Minerva Proxy Update
24 April 2026
By Caoimhe Taylor, Daniel Kehoe and Thomas Bolger
This proxy update highlights key voting outcomes from the past few weeks of the 2026 proxy season and assesses key developments for the week ahead.…
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BP’s AGM votes: governance opacity, not just protest
24 April 2026
By Sarah Wilson
BP’s 2026 AGM should be understood first as the consequence of a mishandled governance issue, and only second as a response to activist campaigning. While attention …
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The fiduciary squeeze is timed for when trustees can’t look up
23 April 2026
By Sarah Wilson
A cluster of transatlantic interventions on sustainability-linked stewardship landed in the three weeks when stewardship teams have least capacity to absorb them. And …
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Shell Faces Renewed Legal Pressure Over Future Oil and Gas Investment
23 April 2026
Shell is facing a new climate lawsuit in the Netherlands that targets its future investment plans rather than past emissions. Friends of the …
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From Pensions to Power: ERISA, Stewardship and a Transatlantic Clash over Capitalism
20 April 2026
By Sarah Wilson
The US Department of Labor has quietly opened a new front in the long‑running campaign against proxy advice and stewardship. On 15 …
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Texas Climate Investing Blacklist Stays on Ice
17 April 2026
By Sarah Wilson
A Texas federal judge has refused to let the state revive its anti-ESG investment law while its Fifth Circuit appeal plays out, handing sustainable-investing firms and their …
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Regulating the Raters: The FCA’s ESG Regulatory Proposals, Minerva’s Response, and What the Market Should Watch
16 April 2026
By Rina Cindrak
In March 2026, Minerva submitted a formal response to the FCA’s consultation paper CP25/34, which for the first
Germany Eases Pressure on Investor Collaboration
15 April 2026
Germany has abruptly narrowed its “acting in concert” standard after a rebuke from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), removing a long‑standing overhang on investor
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ExxonMobil’s Retail Voting Programme, Texas Redomicile and the Architecture of Shareholder Disempowerment
13 April 2026
By Sarah Wilson
On 27 May, ExxonMobil shareholders will vote on a ballot that includes a proposal to redomicile the company from New Jersey to
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Aviva’s York AGM and the quiet narrowing of physical accountability
10 April 2026
Aviva plc, the UK‑listed insurer and asset manager, has confirmed that its 2026 Annual General Meeting will be held at its regional office in …
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