Shaping change.
Growing thriving places.
Helping communities, governments, enterprises and funders positively shape our economic transitions
Big shifts are reshaping local economies across Australia. Climate change, the energy transition and new technologies are disrupting regional industries and communities, while opening opportunities to rethink how prosperity is created and shared.
A different kind of prosperity is possible. With regenerative enterprises, community ownership, distributed governance, and catalytic investment vehicles, sustainable livelihoods, meaningful work, healthy Country, and community wealth can grow.
Regen Labs turns possibilities into action. We bring communities, governments, enterprises and funders together to shape a shared direction, develop and test new ideas, and build the partnerships, capabilities and finance to make them happen.
What we do
We shape economic transitions, grow community wealth, develop regenerative enterprise ecosystems and create the conditions for long-term change. To do this we blend research & strategy, collaboration & capability, and innovation & investment, to help people and partners in regional places move from ideas to action.
Explore our work
Our work spans regional economic development, enterprise incubation, climate adaptation, community wealth building and regenerative investment.
Every project starts somewhere different. We work with the people involved to understand what matters, identify opportunities and develop a practical way forward.
Regen Economy Activator Program | SA
Supporting regenerative enterprises to strengthen their businesses, collaborate and develop new opportunities across their regional economy, including food hubs and community-led energy.
Better Model for Data Centre Developments | NSW
Innovating a deliberative democracy, community benefit sharing, community governance and technical knowledge sharing process for communities to generate a blueprint for Better Model for Data Centre Developments that is community first.
AdaptNSW | NSW
Working with government and communities to explore business transformation strategies that enables climate adaptation activity to be transformational, strengthen local economies and create new possibilities.
Catalysing Community Wealth | Australian & Global Examples
Supporting philanthropy to understand models communities use to catalyse wealth for long-term resilience and prosperity, with a study of Australian and global examples of community wealth building (CWB), and strategic intervention points.
Who we work with
Transitions involve many people. We work with those who want to help shape them.
Government and regional organisations
What becomes possible:
Community support
Social licence
Better investment decisions
Lasting local benefits.
Communities and First Nations organisations
What becomes possible:
Greater trust
Community influence
Meaningful work
Locally owned assets and enterprises
Community wealth
Connection to culture and Country.
Enterprises and local innovators
What becomes possible:
Stronger businesses
New revenue streams
Shared infrastructure and partnerships that create benefits across the region.
Philanthropy and impact investors
What becomes possible:
Stronger local leadership and enterprise ecosystems
Community wealth that grows over time
Effective use of capital
Partners and clients
We're fortunate to work with people and organisations across community, government, enterprise and philanthropy who share an ambition for thriving places.
Let’s work together
Have a regional challenge, a promising idea or an opportunity you'd like to explore?
We'd love to hear about it