Proxy Voting, Stewardship Support & ESG Index Data Solutions

Minerva empowers professional investors with the essential tools and critical data to make informed, sustainable stewardship and proxy voting decisions.

Our comprehensive and tightly-integrated solutions support better stewardship with high quality and material ESG data; independent and objective research; the latest technology; and secure, confidential vote administration.

Minerva’s agile and responsive service is founded on principles of bespoke research, tailored voting guidance and highly customizable sustainability data to support modern stewardship strategies:

Advanced, scalable VoteTech to protect shareholder rights, bespoke policies to support split voting

Tailored ESG and Sustainability data sets for custom index solutions in partnership with Solactive

Objective, independent research and data to identify key sustainability governance risks and opportunities

Better Data = Better Stewardship

Minerva’s clients inform and support their stewardship strategies with high-quality, relevant sustainability governance and ESG data. With coverage of more than 70 markets and ~9,000 global companies, Minerva offers insights on Board Quality, Remuneration, Shareholder Rights, Financial Reporting, Stakeholder Governance, Product Controversies and UN Norms indicators.

Proxy Voting - Streamlined & Secure

Minerva simplifies proxy voting for a more straightforward, robust and compliant approach. Engagement letters, web reporting, securities lending support and easy onboarding – you can even transfer all your voting histories for continuity.

ESG Data

Minerva’s high-quality ESG research and data is robust, consistent, comparable, and in-depth. Integrated ESG, Sustainability and Climate Change guidelines enable easy values-base voting. All guidance is fully transparent with comprehensive audit trails.

Proxy Vote Agency

Minerva’s expert team takes care of the complexities of ESG and proxy voting leaving you free to concentrate on value-added engagement. Minerva’s pioneering team can ensure you are fully ready for the Shareholder Rights Directive II

Custom Policies

Why settle for overlay when you can have integrated, evidence-based voting policies based on global good practices. Local market standards can be blended with supra-nation policies including OECD, CII, ICGN and IIGCC. All voting policies are custom as standard with highly granular policy points that are flexibly applied.

Vote your Values with Integrated TCFD, Climate Change & Sustainability Guidelines

Minerva gives investors a “Say on Sustainability” with a range of integrated stewardship tools including proxy research, custom proxy voting guidelines and sustainability governance ratings.

Sustainable Governance News from Minerva

dual-class share structures, AGM, shareholder proposals

May Madness: Vote No Campaigns & ESG Wars

May Madness: Vote No Campaigns & ESG Wars May 15, 2025 By Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor Proxy season continues as we move into the second half of May, and as expected, there is still high numbers of shareholder proposals being filed. As we move towards the end of the 2025 peak season, the number […]

Green energy for clean and sustainable environment. Wind energy used in the industry of factories, machines and technologies. Reducing Co2 emissions and limiting global warming and climate change

Shareholder Showdown: High Dissent Shakes Up Woodside Energy and Plus500

Shareholder Showdown: High Dissent Shakes Up Woodside Energy and Plus500 May 16, 2025 By Daniel Kehoe The 2025 season has marked a clear shift in shareholder engagement strategy, with ‘Vote no’ campaigns emerging as a prominent tool being utilised by investors worldwide. While such campaigns have been used in recent years, 2025 stands out as […]

BEIS aims to ‘restore’ investor trust in audit and corporate governance

ICGN raises concerns over plan to remove audit oversight powers

ICGN raises concerns over plan to remove audit oversight powers May 16, 2025 The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) has shared concerns over a proposal to revoke the powers of an independent body that oversees audits. The group sent a letter to the US House of Representatives and Senate about Section 50002 of the house […]

UN urges EU to ensure CSDDD revisions protect human rights standards

UN urges EU to ensure CSDDD revisions protect human rights standards May 16, 2025 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the European Union (EU) to ensure any changes made to its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) maintains its alignment with international human rights standards. The EU parliament and Council is […]

Minerva - A Solactive Company

Since May 2019 Minerva has been a Solactive AG company. Solactive is an innovative index provider and financial data and technology provider that focuses on the development, calculation and distribution of tailor-made indices across all asset classes. As a Solactive company, Minerva operates from Frankfurt, Toronto and Hong Kong. Our ambition is to continue to expand our footprint in order to better serve our clients around the world.

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