Our Commitment
Plantae Sikikin is committed to actively building the prosperity of Indigenous people across Canada. Plantae Sikikin has committed to building a corporation where Indigenous people lead across the organization from board and executive leadership to key roles in product development, business development and manufacturing.
As the majority partner of Plantae Sikikin, Metis Settlements Development Corporation, on behalf of the Metis Settlements Limited Partnership, works with its partners to build and support the adherence to metrics and frameworks that meet environmental, social and governance expectations.
At Plantae Sikikin, we believe that as part of reconciliation, it is critical that we build and promote our partnership with Indigenous communities in a substantive and material way. We actively promote the engagement with the Metis Settlements in Alberta, beyond creating a financial return, to building employment, entrepreneurship, procurement and capacity. This then extends to all Indigenous communities that we work with through Plantae Sikikin.
At Plantae Sikikin we have agreed to work towards the following goals for partnership and engagement with our communities and all Indigenous people.
Our Promises
1. The Corporation will do good, be good and share good. There is zero tolerance for any activities that would negatively impact Indigenous communities and people.
2. The Corporation will take a Seven Generations approach in all our decision making, wherever possible, and build into our framework, pillars of how decisions will impact the land, the people, and the community as they work from the aspects of people, purpose, planet and profit.
3. The Corporation commits to Indigenous employment action with proactive hiring policies, training programs and capacity building across all levels of the organization.
4. The Corporation commits to active and open engagement with Indigenous communities in all planning and decision making that will have an impact on any Indigenous lands and their benefit and participation in any project or business activity following the principles of Free, Prior and Informed Consent as outlined in UNDRIP.
5. The Corporation will proactively create opportunity for all employees to understand and develop knowledge, including an understanding and appreciation of the past and present culture and values of Indigenous peoples through verified sources of information and engagement with Elders.
6. The Corporation commits to Indigenous procurement initiatives, in all projects and business everywhere, and build practices and protocols to actively engage Indigenous businesses in procurement opportunities and provide them with equal opportunity when bidding on projects. The Corporation commits to fair and equitable payment for goods and services provided by Indigenous peoples.
