Foundations

• We stand upon the strength of all Indigenous people globally who have and continue to fight for the human right to exist in communities that are centered around integrity, honesty, and reciprocity.

• We recognize the incredible wealth of knowledge Indigenous people hold regarding community and sustainability.

• We understand community as the strongest resistance against capitalistic wealth hoarding.

• We name colonialism as the creator of the climate chaos that threatens all future generations.

Principles

• ABM upholds genuine friendship as one of the strongest drivers of positive change and is therefore a dynamic and complex network of individuals who have personal investment in the well-being of one another.

• Individuals are supported and accounted for based upon their commitment to community and livable futures.

• Indigenous people are at the core of the values held by ABM and use the revenues and relationships they create at ABM to support their self-determination.

• ABM offers the opportunity to move the dial forward using active and engaging community dialogues that educate on the urgency of climate change, critical interpretations of popular and damaging histories, and the implications of leaving colonialism behind.

Actions

We collectively and cohesively:

• engage in the perpetual process of learning and relationship-building that creates strong partnerships, peer mentorship, business opportunities, personal growth, friendships, and community.

• understand that ethical business is no small task and only negligibly possible, so therefore must be a small piece of the huge conversation that is inter-community collaboration and genuine investment in the well-being of all future generations.

• wholly reject colonialism and its inherent coercion and genocide of all Indigenous people globally.

• maintain that solution to climate change will be depend on the adherence to Indigenous ways of being.

Commitment

Each decision-maker who invests in ABM:

• actively engages with all ABM Community Members to generously explore opportunities for friendship, collaborations, partnerships, integrations, referrals and knowledge exchange.

• is responsible for moving forward on their continuum of learning regarding colonialism and the world at large, as Indigenous people themselves must do every day to survive.

• seeks to create the conditions for Indigenous people to exist and prosper, recognizing the current status quo as a coercive force that consistently destroys land and community.

• is accountable, committed to truth, and responsible for earning the place they want to hold in the ABM Community, which requires being generous, active, visible, and accessible.

• appreciates that Indigenous leadership deals with more complexity and criticism than corporate leadership. Business at ABM is done with this understanding at the forefront and with adequate time, grace, and without flimsiness.

• contributes to the vitality of a reciprocal and wealthy ABM Community with the willingness to look beyond self-interest, by participating with multidimensional objectives and with love.