Is shareholder power further shifting away from sustainability?
Minerva’s shareholder proposal voting trends briefing for H1 2025 reveals:
- Sustainability sidelined: No sustainability proposals passed in H1 2025, as US anti-ESG pressure and new SEC rules made it harder for these resolutions to succeed.
- Governance galvanised: more than 60% of proposals focused on governance, with board accountability and removing supermajority rules seeing the most success.
- Remuneration & DEI lose ground: Fewer proposals, low support, and rising anti-DEI rhetoric, but shareholder proposal voting results show little actual appetite for rollback.
Want the facts on what’s really driving shareholder votes in 2025? Minerva has broken down these three key trends and many more, ahead of our full 2025 Proxy Season Review coming this October.
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Last Updated: 30 September 2025