Mindful Money Conference & Awards 2025

The finance sector stands at a pivotal crossroads where investment decisions today will shape both our climate future and the health of our natural world. 

The 2025 Mindful Money Conference invites investors, fund managers, impact companies, and leaders to explore how capital can simultaneously drive climate action and nature regeneration.

Building on four years of community facilitation and thought leadership, this year’s conference focuses on the practical pathways and innovative approaches needed to direct investment toward solutions that address our interlinked climate and biodiversity challenges. 

Participants will engage in meaningful dialogue about how to accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy where financial investments are more closely aligned with healthy ecosystems and planetary boundaries

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Mindful Money Annual Conference: 1.30 - 5pm 

Keynote address: to be announced

Panel discussion: ‘Taking Investment Action on Climate Change'.

Panel discussion: 'Shifting Investment From Harming Nature to Regeneration'.

Roundtables with experts: Discussion, sharing, and exploring collaboration

These structured discussions will bring diverse actors across fund management, financial advisers and wealth managers, private capital, venture capital, researchers and government to build a stronger understanding of how capital can simultaneously drive climate action and nature regeneration.

Feedback from Roundtables What are the most important levers to accelerate investment for the transition?

Networking & Platters

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Mindful Money Awards 2025

5pm start

The Mindful Money Awards celebrate the role that ethical and impact investing are playing in making money a force for good. They reflect the movement to re-orient investment finance towards sustainability and well-being, providing solutions to the mounting crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality.

Introduction - Barry Coates

Keynote Address - to be announced

Awards MC -  Jesse Mulligan

Awards Ceremony

• Best Ethical Investor
• Best New Ethical Fund
• Best Overseas Fund
• Best Impact Investor
• Best Climate Action Investor
• Best Media Reporting on Ethical and/or Impact Investment
• Best Ethical Financial Adviser
• Best Ethical KiwiSaver Provider

Closing and thanks

Networking, drinks, and nibbles until 7.30 pm 

PRICING: 

Early bird pricing will be valid until the 2nd of April, after then pricing will increase to: 

• Conference - $200
• Awards - $150
• Conference & Awards - $300
• Conference & Awards (charities, students and NGO's) - $200