The problem

Indigenous knowledge of Country (e.g. cultural burning to prevent catastrophic bushfire, seasonal calendars, water and species management) is some of the best environmental-management knowledge that exists — but it lives in oral, relational, storytelling form. Corporate ESG/sustainability reporting demands the opposite: structured, quantified, framework-aligned disclosures. There is no bridge between the two that is both *useful to business* and *safe / fair for Indigenous communities*.

Businesses increasingly need credible Indigenous engagement (TNFD and Australia's incoming mandatory climate reporting both push them toward it), but most do it badly — extractive consultation, no consent, no benefit-flow, high greenwashing risk.