Swedish Workplace Programme (SWP) promotes sustainability, diversity and democracy in the workplace by providing an approach to companies and suppliers for establishing partnerships between management and employees. SWP treats the workplace as a high potential platform to address multiple business and sustainability issues by promoting strong relationships between management and employees and facilitating change and improved conditions at the workplace. SWP is a joint effort between the International Council of Swedish Industry (NIR) and the Metal and Industrial Workers Union, IF Metal. The SWP builds upon 14 years of work programmes experience in 11 different countries in 600 workplaces. For 14 years, the Swedish Workplace HIV and AIDS Programme (SWHAP) have been collaborating with Swedish companies in sub-Saharan Africa to develop a joint approach to mitigate the negative impact of HIV and AIDS at the workplace. Supporting the partnership between employees and management, companies were able to improve the sustainability of their business operations. Today, the SWP is operational in different regions around the world with hubs located in South Africa, Kenya, Vietnam, and Colombia.
