SaskEnergy recognizes that the Indigenous community is an important stakeholder in creating growth and developing Saskatchewan. We encourage and foster partnerships for employment, education & training, and business development.
This partnership focuses on economic development, sustainability, governance, and capacity. The Strategic Alliance Agreement supports both organizations in achieving the strategic goals identified in their respective corporate plans: employment, education and training, and business development.
The partnership makes efforts to:
Create an inclusive work and business environment,
Create mutually beneficial outcomes,
Provide concrete action plans for partnership processes, and
Provide Indigenous-focused actions and strategies.
This partnership has evolved and grown over the years to include procurement opportunities for First Nation-owned businesses. STC’s goal is to increase supply chain participation through extension to the STC member communities and their business entities.
The partnership between STC and SaskEnergy has existed since 1995.
SaskPower
In 2012, SaskPower implemented an Indigenous Procurement Policy enabling Indigenous communities and businesses to participate in their major projects. In 2015, they established an Indigenous Procurement Standard and dedicated an implementation team to this initiative.
SaskPower has several master service agreements, standing supply agreements and other significant contracts with Indigenous suppliers that cover nearly the entire geographic area of Saskatchewan, including with our STC Industrial Group of companies.
Nutrien
In October of 2011, Saskatoon Tribal Council and Nutrien (legacy PotashCorp) signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to increase opportunities for STC First Nations to engage in the potash industry through employment training and business. Each year Nutrien makes generous contributions to help support service delivery, targeting children and youth development.
The Partnership took a significant step forward in 2016 when Nutrien announced its Building Strategic Partnerships and developed its Indigenous Content Playbook. View details of their program here.
