Below is a selection of items about companies impacts relating to HIV/AIDS (both positive and negative), issued on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2010 (1 December). For more information, see our sections on HIV/AIDS, Access to medicines and HIV/AIDS discrimination.

Announcements of positive corporate initiatives

• Angola "Chevron promotes HIV sensitisation fair"

• Australia "Designers help cause" [re: Erickson Beamon, Chelsea De Luca, Sacha Drake, Daniel Lightfoot, George Wu]

• India "TCI [Transport Corporation of India] organizes Trucker's Utsav to mark World AIDS Day"

• Kenya "HP and Clinton Health Access Initiative partner to accelerate early infant diagnosis of HIV in Kenya"

• Kenya "Effective policies help employers in war against Aids"

• Nigeria "Access Bank, Chevron, others partner on HIV/AIDS" [re: Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, Discovery Communication]
  

• So Africa "Find new ways to finance AIDS fight"
  Refers to the South African Business Coalition for HIV/AIDS' launch of a Community Fund, which aims to raise R500m by the end of 2011 to support the government's HIV- testing campaign.

• USA "Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS mark World AIDS Day with commitment to outreach, education and accessibility"[re: American Urban Radio Networks, BlueLine Media,CBS, Clear Channel, Ebony, Essence, Gospel Radio, HIV Plus, FOX, National Newspaper Publishers Association, NBC, Radio One, Uptown, Vibe]

• USA "The NBA participates in World AIDS Day"

   

• Africa "SabMiller joins the fight"

• "Cipla develops Mother-Baby Pack for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS"
  Dr. Y. K. Hamied , Chairman of Cipla is quoted as saying, “Cipla would make the Mother-Baby Pack available to various Ministries of Health in sub-Saharan Africa, various NGO’s and donor agencies for their treatment programmes. This reinforces Cipla’s commitment to make affordable medicines accessible to all and its promise that ‘None shall be denied.'”

• "Cricket unites for people living with HIV and AIDS on World Aids Day" [re: International Cricket Council]"

   

• L'Oreal & World Aids Day" [scroll down for announcement of  L'Oreal's global "Use Your Voice, Use Your Power"campaign]

  • L'Oreal's "Hairdressers Against AIDS" campaign (international website)

  • "L'Oréal donará parte de los beneficios de este miércoles a la ONG Amref Flying Doctors para luchar contra el SIDA"
    

• "Make your coffee count - Turn it (RED)" [re: Starbucks]

• "Making AIDS drugs affordable here and abroad" [re: Gilead Sciences]

• "MTV turns red for World AIDS Day, calling on young people to GYT (Get Yourself Tested)"

• "World AIDS Day: A focus for action in the workplace"
  Under the theme, "Universal Access and Human Rights" trade unions worldwide promote action on workplace HIV and AIDS.

Reports of negative corporate impacts

• China "HIV-related employment discrimination in China highlighted in report"

• India "Drug trials undertaken in India and the reporting of medical trials"

• India "Corporates need to do more about AIDS awareness"

Commentary on corporate responsibility with respect to HIV/AIDS

• Africa "Africa home to 38 countries with most HIV/AIDS risk - Global study - African mining sector is particularly vulnerable to the disease", Maplecroft

• Kenya "Employers have a duty to initiate Aids policies", Jacqueline Mugo, Executive Director of the Federation of Kenya Employers

• "World AIDS Day 2010: Aids progress threatened by a double blow", Medicins Sans Frontiers