Return-on-Investment Reporting
Transparency and accountability are key principles for buyers and investors to feel satisfied their funds are going to the right people, undertaking cultural burning in the right way, and actually achieving outcomes.
Verifying the environmental, social, economic, and cultural outcomes of cultural fire practice using the Core-Benefits Verification Framework will be key to the achievement of a sustainable income stream that supports the ongoing implementation of cultural fire on Country.
The Core-Benefits Verification Framework (CBVF) provides third-party assurance to buyers of Cultural Fire Credits that these outcomes are valid and Indigenous led.
Traditional Custodians engaging in on-Country cultural fire management programs have committed to reporting outcomes that give buyers of Cultural Fire Credits confidence that their investment is generating great returns. The below table highlights these outcomes.
Return on Investment for Buyers of Cultural Fire Credits
| $0 – $14,999 | Certificate + tax receipt + photo (once per year) |
| $15,000 – $40,999 | Certificate + tax receipt + Photos (twice per year) + Social media communication story (once per year) for buyer to share |
| $50,000 – $149,999 | Certificate + tax receipt + Photos (twice per year) + General impact report + Social media communication story (once per year) + Opportunities to attend burns are presented to build relationships between cultural fire credit buyers and the community (if multi-year buy) + Outcome verification report (at project close if multi-year buy) |
| $150,000 + | Certificate + tax receipt + Photos (four times per year) + Social media communication story (once per year) + Video report of cultural burns in practice (once per year, with final report including supporter logos/branding if multi-year buy) + Outcome verification report (at project close if multi-year buy) + Invitation for 3–5 staff/land managers to participate in burn/s (once per year) + One ticket to the National Indigenous Fire Workshop + Presentation to Reconciliation Action Plan Committee if organisational buy |
