Manager Overview

Melior is an Australian impact investment manager. It seeks to drive positive change by actively investing in listed companies that it believes deliver a positive social or environmental impact aligned to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are an internationally agreed set of goals to achieve a better world. Melior believes that purpose-driven companies that endeavour to address global challenges, such as resource scarcity and climate change, can outperform over time. Melior invests for the longer term and seeks to engage actively with companies to positively influence management on their alignment with relevant SDGs and material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Melior was co-founded by Lucy Steed, CEO and Tim King, CIO who collectively have over 40 years experience in the financial industry.

Manager's responsible investing approach

Melior is an Australian equities specialist fund manager that was founded in 2018 with backing from investment management group Adamantem and is focused on generating competitive long-term returns with positive social and environmental impact. Its investment approach is based on the belief that by investing in positive impact companies with strong Environmental, Social & Governance and financial credentials, it has the potential to outperform over time. Melior believes that to have a genuinely positive impact and deliver sustainable performance, a company must focus on "what" it offers as well as "how" it operates. Therefore its investment approach involves assessment of a company's impact along with its ESG practices.