WA Forum for Regenerative Impact Investment

In this first for Western Australia, we are bringing together local and national thought leaders and domain experts to deep diving into the role impact investment in regional WA to drive regenerative social, cultural, environmental and economic outcomes for our communities. 

Supported through the WA Government's X-TEND Investor Education program, the WA Forum for Regenerative Investment brings together a diverse range of stakeholders, land managers, investors, and experts along with Traditional Owners with the goal of increasing purposeful investment in WA’s natural resources.


The forum will consider case-studies from around the world and here in WA to bring together ideas and sectors that can drive the agenda forward.

Format

10:00 - 10:20 - Opening 

• Welcome to Country
• Historical reflection 
  

10:20 - 10:50 - Regenerative investment

Speaker: Jeremy Burke, Head of Product and Strategy (Impact Investment Group)

• Impact investment 101
• Themes (Soil, water, biodiversity, climate, social)
• Sectors (Agriculture, forestry, conservation, etc)

10:50 - 11:20 - Aligning perspectives

• Producer perspective - RegenWA - Di Haggerty 
• Conservation perspective - Conservation Council WA - Piers Verstegen 
• Investor perspective - Oliver Barnes, Managing Director (Alterra)
• Community perspective - Liz Brennan, Managing Director (agdots) 

11:20 - 11:50 - Breakout Case-studies

• Projects and enterprises have the opportunity to present their work to other sectors

11:50 - 12:20

• Discussion - what needs to happen? - David Collard

12:20 - 12:30 - Close and next steps

Why Impact Investment for WA's regions?

Impact investment’s focus on generating measurable positive impacts, its ability to factor in longer time horizons, and willingness to innovate with approaches such as blended finance means that fit for purpose approaches to WA’s unique challenges and opportunities can be brought to fruition. Including:

• Incentivising, supporting, and rewarding the necessary work to rehabilitate WA’s soils, biodiversity, and water.
• Protect and create market advantages in the WA's globally recognised unique ecological landscapes.
• Transform the wheatbelt from a region on the frontline of the negative impacts created by a changing climate, to the frontline of reversing it.
• Create stronger links between industries, conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, and First Nations people’s cultural responsibility to care for country.
• Reduce financial stress on regional producers, communities, and industries by leveraging more appropriate capital and financial arrangements.