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Ten stories · 2025

What the Foundation published

These are the stories the Foundation has published, with their dates in plain sight. This is not a newsletter and it promises no schedule: it is the record of what was done and the arguments it was done with. They appeared on the previous site and are here because that site is going away.

01

November 20, 2025

Strengthening the Indigenous business ecosystem at WIBF 2025, from Australia

The Foundation closed its participation in the 16th World Indigenous Business Forum in Melbourne, and argued for an Indigenous bank of the Americas to finance the growth of Indigenous peoples' companies.

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02

October 22, 2025

The future of global social impact is written in Indigenous voices

The Foundation's executive director took part in the first international gathering of The Possibilists, in Berlin, where the Indigenous economy entered the conversation on global social impact.

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03

September 30, 2025

Five keys to strengthening Indigenous peoples' trade and protecting the planet

Five keys to strengthening trade by Indigenous peoples, built on the argument that orders the Foundation's work: Indigenous territories hold a decisive share of the world's remaining biodiversity.

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04

June 25, 2025

Why formalizing your Indigenous venture matters

Formalizing is not paperwork: it is what makes it possible to invoice a large company, apply for financing, and be in a position to get certified. What the step involves and where it starts.

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05

June 18, 2025

We are launching the Registry of Indigenous Businesses

The national registry opens so that companies of the Indigenous peoples can sign up and become visible. It continues the work of the first National Register of Indigenous Businesses and Ventures, which the Foundation built in 2022.

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06

June 13, 2025

Latin America strengthens its commitment to the Voluntary Principles

The region's working groups moved toward coordinating across countries. The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights are the framework governing how a company protects its operations without infringing rights in the territory where it operates.

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07

June 6, 2025

The Foundation takes over the Secretariat of the Voluntary Principles working group in Chile

The Foundation took over the secretariat of the working group in Chile. It is the table where companies, the state and civil society discuss how human rights are safeguarded in corporate security operations.

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08

April 8, 2025

Andrés Antivil takes part in the Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights

The Foundation's chair was invited as a panellist to the 9th Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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09

April 4, 2025

Rodrigo Paillalef re-elected to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Rodrigo Paillalef, a Mapuche lawyer and member of the Foundation's Board, was re-elected to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

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10

April 1, 2025

How Indigenous peoples are transforming modern economies

Indigenous peoples have taken part in international trade for millennia, and their companies show a resilience that modern economies are only starting to measure. The argument, with the figures behind it.

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