On-the-ground community engagement and deep local insights, guided by internationally recognised social performance principles.
ReGen Strategic runs community relations programs for mining, energy, and infrastructure projects across WA and the eastern states. Our people have lived and worked in regional and remote Australia for more than twenty years. That knowledge goes into every engagement we do.
Our work is practical and on the ground. We handle community engagement strategy, community liaison, neighbourhood consultation, grievance management, and the design of community benefit sharing frameworks that deliver real value to the communities hosting your project. We work according to IAP2 guidelines, and to the expectations of project lenders, investors, and offtake partners.
Our consultants have held community-facing roles inside South32, Chevron, and Wesfarmers, and across a range of contractors and developers. We know how community promises get made, how they get kept, and what happens inside the business when they do not. We can translate community expectations into language a project director can act on, and translate project realities into language a community will accept.
For renewable energy projects, we help developers clear the social licence milestones that investors, lenders, and all levels of government now expect. For mining and major infrastructure, we build the long-term presence and trust that keeps operations steady through approvals, construction, operation, and closure.
Our role is to design programs your own team can run, support you where specialist capacity is needed, and step in directly on the harder moments.
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Our consultants do the due diligence by scanning for communities of interest, both manually and via our media platform, so that you know where the risks and opportunities exist before you undertake any engagement.
Our engagement methodology is guided by internationally recognised social performance principles, including the IFC Performance Standards, IAIA Social Impact Assessment Guidelines, and the IAP2 Public Participation Spectrum. These frameworks underpin our commitment to meaningful, inclusive, and transparent engagement that genuinely informs and influences decision-making.
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ReGen has a long heritage in building messaging and implementing communications for effective public campaigns – including the WA Vote Yes campaign and Go Gentle on their public campaign in support for Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation.
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ReGen commences all engagements via extensive research, so that we can understand their needs and respect their sensitivities. We are versed at conducting surveys, polls, and focus groups to get an even deeper understanding of your communities.
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Talison Lithium is undertaking major expansion projects at its Greenbushes operations near established regional communities. The scale, sensitivity and approvals requirements created a complex engagement environment, requiring a structured program to build trust, address concerns and support confident regulatory decision-making.
Designed and delivered a multi-year stakeholder engagement strategy aligned with IAP2 principles
Led early landholder engagement and broad community consultation across multiple towns
Delivered community information sessions and in-depth workshops
Established a Stakeholder Reference Committee for ongoing dialogue and oversight
Supported Ministerial, agency and regulator engagement through briefings and site visits
Systematically captured and integrated feedback into approvals and mitigation planning
The engagement program established strong foundations of trust, transparency and accountability. Community concerns were clearly identified and prioritised, directly informing mitigation measures and project commitments. The work supported State and Commonwealth approvals processes and enabled sustained, constructive relationships with communities and landholders. Ongoing operation of the Stakeholder Reference Committee ensures continued dialogue as projects progress.
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ReGen supported George Weston Foods in the identification of a site for our new animal feed processing plant in Western Australia. This involved engaging with the community and key stakeholders across multiple potential sites, then working on securing state and local government approvals for our chosen site in Kwinana.
Steve Booth | Head of Government Relations & External Affairs
ReGen conducted a perception audit for UDIA that provided access to their deep and extensive list of government contacts, which provided a truly independent perspective on the quality of our stakeholder relationships. Through this report we have been ableTo maximise the effectiveness of our advocacy approach to deliver great places and more housing choice across the State.
Tanya Steinbeck | Chief Executive Officer
The ability of ReGen to articulate the incredibly complex nature of stakeholder expectations from an ESG perspective is invaluable. The approach taken by the team was to not simply provide a blanket solution, but to really drill down into the detail of what our challenges were and to tailor their support to fit our objectives.
Jeremy Kenna | Group Manager – Communities &Indigenous Affairs Australia
ReGen’s breadth of skills and knowledge have been instrumental in helping us to connect with government and the local media. It is a pleasure working with an organisation that understands our positioning and is aligned with environmental sustainability.
Isaac Hinton | Head of Australia
We are a small team covering the many aspects of strategic external engagement and communications required of a new, phased green energy project. With their broad suite of experience and skills, ReGen has added considerable value to our thinking and the way we engage.
Dr Ray Macdonald | Chief Executive Officer
ReGen is our partner of choice for stakeholder engagement and strategic communication matters and has worked tirelessly to understand our business. Their pragmatic and client-focused solutions consistently exceed our expectations.
Ryan Watts | Business Development Manager
ReGen were highly professional and approachable in helping us to learn more about what it feels like to be in front of a camera or microphone. The team were very well researched when it came time to be firing the questions. I would highly recommend ReGen for their media training.
Darren Munday | Chief Executive Officer
ReGen’s work has been invaluable in ensuring we maintain a strong and trusted relationship with the WA Government. They are available whenever we need them and their knowledge of government policy is unparalleled. They have also exceeded all expectations in terms of media relations.
Andrew Sugiaputra | Managing Director
ReGen has helped us strategically plan and engage with key stakeholders, while managing our media relations and community engagement. They are now supporting us in our regenerative approach to sustainability, with the objective of delivering a climate positive, nature positive and people positive project.
Captain Michael Edwards | CEO