black cladding

Both state and federal governments engage Indigenous businesses to undertake various projects for which government funding is supplied.  It seems that some non-Indigenous businesses have eyed off this funding and decided to become Indigenous to get it.  At the moment the requirement is that %50 or more of the business is owned by Indigenous people. Non-Indigenous businesses have been busily taking on Indigenous partners so that they can reach the %50 threshold and be eligible for the funding, but these partners are marginalised and on the periphery of the core white organisation which really runs the show.  This is described as black cladding, cladding being the material put on the outside of a building for aesthetic reasons, insulation, etc.  In this case the black cladding is the additional corporate layer designed to make the business appear to be Indigenous.  There are those who want to raise the bar to %100 ownership with a check that the aim of the business is to benefit the Indigenous community, not just make money.