There is a Necessity to include Indigenous Peoples as Direct Economic Beneficiaries of their Mineral Wealth through Indigenous Mining Equity (IMEF). IMEF Enables Indigenous Peoples to own their own Mineral Extractive Equity.
IMEF aims to Research and Advocate "Impact Investing" and "Business Models" to unlock Indigenous participation in the Mineral Extractive Sector.
Impact Investing is the Deployment of Capital to achieve popsitive Social and/or Environmental returns as well as Financial ones.
(Rockefeller Foundation 2007)
Policies and Operating Practices that enhance the competitiveness of a Company while simultaneously advancing the Economic and Social Conditions in the Communitiesin which it operates
(Porter et Al, Harvard University 2011)
Innovation Processes that are Socially Inclussive towards local Communities in terms of Knowledge, Processes and Outcome.
(Smith, Fressoli & Thomas (2013) OECD
IMEF Initiative