...With funding from the Canadian development agency CIDA, IFC has commissioned from Golder Associates an HIV/AIDS Resource Guide for the mining sector - a resource for developing stakeholder competency in mining communities in Southern Africa. The Guide contains 23 intervention strategies that collectively comprise a comprehensive workplace response. The Guide is an integral tool of the "IFC Against AIDS" program, which was launched in 2000 as part of IFC's commitment to sustainable development. The program helps clients understand the multiple impacts of the disease and provides guidance for corporate HIV/AIDS Action Plans. IFC's anti-AIDS approach pays special attention to a company's specific needs and resources, as well as existing corporate experiences and good practices...

[refers to Placer Dome, South Deep (joint venture Placer Dome, Western Areas), Anglo American, Harmony Gold, De Beers, Debswana (joint venture De Beers & govt. of Botswana), Anglo Platinum (part of Anglo American), Namakwa Sands (part of Anglo American), Gold Fields, Konkola Copper Mines, Anglovaal, Assmang, AngloGold (part of AngloGold Ashanti), Eskom, Namdeb (part of De Beers), FB Vending, Alfred H. Knight, P&H Minepro (P&H Mining [part of Joy Global]), Kumba Resources, Lusanga Technical, Standard Chartered, Barclays, Kagem Mining, JC Bousfield, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler]