of employees receiving prevention, treatment and care.
A 7-Point Plan for Supply Chain Action on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
GBC has developed a powerful new tool to guide multinational company and supply chain actions against the pandemics. The 2007 Technical Sessions report highlights specific recommendations for companies to implement. It features best practices from Gap Inc. and Shell in their work throughout Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, as well as strategies for cooperation, compliance and contractual arrangements.
ALAFA Report Highlights Role of Apparel Supply Chain in AIDS Response
The apparel industry employs about 45,000 Lesotho citizens, making it the country’s largest private sector employer. The apparel industry provides employment for poor and unskilled workers – women in particular – and in doing so combats poverty and gender inequity, long-term drivers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. GBC member company Gap Inc., a leader in supply chain engagement, has funded Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight AIDS (ALAFA), an initiative that, among other things, provides HIV testing and treatment options to thousands of garment workers.
» Read the ALAFA Report (PDF)
WEF Report Provides Practical Guidelines for Supply Chain Programs
Recognizing that multinational corporations need small and medium enterprises to keep their employees healthy, the Global Health Initiative of the World Economic Forum produced this report that provide practical guidelines for companies implementing supply chain programs in Africa