2008 Awards for Business Excellence

Best Practices from Top Nine Programs Now Online

The 2008 Awards for Business Excellence winners have had exceptional successes in putting their assets to work in the fight against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, demonstrating extraordinary commitments, actions and results. The winners are:

Comprehensive Workplace Programs: Standard Bank SA

Standard Bank’s comprehensive and integrated HIV/AIDS program has stabilized HIV prevalence among its workforce in 16 African countries.

Workplace Testing & Counseling Winner: Telkom South Africa

Telkom’s program effectively reduced stigma around HIV testing, while also reducing sick leave taken by employees by 80 percent.

Community Philanthropy Winner: Intesa Sanpaolo

Intesa Sanpaolo’s long-term financial commitment of €9 million helped create 10 health centers in Malawi serving almost 10,000 people.

Expanded Community Initiatives Winner: Xstrata Coal SA

Xstrata’s successful workplace HIV/AIDS program has been scaled up to reach more than 10,000 households in the surrounding community.

Core Competence Winner: BBC World Service Trust

The Trust’s television programs in India reached more than 250 million; 85 percent of viewers reported learning something new about HIV/AIDS.

Women & Girls Winner: Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson’s partnership reaches 7,400 pregnant women in South Africa with services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Tuberculosis Winner: BD

BD’s partnership has helped develop a new liquid culture system that dramatically improves the speed and accuracy of TB diagnosis.

Malaria Winner: Exxon Mobil Corporation

ExxonMobil has been a leader in catalyzing private sector action on malaria, committing $50 million to malaria programs worldwide.

Leadership Winner: Viacom

Viacom has made an enormous commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS, creating groundbreaking programs to reduce stigma and raising resources to find a cure.