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

Green Taxonomy Trashed: UK Ditches Plans After “Very Mixed” Reaction

Green Taxonomy Trashed: UK Ditches Plans After “Very Mixed” Reaction July 17, 2025 By Jack Grogan-Fenn The UK government has opted to scrap plans for a long-awaited green taxonomy due to “very mixed” feedback to a public consultation. More than half (55%) of the 150 respondents to the consultation by the UK Treasury had expressed […]

Poor Performance: France’s AMF Details Asset Managers Regulatory Shortcomings

Poor Performance: France’s AMF Details Asset Managers Regulatory Shortcomings July 15, 2025 By Jack Grogan-Fenn The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France’s financial regulator, has highlighted several cases of poor performance by large asset managers operating in the country. A recent report from the AMF inspected five unnamed asset management companies – with AUMs ranging from […]

Deepening Dialogues: Controversial Issues Decline at Dutch Shareholder Meetings

Deepening Dialogues: Controversial Issues Decline at Dutch Shareholder Meetings July 15, 2025 By Jack Grogan-Fenn The number of controversial issues flagged in shareholder resolutions at Dutch AGMs has fallen amid improved company-shareholder engagement according to a recent paper released by Eumedion. The Dutch corporate governance-focused organisation’s paper evaluated the 2025 Dutch proxy season. It also […]

Hitting the Brakes: Shareholders Heighten Pressure on Tesla and Toyota

Hitting the Brakes: Shareholders Heighten Pressure on Tesla and Toyota July 11, 2025 By Jack Grogan-Fenn Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla is facing mounting pressure from shareholders on multiple fronts, while fellow automaker giant Toyota has been excluded by Storebrand Asset Management over lobbying concerns. SHARE (the Shareholder Association for Research & Education) has this […]

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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