Our vision for reconciliation is an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges, priorities, perspectives, and voices are elevated within the financial system.
Our vision for reconciliation
Our vision for reconciliation is an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges, priorities, perspectives, and voices are elevated within the financial system. After enduring economic exclusion for far too long, we aspire to see the Australian finance system embrace its duty to reconcile, opening pathways for First Nations communities to prosper on their own terms.
The vision of reconciliation detailed in our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) centres on economic empowerment and inclusion, fostering:
Greater understanding, awareness and recognition of First Nations rights and cultures within the finance sector.
Recognition by the finance sector of the role First Nations peoples can play in contributing to reconciliation, particularly in achieving economic self-determination.
This path will lead to:
Enhanced outcomes, opportunities, and experiences for First Nations peoples in Australia.
A more inclusive Australia that recognises the inherent value of different ways of being, knowing and doing.
Our RAP has been developed by a RAP Working Group that involves all members of the ASFI team and the lead of our First Nations work program.
During the next two years we will implement our RAP commitments with the support of our RAP Working Group and RAP Champion.
Learn more
Visit our First Nations and Finance page for more on our focus on elevating First Nations voices and lived experience into all areas of ASFI’s work.
Uluru Statement from the Heart
ASFI supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the establishment of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament as the first step of its implementation. ASFI has been established to realign Australia’s financial system so that it supports a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive Australia.
Recognition of the First Nations people of Australia, and support for better outcomes for First Nations Peoples is an important foundation to achieving that mission.
The Australian Sustainable Finance Roadmap has a strong focus on self-determination, and the right of Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) for First Nations Peoples in Australia. This provides the basis for our support. ASFI’s work to elevate First Nations Peoples perspectives and outcomes into all our work on sustainable finance over the last 2 years is a demonstration of our ongoing commitment to self-determination and FPIC as an organisation.
We will continue to work with partners, particularly First Nations organisations and people, to support self-determination, FPIC and reconciliation in Australia, including through the development and implementation of our Reconciliation Action Plan and our First Nations work program.
