Reconciliation Action Plan

Acknowledgement of Country

Investa acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which our business operates and where we come together to work. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waterways and culture. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Reconciliation Australia’s RAP Framework provides organisations with a structured approach to advance reconciliation. There are four types of RAPs that an organisation can develop – Reflect, Innovate, Stretch, Elevate – each designed to suit an organisation at different stages of their reconciliation journey.

Investa is embarking on a foundational level Reflect RAP which includes practical actions to help drive our contribution to reconciliation within Investa and in the communities in which we operate. Committing to a Reflect RAP allows Investa to spend time scoping and developing relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders, articulating our vision for reconciliation and exploring our sphere of influence. This process will provide the solid foundations to ensure our future RAPs are meaningful, mutually beneficial and sustainable.

Investa RAP Artwork – A Journey of Evolution

About the artist: Allan McKenzie

Allan McKenzie is a proud Gamilaroi/Wiradjuri man who possesses a powerful combination of strong cultural knowledge, respect and experience. Allan, possesses through life skills acquired in many Nations from Custodians and Elders a high level of cultural knowledge based on traditional methods and applies them in today’s society to ensure that Aboriginal culture continues to be alive and practiced.

Allan practices and lives culture and is passionate about educating Aboriginal people the pathway of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights through practicing traditional methods of Aboriginal culture and preserving heritage. Allan is renowned for teaching through conviction and widely respected for his committed and vibrant personality. Allan himself says it is important to note that in the traditional culture of Aboriginal people that one core element overrides all other areas of traditional and non-traditional ways of life. One value, one core manifestation that intertwines with all aspects of Aboriginal life, that being – Culture & Heritage.

Read the artwork narrative on page 3 of the RAP.