What is Regeneration?
Regenerative business and development is about creating the most positive impacts we can for our local community, ecology, culture and economy. Where sustainability aspires to do 'less harm', regeneration is about doing 'more good'.
We've literally searched the world, meeting eco-pioneers and studying best-practice projects. That's given us a solid perspective on what a regenerative future could look like.
But what's needed is a framework to guide leaders, of business, government and not for profit organisations, along that journey. That's where our team and tools comes in!
It's time to go beyond Sustainability and we have the tools to equip you.
Service Cycle
Embark on the whole journey or focus on 'walking' a specific section, we can customise our service to meet your specific needs.
Radical collaboration and partnerships are the driver of everything we do. That might involve us making a simple introduction for you to a like-minded professional. Or we could end up forming of city-wide regenerative business cluster. Either way, breaking down silos and barriers is at the heart the experience.
Startups, our Regen Roadmap is a must.
Eco-pioneers, skip straight to a Strategy.
Old School leaders, let's start with a 101.
Regeneration is a way of working, not a destination. We have a cycle to guide you.
Services
01
PARTNERSHIPS
Effective partnerships can transform the way that whole business ecosystems function. By applying 'living systems' practices, we facilitate the establishment of new working relationships and alliances to increase collective impact.
Duration: One-off events to ongoing partnership management
Format: Online & In-person
Outcome: Round Table discussions, Business and Organisational Alliances
Audience: Purpose-driven leaders, businesses & organisations
02
REGEN 101
Let's walk together through a simple and easy to understand overview of regenerative business. We’ll introduce you and your team to global best-practice tools for increasing business impact. Let’s also unpack what moving beyond Sustainability and towards Regeneration could mean for your business.
Duration: 45 minutes
Format: Online
Outcome: Impact Analysis
Audience: Purpose-driven leaders, businesses & organisations
03
REGEN ROADMAP
Designed for startups and small businesses, this is a swift and affordable strategic process to shape your impact management, measurement and reporting. Beginning with an Introduction and then working through our five Regen pillars, the coaching experience mixes theory, best-practice benchmarks and homework exercises. This is fast becoming our most popular service and is ideal for
Post-COVID recovery.
Duration: Usually run as (6x) 45min sessions
Format: Online, weekly
Outcome: Impact Scorecard & Framework
Audience: Purpose-driven startups & small businesses
04
STRATEGY
Designed for established purpose-driven businesses and organisations, this is a classic strategic process to guide your impact management, measurement and reporting. Key stages include: Situational Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement, Global Benchmarking, Vision Alignment, Regen Goals and Measurement Framework. To be clear, we're going beyond Sustainability to Regenerative business and development.
Duration: 7 weeks (on average)
Format: Online & In-person
Outcome: Strategic Impact Report
Audience: Established purpose-driven businesses & organisations
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CUSTOM PROJECTS
We're here to work with the business world's
most progressive minds and change-makers. Life at the frontier is dynamic and multifaceted so if you and your team are brewing a game-changing initiative and you'd like an extra pair of hands or different perspective,
just sing out!
Duration: 1 day minimum
Format: Online or In-person
Outcome: Open your mind to the possibilities
Audience: Purpose-driven businesses & organisations (all shapes & sizes)
06
REPORTING 101
Communicating the impact of your business is vital in an era of increased transparency. Let’s walk through a snapshot of global best-practice integrated reporting and see how your business' reporting can be elevated.
Duration: 45 minutes
Format: Online
Outcome: Reporting Review
Audience: Established purpose-driven businesses & organisations
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TOOLS
At the heart of the Regeneration movement is the cultivation of a new paradigm and global business narrative. Our relentless commitment to the 'next horizon' means that we invest a lot of time and energy in research and development. This manifests in seasonal publications, online toolkits and good news stories.
Duration: Short stories to online learning
Formats: Interactive Digital, Print
Outcome: Reports, Toolkits, Blogs
Audience: Purpose-driven leaders, businesses & organisations
Custom Project
World Bathing Day 2020
On June 22 2020, Regeneration Projects coordinated the social media for the third annual celebration of World Bathing Day. The Bathe the World Foundation initiative brought together bathing tourism enthusiasts in 20 countries, achieving a reach of over 500,000 people. Aided by online communications, this uplifting display of unity provided much needed hope amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key Partners:
Hot springs tourism operators
Strategy & Partnerships
Great Victorian Bathing Trail, Australia
In 2019, through the support of Australia's Victorian Tourism Industry Council and Peninsula Hot Springs, Matt Sykes assembled a 2030 vision for a 900km hot springs and bathing tourism route along Victoria's southern coastline. The Great Victorian Bathing Trail strategy is based on global research through Japan, China, Nordic region, UK and USA.
Regeneration Projects is now facilitating a new cross-sector alliance to enable the GVBT's realisation.
Key Partners:
Strategy
Peninsula Hot Springs Group, Australia
Peninsula Hot Springs Group, together with local East Gippsland partners Adrian and Rachel Bromage, is embarking on the design and development of an iconic wellness destination in southeast Australia - Metung Hot Springs. We are now developing a regenerative framework and strategy which will support them in setting a new global benchmark for hot springs community development.
Key Partners:
Custom Project
Boon Wurrung Foundation, Melbourne
Building on a professional relationship dating back to 2017, Regeneration Projects is working on an innovative cross-cultural education experience in collaboration with with Elder N’arweet Dr Carolyn Briggs AM and game designer Troy Innocent. The project seeks to combine traditional First Peoples' knowledge with the latest digital and Augmented Reality technology, providing deep learning experiences for students, corporate leaders and travellers.
Key Partners:
Regen 101
Sunbutter Skincare, Mornington Peninsula
Regeneration Projects ran the team from this progressive and young-spirited skincare brand through a 'Regen 101' during our initial piloting phase. It opened up a new perspective on the impacts of between their products and the waterways, communities and cultures that Sunbutter cares so much about.
Also based on the Mornington Peninsula, we continue to collaborate through social media activities and our shared membership with 1% for the Planet.
Key Partners:
Partnership
World Ranger Roundtable
On July 23 2020, the inaugural Ranger Roundtable brought together the world's foremost conservation leaders and organisations to address the impacts of COVID-19 on Rangers. Regeneration Projects supported the event planning and mind-mapped the conversation for the key partners.
We have been involved with formalising the core partner alliance and now working towards a second Roundtable in October 2020. This is a critical collaboration for the upcoming 2021-2030 Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and foundational for post-COVID-19 ecotourism and economic diversification in protected areas, as well as enabling continued Ranger employment and essential operations.
Key Partners:
International Ranger Federation
Strategy
The Thin Green Line Foundation, Melbourne
The Thin Green Line Foundation works with Rangers at the frontline of conservation, 'protecting nature's protectors'. Regeneration Projects has facilitated a strategic review and development process for the organisation, interwoven with regenerative development principles.
We also support TGLF's activities in Africa, South America and the Asia-Pacific region through our annual 1% for the Planet business membership.
Key Partners:
Custom Projects
wukalina Walk, Tasmania
Building on a professional relationship dating back to 2013, Regeneration Projects continues to work with the team behind Australia's first multi-day Aboriginal luxury guided walk.
In January, this involved the review and development of operational manuals, in collaboration with young Palawa Aboriginal guides. We are now exploring ways to support the rekindling of traditional knowledge through social media and technology.
Key Partners:
Strategy
Swimmable Birrarung / Yarra River, Melbourne
One of the major opportunities identified in the Great Victorian Bathing Trail strategy was for the City of Melbourne to make its iconic Yarra River safe to swim in by 2030. This is in line with benchmarks in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Paris, Berlin and New York City. The river is known as Birrarung by local Aboriginal people, which means 'river of mists'.
Regeneration Projects continues to work with a range of stakeholders to achieve this important civic legacy.
Key Partners:
Regen Roadmap
Great Wrap,
Melbourne
Regeneration Projects piloted our first 'Regen Roadmap' with the team behind this incredible biodegradable (& compostable) cling wrap business. By embracing online communications through COVID-19 lockdown, we were able to equip the inspiring Gen Y entrepreneurs driving Great Wrap with simple tools to identify, measure and communicate their integrated impacts.
Key Partners:
Home cooks & gardeners, Chefs
Partnerships
Regeneration Roundtables
In response to COVID-19 we’ve developed an online forum model to accelerate the uptake of regenerative business practices. We're currently working with change makers in southeastern Australia, and the USA, on a series of events for late 2020. These will facilitate innovative partnerships to accelerate COVID-19 recovery in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Key Partners:
Virtual Campfires
Melbourne Regeneration Roundtable
Young Victorian Tourism Leader Discussion Group
Strategy
MovEat,
Sweden
MovEat is an innovative food experience operator based in the Nordic region. They run tours around Sweden, from small villages to big cities like Stockholm. Regeneration Projects has initiated a strategic process with a 'Regen 101' session. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, further work is currently on hold. The resulting strategy will include a strong focus on MovEat's alignment with the
UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Key Partners:
Chefs & Restaurants in over 50 Swedish villages and cities
Regen 101
Tasmanian Walking Company, Australia
Regeneration Projects kicked off a larger strategic process with Australia's leading ecotourism operator through a 'Regen 101' session. This enabled a fresh perspective on both the Tasmanian Walking Company and Australian Walking Company's impacts on community, nature, culture and the economy.
Further work has been temporarily delayed due to COVID-19 but plans are to explore a full Regen Strategy.
Key Partners:
Custom Project
Regenerative Food Tourism Handbook, Global
Regeneration Projects has begun scoping a regenerative tourism handbook for regenerative farmers and small-scale producers. The project involves close partnerships with food entrepreneurs in the Nordic region and aspires to new standards of best-practice. By accelerating trends, the project specifically seeks to raise awareness about the opportunities to address SDG 13 Climate Action (including carbon sequestration) through regenerative agriculture. Through radical collaboration the project aspires to facilitate innovative knowledge-sharing between over 50 countries around the world.
Key Partners:
Regen Roadmap
The Other Straw,
Mornington Peninsula
After dipping their toes in the water of regenerative business through our '101' introduction session, the dynamic duo behind The Other Straw were quick to take the next step through our 'Roadmap'. Like many Millennials, they were eager to push beyond sustainability and take their work to a whole new level of impact. The Other Straw are also 1% for the Planet business members.
Key Partners:
Bamboo farmers in rural Vietnam