TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: A DIALOGUE ON ENVIRONMENTALLY BALANCED ECONOMICS

Indigenous Leaders and Wharton Business School Students Gather at the UN

NEW YORK (May 17, 2005)—For the first time, indigenous leaders from across the globe have come together with Wharton Business School's Net Impact Club to discuss future models for business partnerships. The conference, which marked the opening of a new chapter in trade relations with indigenous communities, focused on a balance between cultural, environmental and financial standards and served as the first step of a dialogue between the larger business community and those who are in the daily business of living in balance with and protecting our planet....

This year's summit actively addressed the needs raised by this assessment: to create an economically viable business model for trading natural resources responsibly, and with respect to the rights of indigenous people. Opening the conference was Roberto Mucaro Borrero, a native Taino of Puerto Rico, and Chair of the NGO Committee on the United Nations International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Additional speakers included Marcos Terena, of the Terena community in Mato Groso do Sul, Brazil, and Leon Secatero, a Spiritual Elder of the I'Inebeho (Navajo) community of Canoncito.

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