GreenCollar’s commitment to Indigenous communities
As a purpose-led business we have made a commitment to:
- engage openly with traditional owners and communities
- work to the highest standards of free, prior, and informed consent
- work in partnership, to understand how our projects can best align with the aspirations of traditional owners
- be transparent and share information about our projects and operations
- ensure care and protection of cultural assets and information
- double our engagement with Indigenous-led businesses every year.
Engagement with Indigenous communities
Our corporate commitments to Indigenous communities underpins everything we do including:
- engaging with communities and traditional owners to raise awareness about carbon farming, generally, as well as about specific carbon farming opportunities
- incorporating traditional ecological knowledge into project design, development and delivery
- seeking consent of Native Title holders to carbon farming projects on pastoral leases
- co-developing carbon farming projects with traditional owners across various methods
- building co-investment and climate finance opportunities for traditional owners and Indigenous communities
- jobs, skills and training opportunities through support for existing and evolving programmes.
Pathways to drive climate finance directly to Indigenous peoples, traditional owners, and local communities
GreenCollar is a facilitating partner of the Peoples Forests Partnership (PFP), an industry first coalition that aims to mobilise private investment in community-driven forest conservation and restoration projects. It also aims to set a high standard for equitable, accessible and culturally appropriate mechanisms through which Indigenous peoples, traditional owners and local communities can engage with climate finance.
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Healthy country planning
Where communities are interested, GreenCollar works in partnership with Conservation Management Pty Ltd to offer healthy country planning. This is a process designed to enable communities to articulate their vision and priorities for country, culture and people, and develop strategic targets to achieve that vision. Healthy country planning is a process that facilitates conversation and allows questions about benefits and risks to be explored and understood.