Whether you’re looking for a starting point to explore impact or leading the charge already – the Investing in Impact conference is designed to inspire, connect and support you wherever you are at. 

Social Value Aotearoa is bringing together thought leaders and practice experts. Those shaping ideas and those implementing them.

Together we can create a conference like no other. 

Learn from thought leaders and practitioners who are not just talking about impact but making it happen. These are the people driving new approaches to social value, sustainability, and transformational investment – with practical insights to share.

Gather practical tools and ideas you can use right away. You’ll leave with strategies, insights, and frameworks that will help you create meaningful change in your work and your community.

Connect with like-minded people who care about making a difference. This isn’t just another conference – it’s a chance to meet others who are passionate about creating real, lasting change.

We are thrilled to welcome Jeremy Nicholls back to the Social Value Aotearoa stage for Investing in Impact 2025 Conference in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand!

As the founding CEO of Social Value International, Jeremy has been a driving force in the global movement to make social impact measurement meaningful and actionable.  With a career spanning finance, sustainability, and social enterprise, Jeremy has worked at the cutting edge of integrating social and environmental value into decision-making.

He led the assurance framework for the UNDP Sustainable Development Group, Impact Standards, championed change as an ambassador for the Capitals Coalition, and played a key role in shaping international standards for impact through ISO committees.

Jeremy has dedicated his career to pushing boundaries, sparking conversations, and ensuring that social value is at the heart of decision-making.  Expect thought-provoking insights, bold ideas, and plenty of inspiration as Jeremy helps us navigate the future of impact in Aotearoa New Zealand!

SVA is thrilled to announce Awerangi Tamihere – one of Aotearoa’s social change and impact measurement luminaries – has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at our Investing in Impact 2025 conference.  

Awerangi Tamihere (MNZM) is recognised globally for her pioneering work here, in Aotearoa, establishing wellbeing economies and integrating Social Value as a central anchor in investment strategies.  

She has been at the forefront of designing an indigenous system for social and environmental wellbeing called Whānau Ora. Her focus has been innovating service delivery with whānau co-producing outcomes and leading their own solutions towards wellbeing goals and aspirational futures. In the last decade she has overseen more than 100 indigenous service providers shift from working co-operatively to being part of a collective network effectively measuring the impact of their work. Awerangi has seen firsthand how investing in impact creates real social value for the communities they serve. The magic sauce comes from working within indigenous knowledge systems that understand wellbeing as an interdimensional experience unique to each whānau operating as an indivisible whole.   

She continues to lead in shaping impact investment programmes both in governance roles and senior leadership roles in New Zealand and globally with innovative strategies for thriving wellbeing economies that prioritise social outcomes shaped by impact investing. There are few working in this space who can speak to the heart of the matter with real world stories of change that will leave you inspired and energised for your impact measurement journey ahead.  

Join us as we build on the best of today’s social impact practices for the future of social value, sustainability, and investment. 

Over two days you will hear from people who have already brought these ideas to life, and learn how to take these concepts and apply them in your own work. 

We know that together we can build something bigger, beyond short-term results, meeting the needs of today while setting the stage for wellbeing and sustainability for generations to come. 

At Social Value Aotearoa we are connected to an international network of changemakers dedicated to innovating for impact. Global and local trends are shifting into new ways of thinking with investing in impact at the heart of decision making.

The social value movement was born out of a global cultural shift towards putting people and Papatūānuku at the heart of decision making. This kind of thinking is revolutionary as it challenges the way we perceive value and acknowledges the complex economic social fabric we live in.