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Trusted stakeholder engagement experts driving engagement for project approvals

We build strong, trusted stakeholder relationships – from identification to prioritisation and measurement – led by IAP2 and AIRA-accredited consultants.

ReGen Strategic designs and runs stakeholder engagement programs for organisations and major projects across Australia. Our work underpins approvals, social licence, and the long-term community acceptance your project or company needs.

We are retained on projects across renewables, planned and active mining operations, construction, infrastructure projects and sustainable developments. The work covers engagement strategy, stakeholder mapping, dialogue design and facilitation, sentiment research, issues management, and day-to-day relationship stewardship. Our engagement data lives in Simply Stakeholders, so clients get a full auditable record of every conversation, commitment, and action.

Stakeholder engagement has recognised standards, repeatable methods, and it can be measured. Our job is to help you figure out who needs to be at the table, design the right conversations at the right time, and keep the information flowing so you can make decisions with confidence.

We work alongside project leadership, legal, environment, and approvals teams to brief boards, ministers, and regulators when a project needs that level of voice. Our programs are proportionate, documented, and built to hold up under scrutiny.

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    Stakeholder

    engagement to deliver strategic objectives, gain visibility and deliver accountability against your goals.

    Stakeholder engagement

    ReGen Strategic develops a detailed stakeholder engagement strategy, with a five-element framework based on Simon Sinek’s golden circle model, starting with Why.

    The purpose and objectives of the stakeholder strategy 

    • A detailed map of stakeholders and their influencers, along with key interests, mapped according to interest and influence 
    • The approach recommended for achieving our objectives 
    • The specific activities to be undertaken, including how the activities will be targeted to different stakeholder groups 
    • A detailed action plan that aligns with your timeline, resourcing and budget

    Through the utilisation of Simply Stakeholders, we record and track engagement activity to maintain momentum.

    • Uploading of stakeholder interactions, meeting notes and actions 
    • Periodic reporting to measure effectiveness of engagement efforts 
    • Integration of engagement data with regulatory requirements

    ReGen’s communications and media professionals build communication strategies that define and deliver against your objectives across all platforms – integrating across digital, social or traditional.

    • Build effective communications plans catered to reach target audiences 
    • Agree on tactics and messaging for each stage of the delivery timeline 
    • Coach spokespeople to ensure they respond effectively and consistently 
    • Secure coverage for stories and updates across all platforms 
    • Create advertisements, media releases and social media posts that cut through 
    • Receive real-time media alerts (via Streem) and monthly reporting

    We can introduce clients to our network of experts, proponents, operators, and regulators. With strong relationships at all levels of government and within the renewables, rare earths and resources communities, ReGen is well placed to facilitate conversations and identify win-win opportunities.

    • Meetings and introductions to build collaboration and support 
    • Invites to our Lunch Leaders program with expert guest speakers
    • Sponsorship of the Leadership Matters series and access to networking events.

    ReGen’s in-house capabilities in sustainability and ESG provide us with the expertise to ensure that approaches to stakeholder engagement and strategic communication comply with both the overarching sustainability and ESG strategies of our clients, as well as evolving national, regional and global ESG standards.

Case Study

InterContinental Energy

Supporting nationally significant renewable energy projects

The challenge

InterContinental Energy is developing two nationally significant renewable energy projects across multiple jurisdictions. The scale, policy complexity and scrutiny associated with these projects required trusted, long-term support to navigate approvals, maintain momentum and build sustained confidence with governments and stakeholders.

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The pathway

Provided ongoing strategic government relations and stakeholder engagement support

Led engagement with senior Commonwealth and State Ministers, advisers and agencies

Prepared detailed briefing materials to support informed decision making

Positioned projects within evolving energy, climate and industrial policy frameworks

Provided advice on approvals strategy and regulatory engagement

Developed sustainability and ESG narratives aligned with approvals and communications

The result

ReGen’s support has helped establish InterContinental Energy as a credible, trusted proponent of nationally significant renewable energy infrastructure. The work enabled sustained, constructive government engagement, improved confidence during periods of commercial and policy change, and strengthened alignment between approvals pathways, sustainability commitments and public communications. The engagement provides a stable platform for continued project development, investment discussions and long-term delivery.

Case Study

Gascoyne Gateway

Support for a strategic deepwater port in a sensitive location

The challenge

Gascoyne Gateway is developing a greenfield deepwater jetty and renewables hub in the environmentally sensitive Exmouth Gulf. The project faces strong community interest, environmental concern and regulatory complexity, requiring a disciplined engagement approach to build trust and social licence.

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The pathway

Developed a comprehensive stakeholder engagement and positioning strategy

Established early and ongoing engagement with community, government and Traditional Owners

Created project identity, brand elements and a public-facing website

Delivered targeted community communications through digital and direct channels

Established community reference groups to support structured dialogue

Provided regular Board and Executive briefings informed by stakeholder feedback

The result

The engagement program established trusted relationships with key stakeholders and improved understanding of the project’s intent and commitments. A Sustainability Statement was delivered outlining risks and opportunities aligned with priority Sustainable Development Goals. The work strengthened social licence, supported ongoing engagement and positioned the project to continue progressing while addressing environmental sensitivities and community concerns.

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What people say about us

Steve booth

George Weston Foods

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

Tanya steinbeck

Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA)

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

Jeremy kenna

Iluka

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

Isaac hinton

InterContinental Energy

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

Dr ray macdonald

Western Green Energy Hub

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

Ryan watts

TransAlta

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

Darren munday

Consumers of Mental Health WA

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

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Golden Sedayu

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

Captain michael edwards

Gascoyne Gateway

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

FAQ

Frequently 
asked questions

Stakeholder engagement is the work of identifying the people, groups, and organisations affected by or interested in your project, understanding their perspectives, and involving them in decisions at the right level. Done well, it builds the social licence and information flow your project needs to move. Done poorly, it becomes the reason a project stalls. The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) provides the professional framework that most Australian practitioners work to.

Organisations bring us in when their stakeholder landscape is bigger than their in-house team can handle, when a regulator or lender expects independent or accredited input, or when an existing program has run into trouble and needs steadying. We also come in at project inception to design the engagement so in-house teams can run it themselves, with specialist support on the harder moments.

IAP2 is the global professional body for engagement practitioners. Its accreditation certifies practitioners against recognised standards, including the IAP2 Core Values, Spectrum of Public Participation, and Code of Ethics. Regulators, lenders, and project assessors increasingly expect IAP2-qualified practitioners to lead engagement on major projects. Our consultants hold current IAP2 accreditation.

We measure against both process metrics (reach, frequency, representativeness, how quickly issues get responded to) and outcome metrics (shift in sentiment, trust, and stated support, reduction in unresolved issues, timely approvals). Our engagement data lives in Simply Stakeholders, so clients get a full auditable record and reporting dashboards. Every program we run includes a measurement plan, designed up-front alongside the engagement strategy.

The IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability are what the International Finance Corporation and most Equator Principles banks use to assess environmental and social risk on projects they finance. If your project is being funded in part by international banks, institutional lenders, or multilateral agencies, the IFC Performance Standards almost certainly apply. We design engagement programs to meet IFC Performance Standard 1 and the community-focused Standards 5, 7, and 8.

Earlier than you probably think. By the time options are locked, most of the decisions stakeholders care about have already been made. Our strongest advice is to start informal stakeholder mapping during early feasibility, move into structured engagement as options are shortlisted, and formalise consultation well before any statutory process begins. Early engagement costs less, builds more goodwill, and avoids most of the issues that end up on the front page.