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Dr Thuthula Balfour-KaipaHealth Adviser
Chamber of Mines
HIV and AIDS Accountability, Reporting and Sustainability in the Mining Environment
5th SA AIDS Conference, Durban, 7-10 June 2011
Outline of presentation
• Why are we mining?• Sustainable development and reporting
frameworks• HIV and AIDS and reporting frameworks• Implementation of reporting frameworks• Challenges• Conclusions
Products of mining
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Sustainable development
• “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”– Brundtland Commission, 1987.
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Sustainable development framework for minerals sector
Governance
Environmental
Participatory democracy
Transparency
Accountability
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International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Sustainable development frameworkInternational Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
Company members required to implement:
•Ethical business practices, sound corporate governance•Human rights, respect for cultures•Continual improvement on H&S performance•Environmental performance
Report performance against the 10 principles in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines.
Third-party verification
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HIV and sustainability
• “The HIV & AIDS epidemic continues to have a significant impact on the company’s employees, their dependants as well as the local and labour-sending communities. This effect is felt through absenteeism, reduced performance and loss of skills to the company, and the economic burden on individual households when the breadwinner becomes ill or dies.” Harmony, 2010
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Reporting frameworks for HIV and AIDS
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ICMM Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria
• Peer education• VCT• Condom distribution• Acceptability• Treatment effectiveness• Absenteeism• Disability/death
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Mining Charter
“Improvement of the industry’s mine health and safety performance” – 12% “Adherence to HIV and AIDS and TB Guidelines”
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Tripartite HIV and AIDS Implementation Plan
• % of mineworkers who received VCT• Proportion of workers receiving ART and
those receiving Cotrimoxazole • No. of employees receiving PMTCT services• No. of male and female condoms distributed
per mine
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Chamber of Mines Sustainability Report
VCT employees attended Number
Estimated HIV / AIDS Prevalence rate).
%
Percentage. HIV positive employees on Wellness programme %
Percentage HIV positive employees on ART %
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Company sustainability reports
• Board Committees on Sustainability • Reporting on:
– Percentage employees that have accessed VCT– Percentage on wellness programmers– Percentage on ARVs– Community initiatives on health and HIV and AIDS
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ImplementationFramework Frequency of reporting Comment
Mining Charter Yearly Effective 30 June 2011
Tripartite HIV and AIDS Biennial Last report 2006, Draft report 2010
Chamber Sustainability Report
Biennial Last report 2007Unpublished 2009
Company Sustainability Reports
Yearly Produced yearly
HCT Campai
gn
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Challenges
• Multiplicity of reporting requirements• Clarity of definitions and denominators• Focus on safety and environment persists• Dissemination of information limited
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Conclusion
• Companies take sustainability reporting very seriously.
• A lot of information is available on HIV and AIDS.
• Mining Charter reporting requirements will increase focus on HIV and AIDS and improve accountability.
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THANK YOU
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