Canadian Council for Indigenous Business

The Canadian Council for Indigenous Business, formerly known as the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business and operating under the abbreviation CCIB, is a national non-profit organization founded in 1984 and headquartered in Toronto, dedicated to fostering sustainable business relationships between Canadian corporations and Indigenous businesses and communities. The organization operates several core programs including the Certified Aboriginal Business database that verifies and lists Indigenous-owned businesses for corporate procurement departments seeking to meet supplier diversity targets, the Progressive Aboriginal Relations program that certifies Canadian companies on their performance in Indigenous employment, community investment, business development, and community engagement, and the PAR Committed level for companies beginning their Indigenous relations journey. CCIB publishes annual research reports on Indigenous economic development trends, Indigenous procurement benchmarks, and corporate-Indigenous partnership case studies. The organization's annual Energy, Mining, and Forestry forums bring Indigenous business owners together with corporate procurement executives and government officials to discuss sector-specific commercial opportunities, impact benefit agreements, and community capacity building in Canada's natural resource sectors.